Filming (2/21/26)

     The accursed day has come. Big starting of filming day, how fun. (Note the sarcasm.) Now, most of this day will be me filming alone. The rest of the introduction that I need another person in will be filmed over next week while I am editing. I figured this would happen, hence planning ahead my dear customer so I do not get overwhelmed. Structure is key, as my mother would say.

    So, as I write in my pink dress, I have come to realize that I definitely need help. All of my kitchen shots are done, and look decent enough for me. Do you want to know something funny? I had to scrap parts of my introduction, the balloon section. If you did not know during my planning stage, I had a balloon section in my opening scene where Mallory could not figure out how to blow a balloon without it popping. I do not have any balloons. So, I made a spot on change where Mallory could not find where she would put up a large garland that says "Happy Birthday!". So, some new shots were made, but the concept is the same where she asks her mother for help. The only change is the subject of why she is asking for help.

    Want to know another problem? My shots were all taken at very weird parts when I was not holding them. Initially, I would have a partner helping me out. But, said partner is now gone. So each of this start of my video is all me and my weird concoctions of ideas.

    This is a photo of where my phone was when I needed to take the shot above of the messy countertop full of garlands and decorations. I had taped my phone down on that small ledge where the door would have gone.

    Another way was for me to have the door closed, balancing my phone in between the door and the ledge. Now, if I even moved anything, my phone would have fallen. Gladly, it is still okay and I refuse to reenact that picture.

    The shot where I am holding up the garland was done by that. Propping up my phone on a ladder for the height and against a liquid measuring cup so it would stay up. Do you now see why I ended early and waited for my mother?

    Another tidbit that does not actually have anything to do with my filming process.

    My brownie both burnt and is raw on the inside. Now, you may not see how raw it was, but it was raw enough. The top, if you look hard enough in this photo, has bits and pieces of black stuff. I am pretty sure that the black stuff is just overcooked sprinkles, but I do not want to test that out. I blame you, Martha White, for my horrid baking skills.

 Back on track, I have gathered my videos together into one file now. Do you want to see my 40 second start up without any editing? You do not have a choice, here you go:

43 Second Introduction: Happy Birthday Mallory