Casting + equipment + location

Hey!! So here is a quick update of some decisions that we have made for filming our opening! These are the last couple of decisions before we actually film it which is so crazy! We are planning on filming on Thursday if everything goes according to plan. 

For the casting process we decided to choose two of our friends to play the parts of the sister, Sydney and Ava Parker. Both of the people we chose are active in theater and are very used to acting. For the older sister Ava, we selected our friend Katie. Like I said before, Katie is in the drama program at our school and was even a cheerleader for many years of her life, just like Ava. Selecting an actor for the main character Sydney was different because we needed someone who knows ASL. We chose our friend Vicky who is in ASL 4 and, like Katie, is in the drama program. We would obviously prefer to have an actual deaf person play this part but we have a very limited pool of actors, so we thought it was important to have an actor who knows the language and respects the culture. 

Our friend Katie who will be playing Ava Parker

Our friend Vicky who will be playing Sydney Parker

For the actual filming part, we are going to be using an actual camera instead of just our phones. My partner has a Canon Rebel T6 camera. We want to use a real camera because the final product will come out higher quality and hopefully look more professional. 

This is not her own personal camera, but this is what it looks like. 

We have decided to film at my partner's house. We will be using her room to film the scenes with Sydney in them because her room fits the aesthetic of our main character and reflects what her room would probably look like. For the scenes with Ava, the older sibling, we are using my partner's brother's room. He was an athlete so he has some trophies and medals. This matches the personality of Ava who is a popular cheerleader and a good student in school. However, we are going to change some aspects of the room so that it doesn't look so much like a teenage boy's room and instead reflects a peppy teenage girl's.

My partner's room that will serve as Sydney's room in our opening.