Production: Casting complications 

During our first week of production, I was sent news from my main character that the style of her hair may change during production. I expressed that we must figure out another way, any drastic change with her appearance could distort our footage. At first, we thought of moving our first production date until after her hair changed, but this would have set us back way behind and that is the last thing I wanted. Ultimately, I presented her a deadline to inform me what she is planning on doing by the end of the day. Before the day ended, she informed me that she will attend to her hair situation before our intended production day which is Feb 15th. Hopefully we can stay on track, we cannot afford any more diversions that will guide us off the intended schedule.

Less crucial but similar, our actor for the Old friend 2 informed me that she would not be available for our only day to shoot the montage scene at Boca Mall. Fortunately, her role is very easy to replace as she has no lines. We are currently working on finding someone allegeable to fill in her role. 

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Replacing actors:

We came to the point where I have realized that certain characters are just not available and working around that would be extremely inconvenient to our schedule. I may have to face the fact that I would have to replace a few actors. Our main mean girl, will be busy on the only day where everyone is available. Working around a different day or splitting scenes for different days will be extremely complex and may end up not working out. The best thing to do is to find a replacement. Luckily, I had a suitable replacement who was more than eager to join; these are the reasons why I decided on her 

Role- Natalia Harding      Original Actor- Sanika        Replacement actor- Tatiana H.

Tatiana:

• Taller height around 5 foot 6
• Decent acting skills
• Higher availability 
• Suitable appearance for the role 

Downsides: The biggest downside to Tatiana replacing Sanika is that Tatiana and our main girl Shaunae have a difficult history. There is a big chance that conflict can occur; however I ensured to get full informed consent from both of them. Both girls responded with saying that they can put their odds aside for my film. Hopefully they can put personal issues aside but if any conflict does occur during production, I will be sure to resolve it immediately.