Script Update

        My initial backstory has needed some updating after some minor script changes were made based upon actor circumstances. Previously, Emily Johnson was off at college while John Johnson was a junior in high school; their roles have now swapped. John will be in college and Emily will be the junior at home with their mom, Christina Johnson. In filmmaking, things don't always go as planned and instead of panicking and making the situation worse, it's better to just take a minute and think about how to solve the problem. In my situation, there is not necessarily a problem with the actors, it was more so with the script. All of the actors I had lined up are still available and willing to get the job done; the problem is that the actors themselves appear different in skin colors and hair colors and such. This would take away from the setting I am trying to create. To solve this issue I decided to change from the male son being the lead to the female daughter being the lead. The son was going to be played by my friend Jose Cabrera however there were many different options for how the mom would be represented. In a decision to make the film better and my life a little bit easier, I found it better to use my sister and mom as they obviously look much more alike than if I used a friend and my mom. This also solves the problem of timing and when to shoot. I no longer have to rely on outside sources because I see my family everyday. If a certain shot came out wrong, I am able to do a re-shoot much easier. This change also makes it so that the entire film will take place in my house, which makes it easier in not having to combine two homes to make it look like one.