Making Movies the 'Be Kind Rewind' Way

I know I'm being shallow and redundant when I say it was really fun, but it definitely was. Now that that's out of the way, on to the deeper stuff!

Working in Groups:
I have always been a fan of group work and it has always been my instinct to take the lead and direct the group; that's just the kind of person I am. However, this time, Jessica was the camera-woman, so she was the automatic leader. At first it was a challenge for me to sit back, just go with the flow, and not try to lead, but eventually I got used to it. It's good to take a different role in a group every now and then.
I'm so grateful for the group I worked with. We all seem to have a great artistic chemistry in that we build off of each others ideas in order to develop a finished product. It was a curse and a blessing that we are also all fun-loving, chatty, silly people, because at times, we did let joking around get the better of us. Still, when it came time to shoot the film, we utilized the time to the best of our abilities. I don't think our film would have been as successful as it was had our group been different.

The Time Constraint:
On filming day, the time limit became very stressful, especially because 15 minutes were wasted on a fire drill. We even had to cut a scene because we wouldn't have had time to go from the basement to my car and back to the basement again. The whole time, I kept glancing at my watch, thinking about how little time we had left. But in the end, we got the job done without any petty fights or arguments between the group members, which always wastes time.

The Film Itself:
I think we approached shooting pretty well. We always rehearsed the scene we were about to film a few times before actually shooting it, which was nerve-wracking. There was a lot of pressure not to mess up. Like Ed Wood, we always accepted the first take and moved on. We almost made it through the entire film without any glitches or mess-ups until Nick came in as the blind prophet and made Doug and Cassie crack up.

I would love to make another movie like this, perhaps with different limitations and requirements. It's certainly a valuable experience for artistic, technical, and every-day life situational purposes.