Day 2

Day 1 was long and waking up was a bit harder than I thought it would be. Most of the kids seemed to be used to getting up early or something though, especially my girl group. Most of them were wide awake at 6:00, from what they told us. Thats too crazy. I didn't even get up until 7:45 which was sort of last minute since we have to be knocking on their doors at 8! Haha, good thing I have no hair to style!

Anyway, onto something you guys will care about. Day two started off shaky, with two groups losing their scripts thanks to Deepfreeze. Apparently, if you save anything to the mac hard drive or desktop in this state, power your computer off, and turn it back on, it will be wiped. But breakfast started the rest of the day right with pancakes, sausage, eggs, and hashbrowns- all of it deeeeeelicious! However, this was just a trick to make you think that the rest of the meals would be as scrumptious. LIES.

Afterwards, we met up with Fred and Mike from Animatus Studio here in Rochester to learn about the magic of storyboarding. The kids were much more receptive to this lecture than Johannes', but I think its only because they were constantly kept busy after a short discussion. The guys would just walk around to the groups and give them 1-on-1 attention. It seemed to go a lot better and the kids were more attentive. Don't get me wrong, elements of a story are super crucial, but as I mentioned before, it is hard to keep 13 year olds focused!

Storyboarding went surprisingly quick, which was nice because the kids got to enjoy a lot of free time and also some pool time. It was like the calm before the storm since Wednesday would be all about FILMING. For the kids, this was a nice, easy day, but for us counselors it was busy and hectic. We weren't really fully aware of the situation with actors before camp started, but basically they didn't provide us with any. So here we are, scrambling around trying to find some professional actors in the Rochester area for filming the NEXT DAY. Needless to say, it didn't go so well. Phone calls to friends, family, acquaintances, and those people that you've only talked to a handful of times were the last resort and boy did we pull our resources thin. We managed to find enough people (with 3 or 4 staring in a couple different movies since we were so low), but it took a whoooole lot of time and effort.

I kind of wished the kids had more of a participating role in it, more so for them to see what its like to get actors. But it was just too hectic to really involve them since we were calling people who weren't really in the business.

After another long, but worthwhile day, it was finally time to settle in for the night. Thank GOODNESS!