Progress Report #5 - Jermaine Jackson

While unable to get a solid interview setup for last week, our group wanted to make sure that we stayed proactive and made sure we got something done so we didn't waste the free time we had with our availability. Christine helped Ryhen-anne and our group meet with the house manager of the apartment complex in ocean side. Here we were able to get some b-roll footage of inside some of the homes. Some were of regular residents, and the others were set up for veterans specifically with disabilities. Although there wasn't much action going on, it was able to provide a good amount of detail to portray their living environments. We also get shots of the whole complex outside, and cool images with the flag in the front. I think cause of the time of day the lighting made everything look really uplifting and positive. After we finished with the housing, we traveled a few miles down to get scenic shots from the oceanside pier since one of our plans is to represent homeless veterans as a local issue. It was really cool there because there were pelicans that we were able to get within a few inches with the camera. The sun started to come down though so near the end it was hard to shoot toward the pier, but good to shoot away from it.

Looks like we have a busy week ahead of us filled with a ton of shooting. Tomorrow a few of us our going the soup kitchen at 6am in order to get more b-roll of some of the services that Interfaith offers as a whole. We must be respectful though and shoot the people there from behind. Luckily christine will be there so we may be able to shoot some of them from the front. Then on wednesday at 9am we are off to oceanside again to get footage of people at the career center. If there is time and if there is people we will try to get quick little testimonials about their experiences. Then on thursday we are filming at the life skills workshop at 10am and possibly do the same thing. Things seem to be on track and were ready to keep rolling.