Uncharted Territory

So during the short break in between my Fall Semester classes and my Spring Semester classes I developed a plan to make a Spanish film in my Film 3 class. No one had really done it before in our classes or the classes before me (that I had seen or heard of). So I decided to challenge myself with something new and deliver a product no one else in my class had attempted yet. I knew I would have three projects to turn in during my production class, so I came to the conclusion that it would be best if I attempted my first Spanish film as a class project. I would just have to wait to see which project I should wait to make this attempt.
By the time we got ready to start working on our first project, our "music project", I determined this would be the assignment I attempted to do in Spanish. I was assigned a somewhat romantic sounding song and since I had never wrote a romantic film I decided to "kill two birds with one tommy gun".
I knew this would be a challenge as I do not speak a word of Spanish. Regardless I got right to work. I began by writing to the assigned track. I had written just a scene but nonetheless it was what I wanted. I went to school and found out it had to be a complete story so I went ahead and added two more scenes. My secret to this film I thought would be ingenious. I took my assigned song and blended it with lyrics from an interlude of a Blink 182. With those lyrics in Spanish I knew no one would ever connect the two.
As the production day grew near I assembled my cast and crew. A long side with my DP Ibzan Lagos, we finalized our pre production work and awaited the production date.

Here our some photo's from that day:

*Fun Fact about the production. Due to my inability to speak Spanish, my Assistant Director, Raul Rodriguez, actually monitored the audio during recordings while I watched the actors actions. 

Unfortunately the production didn't run as smooth as I would've hoped. Not to say it was a disaster, we shared a lot of laughs and accomplished what we set out to film. But we did finish way behind schedule and the end product wasn't what I had envisioned. I have decided to re-shoot the project at a later date. My cast & crew did an amazing job and even though as I said previously this wasn't what I imagined I still got an amazing film out of them. 

Here's the film "Para Ti Mi Amor". I hope you enjoy.