Change from Bike --> Car in the runaway scene:

Hi Cambridge! On Monday, I started shooting my film opening. We had a minor setback with the rain and biking, so I improvised and had 'Jess' run away in her car. So, I split filming it into two parts: Jess's room and driving scene. 

This photo doesn't do the rain justice, but it was rainy pretty hard in the morning when we were trying to film. But luckily, in the afternoon, things dried up and we were able to film somethings with my car outside!

Since my actor, Crosby, doesn't have her license yet, I filmed it by having her enter the car and showing her starting the car but not driving in it. For the driving scenes, I'm going to have my mom as sort of a stunt double to drive away. You won't be able to see her face, but you will be able to see someone is in the car. 

Also, I don't want to show my license plate on camera, so I started brainstorming of ways to hide it. My mom recommended I blur it or cover it with something, so I researched some videos online and found exactly what I needed. 

Here are the links to a few resources I used:

Clipchamp. (2026, January 6). How to blur a video online. Clipchamp Blog. https://clipchamp.com/en/blog/how-to-blur-video-online/

Clipchamp. (n.d.). How to blur part of a video | Clipchamp tutorial [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/S7l2TqVXkoE?si=yf0mwdp3_b0uq26d

But after watching these videos and discussing it with my teacher, it kind of takes away from the plot and makes it look odd. It makes me feel like the audience is probably wondering why it's not shown.

So, I moved onto the other idea of covering it with something. 

My first idea was on one of those student driver bumper stickers because they go along with the plot of how young she is. It kind of connects to how innocent she should be yet she's facing an unsupported teenage pregnancy. 

 

Student driver sign on car [Photograph]. (2026).

My second idea is just taking off the license plate all together but that makes it look unusual for when the audience sees it. 

My final idea was to cover it with a sarcastic/snarky comment on a paper. I feel like this would go along with the rebellious tone I want to convey and serve as some comedic relief in the moment.

All in all, I'm not sure what I should do but, I will keep you updated! I'm going to record it with both the bumper sticker & paper this weekend and choose which works the best for the scene!