After shooting some b-roll in the early morning, our crew met with one of our interview subjects and two of teenage actors in the afternoon. All I can say is "wow!" these girls seem really excited about the project, and I can tell that they want to do a good job. I already knew these teenage girls through the youth ministry I lead called Young Life, but of course I don't know them well because our girl leaders work with them the most.
Antonia, our interview subject, has plenty of experience with female shaming, both on the offensive and defensive. She said she can find two friends by Wednesday to be interviewed with her, and she also volunteered her room as a filming location.
Our actresses are even more impressive. At only 15 years old, Mackenzie and Mary Catherine are more mature than some college freshman. I could tell they took performing seriously, but they also had plenty of fun rehearsing the roles. They also have very good chemistry, which should make the morale on set even better.
Our 3rd actress Amy is also good friends with the other 2 actresses. Originally she had to back out because her mom wanted her to 'focus on school,' but we think that we could convince her moom after we tell her it will only take a few hours on a saturday afternoon.
Over all, we are very encouraged by our actors and subjects involved in Circles! We hope we feel the same when we meet the middle-aged and elderly participants.
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