hour classes seemed like they were five hours long. The weekends felt like a single day. Tuesdays felt like Wednesdays. That me made want to tell a story about time.

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The original idea involved a man who struggled with his girlfriend because he could not keep days and times straight, missing important dates, thus ruining the relationship. However, when going through the auditions, the best performance for the role of Flo was from a woman, so the character was rewritten to be a woman.

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The first scene was shot right at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in a cancer ward at a hospital. The actress playing Flo had issues with the wardrobe for the scene, raising the first red flag. The bulk of production was filmed in Manhattan. In transit to the filming location, the actress playing Flo dropped out of the production. I was forced to either cancel the production entirely or rework the script that night and complete the film with one actress playing both Flo and Cici. I chose the latter, and thankfully Caitlin agreed to take on the role of Flo in addition to Cici, having to learn her lines as we went. Each master shot was filmed twice, once with Caitlin as Flo, and again with her as Cici.

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We wrapped filming early as New York City was going into full lockdown because of the pandemic. I was unable to film three of the scenes because of the lockdown, and the hospital scene was ultimately cut from the film because it could not be reshot with Caitlin as Flo.

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The editing process was much more grueling due to the fact that we had to splice several scenes together. We had to learn new editing techniques quickly to help us complete the film to meet the Capstone deadline.

This was the most challenging project I worked on to date. The continuous hurdles that presented themselves throughout the production taught me how to overcome any obstacle in any future productions.