Music Campaign Project: A Preparation for Life.

Hey everyone!

I apologize in advance, but this post isn't necessarily showing the progress we've done with the project. Actually, it's kind of the opposite.

We have lost our dancer. Two days before filming was supposed to happen. TWO DAYS!!!

Cata and I were completely dumb-founded when she told us. I know I never officially told you that we had found a dancer, but we had. I've decided to omit her name from my blog because she seems very sensitive to the whole situation, but to give you a general idea, she was one of Em's friends. Both Cata and I had high hopes for her because she is also in musical theater (but not in our class), and she has black hair, so she could've resembled Em. She had been a dancer for many years, so she would have no trouble doing the choreography that Cata and I assembled.

BUT (because there's always a but in real life apparently), one day she became overwhelmed with life. She said she had too much in her plate, and that she wasn't sure the video was going to turn out well, so because she didn't want to look bad to the rest of the world, she became hesitant. However, when Cata and I assured her of our skills and of our vision for Em, she reaffirmed that she was committed to the video and decided to stay, even though we told her clearly that it was her last chance to say no. This would give us some time before the weekend to find another dancer.

Fastforward to 18 hours later, we get a text from Em with a screenshot of the dancer's text dropping out. Cata and I were together at the time and we were fuming. FUMING. How could this girl drop out after she had reaffirmed her commitment? and less than two days before filming? It happened.

It also turns out that this girl flipped, and starting blaming us for everything, so she was incredibly rude and unprofessional. Here is where the life lesson comes in: Instead of being rude back or unprofessional, we sent her a pretty nice text. We said that we completely understood and that even though we were upset that she had dropped out on us so late, we were going to find a solution without her, and like that, we cut ties.

More than anything, I think doing this project has taught Cata and me that when you're working on real work projects, you will always depend on other people. Therefore, you need to have different cars on your sleeve. For this music campaign, it's not only about Cata and me, but about everyone who is involved in the production and is impacted by it in any sort of way.

And with that philosphical view at this media study project,
Adieu

P.S: BTW, we did find a solution! There is a friend, Rachel Capo, who is a close friend of mine and has been in musical theatre with Cata and I for years. Although she dropped out of dance two years ago, she has many years of dance training behind her back, and she was glad to help us in our state of emergency.