Today I filmed the other side of the phone conversation. Previously I had filmed the main character which my cousin played for me and who is the character that moves to the United States and has the job of finding the medication that her mother in Venezuela needs but is unable to get ahold of.
My cousin who plays Margarita the protagonist has a phone call with her mother who lives in Venezuela as she moves into her new home. Initially when I visualized the movie, there would only be audio of the mother's side of the conversation but in order to make it more visually appealing with shot counter shots, I asked my mother if she could play the mother in my movie.
We filmed the scene with a yellow wall in my house in order to add warmth and a nice color to the scene, and I placed a Virgin Mary in the shot in order to show a symbol of Catholicism that is often associated with Latin American countries. This could potentially create a distinction between the United States and Venezuela. I also asked my mother to dress as most typically Latin American as she could. The background of the mother's scene is purposefully a closed off shot in order to convey the idea that living in Venezuela restricts the people, while Margarita speaks on a porch outside conveying that she is free now and can choose her own destiny.
