After all the filming done in Bucharest, I was still not done. I got a call that informed me a camera crew would be coming to Cluj in January to record some clips of me around the city.

Soon enough, January came around, and I got a call informing me the camera crew would be in town the next week. I scrambled for possible filming locations and eventually we set a date, time, and location: Scoala de Arte Tudor Jarda, where I take part in the fashion design course. I set up everything with the staff, and showed up an hour early on the day of filming to set up the room with my artworks and costume designs.

Trying to finish all my projects the night before ;(

The setup

Extra picture of me in Bucharest with the “Voice of Romania” statue because I did not take any more pictures

We filmed some scenes in the room, all with a handheld camera, before moving on to the interview, where i was filmed with 2 cameras. Everything was more straightforward than the Bucharest filming, and it did not take long at all to move on to the second location, the city center. We spent another hour or so filming me walking through streets and alleyways, and even capturing a clever clip of me walking backwards through a crowd, which was going to be reversed to look like I was the only one walking forwards. This was definitely a little embarrassing for me to act out, but it will all be worth it in the end.

I had some interesting conversations with the filming crew, about how to most effectively record and edit an interview in order to make it captivating for a large audience. For example, by using visual overlays, the clips can spark attention from the viewers, allowing my words from the interview to be remembered easily.

And with that, the endless filming sessions finally came to an end.