Yes that's right! We started principal photography this weekend and the filming of With Her is well under way! We visited four locations playing as William, Sofia, and Matthew's apartments, as well as the Book Store scene for William and Sofia's first 'date'. Our talented cast radiated their characters and dazzled through the lens, and we own an enormous thanks to all of you who came out to be background actors at the Book Store, you were all incredible too! (thank you, thank you, thank you!).
In case you're just starting to follow along with the production and filming of With Her, here's a little recap of what's going on and how it's going. There's a cast of incredible actors; Joseph Murray (William), Rebecca Liddiard (Sofia), and Taylor Davis (Matthew) make up the principal characters. The film also has Robert Segarini (Sherman Lesse), Raymi Lauren White (Woman #1), Zuly Torres (Woman #2), Alex Payne (Book Store Worker), and Joan Wilson (Photographer) as supporting characters / special bg. There's also a crew of hard working, dedicated film makers behind the lens capturing it all in cinematic brilliance, there's; Gerson Peña (Story/Writer), Emer Schlosser (Producer/Writer/Story Editor), Giuliana Lacerenza (Producer/Choreography/Wardrobe), Julia Carter (Makeup), Vladimir Novotni (Grip/Electric), Victor Mifsud (Camera), Aaron Forma (Sound), Kanishka Gulati (Producers Assistant), Donovan Tremblay (Slate/Stills/PA) along with myself Kristopher Finnigan (Producer/Director/Writer). Together we are With Her and the dynamic is magical! 
The entire entire budget for the film has been raised by donations, this is being called 'crowd funding' these days and much of our funding came from the proceeds from an event at Cherry Cola's in Toronto. A cabaret of entertainment including Dave Borins, Lady Hayes, The Sweet Mack, Dj eLman and Dj Linterna, Simmer Down, Erez Sussman, and Dj Class!ck accompanied an art auction and delectable food cooked by my own talented Mom (Monica Quinn). We were able to raise just over $1600 dollars and it got the ball rolling on filming! We are still accepting donations to help us in completing the film as well as submitting it to film festivals upon completion. For every donation over $30 we are thanking people for their support by offering a free 'I'm With Her' tshirt custom printed by TKO Tee's (click here to get more info ondonations and tees!). 
After our first weekend of shooting, we only have a few scenes left to film! The crew worked at a furious pace, and climbed mountains together in order to get the best possible performances captured beautifully on camera. It IS working! Check the photo-stream page on this site for great photo's from the weekend as well as Raymi's blog about her big performance and Saturday! The camera continues to roll over the next few weeks, stay tuned for more updates With Her!
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