Shooting

Overall, shooting was a success.
It was a two-day process but we got plenty of footage. Ricardo and I fear we might have too much, but that will be fixed in editing.
The reason why shooting took two days was because we were waiting for a package to arrive, and we had to film the final two shots with it.
Our actor, who was from Orlando and attending the University of Central Florida, drove nearly 4 hours and shot all his scenes in a couple of hours. We also shot his scenes first so that he would not have to get back so late. This created a huge limitation as we couldn't get a shot of them together to show their relationship, which was such a big part of the plot.
Other than that, shooting was relatively smooth. The camera I found was easy to use, and I found creative ways of getting great shots. For example, in Ricardo's emotional scene, I first slid down the wall of the shower, and as he stood, then shifted to the other side of the bathtub. The shot ended up looking great, and I was impressed with my camerawork.

Makeup

I had spent additional money on makeup materials in order to make everything look realistic and amazing.
However, one error I committed which I completely regret is not using spirit gum.
I used Graftobian modeling wax in order to create the wound, as seen here:

I had used this wax before, but for some reason, it was incredibly hard to use the day of filming. The makeup took me half an hour because I had to keep re-doing the wound. The wax would stick to me, the spatula, or anything except for the actor. It became even worse when chunks kept falling off and I would have to keep re-sticking it.
At the end, once I had fixed everything, it looked pretty good! I had added texture and blended it into the actor's skin with NYX "Stay Matte but Not Flat" powder foundation. However, that did not last long. One the actor got into the tub, it all went pretty  fine until we put the fake blood on him. Then, the would literally fell off of his skin. It ended up looking like this in the final cut:

In my opinion, that looks absolutely terrible. However, we did not have time to re-do the wound. Therefore, before shooting, we kept putting more fake blood that was dark enough to cover it up. Although you can see it in the opening, it is not too noticeable that it is destroyed. It is also very much implied that there is a wound where the blood is dripping from. 

Next time, I will be more careful and buy spirit gum. I suspect the corn syrup we used in the blood may have caused it to slip off. 

Props

For filming, we spent most of our budget on props and had to manipulate or make many of them in order to make the movie complete. These props will be discussed in order of appearance.
The first scene includes bloody weapons, an ashtray with cigarettes, a book, and the shower curtain.
Ricardo and I made the fake blood from scratch following this recipe. We did this so that it wouldn't stain on clothes or Ricardo's bathroom. Nonetheless, we gave our actor an old pair of jeans to wear just in case it didn't wash out. The knives, scissor, and hammer were coated in this blood as well, to make it seem like they have been used. The sink also had some fake blood which was important for a later shot as well.
Ricardo had an old book which he was reading in the scene.
I believed that the cigarettes were an integral part of the character and fought really hard to have them in the movie. We even sacrificed time and money to fit them in. Ricardo found an ashtray with actual cigarettes that was placed in the bathroom in order to make it look realistic and also as if Ricardo's character had been there a while. As for the cigarette Ricardo himself was smoking, that was trickier.
I absolutely refused to have Ricardo smoke an actual cigarette as it can bring serious health risks and we are also underage. Therefore, we researched what movies use instead of real cigarettes. We came across the brand Honeyrose. It is a UK-based company that uses marshmallow extract and rose petals in cigarettes and does not make them with nicotine or tobacco. Many movies use this brand for their cigarettes on screen. We bought one pack of vanilla-flavored cigarettes and we were able to make a realistic scene.
The shower curtain we got from the dollar store  and worked really well for the scene. Although it doesn't scream 70s, it works awfully well.
Next, we had to get nails, teeth, and hair.
Ricardo had a haircut scheduled for the day after shooting anyways, so for the hair we ended up cutting an actual chunk of Ricardo's hair.
For the nails, I found a $5 package of basic acrylic nails from Walmart. We got plain white nails that were thicker towards the end of the nail. This was most similar to actual human nails. We had to buy a nail buffer as well, because the nails were too shiny to be real human nails- they looked plastic-like and fake. What I ended up doing was taking one nail that corresponded to each finger and filed down the square design to a more natural, round one. I then took the buffer and sanded down the nail to make it matte. We mixed it with blood in the last shot to make it even more realistic.
We bought the teeth from amazon. They were extremely realistic and the company even sent 2 sets! We also mixed it with the blood in order to make it seem realistic.
Lastly, we had to find boxes.
Originally, we planned to buy bulk boxes from Home Depot. However, they were not in store and had to be delivered. I accidentally forgot to order the boxes, and completely forgot about it until the day of shooting. Therefore, Ricardo and I checked several stores and ended up in Office Depot. Originally, we were going to buy boxes which would have added up to approximately $20. Then, we noticed several empty boxes near the binders. We asked an employee if we could take them off their hands, and they said yes. We got about 20 boxes for free! We still bought 3 boxes, however, because we needed one box with a lid in order to use during filming, which we could not find from the free boxes.

Setting up

So finally its time to shoot!
Setting up the set took a lot of time and carefully though out tricks. Technically, our shooting schedule lasted from 7am to 10pm, so we decided to block out the windows and use artificial lighting instead. We also changed the shower curtain and put different props (such as knives, weapons, and used ashtrays on the counter top) in sight in order to make the setting perfect. We also made our fake blood from scratch and had to create or modify a lot of our other props (such as the fake nails).

Here is a time lapse of the first part of our set up.