We Started to Film and Edit!

       Coming off an used week was tough to get the ball rolling. We all had bust schedules and knew filming this weekend was going to be tough. It was nasty weather and I worked all day Saturday. This meant Sunday was the only option. We came to an agreement that I would just film only shots where nobody was in. This would be fine as we at least would get something done. Filming was simple, we just took a bunch of pans and tracking shots. These weren't that hard as my brothers we able to assist if I needed to drive for the shot. The end of the filming got a little off. The clouds began to roll in and the sun left, leaving the shots dull. This was a problem as we figured they may not match the earlier shots taken.
       Editing these shots was surprisingly easy compared to last time. We had all the files on a drive, and simply moved them onto the computer. This was a little hard as importing them was different than usual because of the computer. Otherwise, everything went smoothly. Editing was different because usually we just put them in order and break them up and line them up. This time we had to leave holes in the videos to add film with us in them later. We also learned all those shots we took when it was cloudy out were not usable. There was too much of a difference in them and it looks like they are two separate scenes. This was not the look we wanted so reshooting is going to have to happen. This will not be a big deal as we ned to go to the same places to shoot with us in the shots anyway. For now I am happy with where we are at as it gives us a good look at where we are going.

We Couldn't Film For Final Project!

Last week we were given instruction to start filming for our final projects. We had plans to film and we even began to talk the time we would meet. This was all going to work because I could drive and get them. Then I got permission to film in my house so we all thought things were going to get done this weekend. We had all set our plans and were going to film on Sunday, a holiday. This was already going to be an issue because we could not film at the park we were going to because of a sewage spill that took place near by. We worked past this issue by deciding we would only film the first part having to do with the street and house. Then, we could no longer film in the house because there was going to be too many people home. This meant we were going to try and film at Alex's house. This also failed because his mom did not want us there when his sister was studying.
This concluded Sunday and we got nothing done. Monday was going to an issue filming too. I got my wisdom teeth out. This meant I couldn't drive to get my partners. We figured if they got rides we could still film around the house, but this was not true too. I ended up not being able to move and didn't want to do much due to the pain. We figured we could at least walk through the house and run through our plan. We did this and decided to switch a couple minor things that we thought would make the movie better.  Overall, we wasted time and did not film, but it was good due to the fact that we got to refine our movie. This was not ideal, but we still have plenty of time to film to make a good movie.

Storyboard for Final Project

Attached is our scene ideas for the movie. We had a debate on how we wanted to do things because we all saw different visions. These were solved quickly as we were able to settle our differences. We did this my dividing up who got what slides. This allowed us to divide them based on who wanted what. This meant we could have different visions and for them still to work. I think this will really help in the long run as we now are not disagreeing on what we want. The hardest thing was probably having to cut things out that were not important enough. We only had so many slots for scenes, and this meant much of our ideas wouldn't make it. We ended up voting many off and decided we liked what we had, and if we end up changing things this is ok too as we have planned many backup plans in case of failure.

Planning: Location, Participants, and Health Blog

Attached is our planning slideshow. We were assigned to plan out the specifications of our filming process. In this blog it talks about our filming locations and the participants. Along with the participants and the locations, we also had to plan out what out health and safety resources will be. With this being planned, we also had to plan out what our filming process will look like until the date we will turn in the final product. To compose the schedule we began by listing the pre-production dates and task. The pre production consisted of planning, storyboarding, and finalizing ideas. After this we listed the production dates and task. During the production we will be primarily filming.To end off, we listed how we will finalize our film. The post production consisted of the editing that all go into finalizing the film.

Planning: Title Design

Attached is our plan of our title design. We wanted to keep is simple, yet still useful. We wanted to not do too much as this would take the attention off the actual film. We are going to use only one font, spectral. Our hope for only using one is to keep it simple so not too much is going on. This will also allow the viewer to take in the blogs while still watching the movie. We also plan on keeping the movie simple by fading in and out the titles. All of this will allow for a simple title display that will show all the information. We also only plan on using contrasting colors like a black back round and white letters. This is easy and good because it allows simplicity which is not a bad thing in films.

Planning: Dialogue + Sound Script

Attached is our presentation on the sounds going on in the movie clip. We felt presenting it scene by scene would be best, as it very logically shows the progression of our sounds. We wanted to start off not diving into action, so we have little to no sound. As we progress in the presentation you will see there is more and more dialogue and diegetic sound. We thought this would be best as we want to build suspense. Another reason this presentation is important is because of the fact that it will be used as a check list for us. We can compare it to the scenes we have and make sure we hit everything we want. We did not include it in the slideshow, but we have multiple plan-b's if one of these sounds doesn't work out and we cannot create it correctly. The biggest thing in the presentation we liked to see is the continuation of the music. This will allow for a clean flowing 2 minutes as making it choppy with too much sound and music may not be best for the movie as a whole.

Planning: Shooting Script

Attached is our planned out shooting script. We wanted to incorporate a chase scene as it was something we all grew up watching. We went from scene to scene and tried to portray each of the major plot points of the first two minutes. The hardest part of making this script is going to be keeping to it. During the writing, we had many disagreements of what we wanted, and had to cut out many good ideas. We knew we wanted to use many unique shots like trunk shots, but still wanted to keep the plot normal through use of things like wide shots. We really like how we have developed the movie so far, I just do not know if everything we have in mind like the crane shots will work. We also have a few extra backup plans if things fall through. However, I dont think we will need to go to these extremes as none of out locations are changing and we have minimalistic props. These such locations are houses, public parks, and docks, all of which are public access and never close.