Hello guys! In this post I am leaving a link to my critical creative reflection. Here I talk about genre conventions, integration of technologies, my groups target audience and distribution methods, and so much more. I reflect on this project and talk to you guys one on one.
link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ki3_WSzMzvgy1AYANEmQ6OyNo6t5fD8Y/view?usp=sharing
Stay tuned for the ifnal product at 5:00 pm est.
Til then, Lore
Good afternoon fellow readers and bloggers! Today’s post is going to be about my groups final music choices that we used in our opening and a little about the sound effects were using during post production.
So as you know, Thiago had reached out to an artist he knew named Silver Sphere to see if we can get the rights to use some of her songs (which we did) to use in our opening. They have actually been friends for a while so their friendship made this a lot easier! We wound up using two of her songs, ghosts and i'll go goth. We played one while Betty was getting ready and another in the car with both James and August as well. My favorite one we used was ghosts. After listening to them so many times on film day, I actually realized I liked them and even added them to my playlist on Spotify!
In regards to other sound effects were using, there are a lot. We are adding a honking noise we recorded into the video so we can again adjust the volume and make it sound a little louder than normal. We are also adding the sounds of the shower and running water or scene one along with a few others! We think these Foley techniques are what are going to make our opening stand out from all the rest. My team and I are so excited to go through the post production and editing phase and bring you all along with us. In those posts you guys are really going to see us get to work and perfect our final product!
Hey guys! So as promised I am hopping on once again to talk about some extra details and bumps in the road my group and I overcome on our film day pt. 2. So we originally planned to use this steady cam device that fit our phones to help us film both scenes and make our pans and tilts smoother but it did not go as planned.
We spent a good thirty minutes trying to get it to work but we couldn’t figure out what was up. We downloaded the app and even looked up tutorials online but we realized that the clock was ticking and we had to get our show on the road. To solve this issue we wound up just using our hands and the built in stabilizer on our phones. After adjusting the video quality in our settings we did our best to avoid shakey hand movements. Larissa was amazing as this as we realized her hands were the less shakey than mine!
Hope this post gave you guys a little more insight about that day! Happy reading :)
Hello! I hope everyone is doing great. I am making this post to tell you guys about how our first day of filming went on our day 2! So as you know, my group and I were able to successfully film scene one last weekend where we did the scary shower scenes of our opening. Though we were not bale to film all in one day, we filmed this week to wrap it all up.
This week we filmed the other half of our opening which was the scene of Betty getting ready in her room and then meeting our other two characters, August and James in the car to talk about where they are headed and the plans they have. This is where we really wanted to reflect how happy they are and the level of comfort between them. They are best friends after all. This scene comes after the black screen saying "four days prior". The actual filming of the scene was really funny because our three actors our best friends and real life so it took them a second to keep themselves from laughing but before long, we were able to successfully film the scene.
We filmed it from two different angles. I was in the trunk filming from the back left corner and Larissa was filming through the window of the drivers seat. We made sure to follow the 180 rule when doing this! The purpose of filming from two angles at one was to ensure that the dialogue was as natural as possible and to strengthen the flow of the scene as a whole. Re-filming certain lines from different angles can make it seem abrupt which is the opposite of what we wanted. Much of the dialogue actually was enhanced with a little improv and some stutters to seem more natural as well! If you guys are interested, I will be posting more about this day so stay tuned!
Overall, filming went great! We are so excited for what comes next in the editing stage! Stay tuned for more and happy reading :)
Good morning! I am hopping on real quick to tell you guys a little about the group meetings I just had in class. So group meetings are something my teacher, Mrs. Stoklosa, does for team members from all different groups meet in a breakout room on Microsoft Teams and talk about our work. Here we all get to give each other feed back and give ideas to others on ho to improve their projects to make sure we all excel!
In my group, I was with Kenneth, Marcos, and William. I had never spoken to them before so I was a little nervous but nonetheless we all spoke about what we were doing. I honestly loved all of their ideas for their projects. One of my favorites was Kenneth's as he is doing a thriller kind of opening and he wants to have it set on Valentine's Day. I loved that idea so much. I also appreciated Williams idea of filming in an abandoned house but we all told him that it maybe wasn't the best idea haha. I also got a chance to see Marcos's ideas and how they evolved into his opening now! All of them are doing great work and I can't wait to see it.
When it was my turn to speak I showed them my story boards (which you can see in a recent post I did!) and they loved it. I got nothing but positive feed back about both the story boards and the idea as a whole. I told Thiago and Larissa and they were thrilled! I cant wait to do another group meeting soon!
Hey guy, we did it! We finally were able to get the cameras rolling and successfully film scene one of our opening.
Before we all met up at Thiago's house, we made sure to quarantine another three days prior to ensure we had no symptoms and limit who we were seeing. When the day arrived we all coordinated the times and things to bring to get ready to film. That day we were able to film scene one (the shower scenes) with our actresses Dani and Gaby along with Thiago who played James. We made sure they looked extra scary and bloody in the shower shots and close ups to ensure that their confusion and anticipation is transmitted through the screen on to the audience! The fake blood we made looked so good and didn't stain the actresses clothes or bathroom! We also stuck with the idea to use the records in front of a professional light to use different colors for each of our characters. Here's a picture!
I don't want to say too much because I want you guys to be surprised with our final product but I will say it went great and it was awesome to meet Larissa and Thiago in person again! We all get along so great and work well together. We have had numerous group meetings and facetime calls but seeing them in person was something else.
So let me give you guys a heads up on what's to come! My group and I plan to meet again to film scene two next week. We sadly have to have it so far ahead because it is the end of the quarter and we have all had a lot of extra work and studying to do along with matching everyone's schedules. Regardless, we still made sure to have it as soon as possible! Finishing filming that soon also leaves my group and I over 10 days for post production where we'll edit and work on our reflections! I'll tell you a bit more about that soon!
Until then, Lore :)
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