A POP OF COLOR

    We are almost at the finish line. Looking back at my film opening I felt as if something was missing. I really want the color to be one of the main ways in which the characters are being represented or what their representation may mean. What I decided to do was to add a color filter to the scenes and their characters. For example on Juliana, I put a warm tone sorta yellow color filter so that the color is emphasized but not super into one’s face. I really feel that adding these colors will help determine to the audience the representation all the characters have. A problem I ran into while editing the colors was that I notice that the scene filmed at night was a little too dark and grainy but the color correction helped the scene be seen better and you could really see the emotion on the character now. This was an issue that I thought would be a big step back cause it would mean I would have to refilm that scene but thankfully everything looks great and I won’t have to. 

QUIET ON SET

    Welcome back blog! This week is very exciting because I am going to be finishing editing my whole film opening. I first put everything I had filmed from the other day into the editing system and then I put everything in chronological order. I did have to move some of the scenes to a different part of the film so it would look in chronological order since the last scene is at night I had to make sure that the scenes before it was all done in the right timeframe. The next thing I did was make sure that everything to do with sound was synced correctly. I make sure to rerecord or use foley for any of the sounds that we're missing that would emphasize or add to the film opening. I also added the music that is being played in the background of the film as well as when one of the characters, Eliana, starts playing music in her room. I made sure to add any notification when the sounds come together so it doesn't take too much away from what is being seen. For the music, I converted the youtube video into an mp3 and then added it into a premier pro. I also made sure that all the sounds being used were copyright free.

FINAL DAY FILMING

     The day has finally come when I come to a conclusion and finish all of my filmings that is going into my film opening. On this day, all my friends came together to film the film shots of the film. I was super nervous because I felt that having them all in one room was going to go so wrong, but they all did an excellent job staying focused and needed to do what was done. I did have to change the location of the ending from being outside Alesia’s house to now being inside one of the girl's houses and them meeting up to try to find a plan of what is going to be developed and also letting the other characters who have no idea about what’s happening have an in sight or a clue. The setting of the scene also has the color red which wasn't seen in any other part of the opening because of the fact that they were talking about Alesia there and how now they could be in danger. The dark lighting can also emphasizes how they are trying to keep everything a secret The script changed a bit as well but it’s okay because when I checked the footage everything looked smooth and the actions look more normal.  

FILMING DAY THREE

      Filming today wasn’t too bad because it was just me and my friend who knows how to play soccer out in the field filming. At first, I kinda felt awkward walking around with a camera but then when we started I felt completely fine. Finding a perfect location and waiting for the sun to be at the perfect I would say for me was the hardest part. But other than that everything went pretty smoothly and even after we were done filming, a group of people came up to us and asked if we wanted to do a soccer match which I thought was kinda fun. They also were very interested in what I was filming. I thought they were really kind after not feeling so good about filming in public and it gave me some reassurance that it’s okay to film out in the open. Something else that happened while filming is that I realized that I had too many characters so I had to cut out Serina because if I left her character in, the film opening would have been too long and surpassed the 2-minute time limit.

EDITING DAY ONE

    Hi, blog! This week I decided to start editing to make sure I had enough time left to include the other characters in the film. Thankfully with the footage, I got only 1:00 minute down and it gives me room to include all the other characters. The program that I'm using mentioned before is Adobe Premier Pro and since I have worked with this program before so hopefully, everything goes good and will be easy for me to edit. What I did was that I put all the footage from each scene together in chronological order and I put them into order. I think later on I am going to have to change which scene comes first due to the timeframe they were all filmed but I don't think it will be such a big problem. I also added all of the videos without sound because I want to make sure later on that they fit well within the film or if I should rerecord the audio to make the scenes better. What I am also thinking it to cut out the parts in which the characters are rushing to meet each other because I fell like that will be implied with the characters meeting up at the end. 

 

GETTING ORGANIZED

     I believe that in order for me to continue working on my project and make sure I have all the clips and scenes necessary to complete all the goals I want to achieve I need to get organized. After two days of filming, I imported all the videos from my SD card and separated them into different files in regard to each character. After separating them, I looked through all the clips very carefully because when I saw they were in my camera and sometimes it is different from what yous see in the camera to what you see on the computer. Doing this will really determine if I have to reshoot or not, which from what I have seen everything seems to be fine. In the file, I added another file within to separate extra fill footage that I have got and I put them in chronological order in which they are going to be shown in the film opening. 

SECOND DAY FILMING

    Hey blog! Yesterday was my second day filming and I am so glad it went smoothly and easily compared to the first day. For this second day of filming the only one I could film was Eliana but it is okay because her scenes don't require anyone else until the end. I made sure to incorporate mise-en-scene elements to portray the representation that she has within the film. In this specific scene, I have her and her mom having a conversation and I have yet to decide if I want to include her mom just talking in the background or actually show her mom speaking to her. Other than that I think everything was great from the angles and lightning to the sound. What I think I'm going to do soon is start editing the clips I have from Juliana, James, Eliana, and Ariana to see how much content I would still need to get because I have a feeling that I have added too many characters are settings. By doing this can also help me get an idea of what is missing and if I need to go reshoot anything.