Editing Blog: The re edit

Today we re filmed some of the scenes in our movie. Before we filmed we did some re editing as well but not as much as we hoped for. We decided that we would change the filters for the flashback scenes. For example, when a flashback happens the filter will fade into an old time type of filter. We decided to do this in order to let the audience know that it’s a flashback. Another thing that we’re going to input is transitions. We think that the transitions will help with the flashbacks and make our film look better. After Lauren dumps all of our new footage into her laptop we will continue to edit at a later time. Unfortunately, the corona virus has put a hold on everything. Everything from sports to tv production. Film studios are putting a hold on many of their upcoming movies and tv shows. Countries outside of the U.S. such as India are even doing this. One of the biggest shut downs that occurred was the showdown of the movie “The Batman”. Due to this virus being so deadly many production companies have been warning their employees to stay home. The entire country is on a mandatory quarantine and a mandatory curfew. Shows that air on the CW, NBC, and Fox have been put on hold. Hopefully there will be a cure to this virus sooner rather than later. The corona virus has also affected our filming schedule. Our parents are getting extremely cautious so it’s hard for some of us to come out of the house in order to film. We’re trying to work around it and pick our days that work for everyone in our film. We will continue to edit our film and perfect it to the best of our ability.

Filming Blog: Reshooting the film

Today my group and I had to take on the task of reshooting some of the scenes in our film. Due to the corona virus school was canceled. Since school was canceled we were unable to check out a camera like we planned on doing. Instead we had to continue to film on Lauren’s iPhone 11. Today we reshot the bridal shop scene first. We had to reshoot this scene because of the sound issue that occurred the first time. The group that peer edited our film said that during this scene it was hard to understand what was being said because our voices were so low. We also added in dialogue between Autumn and the bridesmaids to let the audience know that her and Summer are sisters. Another scene that we did over today was the scene where Autumn (me) was being chased by Summer (Taliyah). This scene had to be filmed again because in the initial video it looked like I sat in the stairs rather than fall. We also had to add in the scene where Summer was chasing me and she tripped. In this scene dialogue was added. We also filmed some scenes that we were unable to film during the first time we were filming. We recorded the scene where Autumn and Summer were about to kill each other with a knife.  The knife was real but we made sure to handle it with care to prevent anyone from getting seriously injured. The last scene that we filmed during our reshoot was the scene where Autumn was being chased by Summed through the hallway. There was a close up of Autumns face and a hand held shot of her as she was running away from Summer. Unfortunately, we ran out of time and we were unable to reshoot some other scenes. We plan on reshooting the final scenes when we meet up again to record our CCR (creative critical reflection). Our film is slowly coming together piece by piece and I can’t wait to see the final product!

Editing Blog: The re-edit

Today my group and I continued to edit our film. We received feedback from the peer review so we took that feedback and input some of it into our film while editing. Originally we didn't add in all of the titles. The first thing we did was add in the rest of the titles. After doing that we then placed them in different scenes. We did this so that they would appear across the screen at different times. Another thing that we did while editing was slowed down certain scenes. For example, we put the title of the movie in the scene where the ocean was scene. I suggested that we slow this scene down for several reasons. One of the main reasons was to give this scene a more dramatic affect, especially since the name of the movie is "Misconstrued". We also added transitions into our film while editing. By transitions I mean that we added things in to make the scene change smoother. Without the transitions the scene changes wouldn't have been as clean. In our peer review nobody told us to add music into our film but that was the main thing that we forgot to add in. I found free music a while ago but we weren't able to add it into the movie in time. So today in class Lauren tried to figure out how to add it in. The song that was chosen was by Farrell Wooten. The name of the song is "THROWBACKS" and it falls into the peaceful category. Even though it falls into this category this music builds up suspense. I think that it's the best song to be played in the background off our movie to add onto the thriller and suspense that we're going for. Even though we plan on reshooting some scenes we still are editing what we currently have.

Reshoot Blog: What we learned from peer review

Todays blog is a blog that is supposed to be about how we completed a reshooting of our film. Unfortunately my group was unable to reshoot this past weekend. We plan on reshooting another weekend preferable when we're all free. Last week my class did a peer review. After my groups film was viewed by another group we received feedback. The groups gave us extremely helpful feedback. For example, they suggested that we use more lighting during the car scene. After I watched our film again I see what they mean. If there was more lighting it would be easier for the audience to see what's on the screen. They also suggested that we add some voice overs. I do agree with that mainly because I think it would help the film have an easier flow. If the hallway scene or the stair scene have a voiceover from both characters it would build up more suspense. Another group said that we needed to work on projecting our voices. I agree because some parts of our film were hard to hear. The last thing that was suggested by the other group was adding an establishing shot into our film and inputting the rest of the titles. Other than those few critiques we also got some good feedback on the things in our film. We were told that our acting skills were good throughout the entire film, especially during the crying scene. We were also told that our story was easy to follow so the audience wasn't confused. We plan on taking these factors into consideration in order to later reshoot our film and make it ten times better. Hopefully, we will have a new version of the movie sometime this week.

Peer Review

Today in class my group members and I peer reviewed another groups film. Lauren wasn't in class today so we had to email her the video in order for her to complete the peer review activity. We received group 3 and their movie was named "Red Dot". On the peer review worksheet we were supposed to identify if they had certain things in their film. For example, some of these things were : an establishing shot, a high angle, or an over the shoulder shot. The film that we reviewed met every requirement except for four things. The four things that they were missing was an establishing shot, a long shot, a shot reverse shot, and an action match. One thing that I really liked about this film was the fact that it had such a unique story. From watching it I figured out that it was about a girl being quarantined and her friend was trying to help her escape. After I figured that out it helped me understand the name of the movie "Red Dot". In the beginning of the film they had a close up of a red dot on someone's am which is where the title came from.Another thing that I liked about the film was the music selection. The music was suspenseful which kept the audience interested in what was going to happen next. This group also had non diegetic sound and diegetic sound which was really good when it came to certain scenes. Although, this group did have a good film I have some suggestions for them. I think that they should add some dialogue in the film. I feel this way because my group and I had to watch it over a couple of times. We did this because we didn't understand what was happening. I feel that if they add dialogue it will help the audience understand what the story that is happening in their film. I think that this activity really helped me understand how others view my groups film.

Filming Blog: How we did film

Today two of my group members (Lauren & Jahrvia) and I filmed the last scenes of our film. We also filmed with my sister Taliyah. Unfortunately, Anishka wasn't able to make it today so we had to film without her. The original plan was for Laurens mom to pick all of us up after school but things changed due to Laurens mom not being able to make it. We all had to catch the school bus home and later meet up at Laurens house. Thankfully, we had already checked out a camera last week so we didn't have to worry about doing that. After we all made it to Laurens home we continued to film where we left off. The first scene that we filmed was the scene where Autumn (me) was running up the stairs trying to get away from Summer (Taliyah). We used our storyboard to make sure that we filmed the scene correctly. According to the storyboard we had to record a tracking shot and a low shot of me running up the stair and tripping. Due to me not being able to fall properly we had to record many takes of this scene until we had the perfect fall. For the low angle Lauren sat on the flor and placed the ring light across her lap. The rest of the room was pitch black which was supposed to add onto the suspense. While Lauren was sitting on the floor she placed the camera in her hands at a low angle in front of the ring light, which is how we filmed the low angle for this scene. In order to make sure that the audience doesn't know which sister killed who we had Taliyah switch into the wedding dress. After she changed into it she ran up the stairs similar to how I did. This was done to confuse the audience on who is being killed. We later filmed the rest of the scenes. These scenes included the over the shoulder shot of me showing off my ring to Summer (Taliyah) while at a restaurant. Now all we have to do is edit our film and add in the titles for our peer review in class.