Hello everyone!!! This is my final blog and I am proud to say that my film opening has been completed! I am incredibly proud of this project and my group members as we were a tightly-knitted group throughout this entire process. Thank you for paying attention to these blogs and I hope u enjoy!! The link is below:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec_rflhTBOs&feature=youtu.be
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Monday, April 10, 2017
CCR
Hey everyone! I cannot believe that this project is coming to an end! Watch my CCR to get my personal reactions and thoughts on my film opening and my process through this amazing project. I hope you all see this video and get a little more insight on how I felt about the movie and the message I attempt to get across throughout my film opening. Enjoy!!
Friday, April 7, 2017
Grind SZN
What is going on everyone? Sorry I haven't been blogging in a while, I have been incredibly busy recently. So let me tell you guys exactly what we have done this week. On Monday we had finished filming (or so we thought) and began the editing process. We are practically finished with our project as of now, but we still have some more to do. We realized that the first 30 seconds of our film did not get the message we wanted to get across and it looked quite choppy, so we had re-filmed all of the opening sequence, and we also re-filmed Blake's scene as it just simply looked odd and out-of-place. We decided that we would be in crunch time now for the rest of the weekend until April 11th, which is when the projects are due.
Today we will finally film the voice-over, because we wanted to watch the entire opening, and make sure that the voice-over correlated and made sense with the entire piece. We knew that we would have complications as all groups do, so we are glad that we finished filming somewhat early because it takes a lot of stress away from us. However, we are quite worrisome about finding a song to put in the background in our opening sequence, as well as some of our opening scenes. We would find a song that sounds good for a few seconds, but then the beat completely changed and we realized we would not be able to use that song. Choosing the song is also something that my group and I will have to do today. We also decided that we cannot use a song that is actually published as we will not have enough time to get permission, so our song will have to be on a royalty-free website such as Purple Planet. I have the ACT tomorrow, yes on the first week of spring break, so I know that we are going to have to finish this today so that I only have to do my CCR and focus on my own personal aspect of the project.
During the editing process, something that we thought would be interesting would be the freeze frame effect that is on iMovie, which my group will incorporate into our film opening. We were amazed at this discovery because it simply made our jobs much easier. Another great effect was the stabilizer effect, something that we found very efficient for our moving shots which we used a handmade dolly for. It is a very good feeling to be done with a huge chunk of this project. But I have a script to write, so I will catch up with you all later. Thanks for reading!!!!!
Today we will finally film the voice-over, because we wanted to watch the entire opening, and make sure that the voice-over correlated and made sense with the entire piece. We knew that we would have complications as all groups do, so we are glad that we finished filming somewhat early because it takes a lot of stress away from us. However, we are quite worrisome about finding a song to put in the background in our opening sequence, as well as some of our opening scenes. We would find a song that sounds good for a few seconds, but then the beat completely changed and we realized we would not be able to use that song. Choosing the song is also something that my group and I will have to do today. We also decided that we cannot use a song that is actually published as we will not have enough time to get permission, so our song will have to be on a royalty-free website such as Purple Planet. I have the ACT tomorrow, yes on the first week of spring break, so I know that we are going to have to finish this today so that I only have to do my CCR and focus on my own personal aspect of the project.
During the editing process, something that we thought would be interesting would be the freeze frame effect that is on iMovie, which my group will incorporate into our film opening. We were amazed at this discovery because it simply made our jobs much easier. Another great effect was the stabilizer effect, something that we found very efficient for our moving shots which we used a handmade dolly for. It is a very good feeling to be done with a huge chunk of this project. But I have a script to write, so I will catch up with you all later. Thanks for reading!!!!!
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Searching for Props
For the doctor job, I was thinking that we would show the back of a person wearing scrubs and to the right of the doctor, on his tools, we would have our names on his tools, most likely just one of our names as we cannot fit all three on just one tool. For the lawyer position, I was thinking about filming a nicely-dressed man or woman and filming the character putting down his or her briefcase and on the briefcase would be a few of our names, most likely finishing the part of the "Directed by" parts. We also wanted to film an actor, and the prop we would use would be something similar to like a director's chair, and on the chair would be "Starring:" and we would go on throughout the rest of the first opening sequence stating our cast of the film. The real estate position would just use a sold by sign, with more of our casting members displayed on the screen, and the final job would be a teacher, and the object displayed would be an apple with the final casting name written on it. The opening sequence would then fade to black, and transition into the office scene. Below I am going to attach some pictures of what these objects would look like, just in case some of them are not clear.
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| Director's Chair |
Ok, so for some odd reason, when I try to implement more pictures into the blog it is not allowing me. Sorry for any inconvenience but I must start to get to the end of this blog as I have an incredibly busy day of filming. I hope you all got a little more insight to the rest of our film opening, and I am very excited to put some sneak peeks and raw footage in majority of my blogs next week. Thanks for reading and happy Sunday!!!
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Changes to Intro
Hello everyone! Today in class Camy and I were thinking through our entire project, and we came to the conclusion that we would need to make changes to the opening sequence. We decided that in order to incorporate all of our names into the sequence, it would be best to display specific conventions for multiple careers, with our names displaying on separate props. An example of this would be a real estate agent putting down a "SOLD" sign with our names on it to include all of our names. We also decided that we would try to change up Blake and Camila's scene, which we will film today. The changes to Blake and Camila's scene are minimal; we just decided on changing some of the costuming.
Camy and I were brainstorming all class to try to think about what changes we should put into our first opening. We wrote all of our ideas on a piece of paper, so I can show you all our thought process.
We decided that using a montage of children growing up would be a great intro, but it would not look very good and it would be difficult to film. Due to our schedules and our resources, we decided that our opening sequences would show multiple jobs with our names displayed on miscellaneous objects.
My group and I also are going to begin the editing process of the office scene we had recorded previously. The office scene will last around 45 seconds, and we have decided exactly what clips we would be using for the scene. It has come to my attention that I also must start writing the script for our voice-over, and begin to think of what exactly I will say, as well as practice the script so that it will be cohesive and clear when we incorporate it into our film opening.
I hope you all will enjoy this film opening once we finish the project. I am incredibly excited to go and finally finish filming and begin the final editing process and voice-over integration. Thanks for reading!!!
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Post-Film Feeling
What's up everyone! Yesterday we finally accomplished our first day of filming, and I must say it was pretty interesting. My group and I met up at the Eiglarsh building on Weston Road to look around at our setting and see exactly what offices would be open for us to film. Our cast then began to roll in, and filming initiated. Well, in someway initiated. The only flaw that I found from our filming yesterday was the fact that majority of the cast is friends with one another, and this led to a prolonged filming session that wasted a lot more time than allotted. However, with all of the distractions, we still were able to accomplish everything we wanted to get done by yesterday. We decided to split up our filming into three days, and we will be done filming by tomorrow night. This allows my group to have ample time to edit the video and eventually do our personal CCRs. I am incredibly excited to show you guys our film opening, so below I will attach some photos from yesterday that we took. The pictures selected will allow you all to see a sneak peak of our costuming during the opening, hopefully getting the point across that the men shown during the office scene are all pretty stereotypical, successful, men.
In our film, we have incorporated 2 other female employees to the office scene. Something that I wish we had done was get a more diverse cast, but we had to take what was offered to us, which I do not mind as the film still gets the correct point across as I had planned prior. I also began to review our film as we were leaving the office to make sure that we enjoyed everything we filmed and that we would not have to re-film these scenes as we took many additional takes and filmed every shot multiple times until we got it as close to perfect as we wanted to. I am also excited about beginning to write the script to my voice-over portion of the opening, which will be occurring for majority of the opening. I know that my film opening must guide the film in the correct fashion that we are attempting to do, which is to display the story in a comedic and dramatic fashion. I got to go because I am going to see Chris Rock tonight, but I cannot wait until my group finishes this filming and we can begin the editing process, moving one step closer to completion. Thanks for reading!
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| In-Between Scene Picture |
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| Pondering About Future Shots and Angles |
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| Men At Work |
In our film, we have incorporated 2 other female employees to the office scene. Something that I wish we had done was get a more diverse cast, but we had to take what was offered to us, which I do not mind as the film still gets the correct point across as I had planned prior. I also began to review our film as we were leaving the office to make sure that we enjoyed everything we filmed and that we would not have to re-film these scenes as we took many additional takes and filmed every shot multiple times until we got it as close to perfect as we wanted to. I am also excited about beginning to write the script to my voice-over portion of the opening, which will be occurring for majority of the opening. I know that my film opening must guide the film in the correct fashion that we are attempting to do, which is to display the story in a comedic and dramatic fashion. I got to go because I am going to see Chris Rock tonight, but I cannot wait until my group finishes this filming and we can begin the editing process, moving one step closer to completion. Thanks for reading!
Friday, March 24, 2017
Golly Dolly
Hello everyone, today I will be discussing a very important aspect of my filming process, which is the use of the dolly. The dolly is used in film in order to allow for a stabilized shot that displays movement, and this will be needed in our introduction. After our film sequence, our "hallway" shot will follow a young man's walk through a business office, and we are going to attempt a master shot, but it will most likely be too difficult to accomplish.
Today I plan on discussing with you all exactly how my group and I could create our own dolly, as we do not have a large budget to spend on the film. Our first option would be quite simple, which would be placing our tripod and camera on top of a rolling office chair, while one person is pushing the chair in the direction that we would like the film to pursue. I spent some time to look up other homemade dolly ideas, just to see if we can accomplish more with a specific type of dolly.
I found that there were some homemade dolly ideas that were common, but incredibly risky. One of these options was the car. Using a slow-driving car would seemingly be effective; however, it is revealed that the shot tends to come out shaky and that is not what we would like to have in our film. Cardboard is also a very common dolly, however it would have to be moving on a smooth surface, and there is a lot of room for failure while using a piece of cardboard. The shot would also be quite low unless we place the cardboard on something elevated.
In my opinion, I think that we should just use the office chair that rolls as that seems to be the best option that allows for a clear and focused shot, despite the movement of the camera. I also feel like this best suits our options as I finally bought our tripod yesterday, and due to Amazon Prime, I believe that tripod should come to us very soon.
I also went to a few office buildings once to see what option we should use for our office setting. Our best option is the Eiglarsh building in Weston due to proximity, but we may use my father's office or Camy's dad's office. All I have to do is see when all of our cast is available, and when the office will be open for us in order to film with little to no distraction. I am very excited as I know that we will be filming incredibly soon, as I am beginning to work on our voice-over script right now. I know that we will try as much as we can to spend our time efficiently in this process. We have decided that we will begin to look for clips and pictures from our childhoods, as well as some of our friends to create a diverse opening to our film.
I hope you all enjoyed this blog, and I cannot wait to begin to show you all some clips from our film opening, and eventually the entire opening. Thank you for reading!!!
Resources:
Today I plan on discussing with you all exactly how my group and I could create our own dolly, as we do not have a large budget to spend on the film. Our first option would be quite simple, which would be placing our tripod and camera on top of a rolling office chair, while one person is pushing the chair in the direction that we would like the film to pursue. I spent some time to look up other homemade dolly ideas, just to see if we can accomplish more with a specific type of dolly.
I found that there were some homemade dolly ideas that were common, but incredibly risky. One of these options was the car. Using a slow-driving car would seemingly be effective; however, it is revealed that the shot tends to come out shaky and that is not what we would like to have in our film. Cardboard is also a very common dolly, however it would have to be moving on a smooth surface, and there is a lot of room for failure while using a piece of cardboard. The shot would also be quite low unless we place the cardboard on something elevated.
In my opinion, I think that we should just use the office chair that rolls as that seems to be the best option that allows for a clear and focused shot, despite the movement of the camera. I also feel like this best suits our options as I finally bought our tripod yesterday, and due to Amazon Prime, I believe that tripod should come to us very soon.
I also went to a few office buildings once to see what option we should use for our office setting. Our best option is the Eiglarsh building in Weston due to proximity, but we may use my father's office or Camy's dad's office. All I have to do is see when all of our cast is available, and when the office will be open for us in order to film with little to no distraction. I am very excited as I know that we will be filming incredibly soon, as I am beginning to work on our voice-over script right now. I know that we will try as much as we can to spend our time efficiently in this process. We have decided that we will begin to look for clips and pictures from our childhoods, as well as some of our friends to create a diverse opening to our film.
I hope you all enjoyed this blog, and I cannot wait to begin to show you all some clips from our film opening, and eventually the entire opening. Thank you for reading!!!
Resources:
Renée, V. "Get Pro Quality Camera Moves with These Household DIY Dolly Hacks." No Film School. N.p., 13 Aug. 2014. Web. 24 Mar. 2017.
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