Week 4 pt. 3

  After reviewing last nights scenes from Pei Wei, I ran into a problem, most of the audio I capture with the camera has an echo. This was something I had a small concern about before filming but I didn't think it would be as bad as it was. It's at the point where you can barely hear what we're actually saying. So now I have to figure out how I'm going to handle this problem, I'm not sure if it'd be better to either refilm the scenes you can't hear, mute the scenes and do a voiceover or just reshoot in a different, more closed location. I'm going to try to get some other opinions for my classmates and Mrs. Marchetti to see what would be the best approach for the audio situation. Other than that, overall the quality and the shots were exactly what I wanted them to be, at least I have options on what I can do in order to fix the audio situation. I'm trying to solve this problem asap, hopefully before the week ends.

Week 4 pt. 2

  Last night, I was out late as I began filming a few of my scenes, the ones that needed to be shot at night. We went to Pei Wei, where the manager was more than kind enough to let me film and move tables around if I needed too. So I was able to get a good 30 seconds of actual film. So I would consider last night to be a productive day. However, I was trying all day to get my afternoon shots too, however, it kept raining so I have to see whenever my actors and I are free and can meet up to get those scenes done. I think if weather permits and everything goes to plan, I'd only need maybe one or two days of filming. I 'll be editing my scenes as I film, in order to help save time so I don't spend one whole night editing and forget certain things. The scenes I filmed are more of the middle of the plot, that is one issue I have to deal with. I have to jump around with my scenes in filming since they'll be filmed during certain times of the day and some are inside and outside. Hopefully, I get lucky next weekend in order for me to hopefully finish filming or at least get a majority of it. Sidenote: I'm working with a new camera which I haven't learned how to properly do everything yet or have the proper equipment, one of the things I don't have yet is the tool I need to upload my film to my desktop. So once I get it, I'll add one of the scenes I filmed in Pei Wei here.

Week 4 pt. 1

 Last class, I spent the whole class planning out my storyboard and figuring out my psychological thriller storyline. I'm planning on starting out the opener with the girlfriend having a flashback compilation of a happy couple, for example, the couple is at the beach, park, walking the city. She comes back to reality and realizes their relationship isn't what it used to be. The girlfriend later learns there a mistress that the boyfriend chose over her. Ultimately leading to her becoming crazy and plotting to kill the new couple. That's a quick rundown of my story without going into too much detail and ultimately running the surprise.  For my storyboard, I'm guessing that the story is done. And I'd just have to figure out the placement of all the scenes and potentially add one or two scenes if I have to, but as of right now I don't have any plans of doing so.

the beginning of the film

The end of the film

Week 3 pt. 4

I began looking into how to make fake blood, along with where I can find the bags that pop once they're touched (something kind of like a water balloon that they use in movies) and thinking about what I want my costumes to be. Since there will be someone getting killed, I think the way the blood is portrayed will be a big factor in this film. Also, I got to think about whether what age group I want the characters to be, being either high schoolers or not. More than likely I would choose high schoolers. Since my school has around 5,000 students, I think finding somebody who would fit what I want my character to be, wouldn't be hard. Someone who can pull off a crazy type of look.

How to make and apply fake blood

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/halloween-ideas/how-to/a35075/how-to-make-fake-blood/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmrTNqkhk8U

Makeup on blood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpTX_Qh1AMg

Week 3 pt. 3

After taking the rest of the week to think about my storyline, I've thinking I'm going the route of having a heartbroken ex become crazy. I'm thinking of a spin-off of "Acrimony" where once the ex sees the other doing better, it drives her to insanity to the point she becomes the killer. And tries to kill off the new girlfriend, as a form of jealousy and thinks it's the only way to get back with the man she's in love with. I'm thinking this is the way to go, but I'm going to sleep on the idea and ask my classmates, in order to fix out any kinks or get more ideas to go along with the plot.

Link to Acrimony trailer
https://youtu.be/wlpunOUxYSo

Week 3 pt. 1

Today in class, we all got split up and formed groups with students from other groups and gave any feedback and ideas. I got some peer ideas towards the production of my film opening more focused on how to portray the villain. Along with some ideas towards the storyline of the whole thing, although that is still a work in progress. After getting put in a group of 5, they all analyzed my blog and it was unanimous that it was time to personalize my blog to make it fit me. They considered it too bland and boring, so sometime this week I'll be sure to fix any problems I have on it and give it a makeover. Back to the ideas for my opening, some ideas for the plot were: have a couple get chased out of town or have a stalker like an ex who becomes crazy, or go the basic route of just having a crazy killer. I think it'd be the most fun filming either of the firs two but I'm not sure yet. I'll have to think about it and figure it out the next time we have a class discussion.

Week 3 pt. 2

Last class, I got shown how to make my blog look more presentable. After taking the tips I got from my classmates into consideration, I played around with the settings and revamped everything, along with fixing any other errors on my blog. For example, my text box glitching out of my screen, which would cut off half of my posts, I messed around with the background theme until I found something I liked, which ended up being a change from a blue striped background to now an orange with a cool design. I ended up changing the overall format of my page and made each week more accessible and more appealing. Overall I gave my blog a much-needed makeover and personalized it to fit more of my style.