CCR

 Here are my CCR’s

https://youtu.be/2jWhdkkRPgc?si=hkbI7XDHdL4isfQR

https://youtu.be/G4g-3AsguPY?si=otQ9yhvE57JE_SmO

Film Opening

Blog the time has come…It’s been fun but we are finally done. Here is my final film opening.

https://youtu.be/Yk-yaBU5wgI?si=NHg0l8uv5LZGXJ8j

Music credits:

Music by Elysium Audio Labs 

Track: “Just Like That”

www.elysiumaudiolabs.com

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Portfolio Project Reflection

Heyy blogg! Now that our time together is coming to an end I want to reflect on my time working on this project and what it has taught me.  

When I first started the portfolio project I created a schedule where I broke down each part of the project, the research, the planning, the filming, and the editing. While planning I created a shot list. This broke down my film opening into smaller sections so I could really focus on every detail. What angle was the shot going to be at? Was the camera going to move? How will the clip be edited? All of these elements were thought about while creating the shot list. With the shot list I created I then made a storyboard that helped me visualize each shot and allowed my filming process to run very smoothly.

To monitor my progress I went back to my schedule and made sure I was doing everything on time. I created a checklist that included every part of the project so I could keep track of everything that needed to be done or that was done. It served almost as a reward system. Every Time I checked something off my list I felt a little bit of stress lifted off my chest. Overall, I wasn't always on track with my schedule, but I think that the system I had going really did help and kept me organized.

Throughout the course all of the projects assigned like the Shot project, the One Word Film project, the Soundscape project, and the Music Video project all helped me an immense amount with the Portfolio Project. The Shot project taught me about all of the different shots and angles in the film world. The One Word Film project taught me how to edit and create a story by using different techniques. The soundscape project taught me how to create realistic environments in my film. And the Music Video Project showed me how all of those different aspects work together to create something amazing. I wish I would have focused more on shots and angles, they seem to be what I struggle most in. 

I honestly don't think I managed my time well. At the beginning I was told I had eight weeks to finish this project, and when I heard that I thought, wow thats plenty of time. But in reality it went by in a second. When I heard that I also didn't take into account that one of those eight weeks was Spring break, and how much time this project was really going to take. I spent the first few weeks of this project working slowly and spending to much time in things that didn't matter, and in the end I was working on a time crunch.  In the future, the next time I work on a long term project, I am not going to wait for the back end of the time given to actually get my stuff together so that I produce the best possible work I can.

While working on this long term project I learned to not wait till the very last second to do everything. And that it's important to plan out every aspect of the project down to tiny pieces so that everything can work smoothly and that you can give your best efforts.  A long term project that I want to attempt next is to start my own business. I've always wanted to run my own company. Ever since I was little I would make small business like selling slime or bracelets, little things like that. I think that this project allowed me to realize that I need to plan my time out correctly and can balance work life with social life, and really focus on my priorities anything can happen. 

Chat I am Really Stressed.

Hey blog. Im very stressed. I don’t know what to do for my CCR. I have been watching a bunch of examples my teacher has given to me but I still don’t dont know what to do. Because if I do a podcast it’s going to be the same as everyone else’s. If i were to do a podcast I would want to make it fun like something similar to the podcasts:

 Call Her Daddy by Alex Cooper

Therapuss by Jake Shane

Hot Mess by Alis Earle

Canceled by Tana Mongeau and Brooke Schofield

If i were to do a podcast I would want to do something similar too these because I watch them on a daily basis and I feel like I could be good at it. I would probably have my dad interview me because he has a big personality and would make it more entertaining. While I am talking I will have different things that correlate what I am talking about pop up on the screen, so I am not just a floating head on the screen. 

(as I am writing this I have decided that for one of my CCRs I am going to to a podcast because I am stressing myself out to much and I just need to pick something already)

But I still have no Idea what I am going to do for my second CCR.

 

I have started editing!!!

 Hey bloggggg!! I have started editing!! 

So today I began editing and I have made a lot of process. I started off by getting all of the videos from chloe and putting them all into the video editor app VN. I then realized I didn't like how the beginning clips of Lily walking into school looked like. So I cut them and added black screens in between each clip to match with the beat of the song

After a lot of trial and error I eventually really liked how it turned out and decided to focus on the other half of the opening which I knew was going to be more difficult. So I was looking at the rest of the videos. And the order that chloe wanted them in didnt quite make sense. So I talked to her and after a little bit she agreed with me and then we moved around the order of the clips. After I was pleased with how everything looked visually I began to work on the audio.

 Once I started working on the audio I realized that I didn't have the voice recordings. So I texted all of the people in the opening and now I am just waiting on responses. So far all of the videos look transitioning into another look really good, and hopefully all of the talking will look good on top of the clips.

We are done filming!!

 Heyy bloggg! So we are finally done filming!!!! On Thursday Chloe and our friends went to gator run park to film the bathroom scene. Unfortunately I was unable to be there because like I said previously I am in Utah.

In the bathroom, Chloe used her backpack, two notebooks, and two pencils, as mise-en-scene elements. Our actor Lily, obviously wore her backpack to show that she also is a student. We wanted to give the idea that Lily, our main character, threw her backpack on the ground because she was nauseous and everything had fallen out of her bag. In the shots, her bag was kind of wide open with things falling out of it to give the effect that she had just thrown it down.

Next Chloe filmed the part where lily is dry heaving into the toilet. So there is no actual puke coming out. In the actual video you can hear some type of static noise so I am going to have to voice record someone fake puking into the toilet and put it over the video. Chloe also added a part where Lily looked up at her friend after she asks if he is ok and then continues to throw up tho show how sick lily is. 

Both Lily and her friend scramble to pick up all of Lily’s items off the floor and get back to class. It adds a sense of stress and an idea that the throwing up was more of a secret so they have to scramble to get back to class. Chloe tried two different ways of leaving the bathroom. For one of them, Lily and her friend left the bathroom at the same time. But for the other approach, Lily would follow her friend but stop and look in the mirror for a second to pull her top down, making it seem that she has been gaining a little weight and anxious about her body. 

Overall Im very happy with how all of our filming turned out and I am super excited to start editing!!

More filming

 Hi blog!!!!! Right now I am writing from my hotel in Utah, but in class on Wednesday Me and my partner did a lot of filming.

We filmed all of the scene of Lily walking into school and all through out the hall way where people say Hi to her and congratulate her for being valedictorian. We started off in a hallway in our school. We had a lot of our friends be extras, and we also asked a few people walking by to be in our film opening. We also plan on having all of the opening credits displayed throughout this scene 

Unfortunately for the first few minutes of when we were filming I was taking a test, But our friend Alexandra was able to film for us. We started off by filming Lily walking through the doors of the school. We had a boy from our school walk across the camera to give the effect that the school is busy and give it a realistic feel. My friend Lucy came out of the doors as Lily was walking in, reinforcing the school environment idea.

After that I found Chloe and she caught me up on what they had done while I was finishing up my test. We then filmed the next part of Lily walking through the hallways and different people say hi and congratulate her.

All of the different staff and students saying hi to Lily shows how well known she is between the staff and the students. 

We were also able to film the part of the opening where Lily walks into school 

We had the security guard say "Hi Lily" to really enhanced the idea of everyone knowing her. One of the main conflicts Lily has in this film's opening; her popularity and bright future make her so well-known that when people find out she is pregnant, it will have a huge effect on her.

Overall I am nervous to see how fluid all of the different cuts are going to look together. Im and hopping that I have nothing to actually to worry about but I will find out when I start to edit. All we have left now is the bathroom scene so hopefully that goes well as I wont be able to be there for that because I am in Utah.