Group meeting #2

 Group Meeting #2

This week, our second group meeting took place. Contrasting from the first group meeting, where we talked about our ideas for this project, the second group meeting consisted of discussion about our progress on our projects and ideas for our CCR's.

although I did not find this meeting to be as productive as the first, it was still helpful. I received feedback on what I had so far of my completed film opening. 

Some feedback I received on my project was to not include some of the unnecessary clips I filmed so my project does not go over the maximum time. Another thing they suggested was to re-film some clips where the sound was a little off, or to just exclude them overall.

I feel as though this feedback was helpful because I was still feeling somewhat doubtful as to which clips to include and exclude.

I also gave another member of this group meeting feedback on his credit sequence. They incorporated their credits in a single corner of the screen with the same name. I suggested they either alter the placement of the credits or incorporate a different name. In my opinion, it looked amateur and not realistic and they agreed with my suggestion.

This is a picture of me and my group, taken by our teacher, Mrs. Stoklosa

editing 1

 Editing!

While starting the editing process, one of the most difficult parts, in my opinion, is choosing which clips to and not to use within the project. Many are either very similar or very different clips of the same shot. What I have done so far in editing is upload all potential clips and insert them in order. I have not completely finished this process yet. For instance, nearing the end of our opening, these 3 shots all have 2 potential clips that could be used, and I am having trouble deciding which to incorporate.

production 2

 Production Part 2!

As a part of our filming process, we needed to break an egg. Originally, our idea was for a vase to fall and crack. To execute that successfully, we would have had to clean the glass off the floor. If we had not cleaned it all properly, perhaps my dog could have eaten it or we could have stepped on it. Also, I do not think my mom would have appreciated me breaking one of her vases. As a result, we improvised an used an egg instead.

Since eggs are currently quite expensive, we were only allowed to break one egg. To get our desired shot of this singular egg, we filmed from two differrent angles. One of these angles consisted of the egg literally falling on my phone camera lens. We are not posititve if this shot will be utilized in our final project but it is a cool possibility.

1st shot of egg breaking

2nd shot of egg breaking

cleaning egg off of phonecase

The same effect we were wishing to create with the vase was created with the egg. This effect is that right when the new character, Jess, arrives by ringing the doorbell. something goes wrong and breaks. This would demostrate how the arrival of Jess immediately causes something bad to happen creating an eerie or suspicious tone. 

This connects to the first scene of our film opening since it portrays Sofia and Luke, the main characters, being stalked/watched by someone, setting that same eerie and suspisious tone.

Production

 Production!

Today, we filmed the entire second half of our film opening! This process was honestly very fun and and stress-free. Our actors were very easy to work with and collaborated to their best effort. Throughout this process, I brough my friend Sophia Moreau to help us out with things like lighting and other details, since she has more experience in this field from being in CBTV, Cypress Bay's television class/club.

Here are some behind the scene photos from our filming process: 

  

This process took a total of about 3 and a half hours. This is because of the many times when they would stutter, laugh, or forget their lines. Despite this, we had a succesful filming day and were able to film all of our necessary content!

Production post #2

Production post #2

 Today is filming day 1!! Before Dani and I began to film the opening scene, we searched for different videos of how detective boards are portrayed in films. We searched online to look for some similar scenes but couldn't find any movies where they are setting up the board.

We continued our search and found this video where a person is adding the red string to all the pictures on the board. We noticed that the camera would pan down and track the movements of the hand. This is something we want to incorporate into our film opening, along with separate shots and angles. 

We also took note of the usage of post-it notes with informationwritten on them. We will include this into our board to not only fill up space, but to provide information that will be relevant later on. We  wrote some of the main information on these post-it notes, which will be included.

Sources: https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/86799892-detective-searching-links-between-crimes-board-red-string-co?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Production post #1

Production post #1

Dani and I are to begin the process of filming this week. I am filled with excitement but also very anxious. In order to film our opening scene, we needed to purchase some equipments to create our main prop. The list of times includes red string, thumbtacks, cork board, and black gloves. All these items are truly crucial to our production.

Cork Board 

The most essential part of this entire scene is the detective/murder/mistery board. The board will include all the photographs of Sofia and Luke. This will initiate the feeling of suspense in our film. The audience will be left with the questions like  "Who is making this board?", "What is the importance of these items?" We will leave with the audience with a sense of intrigue, and throughout the film, we will answer these questions and build on the suspense. 

Black Gloves

 The back gloves are a big part in this scene. In the scene, we use the black gloves to hide the identity of the person who is obsessed with Sofia and Luke. They add mystery to the identity of the person and to the overall plot. 

 

Red String

The red string is literally what connects the whole scene together. The red string will be what is leading all the pictures and memorabilia to one picture of Sofia, where it is quite obvious she did not know it was being taken. The string will signal the audience to pay attention to these details since they will appear again in the film.

Casting

Casting

We have finally casted our actors for our film opening!!

Initially, we had some trouble finding people who would, first of all voluntarily help us with our project and do a good job, but also have a flexible schedule that also alligned with ours. After a long search we finally decided that Sofia Bruno and Adrian Rendon are best fit for this task.

These two actors reflect our characters in the sense that they are together in real life as well as their personalities.

Sofia - Played by: Sofia Bruno

Luke - Played by: Adrian Rendon

We have planned to get together with them very very soon to film the second scene of our opening. We believe these two people to be trustworthy and responsible and we know they are going to collaborate with our project. Although neither of them have acting or TV experience, our scene does not require in-depth acting. In contrast, it requires them to be comfortable around each other, which they are, and film in a homey atmosphere.

Them together: