Filming Blog; third attempt

Me and my other group members go together to film again. We actually got a lot don’t  this time and we had fun. We filmed us walking in the parking lot and we got to film the beginning of the the film. But one of my group members mother called and said that she had to go home so it was up to me and another member to finish as much as possible. I am a main character, apart from my two other team members that weren’t there, so it was up to me to act out everything. I had to do all my scenes alone and if would’ve been quick and easy but their were a lot of friendly people interrupting the shots. I’m not mad at it though, I like people and it showed me how supportive strangers can me. It was nice, all those people wishing you luck and rooting for you when they don’t even know you. After we filmed me walking through the isles gathering the main grocery items, we headed to the vegetable section of the store. We were trying to focus on our camera angles and I though there should be a high angle shot of me getting groceries. I didn’t really know how we were going to achieve this because it was only 2 of us and nun of us were that y’all. I finally came up with the idea to stack the camera unto the bell peppers. I had to create a steady pyramid that would support the camera, and I also had to create a safe landing spot just Incase the camera fell. It was definitely a process because the camera kept sliding and in some cases it was slanted. It took me a long time to film that high angle scene, I was really starting to get frustrated. People kept walking through and looking at the camera, I kept looking at the camera, of the camera would start to slide off. It was all worth it in the end though. My group member and I wrapped it up after we got the scene because we were tired and it was starting to get late. We left out of the store feeling empowered, because we did it all by ourselves, it felt nice knowing that you actually put in the time and effort for something, and it feels even better when you’re craft comes out great.

Filming Blog; second attempt

BOY OH BOY! We went through a lot this week just to be able to film. One of my group members has a car so we were going to depend on him to take us to our location, but he had track practice again. The other girls and I weren’t going to waste another day so we decided that we’d just film whatever we can by ourselves. In order for us to start filming we had to find a way to get to our destination. I suggested that we tried to get onto one of our group members' buses, since we all lived by each other it wouldn’t be a problem. Being able to get onto the bus isn’t a guarantee so we made a plan to go see our administrator that's in charge of the buses. We went to him and he explained to us that usually they don’t do that. He never gave passes to anyone so it’d be unfair for him to give it to us. I explained the situation to him, about how it’s an important assignment. He explained to me that the process to get a pass would be really long, he would have to get written permission from all our parents and their signatures. We suggested that we all call our parents but he said that wouldn’t work we had to have written consent. We told him that we also wanted to film on Thursday so we can just bring it in on another day, and he agreed. After we left his office we had to figure out what our next moves would be. I suggested that we still try to get on her bus, and if we can’t we’ll get on our bus and walk or ride the city bus to our destination, since it isn’t far. Our plan actually worked this time, we got on her bus after exposing to her bus driver why this was important, then we headed to film after we eat while we were charging up our cameras. I carried the camera equipment through the whole day; we then walked across two streets to ALDI’s and began filming the begging of our video which involved me and someone, but then it was getting late and one of my group members had to go home.

Filming Blog; first attempt

Originally my group and I planned to film during the week, because that was the only time our schedules weren't overlapping each other. Friday was the only day that everyone would have a day off from their usual activities, especially since school ended early due to the sad events that took place 2 years ago, so it'd be perfect, or so we thought. I didn't have to babysit my  brother that day so I figured it would be perfect. But of course with us nothing ever goes as planned with us. One of our group members does track, there was a track meet on that exact day but he previously had got kind of injured so we didn't know for sure if he'd be going. As soon as it was 12:20 ,school was over, I knew it was time to get serious and get to work. We were all going to meet after school and drive to walmart together because he has a car, but turns out he had to go to the meet so our plans were ruined. I feel like with my group its always some type of dilemma. We're always faced with some type of challenges, which used to make me a bit anxious, but we always figure it out. Even though we contridict each other alot, I feel like I work great with them, I feel like I can be heard in my group, we always complete our projects successfully.



 I was a bit dissapointed and worried because we had a blog due on Thursday and one thing I don't like is failing, especially in my AICE classes. I tried not to stress about it too much though because we always pull through, but I can't lie I was scared. So anyways, our plans got ruined and which meant that we were going to have top re-schedule. I knew this was going to be hectic because we all have responsibilities after school and on the weekends. Eventually we compromised and decided that we were going to have to film on monday and thursday. We're going to try to meet up again after school again. Then we'll take it from there. Hopefully things actually go as planned this time. If anything maybe we can find extra time to re shoot, so everythings perfect. I don't want to do anything last minute, especially with this project, we have to be on point. Even though I'm worried, I have complete faith in my group, I'm sure we can figure anything out.

Planning Blog; story blog

The Storyboard was definitely the hardest part of doing this final test so far. We all sat together the first cars trying to figure out how we were going to put the scenes into pictures to make it 10 pages. The shooting script made it somewhat easy but it was still hard. We were drawing up the mock pictures we’re trying to come up with the best way to accurately describe the scene so that the viewer would understand what was going on. We all decided that we couldn’t draw, at all. So we’re trying our best to make the scenes come to life. We then realized that we wouldn’t have enough scenes to cover 10 pages. So for the first 30 seconds we added a new beginning. Towards the middle of the beginning sequence we added more so we were able to hit the two minute mark. This was definitely nerve-racking while we were drawing because we were afraid that we wouldn’t make the time limit required. We are jam it’s happy to have this part of the planning done so we can finally start filming. 

Planning Blog; Title Design In Detail

One of our biggest concerns was finding out our title design. No film is complete without the perfect opening sequence, so we wanted to do something that fit the originality of our film perfectly. We decided to do a simple theme, all black. We didn't want our sequence to be too dramatic, we just wanted it to be calm and mysterious. Important words will be Bold and In ALL CAPS, the Bree Serif font was perfect for this. We wanted to do this so that the audience would be able to identify all the important people that contributed to the film. We decided to give our film the name "Vanished"; the titles are going to appear on the screen as if they are being typed out, then they'll vanish with a quickness.

Planning Blog; Locations, Participants, Health, Schedule

For this part of planning we had to think about all the tiny details that go into filming. This was one of the easier parts of planning because you just have to state who the actors were and what the location of our film was. The hardest part was thinking of all the health and safety precautions. While we are trying to think of everything that might cause injury. We realized that we were doing a kidnapping scene in broad daylight with people around. We thought that people seeing the camera might realize it’s not real, but with today's society you never. Our plan is to show that it is a school project by showing the instructions for the project and our school IDs and hopefully that will solve the problem. This is one of the final steps we are taking before we can start filming and it’s so Exciting 

Planning Blog, Shooting Script

This past couple of days we’ve been working on our shooting script. This has not been an easy process. The same day it was assigned I started working on it because I did not want to rush it. Well that plan kind of a success cause we were able to get all the scenes that we wanted down. However I did not start making it into a google PowerPoint until the following class. This is where I started to regret not choosing to do the sound script. Making a script without sound is hard by the way. We were trying to figure out how to play out the scenes without saying what the characters were going to say. In all honesty trying to get all the details into words was the hardest part. However with the trouble we had coming up with the script we are going to be able to film based almost solely on it. 

Planning Blog, Sound and Dialogue Script

This power point is based on the sounds that are going to be put in our opening scene. We incorporated dialogue, incidental music, diegetic sounds and much more. Our Sound script consists of the things that led up to the kidnapping. The talking in the store and in the check out line. We used incidental music to build up the suspense and make the audience want to see more. We used the dialogue to draw out the scenes that’s led up to the kidnapping. This powerpoint simply outlines the big picture we’re trying to paint. This is just a small piece of our film. It’s an important part of the opening film, and hopefully it makes the viewers want to continue watching. Now as we go through the process of filming our script will be ready.