re-edit blog

My group and I were extremely happy to get apart of the editing process out of the way. But we had to re-film the beginning of the film due to us having to switch actors. So because of this we had to re-edit everything we edited the first time. We now had to switch out all the old scenes with the new ones that we filmed. We were definitely bothered by this because we worked hard on editing the first time and now we had to do it all over again. I wan't the best at editing so I honestly didn't do much, but I did help pick which scenes to use, and adjust the sounds. We wanted to do a shot-reverse-shot so the majority of the time we were trying to figure out exactly when to cut the scene and go back to it. We wanted that part to be perfect because we thought it'd make it look cool. So we had a shot of the kidnapper watching the sister walk through the parking lot, through his rear-view mirrors. This was a point of view shot and we wanted to combine it and the shot-reverse-shot. We wanted it to switch from the shot of him watching them to a two shot of the sisters walking, and then back to him watching them walk through the lot. After we completed that part of the editing we moved on to the sound part. We wanted a sound of him breathing, in a creepy way. Another part that we had to edit was the girls walking into the store. We edited that and the girls walking through the store isles. Editing it was a big step forward for us because we always procrastinate with editing, every time we try to do it, we kind of fail. We had to put our insecurities aside because we had to get everything done because we also had to edit the rest of it. Overall we got the beginning done just in time for the bell to ring. We felt as if a weight was lifted off our shoulder because we can now continue with the rest of the film instead of focusing only on the beginning. We are now one step closer to finishing the overall project.

Re-filming Blog

Original it was me and another girl from my group doing the main scenes. But she was no longer able to come film with use due to issues at home. This made everything really complicated because we had already filmed the majority of her parts. On top of that it was only going to be me and another one of my group member filming for here on out, so everything fell back on us. We were stressed because it was only two of us and we would both have parts together. The original shots we were planning to do wouldn't work out, due to the fact that there was nobody holding the camera. We made peace with the fact that me and her would have to re-shoot everything that me and the other girl sot. So basically the whole first part of the film. We didn't really have a choice, it had to get done. This honestly set us back because we were only able to film for a good 2-3 hours a day, and the deadline was coming up. Also if we had to re-film the whole beginning that means we had to re-edit the whole beginning of the film. The whole issue just had me, scared, because we really had to get it done. everybody else in our group were counting on us. Plus adding on to the stress, we didn't even finish filming the whole thing yet. So we had to re-film the whole beginning and try to film the end. We got it together and as soon as we got to the filming location, we got started. It took us a few tries to get the beginning perfect. We had to adjust the tripod a lot, because it was kind of hard to get both of us in the frame. Also we had to really push our acting skills because the camera was directly in our faces, we wanted the audience to be able to recognize what we're saying, so it was kinda hard not to look at the camera at times. It wasn't so bad though, we got further than we thought we would. We actually got to where we wanted top be, so we basically completed all the parts from outside the store to walking through the isles.

Editing Blog, first attempt

This week me and my group attempted to start jumpstart our editing for our film. We had already edited once before but it was just a raw cut of what we wanted our film to look like. The editing process is always difficult for us. We never really got familiar with the Pinnacle Studios app because we always depended on iMovie. Well, we can’t use iMovie this time around because it messes up our films in the end, so we had no choice but to familiarize ourselves we the resource that was given to us in the first place. It’s not our first time using the app yet we still have no idea what we’re doing. We had to watch YouTube videos in order to figure out the simple tasks. Nevertheless we kinda got some things down and were doing just fine. We managed to put all the scenes we need together. All we had to do is replace a couple scenes and fix some transitions. We also had to add the titles to the beginning of our film. Truth be told we were kind of behind, but not too behind. I especially, had no idea how to cut the scenes, I tried my hardest to figure it out but nothing. I think we’ll be fine though because we always figure it out, plus there’s always YouTube. Anyways, so far we’ve just edited the beginning, like the very beginning, that’s it. We have a cool concept of what we want it to be though, and we found the perfect sound for the beginning, so it’ll come through eventually. We think it’s look pretty cool if it’s a p.o.v shot of the someone watching the two main characters and then it’ll be a reverse shot of them walking. From what we’ve put together so far it looks like it could have potential. My goal throughout editing is to make the beginning of the film as creepy and mysterious as possible. I guess we’ll see how it turns out in the end.

Peer Review Blog

One thing I really liked when I watched my peers film was idea of it. It was really really suspenseful. It really felt like something that could be entered in a short film festival. I also really liked the lighting in it. It helped the film a lot, it was a dim sunset type of lightening. Without it the film would’ve felt incomplete. The lighting of the film made me super anxious, it felt like something was about to go down. Something else about the film that I really liked was the voiceover, especially when the person was walking on the beach. It made me feel like I was getting a run through of what was about to happen. Also, the placement of the titles fit perfectly into the theme.

The only suggestion I would make to their group is to work on the sound of the voiceover. It wasn’t really concise and it was really hard to hear what was happening. Without the sound the it wouldn’t make sense so I think just need to work on speaking louder into the microphone or rising the volume on the film a bit higher. That’s really the only thing that needs to be improved. Other than the sound the film was really good. I was interested and impressed. Everything else about the film was beautifully executed. It was nice to see someone else’s work. It gave me and my group and idea of how we should better our film and that we need to work harder.