Fit Check!!!

     Heyyyy! Filming in t-minus 10 hours!!! AHHHHH. It's sooooo close. I just wanted to come on and show you guys the costuming that Zoe (lucy) and Ivy (lily) will be wearing. I also got my friend mason to come joining us to help with the behind the scenes. I'm superrrr excited and we'll be up and at it bright and early! (10:30)

Zoe's Costume

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Ivy's Costume

Trouble in Paradise!!!

     OMG! I have some semi-good news and some bad news. I'll start with the good news. I finalized with Lily and Lucy that we will be filming late Saturday morning. What a relief. Now for the bad news. First thing is I was going to be having Lucy's character Zoe as the driver but unfortunately she didn't pass her drivers test so she doesn't have her license, but Lily does. So I will have to re-do the screen play and story a little to accommodate that issue. Also, Drew is away for a week at a film competition in California, so I won't be able to film with him. But, he's never in a shot with the girls so I can film with him on another day. Just a little annoyed that I pretty much have to re-write the entire story but whatever. 

Heres the new screen play. 

Guess What I Learned in Class Today...

     HIIIIIIIII! What's up? Today I showed up to class and was wondering what I could blog about. I'm waiting on starting to film and honestly it's stressing me out. I feel like I am super behind and if I don't film soon i'll become so overwhelmed and have so much to do in such a short period of time. Today we got into class and honestly just added on to the stress in the back of my brain. But, it also helped me put together the things I need to make sure I incorporate so I have everything done. Anyways, the lesson we did today was all about the creative critical reflection, and let me tell you it was a handful. 

Here are my notes :)

The creative critical reflection is 20/50 points which is 40% of the project. That's actually insane! The whole point of this is to reflect on the project by answering the 4 questions all while showing my personality. How the heck am I suppose to show my personality, i'm so camera shy... We need to do 2 types of media productions. One of the types I was thinking of a talk show interview style or maybe a game show. I feel like a game show could be cool but I don't really know how it'd work, but it could be cool and is definitely creative. My other form could be more basic and structured just to make sure I cover all my bases. I realized I never really defined my target audience so stay tuned a blog post about that ;) I am also going to have to make a script but that shouldn't be too hard. I need a script to kinda just put my thoughts together you know. I also want to try and get all my sources together and maybe do some more research on representation and genre conventions, but I think I have a good about to be honest. 

 

I took a lot of little notes on the side of my paper kinda telling me like what I did for my project in terms of what the question is asking this will help me in the long run when i'm writing out the script for my creative critical reflection. Another big part is making sure my reflection is engaging. I can do this by incorporating clips from my film/research and adding background music/sound effects. I'm feeling pretty confident about this part of the project as i'm usually pretty good at answering questions and reflecting on my process. My teacher really helped to explain it in class and answer all questions which made me feel a lot more comfortable with this. She also showed examples which showed me what I want to do and not want to do as well as what I should and shouldn't do. 

I am still super stressed about getting the filming done but once I get over that hump I think it'll be smooth sailing. I want to hang out with my friends and stuff over the weekend but at the end of the day school comes first and i'll be a lot happier if I just get this done. Count down till spring break and no stress. 2 weeks and 6.5 more school days. Thank god!

Filming Location

 Heyyyy! I've just been finalizing the plans for where and when I am going to be filming. I've settled on late afternoon next Saturday, which is the last Saturday before break so it will allow me to have enough time to make edits and not worry while still being able to enjoy my break. 

There will be the shots of fort Lauderdale beach to open the film for 30 seconds. 

This is going to help develop the vibe that we are in south Florida and the type of kids that would live around here. I want to make it fun and upbeat to help set the teenage-vibe for the rest of the film.

The next spot will obviously be in inside of a car and outside of a house. We will be using my house. 

It is nothing special just a plain house.  For the car we will be using either a BMW X5 or the KIA K5. It all depends on who is willing to let their car be used in the film (lol.) But either one will do and match the vibe. If I had to guess it'd be the K5. 

Lastly, the shopping center we will be using is small but has a few well known places. It has a chipotle and tanning place which are hot spots for all these characters to be at. I think this is the best place to do it at. This location isn't set in stone as I want to receive a few other opinions as to where I should film. Other than that I think i'm pretty much ready to start filming. I'm super excited to get to work and can't wait to see my ideas finally come to life!!!

Screen Play

     Heyyyy and welcome back! I have been trying to figure out how to write a screen play and where to write it. My friend Alex who is also in AICE media helped me out by pointing my to the Celtx website. It's honestly great. It formats everything for me so I also really have to worry about the content. We took some notes in class about screen-play which also helped me to understand what's really suppose to be said. Here are my notes: (I know my handwriting could use some work...)

                               

The lesson in class really helped to clear up some confusion and get me focused on exactly what I need to write about. My screenplay isn't at it's best and I know that. I plan on asking classmates and friends on advice on what I could improve on as I just don't know where I am going wrong. Anyways here it is:

Casting

     Hey guys! I've been really busy recently with lacrosse as we've had games almost everyday, so I havn't had time to put a lot of my ideas and progress on paper but I wanted to give an update on the progress i've made. Most importantly i've come up with some character names! The more feminine girl will be named Zoe, and the gothic girl will be named Ivy. The boys' name will be Troy. The name for the film will be "Three's Company" (I really like this.)

Meet the Cast!

Zoe (Lucy)

Ivy (Lily)

Troy (Drew)

    I'm really excited to work with my friends on this, fingers crossed that there will be no scheduling conflicts and I can start and finish shooting soon and it one day. The 2 girls playing Zoe and Ivy (Lucy and Lily) are not really good with film, but the boy who is playing Troy (Drew) is really good with filming/editing so it will be nice to have him on 'set' as a helping hand. He could be a big help while editing as well if I ever needed guidence on how to do something. He's my family friend so I definitely see him a lot, if I ever needed help. 

    I ran the film by the three and they all seem open to it. Lucy and Lily feel slightly awkward about being on camera but they're willing to do it to help me out. (lol) I am hoping to shoot this weekend but weather isn't looking to good, but if not this weekend, next weekend for sure. I need to get shooting before break so I can edit and not worry while i'm on vacation. 

    As for right now, I need to finish up my screen play. This is something i'm struggling a little with as I have never had to do it before. It's definitely a learning curve but it'll be helpful when shooting and editing. All of these little tedious steps will just make my life a whole lot easier when putting the film together. 

Shots List

 Hiiiii! I just developed the list of shots in order of when they'll be shown on screen in order to help organize myself when shooting. This may change if I decide to change the beginning to the split-screen idea. I am still thinking of character names (I know this is an issue) but I am going to get started on the screenplay soon. Hopefully this week. Anyway, heres my shots list :)

    Long shot Palm Trees

    Medium shot Palm Trees

    Close up Palm Trees

    Dutch Tilt Palm Trees

    Long shot Pool/backyard

    Medium shot Pool/backyard

    Dutch Tilt Pool/backyard

    Pan from sky to car

    Close up preppy girl in car

    Long shot gothic girl walking out of her house (possible jump cuts)

    Close up car door handle

    Over the shoulder gothic girl entering car

    2 shot of girls singing in car

    Tight close up of preppy girl

    Tight close up of gothic girl (eye line match)

    Close up gothic girl facing foward

    Long shot of front wind shield of car

    Long shot of male walking (slow motion)

    Close up of preppy girl (looks over)

    Close up of gothic girl (looks over)

    2 shot of girls in shock (looking at each other/around)

    Long shot of car pulling into spot

    Close up gothic preppy girl in car

    Long shot of preppy girl getting out of car and closing door

    2 Shot of girls walking

    Long shot of male walking (slow motion/eye line match)

    Medium shot of gothic girl starring/walking (looks over) 

    2 Shot of girls walking into store (gothic girl looks at friend)