HELP ME!!!!!

 Heyy! I am sooo stressed. I feel like I am so behind and I have absolutely no time to re-film. I definitely need to re-film the male part as it's awful omg. But this is due April 2nd and I don't get back from my cruise until the 31st and I won't have any wifi. I would need to film literally  the day I get back. I also have my creative critical reflection to do! OMG! and that week I have 2 lacrosse games. I'm so overwhelmed. I feel like I need to get on this but I don't even know where to start. I did to much planning and not enough of actually doing and now I'm screwed. 

I think I am going to need to film literally the second I get back from my trip. I will have to cut out the developing setting portion of the film opening as I just don't have time to film for it. If I do great, but I really don't think I will. AHHHHH!!! I am going to try and get all the voice overs and edit the video while i'm on my cruise but I really don't know how much I am going to be able to get done. I also am going to try and write my script for the CCR.  OYYYEE I'm so stressed about this I don't think I'm going to be able to get any of this done in time!!! Helpppppppp. 

Anyways, I really hope I can get this all figured out. I'm sure it'll be fine but I am just really stressed and scared. This will definitely be on my mind ALL of break. 

Sound Search

     Heyyy! As I continue editing my film opening, I realized I need to start collecting sounds. I texted Lily and Lucy their voice overs and asked them to get them to me within the next week. I need them to sound very different so. viewers can understand that the voice overs are two different people. I told likely to have a deeper less excited voice as she played Ivy and Lucy to have a peppy/excited voice as she played Zoe.

I need to find the sound that will play over the entirety of the film. I searched up "copy right free music" and the website "uppbeat" showed up. I scrolled for a while listening to a bunch of different songs until I saw that AI can generate you a playlist. You had to type in a description of your video/film and then it would generate a playlist. I did this a few times with different things as the description. The one that worked the best was "teeange rom com film opening." At first I was describing my film but I wasn't getting the results I wanted until I typed that. From there I listened to a few sounds and I think I found my one! Here is the song on YouTube :)

Honestly, I may change the music if when I add it to the video, it doesn't match. I hope it goes well but if not I guess I will have to go on the hunt for another song.

Update on Editing Process

     Heyyy. What a relief that I am finally done filming. Thank god! I realized that the film opening has to be 2 minutes and not 3 so I do have enough footage. I'm not sure why but when I started to edit I only had around 2 minutes and I started to freak out but then realized I was on track cause it has to be a MAX of 2 minutes. Not much to update on i'm kind of just starting to put the clips together. I need to collect the voice overs from Lily and Lucy so I can start to edit that into the video. I want to re-film with the male protagonist because I don't like the way his clips came out at all. 

Here are a few screenshots from the clips that i've started to put together. Again, the visual interest isn't really there but it's a simple film opening that fits the romantic comedy genre. 

I need to look for sounds to layer into the film like the car running, car door opening and closing, and most importantly the music i'm using!!!!! I hear YouTube sounds are really good copy-right free sounds so I am going to check those out soon. I've been super busy with lacrosse recently so only having to worry about editing now feels so nice. I know I need to get started on the creative critical reflection soon though. With break starting in a few days I know these deadlines are going to creep up on me...

Filming Success!!!

     YAYYYYY! Today was a huge success. I think I got a good amount of footage and I just started to put the clips together. I'm a little concerned as there isn't much of a variety of shots as it's a fairly simple opening. I hope this is understood when being graded... Anyway, my issue with Troy as I found a replacement last minute with my friend Mason. So thankful he was able to step in last minute. We shot for about an hour. Here are some pictures.

I didn't have access to a tripod so I tried to make the best of my situation by using the car as a stabilizer at some points and just tired to hold the camera as still as I could. I won't be using any sound at all from the videos so audio wasn't a concern for me.

Now I need to start editing, film for developing setting, collect sounds and the music I will be using. I plan on trying to do most of this within this week, but I don't know if i'll be able to film to develop setting in the next 2 weeks. This week it's the last week of the quarter so I have to study a lot for upcoming tests and I have 3 lacrosse games. The week after i'll be away for spring break!!! The goal is to have everything else done though. I also need to figure out the order for the credits! Oye, I feel so behind. AND I HAVE THE CCR!!! At least I got a good portion out of the way. 

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!