time to meet

Finally got some feedback! Today in class we got put into groups to discuss or projects so far, and it was honestly such a good experience, because I got some feedback on my progress.

In my groups we discussed all of our projects and we all gave commentary. I was amazed at the broad range of genres and themes that my fellow classmates came up with. And I also felt a little more relieved when my classmates are also struggling with their music. Music right now is my biggest problem. I can't tend to get a response from the artist that I wanted to use, and my partner recently found a possible song we can use, buttt it was $60. $60?! Yea, no. So my partner and I are still in the process of finding the perfect song.

From this group meeting, I got an insight of what my classmates have been doing. Some have created storyboards, filmed, edited, and directed. It's really cool to see that my classmates have done this past month, and seeing their projects come together.

Ok well, I'm on the lookout for a song. Let me know if you find one. Oh forgot that's kind of impossible. Ok yes, yes, I'm being negative, I just hope to pull through.

My recommendation in this post is actually an artist an her name is Maisie Peters, I'm literally obsessed with her. Ok byeee

finalized storyboard and a quick change of plans

 Ok, yes! I wanted to quickly blog and finally insert the finalized storyboard. At first my partner and I found that making storyboard were kind of useless, but in the long run it really did help us when we started to film. Here is our storyboard:

And for the quick update, we had to change a filming day due to not having all the equipment. We wanted to film Monday March 14th, but we need a stabilizer to film, and we an only get it from our teacher that we see on Tuesday. So, what my partner and I are thinking on doing is either filming Tuesday afternoon, or Wednesday morning, but we will see what we decide on, 

we are in production

 Yes. Finally. We are in production! My partner and I met two days ago to start filming, accordingly to our schedule, but I didn't have time to blog :/ Butttt, I'm blogging now which is what matters. And I am so happy to say that we have started filming!! It's so surreal that the weeks are passing by so fast, yet so much has happened. But we are filming, which is what matters.

So, what did we film? 

We filmed most of our flashback scenes. The flashback scenes are vital for our film opening since it gives you an insight of what the audience might expect from this film. These flashback also adds to our characters development and characteristics. 

We obviously needed multiple flashback scenes to create that sense of chaos in our characters life. Oh! We picked a name for our character. Her name is Amelia. Anyway, we really wanted to incorporate multiple flashback scenes to show the obstacles that Amelia faces on a daily, but we are including these flashbacks while she's at the track (this adds to our ultimate purpose and meaning for the film, which is Amelia's love for track, and how that is her escape, and not just Amelia's but to any teenager that might be seeing our film, and all the hardships they go through high school).

So, the first flashback scene we filmed, we required a very special guest..... my partners dad. Yes. For our first flashback scene we wanted to show the hardships that a teenager might face with their parents. We also wanted to bring up the aspect of the pressure that many teenagers face with grade and succeeding academically. So, we filmed this in the kitchen with both my partner and her dad arguing. We did two shots and over the shoulder shots to show them interacting. We also did a few close ups of my partners dad slamming on the countertop of the kitchen. So why include all of these shots? To illustrate the situation and the relationship between them.

Then we filmed a trophy flashback scene. We filmed to flashbacks that included trophies. One was that we included just a viewing of the flashback to foreshadow the next flashback scene to the audience, and to also establish that Amelia is good at what she does. The other flashback scene we filmed was Amelia throwing her trophies to the floor. We decided to include this to illustrate that she is torn in her love for track, due to her other hardships in her life, as well as the emotions she feels towards her awards and accomplishments; she doesn't feel she deserves them (we did these with close up and mid shots).

Next, we filmed a shot post throwing the trophies. It's a shot of Amelia defeated sitting on the floor surrounded by all her trophies on the floor. She has mascara on her face, implying that she is crying. We wanted to included this to show the emotions that Amelia goes through. And to better illustrate it, here are some pictures:

Well, that's it for this blog. It was a long one. I'll be back soon for an update.

setting up a schedule

Finallyyyy, I have seen my partner. I'm back in class, and so excited to get bak to work. After an exiting and fun weekend with my schools DECA chapter, I am back and ready to work. Today my partner discussed many important thing, so I am going to break it down in three: music, storyboard, calendar.

1. Music

The music situation is something that has been concerning us lately since it is such a vital part for our film opening sine it enhances characteristics of our character. We discussed that we might need to go for a royalty free option, but we are still hoping for an answer.

Will keep you updated.

2. Storyboard

We decided to finalize our storyboard, and we will remake it this week, most likely tonight. We decided this to make our filming process more organized and easier for us in the long run. We also want to describe the different movement and angles we would like to use within our storyboard and different shots.

Will upload finished product in a different blog,

3. Calendar

And lastly, probably the most important thing we did today is set up a calendar and schedule for our filming process. We found that making a calendar will help us with organizational skills as well as time management

Below are some screenshots of the schedule for this week: 

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how i got in contact

 Yes, second post of the day. But I realized I never talked about HOW I got in touch to get rights to the song ( I have not received an answer yet, but hopefully I do soon). 

For the song Dirty Paws, I went to the Of Monsters and Men official website https://www.ofmonstersandmen.com/, and clicked on contact and emailed one of their contact personnel Rachel Pestik, and emailed her for the rights of the song. This was around a week or so, so I might re email, and if I don't get any answer I will try and find a different song.

For the song Jungle, I sent a message on Instagram to Emma Louise for the rights of usage.

I'm still waiting on an answer, but I believe that my partner and I might have to turn to some royalty free music, sine we don't want this to back up our filming process and schedule.

Pretty short post but just wanted to show the process on HOW I reached out to the artists.

Good night.

away but still in the game

Currently sitting on a the bed in my hotel room at Orlando, Florida, at DECA CDC State Competition. The last four days I've been participating in the DECA states and it has been a very rewarding and knowledgeable experience that I will never forget it.

However, I am still working on my film opening project. I've been in contact with my partner and next time we meet in person we will make a definitive calendar on when we want to film and edit.

It's been really hard to do anything school related as I've been away but I get back tonight, and I am ready to start back up with blogging and working to make this a good project.

Tonight I plan to watch a sports drama to get me back on my mood and pace for this project, as well as thinking of different techniques that my partner and I can use for this project

For this post recommendation, I am recommending the show Young and Hungry, this is an ultimate comfort show for me.

Ok, I hate to cut it quick but they are calling for room check and I have to get on the bus, but don't worry I will post again later today.

Byeeee

getting in contact

Now since my partner and I wanted to use streaming music, we had to message/email the artists for the rights tot heir songs. We contacted the team of Of Monsters and Men for the song "Dirty Paws," and messaged Emma Louise for the song "Jungle."

Of Monsters and Men:                                                

    

Emma Louise:   

Crossing my fingers that they answer bak in time. If not my partner and I might have to turn to other music for our film opening.

I'm not gonna lie, trying to work on this project has been tough because my partner and I haven't been able to see each other in person to discuss it; mainly due to me going away for a school competition, and my partner have soccer finals. It's definitely been tuff in that aspect but we are still keeping in contact to discuss ideas regarding our film opening.

We've discussed things like the final storyboard, colors, mood boards, locations, and wardrobe. We are also planning out our schedule to set out a weekend to work on this project.

But other then that, I don't have many updates. Schooling a lot, and just took the SAT this morning, so hopefully that went well.

For my recommendation this week, I am recommending the show New Girl, if you want to have a laugh, that is most definitely the show for you (you can find it on Netflix).

Bye now:)