Re-editing time!

Since everyone is quarantined during the virus outbreak, editing the scenes

I filmed isn’t going to be difficult. I have nothing to do all break because everything

is closed and inaccessible so I am going to put all my energy into editing my movie.

Although I have one minute and 20 seconds of my movie already edited, I need to

re-edit some of it. Since the peer review, I noticed a couple things that can be changed

about my movie. There are a couple aspects to it that can be improved. Improving the

movie is my number one priority. The music can be better, the transitions, and the film

quality. I had a total of 9 out of 14 camera angles, movements, and sound. Some I had

included were an establishing shot, a long shot, a high angle, a low angle, a pan, an

action match, and diegetic sound. I want to re-edit it in order to include all the things

i’m missing.

One big aspect of the opening sequence are the titles. As of now, I have

none. I am going to work on the titles of my movie. I don’t know how many

titles I’m going to include in the opening sequence. I know there are required

titles that I need to include. I also know there is a specific order to the titles. The

order the titles go in is the name of the studio that is distributing the film, the name

of the production company responsible for making the film, production, the

director’s name, cast member’s names, the film title, casting by, music, and

the production designer. 

Re-shooting time!

Before my spring break, I wanted to re-film some of my scenes. It’s not that

the scenes that I filmed a couple weeks back were bad, I just felt that they could

be better. So today, I decided it was time to re-film the scenes I needed. However,

since there is a global pandemic happening, my re-filming needed to be rescheduled.

The COVID19 virus is a serious problem happening and the scenes I needed to film

were outside. I made sure that taking precautions towards the virus was my first priority.

I ended up re-filming scene nine of my film. I also re-filmed part of the fourth scene.

\Re-filming these scenes were actually fun and easy compared to filming them the

first time. 

I’m glad I filmed when I did because I’ll have enough time to edit the movie. However,

I still have a couple more scenes to film. I decided to re-film certain scenes before

filming the scenes I hadn’t filmed because I don’t want to film with a friend since the

virus is everywhere. I want to do this in order to have enough time editing. I also need

to continue filming some scenes and shots that I failed to film in the time crunch that I

was on. After filming everything, I plan on editing the scenes to finish it up and put the

final details in. There was a problem with the sound and music in my film that I had

noticed. The problem can be easily fixed in a couple of minutes. I hope I’m able to

finish everything I need in order to stay on the timeline I envisioned.

Continuing to film

This past week I continued to film. I filmed the last shot of the fourth scene,

the first three shots of the seventh scene, all of the ninth scene, and the tenth

scene. The last shot of the fourth scene includes the main character driving to the

coffee date. The first three shots of the seventh scene included shots of the main

character’s date walking down the sidewalk. The ninth scene includes six shots of

the main character preparing the clean up of the murder of her date. The tenth scene

\includes four shots of the final steps of cleaning her murder. I was only able to film only

snippets of certain scenes because of a time constraint. Since I was on a time crunch

when it came to filming I decided to re-plan my entire filming schedule. The date to turn

in the project is less than a month away. This means that I need to get my act together

and finish it. 

Each week I plan on doing something. These upcoming two weeks are going to be

difficult to film and edit because one week is not a full week and the second week is

spring break. It’s going to be difficult because we are not allowed to check cameras,

tripods, and SD cards out of the classroom. However, the other weeks I am going to

\film and edit my heart out. I need to film the rest of my scenes. Scenes six and eight

need to be filmed. Scene six includes shots of the main character on her date. Scene

eight includes shots of the main character about to kill her date. I hope I’m able to finish

everything on time. This project is like my baby.

Self Reflection

After the peer review, I realized how much work needed to be done

on my movie. The person that reviewed my film had given the paper that

they used to review my movie. When I got it back, the amount of things I

was missing was less than what I thought I was missing. They had said that

the transitions were clean throughout the film. They also wrote that there were

no titles included in the film. This was because I didn’t think that we needed

them yet, but I was mistaken. They continued with how throughout the film there

was great lighting. I also avoided filming the tripod and other people. I had gotten the

majority of camera angles, movements, and sounds that were required. I had

a total of 9 out of 14 camera angles, movements, and sound. Some I had included

were an establishing shot, a long shot, a high angle, a low angle, a pan, and an action

match. One thing that they really liked about my film was the concept.

After going over the review sheet, I decided it was best to re-plan my schedule. In two

weeks I want to filming the whole movie. I want to do this in order to have enough time

editing. I also need to continue filming some scenes and shots that I failed to film in the

time crunch that I was on. After filming everything, I plan on editing the scenes to finish

it up and put the final details in. There was a problem with the sound and music in my

film that I had noticed. The problem can be easily fixed in a couple of minutes. I hope

I’m able to finish everything I need in order to stay on the timeline I envisioned.

Peer Reviewing

Today was a nerve racking day to say the least. Today our class was
assigned to do peer reviewing for our movies. I felt confident enough in
my movie to where I knew that my peers wouldn’t rip my movie to shreds.
The way that we kept the peer reviewing anonymous was pretty simple. Our
teachers had assigned a number to each group and every group received a
number to review. I received the number seven to review. Number seven’s film
was two minutes long. It told a story of a regular couple going on a picnic and
then the girlfriend gets kidnapped. The transitions were clean throughout the film.
There were no titles included in the film. There was great lighting during the film.
The lighting was good throughout the film, no need to change anything. However,
the sound quality can be worked on. When the actors were outside, the wind impaired
the dialogue. They avoided filming the tripod and other people. Group seven had a
total of six out of 14 camera angles, movements, and sound. They included an
establishing shot, a long shot, a high angle, a low angle, a pan, an action match,
and they had diegetic. One thing that I really liked about their film was the concept.
Although there are probably thousands of films with the same concept, I’ve always
been gravitated towards the thriller genre. One thing that I would make to the film
would be to try and re-shoot the scenes where the dialogue is muffled because of
the wind. Overall, I thought the film was good because it seemed like they had really
worked on the filming and planning of it.