Filming blog: Days before shooting

The clock is winding down before it’s time to finally film. This is what I’ve been preparing for. I have everything ready to go for the big day. I gathered all my props and supplies that I’m going to utilize. I have clothes, shoes, basketball, etc. I’ll be making the drive up to the set tomorrow after school. It’s going to be about an hour or longer depending on traffic. I’ll be staying over night at family friends house. We’re close, practically family, so I’m with them very often. I plan on staying over night and filming the next day. I’ll go over the plan with them the night before so they’ll be prepared. They also have a couple of lines they have to say so they’ll memorize it by the nights over. The next day we will venture over to the park where we will be filming. We’ve been there plenty of times so I’m familiar with the area. The filming will take place on the basketball court. We will have to find a good time where the court is empty to film. If there’s people there I’ll just improvise and adjust to the situation. I’ll have plenty of people to assist me there and get this film done swiftly, but perfectly. Nothing will be guaranteed but I can just hope for the best. I’m super ecstatic to begin this process and can’t wait till it happens.

Editing blog: Family in town

My filming progress has been the same since last week. I haven’t been able to film anything, because of my family in town. It’s both good and bad that they left just recently a couple days ago. Good, because I can finally focus on my project. Bad, because I won’t see them for some time. To be quite honest I haven’t put in any progress since my last blog. All my time had been going into my family. I’m planning on filming this up coming weekend. My filming set is farther than I would like, but hopefully things will work out. I plan on driving about an hour up north from where I live. This is where I’ll meet my cast. We will then travel to a local park where my film will take place. We have to gather a couple of props that will be featured in my film. I’ve already contacted my cast about meeting together. They agreed to start the process sometime this weekend. Without a doubt I need to begin filming or else I’ll fall far behind. I’m actually excited to work on this, because this is my first time creating a video alone. If everything goes according to plan I’ll be just fine. Of course something’s may change, but I’ll just adjust to the circumstances. I’ll continue to stay organized and be ready to film my movie.

Filming blog: Not Filming

Planning this whole project and everything in it has been extremely time consuming. It took hours and hours to do my storyboard, scripts, etc. Over weeks and weeks I’ve been building a blue print for my final task. With overwhelming work and stress executing has been difficult. I need to find time to begin filming my movie, but it’s been hard. Just a couple days after I finished planning, I was bombarded with a multitude of projects and work from other classes. Not to mention I have family in town so time has been hard to come by. Most of my time has been occupied with my family. If not with family it’s been doing school work. Also, coordinating a certain date to meet with my film members has been hard because of the change of plans. Adapting to changes is one of the most important elements that I have to master. Not everything is going as I planned so I have to be accustomed to the circumstances. I still have to find a new convenient time for my film members. I’m going to text them and figure things out. Since I haven’t been able to film, I’ve just been organizing everything I’m going to do. I’ve planned everything out in my head, so when we finally film, things will be perfect.  I’m continuing to review my notes and everything I’ve planned. Things will stay fresh in my mind and if any new ideas come into mind I can integrate them. All in all, I will begin the filming process soon. After I film I’ll begin editing and continue with the whole process.

Storyboard Planning for Final Task

In these slides I have my entire storyboard from beginning to end. The images go scene by scene. Each picture describes what happens during the scene. I include a multitude of details that effect the film. For instance, I state the angles, shots, and some of the dialogue included in the movie. Also, the action of the characters are mentioned. Many of the pictures are similar because of the film setting. For a majority of the film I will be recording in the same area. Only short bits and pieces are not in that area, but rather right next to it. This storyboard is the blueprint and guide to my entire film.



 

Title Design

In this presentation everything about my title sequence is explained. There's multiple aspects I include in my titles. For instance, I include font, spacing, contrast, etc. My titles are an essential part of my film that take time and effort. It takes a strategic plan to effectively use my titles to their full potential. There's various techniques and tricks I'll use to enhance my film. Editing and audio will play a huge part in my titles content. Specifically editing, because I'll be using a multitude of editing tricks to assist my title making process. Creating these titles won't be easy, but will be definitely worth it. This presentation is a guide for me, a blue print if you will, to a perfect title sequence.



      

Pre-filming plan

In this presentation there's a variety of different elements for my film. Location, participants, schedule, health and safety are all included. I go over the procedures in case of emergency. Also who will be there for medical assistance. Furthermore, I also include who will be acting in the film and filming. Multiple people other myself will assist me in this process. Pictures of my location is in my presentation also. My schedule for when I will be executing these things are in my slides. I'll be doing these things over the span of a couple months. All these things come together to help my filming process.



 

Sound Script

This presentation is about the sound elements in my video. Everything from diegetic sound to non diegetic sound is included. I include dialogue between different characters. I also include music to enhance the film. Natural sounds from the outdoors are going to be in the film because of the location. These slides also include specific statements the actors make. Sound due to actions are also a part of these slides. To create the perfect audio I want I'll use various props. Also, the camera I use will record the diegetic sound involved. In conclusion, sound is an enormous part of my film and I'm going to try to get the best audio I can.


 

Shooting Script

These slides are about the shooting aspect of my film. Acting, scenes, non in depth examples of sound are all included in these slides. I outlined my film and came up to about 11 scenes. This is just an estimate of how many scenes I will shoot. There may be small details I include as improvisation to enhance my video. I mention the main character and everyone around him in this presentation. I also include a setting and other props. To capture these scenes I'll use a variety of different camera angles, movements, and shots. I'll also have specific actions that the actors have to practice for the film. All in all, everything in these slides covers all of the physical aspects of my video.