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Production Blog: After Spring Break

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  It is the day after spring break and my group and I have not filmed yet. The day break started, Keren, Tiana, and I planned to meet up and film for at least one day during the break. Eric was going to be out of town so we planned on filming Tiana's parts. As well as going over the clips we do have and planning our overall game plan in a deeper way. Although we wanted to film over the break, we did not get to. My group and I did not speak much over the break as well. School has been very hard lately. I think I can speak for all of us when I say we needed this break and used it to relax, which was well-deserved. We spoke maybe once and it was about how the clips between Keren and I went over two minutes. This is a problem as we have not even begun to film out other group mates' scenes. My group and I spoke over the phone today. We are trying to schedule another filming day. Primarily, we were going to film this Friday, as there is no school. However, two groupmates are unable t...

Production Blog: Filming Day Two

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My group and I filmed today. The day started off with school. Because it was an early release day, we were able to get to the filming location at a good time. One of my group members, Tiana, was unable to meet us today as she had to work. It was just Keren, Eric, and I this time. We arrived at Keren’s house around 1:30 in the afternoon. We started the day by discussing our game plan over some snacks. Through our discussion, we agreed to prioritize the scenes between Keren and I. Kc (Keren) and I began getting ready. I already had my costume on since I arrived in it. KC already had hers on as well. The only thing to do was our hair and makeup. Kc did my makeup while Eric set up the tripod for the phone we were filming on. On the first day we filmed, we used Tiana's phone. However, since she was at work, we used my phone.  After Kc finished my makeup, I began styling my hair. In the meantime, Kc was doing her makeup. When we were done with the mis-en-scene, we started filming our sce...

Production Blog: Upcoming Film Day

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With the upcoming early release day, my group and I plan on meeting at the filming location to film our scenes. It is early release because we are going into our spring break. My group and I plan on meeting up for at least one day during the break.  For the early release day, all members of the group will be there. I plan on bringing the lenses for the iPhone camera that day. I really like the lenses because they really do give better quality videos. My group agreed to reshoot the scenes we filmed on our last filming day. It would be weird if some of the clips differed in quality.  After filming this Thursday, my groupmate, Eric, is going to be out of town. Because of this, we want to focus more on Eric's scenes this Thursday. I am uncertain if Keren is going to be out of town. If she is, then we will be unable to film during break. However, if she isn't, we will schedule as many filming days as possible. These filming days will focus on the just the girl scenes. We really wan...

Production Blog: After the First Day

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Today is Wednesday. It is the middle of the week and my group and I have not been able to meet up again. Due to it being a school day, it becomes complicated. Our parents work until 4-5 in the afternoon. We also have other responsibilities throughout the week. Meeting up to film during the week is complication and, honestly, a waste of time. For those reasons, we have not filmed since last Sunday. Ever since then, however, we have discussed some matters regarding the next time we meet. For one, we have decided that the next time we could meet would be on the upcoming early release day. Early release day is next week Thursday. Both Tiana and Eric have jobs so picking a day to film that's flexible for everyone is a bit more challenging. They are starting to work on Sundays so that day might not work anymore. It becomes a bit more challenging as we all live 30 minutes away from the filming location (KC's house). To ask our parents to constantly drive there is not something we want...

Production Blog: First Day Filming

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Our filming day was on Sunday, March 7. The day began with some complications. I had-ordered some lenses to place on our phones whilst filming. These lenses would provide better resolution, resulting in a better quality video. The issue was that was that the lenses came a bit later than scheduled. I had to go out to different stores to find these lenses, as well as a microphone. I drove with my mother to two Five Below’s. We also went to a Best Buy and a Walmart. None of these locations had these items on stock. Ultimately, I ended up going to our filming location anyways. My group mater were already there. They said they would look for the items at their store. They only bought the microphone and a small stand that came with it. When I got to our filming location, we began preparing not too long after. My group member, Keren Casseus (KC), starting doing our makeup. While she was doing that, we were all trying to plan the day. After she finished, we changed into our wardrobe and began ...

Filming and Editing Blog

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  My group and I did not film yet. We just finished planning almost every aspect of our film two days ago. We finished planning on Tuesday. Because of this, we were unable to meet up and film so soon. In order for us to meet up and film, it also needs to be on a weekend. It at least has to be a day where we can work from the morning to the night. That way, we get all of the filming done in one day. We all live a little bit far from our filming location. We chose it, however, because it was the best location. Because we live so far though, we want to limit the amount of times my group and I have to drive over there. Also, being able to film in one day allows us to begin editing and rearranging. If we have everything we had in mind, we will be able to pick and choose the parts we want. As well as the parts we might want to reshoot. Seeing all of the scenes we filmed, edited, and polished will give us a better perspective when it comes to how we want our film to look. The plan is to f...

Planning for the final task: Location, Sound, Participants, Health, Schedule

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  Location: Will be at Keren’s house. Will be shooting in the living room, Keren's room, and in the backyard and front of the house.  Filming  3/7/2022: fliming will commence and scenes 1,2 and 3 will be shot. 3/14/2022: fliming will continue and shots 4 and 5 will be shot. This will be the final day of fliming and everything should be ready to be edited. the final scene will end when lights are cut.  3/15/2022- 3/17/2022: the editors will take control and start to cut and piece together our scenes using editing softwares such as pinnacle studios 18 and iMovie. 3/18/2022- 3/22/2022: we will receive criticism from our peers and finish preparing all our blogs so everything can be sent off to Cambridge.  Participants  Actors     Tiana A. Graham      Keren Casseus (KC)     Mya Rodriguez     Eric Bonilla Fliming       Tiana A. Graham      Keren Casseus (KC)     My...

Planning for Final Task: Title Design

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Studio: AICE Studio. Production Company: Ginger Productions. Actors: Tiana A. Graham, Mya Rodriquez, Keren Casseus (KC), and Eric Bonilla. Film Title: "Secretes". Edited By: Mya Rodriquez and Eric Bonilla. Story By: Keren Casseus (KC), Tiana A. Graham, Mya Rodriquez, and Eric Bonilla. Written By: Keren Casseus (KC), Tiana A. Graham, Mya Rodriquez, and Eric Bonilla. Directed By: Keren Casseus (KC), Tiana A. Graham, Mya Rodriquez, and Eric Bonilla. All titles will be a Copperplate font. The titles font sizes will be 50, with the exception of the film title. The film title will be in a 130 font size. The titles besides the Film Title will as well be black or white. Depending on the scene scene. The film will open with "AICE Studio" for 3 second. The same will occur with the production company, "Ginger Productions". The title will then show film title, "SECRETES". The film title will Appear for 4 seconds, in a dark purple color font. The film title w...

Final Task Planning Blog: Storyboard

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  Though, it's common for each slide from a storyboard to be different 5 seconds of the project. Our group decided it was best to show each camera angle, shot, and editing technique that'll be used in our final task. The story board will be 10 sheets long. Each sheet containing 6 slides, with the total of 60 slides. Under the picture drawn in the slide will be a brief description of what's shown in the shot. That description information may vary depending if it's describing a camera action, angle, or editing style that was used.

Planning for Final Task: Shooting and Sound Scripts

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Shooting Script Scene 1 Establishing shot- Eric and Tiana approach the door Handheld/ Tilt/ Tracking - Stalker is looking at them from afar Canted/low (master shot) angle-Eric calls on Kc to let them in  Medium shot- Tiana looking back because she feels a presence    Scene 2 Tracking- Eric jumps on couch, and grabs radio to flip through the  channels medium shot-Kc goes up stairs  Pan- Kc opening the door, to reveal Mya watching the news  Scene3 Eyeline match- Mya pointing at the tv, tries to tell Kc about the news,  Close up- Kc brushes it off, and takes Mya's hand  Mid Shot Kc- sits down and guides Mya continues doing makeup.  Scene 4 Pan- Kc and Mya talking about Mya's relationship with Eric Pan- Tiana and Eric talking about his relationship with Eric  P.O.V- stalker sees Tiana and Eric talking from outside   Tracking/Mid shot- Tiana doesn’t like what Eric is saying, and tries to go tell Mya Scene 5 Mid Shot- Tiana goes up stairs...