Filming blog progress

This weekend, me and my partner filmed 3 of our scenes for our project. We were happy to finally be able to get some work done despite our previous setbacks. To start off, I rented out a camera and tripod so we could film the scenes. We didn’t actually end up using the tripod but it was nice to have it in case we needed it. We filmed the scenes at my house and shot some scenes both indoors and outdoors. It ended up being filmed at night since that was when the scenes took place. I had the script and storyboard opened up on my phone so we could reference it throughout the filming process. During a majority of the filming I was acting in the video. I played the main character in our film. This was new for me and I found it really fun. I also set up the props for the shots.
When we were filming, I helped direct what was happening too. There were a few scenes where I wasn’t the one acting as well. In those scenes I was the one filming. I set up the camera for those scenes and the props surrounding it. I helped direct the person acting in that moment what to do. In the scenes without actors I helped set up the scene. I also reshot the shots that didn’t look so great. One more thing I did was record audio to voiceover a part. I used the camera to get audio of an actor saying a line.

Filming Blog Didn't Get To Film

This week, our class started the filming process of our project. This included going outside of school to film for our video. A lot of students started filming for their videos over the weekend. Not everyone could film, however, due to being unavailable. My group, for example, was not able to film. Since it was a holiday weekend, my teammate and I didn't have the time to meet up. My teammate was out of town and I was pretty busy. So unfortunately, we haven't been able to get a lot done for our video. Thankfully, it is only the first weekend we had to film so we still have time to get our work done. There were other things we were able to get done though.
Though this happened, we were able to get some work done despite not being able to meet up. In class we didn't have anything to edit, so we planned. This included a variety of things we had to schedule. We scheduled when we would meet to film, which helped organize what we were doing a bit. I checked my schedule and my partner's schedule to see when would work best. Then I helped decide what day we would film. We decided that this weekend we can since we are both free. We also decided where we were going to film first as well. Luckily, we have time to film the parts we need and get it done. All of this helps us prepare to actually film our project.

Storyboard Blog

This week, we created our storyboards for our movie clip. These storyboards help us plan out exactly what shots we need for each scene. We had to include a few different kind of camera angles and shots as well. For example, in the first scene we used an establishing shot, medium shot, and medium close up. The establishing shot will help show where the scene is taking place. We also used an action match to transition to scene 2. Using the storyboard really helped plan this out. Another type of shot we used was a wide shot. These shots and camera angles were used frequently in different scenes. Occasionally a specific type of shot is used again to show parallelism between another scene.

Schedule, Location, Participants,Health Blog

For this google slide, we had to plan out certain things further. This included the schedule, location, participants, and health. The schedule should be 1-3 slides, the location 1-2, the participants 1-2 and health 1-2. For our slide show our schedule was 1 slide, our location 2, our participants 1, and our health 1. For the location(s) we had to include pictures of each. We had a total of seven slides in this presentation. We decided to organize the schedule slide in a table format. The dates are on the left and what we will be doing on each date is on the right. We made sure to also consider many things when creating the health slide because we want to stay safe while filming. This slideshow will be very helpful when we are filming the final task.

Title Design Blog

This week we worked on our titles for our project. The title we will most likely go with is "Substitution". We decided on this because we felt it accurately described a part of the plot of our project. The font we decided on was spectral. This is a good font for our genre and fits the theme we are going for. It will be in bold and all caps. The text will be white to contrast the night background and it will be in size 48. We decided to make the titles fade in and fade out of the screen. We decided this because it would fit the title "substitution" as the titles would substitute each other and or take their place and will disappear after 2 to 3 seconds. The leading spacing would be 1.5 and the tracking spacing would be normal.

Dialogue and Sound Script

 For this blog/assignment, we had to create a shooting script. This is like a script on what is occurring in the final task scene by scene. It includes the camera angles, movement, character movements, and what is going on in each scene. The only thing that is not in this script is the dialogue. We were told to think of it as a storyboard but in written format. We had to display this script in a google slides presentation. There is one slide for each scene. We were required to have at least 10 scenes for the final task. Each slide includes what is going on, with camera movement, angles, or editing to go with it. This script will be extremely beneficial when shooting the final task.

Shooting Script Blog

For this blog/assignment, we had to create a shooting script. This is like a script on what is occurring in the final task scene by scene. It includes the camera angles, movement, character movements, and what is going on in each scene. The only thing that is not in this script is the dialogue. We were told to think of it as a storyboard but in written format. We had to display this script in a google slides presentation. There is one slide for each scene. We were required to have at least 10 scenes for the final task. Each slide includes what is going on, with camera movement, angles, or editing to go with it. This script will be extremely beneficial when shooting the final task.