Filming Blog: The last filming process before editing

The filming process continued after school on Monday. I found a new library and empty lot to film in. At the time we went it was raining I figured the more it rains the less people will be at the library. I drove to the library and asked the librarian if it was okay to film. She said it was fine and I started recording. It took a lot of takes to get the perfect video. It was getting aggravating so I suggested everyone take a break to gather themselves together. After the break everything was going smoothly again. A couple of more takes were recorded and then I drove us to my family funeral home that was located next to the library. The funeral home has a empty lot that could be used so it was perfect. 

As driving to the funeral home I decided to record any scenes that had to be recorded while someone is driving. A couple of takes were recorded while doing that. Once I finally got to the funeral home I drove to the back of the parking lot. I hopped out the car and the trunk shot was recorded. The scene where the body is put into the trunk was also recorded. It took  many takes to get the perfect video for each scene. While filming it started raining again so I told everyone to get back in the car. Once the rain died down everyone got back out and continued recording. I thought we were done and realized one parking lot scene wasn't recorded so that added more time onto our schedule. After many takes it was finally done and all of us could finally go on about our day.

Filming blog: Filming at Library and Empty Lot

The film process has finally started. I got the car checked Friday night to make sure everything was working good. The adult stated everything was perfect. That day i also got my car washed since i will be bringing the car. My group and I drove to many different libraries. Settling on one all of us went inside to check it out. To make sure it was okay i asked to make sure if it was possible that we could film there. The librarian disagreed due to how noisy it tends to be but my group and i decided to try it. As filming started I didn’t really like how dull it was inside. We continued though to see how it would turn out. When watching over the videos it was a lot of noise in the back ground. Many people were in the library in study groups and it was messing up the sound in our video. The lighting was bad too just like how i thought it would be. After trying the library i drove the car around with my group in it to see if a empty lot could be found. An empty lot is needed for multiple scenes in our film. It’s an really important part. It was pretty difficult to find one that fit our vision. Finding a lot that was empty filming started up again. After recording multiple videos my group and i watched them over and realized we didn’t like them either. I realized More locations need to be found and more research needs to be done so our film can be put together like how it was envisioned. 

Filing blog: Why Filming hasn’t started yet

I did not start filming yet. Filming was suppose to happen last week. Things ended up coming up and it didn’t get done. Everything is together to film but my group and I weren’t prepared. Physically prepared yes but my group and i were more so not mentally ready to film. It’s going to take a lot of retakes and time. Since it was going to take a while I just knew it wasn’t going to be executed properly if filming was done last week. I realized that Friday i was  going to be busy. The day ended up getting rescheduled last minute. Filming will be done after this week. This week I’m busy and everyone is doing their own thing. I want to get filming done as soon as possible so we won’t be behind. Yet all of our schedules have to be accommodated. Due to the fact my group and I have a longer filming process it means less time. It’s going to be my first time doing a intro to a movie so I’m curious on how it’s going to turn out. I will be in charge of bringing the car. Due to that i have to make sure it’s taken care of. I have to make sure it’s clean and everything is working for safety purposes. So a car wash is needed and a look over by a guardian is needed. I’m excited and ready to start this intro!

Storyboard for opening sequence

The elements of a horror film starts from slides 1-5. These scenes were filled with close up shots of every individual involved. Many of the starting scenes are in the library then it moves to the car. As the scenes go by, the intensity grows. The ending of scene 1-5 got even more thrilling. In slides 6-10 it talked about how we are going to go about playing the roles for those scenes. My scenes mainly included medium shots. Majority of the time the scenes are in the car. The scenes get intense as the story goes on. It has an ending that’s going to have you wonder what happens next?

Title design in detail

This powerpoint is about the title design of our final project. The font is very important. It can create a tone. The title could draw people into the movie. For our title font, we are using Blombat. It is a very creepy horror film font. It looks like blood on a wall that has been painted. We are using "Times New Roman" for our names so, that is is bold. But times new roman also will not distract the audience from the film. The powerpoint goes more into depth about our font.

Location, Participants, Health, and Schedule

This powerpoint has the details about Location, health and safety, participants and the schedule. The filming location is in a few places. We're using a library, parking lot, and trunk. We think those locations will help add the the scary tone of our film. We also have a plan for health and safety. We will be cautious when driving. We also plan to bring a first aid kit. Our main participants are Naiya, Na'mya, and Ambrielle. The schedule is done on a week by week format. The powerpoint further goes into depth about each topic.

Shooting Script

The google slide attached depicts the scenes to our opening sequence. These ten slides include every camera change that will occur. The action of each character is explained thoroughly. The details, small and large are also included. Details such as camera angles and movements are included. Though the statements being made are not included, the different types of sound in a movie is added into the presentation as well. This is because we want to understand our film in all aspects. the different components of Mis- En- Scene are added because it illustrates what we want each scene to be like. We used our vision to further this google slide presentation. The inclusion of these elements are needed because we can look back to understand our thought process when creating our storyboard.

Sound Script

Through out the power point I wrote out the whole script. I wrote the script starting form scene 1 to scene 10. I included the sounds that will be heard through out the film. For the sounds I included diegetic and no diegetic. Most of the sounds included an instrumental, music from the radio, and movement sounds from the actors. It only took me 4 slides to write out the whole script due to the fact it's not much being said. Through out the script it's manly people in shock and trying to find somewhere to hide the body not too much talking. I wrote who will be saying who by naming them Person 1, Person 2, and Person 3, and victim. The names made it less confusing and easier to understand the script for the actors. In total 4 people will be acting through out the film.