Editing Blog

Due to the pandemic it’s been hard to edit. With lots of time to think i started thinking of ideas. I can’t meet up with my group to edit properly. There has been a huge problem trying to figure out how the film is going to be finished. There’s a lot more work that needs to be done. The film isn’t at its full potential. due to my group mate having the laptop that is needed to edit. I can’t physically go out to her house due to quarantine. I’m not allowed to leave my house until all the chaos has calmed down. I thought of FaceTiming my group mate and t trying to help edit.

 It allowed me to see the film and help edit.

 I gave tips on what videos should be where. My group member and I came to a realization that it just can’t be done right now. So many things are wrong in the video. The reshooting happened but the footage wasn’t good enough. I realized some scenes were in different locations and it didn’t add up. Some videos didn’t match with the videos we shot the first time. People were still wondering in the background as well. There were still also noises in the background. There is a need to reshoot before there can be final editing. 

A pause for my production (Pandemic)

There has been a pandemic and a lot has been going on. The superintendent of Broward county decided to close schools. Schools got shut down so kids won’t catch the virus. School will be out for 4 weeks. Due to the corona virus there’s been a lot of chaos. I’ve been in quarantine all week. Staying home and just making sure I’m safe. At first it was just a week off plus spring break. Things escalated and it went to two extra weeks off. More people started getting the virus. 

Then the virus hit Broward county. It’s a emergency that everyone stays safe and inside. The virus has spread quickly and the more people that are out the quicker it spreads. Students aren’t getting proper help from teachers. Everything turned virtual and students have been doing online work now. 

Like the movie antebellum the release date has been postponed. That’s exactly like my group and I film. There hasn’t been a way for us to meet up and reshoot things and edit. Everyone needs to be quarantined so it’s hard to get access to each other physically. It’s like our film has been postponed because there’s not a way we can do anything to it to make it better. 

Reshoot blog

The film isn’t as nice as i want it to be. It’s time to go and reshoot things. When putting the film together i realized they’re problems with certain videos. Like for instance in some there were people in the background when no one should have been in the background. I could see the camera man in the reflection of the car. There were other little noises in the background in some videos as well. When reshooting we will only do certain scenes. Not all the scenes will be recorded over. Now we have to accommodate everyone schedule. Last time it was hard to record on the same day. Everyone is busy and with the coronavirus going around it’s hard. Everyone wants to stay home and be safe. My group and i scheduled to meet up this weekend before the virus gets worse. Locating back at the library filming will happen again. This time try to get different angles to not make the same mistakes. I will also have the camera man take more shots than last time. The goal is to improve the quality so it will not come out like previous videos. I will also be in charge of driving again. I will drive to the funeral home to use the back parking lot. In the back parking lot  the kidnapping and driving scenes will take place. 

Editing Blog

After a long process Filming is finally done. It’s now time to edit and bring this film to life. For the editing process it took a lot of time. Not a lot of websites let you convert your videos for free. So it took a while to find one that allowed it. Once i found one i then helped convert some videos to mp4’s. I converted half of the videos. I did 10 videos and it didn’t take as long as i thought it would. After converting i then had to edit. I helped edit by picking out what videos i believe should go first. 

I put all the videos in order of how they should be in the film. Once iMovie was opened i then dragged and dropped some videos to edit. I helped crop some videos as well. I then went and looked for music to input into the film. I was having a hard time finding music. So it didn’t get added. The filming process went quick due to the fact i just wanted to see how it would look all put together. I then remembered the title was left out. The title was then added into the film after putting everything together. The film  is not as neat and smooth as i want it so i have some more editing to do. 

Peer view

I reviewed group 20 today. One thing i really liked about the film was the action matches. There was one scene where there was a bloody knife shown. It was then switched to the kids dead in another room. It was my favorite action match. It showed that they took their time to plan it out. I liked how the acting was good as well. I liked how they showed the location of the film. It didn’t leave me guessing on where the film was taken place. From the jump you know where all the action was going on at which is very important. 

One suggestion i would make to the film is the part of the video where a male actor came in. I was really confused on that part. He came in and killed someone out of no where. I wanted to know why he did what he did. I believe part of the problem was the sound. They should bring the background music down. It was hard to hear the actors talking. At one point the male was talking. He probably gave a reason why he was about to partake in that action but it was hard to hear so i wouldn’t know. I suggest recording the video over and placing it into the film with a better explanation for the killing.