filming blog:The one where they can't film

  This Wednesday we were supposed to film. Also supposed to re-shoot some of our shots. Then our lucky just gets better. Turns out Jack is going to Utah. So our plans have been put on hold. Jack is a main character. Filming with out him will be pointless. There is only one shot that is just me and Kendrid. Jack is a vital part of the film, everyone is. But we figured out what we were going to do.
  Right now Kendrid and I have been editing the film. While Jack helps with the music. Also Jack is like our test audience he watches the film and certain scenes. Then tells us what was good and bad, and what can be improved on. Kendrid and I are going to use the shots and videos we already have for the film. Then when we can we will film the other scenes we need. With the virus going around its going to be hard to do much. The park might be closed or our parents might not want us out. But we can always find another location and trick the camera. The picture below is a scene w will need with jack.

filming blog:Nathan's day off

 On Friday Our group wanted to film. Everything was set and ready to go. We were going to have my mom drive us down to the park. Then it happened, the worst thing that could possibly happen. I had chipped my tooth. This was not the firs time for this to happen. I have chipped my tooth before many times and all an accident. I first chipped my tooth due to an phone that had an outer-box case.Someone threw the phone at me and it chipped my tooth right in half. Then the other times it broke cause of something hitting it or me eating and breaking the bond.
 So I was not able to film. Because I had to go to a dentist appointment. My other group mates only could get one shot. Since I was not there to do the dialogue. They went to a place that was not the park. They could only film the shot reverse shot, so they did. Now over the weekend we filmed the dialogue scenes at the park. We had people going in and out the trail so we had to re-shoot a lot. Afterwards we packed up and headed out the park for some fun. We first walked to 7-11, then galleria mall, and then finished up our day playing basketball at Holiday park.

editing blog: try try and try again

 After the we re-shot we had the time to re-edit in class. So as any normal editing day would go we walked into class and grabbed a computer. Sat down and logged into the computer. We clicked on our editing software and waited for it to load. As we waited we saw the software was taking longer than usual to load up. Thinking nothing of it we just waited longer. The software look like it loading in all the stuff,but little did we know. Watching the software load the start of our nightmare appeared. The software wasn't loading, a notification popped up and said it wasn't working. So as the problem solvers we were, we grabbed another computer.
 We did the exact same thing like last time. logged in, clicked on the software, and waited. Guess what happened, the same little notification popped up. Now my group members and I started to worry. So we grabbed two computers and see which one would work first. Same process: logged in, clicked on the software and waited. My guess was that computers decided not to like us that day. both computers didn't work. repeating the same process we grabbed another two computers and etc. One computer decided to quit, but the other one liked us and was working. With just our lucky though, the computer had 10 minutes of battery left. With a group decision we stayed for study-hall was able to find a computer that work. We got all of the new shots in and inputted the music.

Re-shoot blog: Re-shoot,Reduce, and Recycle

Last week we re-shot our film. We got the necessary shots first then re-shot any other things that we felt was needed. From the peer review we shot extra scenes to get certain actions and shots. When we re-edit we will make it a little more dimmer to set the feeling. Just like what our peer review people told us. While we were filming I recorded with my phone and messed up a couple shots because of the way I was holding the camera. So we will need to find a day this week where we can get these shots. But we are thinking of filming at a different location which is closer than the park. Such as a grassy area with lots of trees to gain the same affect of the park. We will film this soon and quick since it requires only one cast member.
 While we were re-shooting there were not as many mosquitoes. We also recorded on a half day. So when school got out, we all grab lunched then headed straight for the park. Maybe since it was early in the afternoon that the mosquitoes were not out or terrible like last time. Filming as always was a blast. We got all the movie done and all the shots re-shot. When recording our finishing scene Jack had to lay on the floor, since he was 'dead.' He was not so happy about this. So to piss him off even more, as a joke we made him lay on the ground even longer for a picture for the blog. He got even more mad, here it is down below.

Peer review: Butter-bean

 Last class we had the opportunity to watch other people's videos. We were assigned a group and a different group was assigned to watch ours. While we watch we had to look and answer questions for a peer review paper. The name of the video we watched was called Butter-bean. While we watched the film there were certain things we needed to spot. Some things we had to look for was shots, sound, titles, etc. The group did good overall,But was missing  decent amount. Their time was 1:30 and their plot was really confusing. My group and I did not understand the movie one bit. Their acting was pretty decent though.
 Each group member had to do our own individual peer review paper. Their movie wasn't complete. When it is fully finish I think it will be a lot better than what we saw. Their movie made us realize that we were missing stuff in our video too. Some things we will need are shots and angles. One thing we need is shot reverse shot. Which I have the perfect idea for what we will do. I will have a shot of jack then a piece of paper then back to Jack. This will also give the scene dialogue. Overall the film was very helpful too us and by us giving them feedback it will be helpful to them.

Filming blog: attack of the mosquitoes

 My group members and I have filmed once again. Finishing up the shots so we have a general concept of what our movie will look like. When we put our movie altogether we will see what is needed. Also Next class my group and I will edit and clean up all of our shots. After school our group had my mom take us to Hugh Taylor Birch state park. When we got to the park we headed straight towards our filming location to get started right away. As we started filming the mosquitoes came out from bushes. Gladly I had brought bug spray because what happen last time. As my group mates and I drenched our selves in bug spray we got ready to film. Little did we know we were in for a treat.
 We started filming the movie and got a lot of shots. As the sun  went down the mosquitoes got worst and worst by the minute. We kept coating ourselves in bug spray one after another. Sadly none of it was working though. The filming continued the mosquitoes kept attacking. Like soldiers the group kept filming until we got to our final scene. When we finished up with our filming we rushed to our stuff and got out of the park as quickly as possible. Jack got picked up first by his mom, Kendrid got picked up by his brother and I waited until Kendrid was picked up then I left with my dad. The next day I looked at my arms and legs to see all of these mosquito bites. Next we film we are bringing stronger bug spray and wearing longer clothing, also to get any shots we might need or were missing.

Kendrid was our killer for the movie.

filming blog: stroll through the park

 This past weekend my group and I have filmed a good amount for our project. I am excited for the next time we film again. It was a blast recording with my group mates and they would agree. At the sometime we were all also very productive in getting our work done.While we were recording I got a couple of cuts. So to avoid any infections we used the first aid kit that we brought with us. Another annoying problem that cut our filming time short were the mosquitoes.They were absolutely terrible, so next time will be prepared with bug spray. We decided to film at Hugh Taylor Birch state park. When we got there we spent a good amount of time finding a filming spot.

 Originally we were going to film on the road inside the park. But since it was the weekend cars and people kept passing by so it was really hard to film consistently. Every time a car or person would come by we had to wait and stop filming. So we decided to go to our second filming location. Our second location was a trail that did not have as many people. This made it a lot easier to film our scenes. For one shot I had to climb a tree and it was very well worth it. Due to me climbing the tree this is also how I got my cuts. Over all the filming went great and we had all of the necessary props needed. Here is a picture of a scene that we filmed down below.