week 8 blog post #3

 Hey blog! This is already my second to last blog post! Awww... It's sad how close this is coming to an end but, I still have some exciting things to talk about so lets get started! In this post, I will mainly be talking about my CCR creation. I will also be talking about the post-production process. After filming, I stated that I edited on an "easy-to use" app. The app was very easy for editing. That coming from me means a lot because, lets just say I'm not the best at editing. Everything I need was on the app and, I could locate everything quickly. Some images below are examples of me editing!

I haven't finished the CCR yet so, let's go ahead and make a script!

Hey guys! It’s me Brooke, and I am the creator of the film called “The Bull”. This two minute opening to my film is about a hacker in which if you don’t follow the game the bull is playing, something very bad will happen. I know the whole subject of it sounds a little crazy but, when you think about it, there is an important message being portrayed. The message in the film is to be careful with technology, and the way that you use it. I wanted the message to get out there so, I turned a real life issue into a fiction film! 

Funny enough, the idea actually came up when my friend got a random message from some rando saying that their name was ****.  Since I know it’s not right to say their name, let’s just call him Bob. I had no idea what to make my film bout and spent a whole week figuring it out until we saw bob’s message. Thank you bob, I really appreciate it. Anyways, I wanted to create a mystery film because, that is my favorite type of genre! I looked up some examples including the movie “Murder Mystery”, starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston! I also used slower cuts and regular shaky movements to make the audience feel like they are in the actors positions! Quick question?

How does my product use or Challenge  conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

Well, we all know that it really isn’t that hard to get hacked these days sadly. Remember that whole mono thing….. yeah. My film challenges the normal mystery/horror convention because, normally when you view a horror film it is dark and spooky outside. Unlike the basic way of doing it, I decided to challenge it a little and  filmed during the day time! Data charts actually show that bad things happen just as much as in the day time, as they do at night! This film also represents issues in our world nowadays. I haven’t seen a single teenager without a phone in their hands in such a long time. The more they use thier devices, The more likely it is for them to get hacked, and we all know that’s not a good thing. 

The next questionI would like to talk about is, How does your product engage with audiences and how will it be the distributed  as a real media text?

Well I did have to think this question through a little more but after thinking about it, I mainly want this message to go out to the teen part of the audience. The video game like structure would get the young adults attention more than it would get middle aged people. It is much more likely for a teenager to get hacked simce they are always on their phones rather than an adult. Not only is hacking bad for your device but, it could also lead to mental health issues. Studies show that many teenagers are able to get depression from online bullying. Presenting the issue will help prevent the issue. Wow am I a poet? I will be distributing my film opening on big enough sources like YouTube, and at school events since I’m not quite ready for the theater yet! 

The next question is , how did my production skills develop throughout this project? 

When beginning this project all I thought was oh my gosh I’m never going to come up with an idea. I was also thinking, how can a teenager be ready to make a small film opening. But, at the very end of the project I realize how much I learned and how many skills I developed. I learned much more about the music, the cuts you should use for my specific genre, more on about the topic, and just overall about 1 billion times more Knowlede than I started wirh. 

The  last question I will be asking myself is,

How did I integrate technologies? 

Even though  I thought this would be the toughest part to get through, so many helpful resources help me along the way. My teacher mentioned the app Canva which was literally the lifesaver to my project. I created the opening and ending credits with the app Canva. There are so many animations that you could choose from and I use the typewriter one which made it seem very realistic! Many effects were also available! When editing my project, I used the app, “Splice” instead of the original editing source I listed. This app was very easy and simple to use. It was very basic and I was able to locate everything perfectly fine! 

Sadly my project has come to an end after 2 months in the making. Research, designing, and shooting, all made this project possible. Thank you so much for watching my CCR. Have a great one and, try ur best to not get hacked!

CCR link- https://youtu.be/umj6TrQEDjA

Week 8 blog post 2

 Hey blog! Today I will be showing you some illustrations I have from filming! Finishing the filming was a relief! Luckily, I didn't run into any more problems other than the lighting. After I did the filming, I started the editing with the app called "Pro movie recorder". I looked for a very long time for the best editing app and that one seemed the best for the type of film I'm creating (film opening).  The editing of the film took me a while to complete because, I did have to incorporate the foley sounds. I used different foley techniques to make the sound seem more out there. 

To make the walking sound, I took one of my shoes and using a recorder on my phone, I was able to capture a good sound effect. I used other sound effects too! I used an actual phone beeping as a noise but, just recorded the sound and then entered it in! I didn't run into any problems but, while filming, I decided to change the music of my film. The reason why was because, I didn't want it to seem to spooky. Since the production is more of a mystery genre, I used music for the background that just created tension in the audience's mind! See you tomorrow blog! :)

Week 8 blog post 1

 Hey blog! For this week's plan, I will first be talking about the progress I made with filming! In the next two blogs coming up, I will be showing you some illustrations of my production, and I will be talking about/presenting my CCR creation! Don't worry though, I didn't forget about the major part, the film opening! So far filming has been really good although, I did have to make some alterations. One big change I had to make while creating the film was the time of the day. A few days ago when I was planning on filming, a family emergency came up and I couldn't film that night! Since the project is due soon and I'm already pushing it, I decided I have to find a different way to film! Instead of filming at night, I did it during the day time but, you won't be able to notice because, I used blankets, covers, and other tactics to hide the light. 

The office space that I have been filming in is great but, there is a huge window that makes the area look happy and airy. Since my film is literally the opposite of that, I found covers to go over the windows. Don't worry though, I made sure all the little holes got covered LOL! Filming is only two shots from being done, yay! Now I need to find a good editing source! If I knew how to control it, I would want to edit on adobe premire but, it's not the easiest so, I'll be looking out for some good editing apps! I also need to complete the CCR by the end of this week! We are so close of the film coming out! Make sure your ready! See you tomorrow blog! :D

Week 7 blog post 3

 Hey blog! Welcome back! Today, I don’t have much to discuss with y’all but, I do you wanna talk about some of the key moments I have had in the production I am making. This week, I struggled a lot to find the sound I was really looking for in my film. In one of the days, I did discover a perfect sound that fits in my production very good! I was very happy to find this because, I knew that most people were already starting to film and, that they had all of their sounds.

The sound I’m using, sounds definitely mysterious and scary in both ways. That was the main thing I was really looking for so it turned out perfect! In the beginning of my film, I’m planning to not have any sound and then, the sound I attached in my last blog post will start coming up during the middle to end of the film opening! Next week I will start filming! I’m very excited to see how it will turn out! See you next week blog! :D

Week 7 blog post 2

 Good morning blog! Since my last blog post I was mentioning the music, now I will be mentioning the things I was actually supposed to be talking about lol! So far in my production progress I haven’t made great progress in the past week but, I did find the music and I did create the storyboard which will help me a lot during filming. Since I know the whole outline of the film, it won’t be too hard to film! Filming will take place next week and, next week during the weekend! 

I am hoping that I can get most of the filming done next week because, next weekend I am very busy. I’ve been getting so much homework from all my teachers so hopefully, they would be generous enough this week to not give us as much lol! I need to start filming really soon because I’m honestly starting to run into the problem where I don’t know what to talk about in my blogs and, that is definitely a sign I should get started on filming! I’ll see you tomorrow blog, have a wonderful day! :)

Week 7 post 1

 Hey blog! This week I am going on a cruise so, I decided to do my blogs a little ahead of time so I won’t have to do as much on the boat! One major thing I still haven’t done yet is finding the song or, the sounds that I will be using in my production! I am hoping that later on in my blog I will find something to use. I know a few people that DM’d songwriters to ask if they could use their song but, all of them that reached out haven’t answered back so, I’m planning on just doing an uncopywrited song. 

To find the type of sounds I would like for my project, I’m going to be looking up ideas of mysterious and scary noises. Another thing I want to include in my production, is the use of Foley. I wanted to do this because, I found the project I did in class very fun and entertaining! Here is a sound I found that I would like to include in my film! It is called threatened. See you tomorrow blog! :D

                                                  

Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): 

https://uppbeat.io/t/alex-besss/threatened

License code: HBFDEAEXI8XKWR94

Week 6 post 3

 Hey blog! In my last blog posts, I talked about the change I made about filming as well as the production on the film process. Oops, I definitely did not mix these out of order. I actually said this time I’m going to make my blogs in order and now what did I do! :\ 

It’s ok though, we will get there eventually! Anyways, today I will be talking about the key moments I have had so far this week in the making of my project! Over the course of this weekend, I decided that I will be using a tripod and, my phone for the filming equipment! Since I knew this wouldn’t be as great as an actual filming camera, I decided to watch some tutorials on YouTube to look for ideas on how to make your videos look better by using a few tactics! The first idea one video mentioned was, to use your iPhone in the portrait mode. The reason they suggested this is because, the camera creates a depth of field effect! This didn’t help at all though because,  I found out that the portrait mode is only used for photos! Ugh… 

After I realized that, I watched a separate video that talked about an app called, “ProMovie Recorder”. They mentioned that the app is easy to use and, it also takes control of exposure, focus, frame rate and other aspects that I may need! There’s even different focus points! Right now, my plan is to use this app! See you next week blog! :)

Week 6 post 2

   Good after noon blog! I hope you are all having a great day! In my last blog post, I talked mainly about the group meetings we had and what I learned from them! In today’s blog, I will be talking about the pre- production process and what I am doing in order to prepare to film.

Next week I will be going on a trip so sadly I won’t be able to film! :( Since I technically can’t film yet, I thought it would be a good idea to start ordering the things I may need for the making of my production! The first thing that came to my mind was the camera and the filming equipment! At first, my main idea was to borrow a good quality camera but then, I later changed my mind and just decided to use my phone for the camera of the movie! I’m really between using my mom’s or my phone at this point. Although the cameras offered by Broward schools have great quality, you can only have it for less than a week and, it would be more difficult to transfer everything from the camera to the computer for editing. That is why I will be using a phone. (Because I’m lazy…)

Anyways, ignore the thing in the parenthesis LOL. I do know for sure that I definitely want to order a tripod for the making of my film. The tripod will really help making the film look clean and more professional! Over the weekend I will purchase one on Amazon Prime because, it is budget friendly and, it comes fast as well! See you tomorrow blog! :D

Week 6 post 1

 Week 6 post 1

Hey blog! Today during class, we had group meetings! During the group meetings, we talked about each of our main ideas. I listened to my peers and, every single one of them had a great idea. Some of them really stood out to me as well! One of the girl's in my group is in the process of creating a film about suicide. It's about a daughter that commits suicide and the mom finds her. For this project they thought out their film nicely so, I thought that was great! 

Another group member is training to be a pilot! Because he is getting his pilot license, he decided to make the film about a plane that crashes on a small deserted island! He had a cool idea to use a special turn thingy to portray the plane “crashing”. Within the group meeting, we talked about our plan, how far we got, and of course we had to get off topic but, the most important thing is that we were capable of learning from each other! Below is an image captured by our teacher that she took of us! See you tomorrow blog, goodnight! :)

Week 5 post 3

 Hey blog! Today, I will be talking about all the changes I have made in my project so far. The major changes I decided to make in my blog from last week was, I decided to change the idea that I was going to show the hood and just a shadow. Instead of showing a glimpse of the hacker, I decided to change it so we would never see the hacker. We would still see the bull on the technology but, never in the human form.  The new change I made in my project was that I was going to film the week of spring break (next week) but, I am going on a trip now so my schedule does have to change a little bit! That is perfectly ok though because, I still have a lot of time and I won’t need to rush! I am very excited to be going on my trip! Even though this project is very fun, it is time consuming and I am very excited to get a little break from it!

The other change that I mentioned before which is very important, is the genre which I switched. If you want to see more information on the change, you may look in my week 3 post 2! For more information on the making of my film, visit my other blog posts! Good night bloggers! :)

Week 5 post 2

 Hey blog! In today’s blog post, I will be explaining the key moments I have had in my production process so far! One key thing I still need to make for my production is the label for the production brand. I already know the name for my film. The name for the movie is “The bull”! Now, I just need to come up with the brand title. I decided for the title, I will call it “Rex Productions”! 

 The reason why I decided to call it Rex productions is because, when you think of Rex you would think of something scary like a dinosaur as an example. No, it has nothing to do with dinosaurs or old age but, it does have to do with horror movies. For my later productions I will create, I would like all of them to have the horror genre! That is the reason why I decided to call it that. Like I said in my last blog post, the story board was definitely one of the biggest and one of the most important key moments I have had. Below is an attachment of the brand title! (Rex Productions).

Week 5 post #1

 Hey blog! This week I will be talking about the same ideas in my last blog. Those things include the reflection on the production process, reflection on some of my key moments that have taken place, and any changes that I have made prior to the idea of the film opening. This week (unlike last week), I will be expressing these things in order to keep it more organized. I read my blogs from last week. I definitely saw a difference between the first week and the most recent blog posts! Now that I actually know what I'm making my film about, I'm started to get a hang of the blogs better.

Today, since I'm trying to be better on staying organized, I decided I will first be doing a reflection on the production process of my film. I completely and utterly had no idea what I wanted my film to be about first. It took much of the time we had to come up with the final idea. I knew that other people in my class were already starting to create a story board so, I decided to stick with my best idea I had in mind. The idea I had was about the bull which was hacking the world! After I came up with my idea, I researched multiple questions that I needed to know in order to create my film. Later on, I thought about the storyline very carefully and then completed the storyboard! Coming up in tomorrow’s blog, we will be talking about the reflection on some of my key moments while creating this project! 

Week 4 blog 3

 Hey blog! Today I will be talking about the key reflections in my portfolio project! So far with the project, there are alot of steps that have taken place but there were only a few key moments! I really want to talk about one key moment that put a lot of pressure on me! Even though we had lots of time in class, it took me a very long time to come up with the idea of the film. The first thing I thought I would do was to make it about nature but then, I kept changing my idea because, you need to have some thing going on that will reach the audiences attention.

The idea about the nature and the film showing all the peacefulness in the world and then it corrupting was a terrible idea and now that I think of it, I completely dislike it. Instead, I thought really hard and I wanted to think of something that had more of a question to it. That is when I decided to choose a mystery genre. The next key moment I had was when I was creating the main character. The main character plays a major part in the film so, I had to think through a lot. After doing a good amount of research, I decided for the main character to be a bull because, bulls In the real world are very strong, brilliant, and powerful. The bull in this case which is a hacker, is taking control over the technology system. I’m not a hacker so I wouldn’t know this but, I’m sure hackers are very smart if they’re able to completely hack into a system! Those are two of the most key moments I have had so far in my project!

Week 4 blog #2

 Hey blog! I hope you are all having a wonderful night! Today in my blog (March 5th), I will be talking about the production process! In tomorrow's blog, I will be talking about the reflection on my key moments! The making and the production of my film opening have so far been very fun! The first thing I got into with my project was the research. I researched so many different things so my film will turn out great. I searched what colors schemes would be good with my genre. I also looked into some mystery genre film openings. I did this to give me ideas of what I wanted the audience to be thinking while watching my film. Another major thing I researched was the camera movements and cuts of the production. I learned that for a mystery genre, they tentatively do slower cuts and as the film progresses, they go into a faster pace.

The next step I did in my production progress was the storyboard! So far, this has been my favorite part of the project because, it allows me to show my own creativity! The storyboard shows the whole plan and clips of what my film opening will be. I will tell you guys (my blogging friends), if I make any necessary changes! Below is an attachment of one of my story board papers! Have a great night! :)

Week 4 blog #1

 Good afternoon blog! I am very happy that I finished the storyboard and, I am also really excited to get the filming started. No, sadly I won’t be filming this week but, I will get started on filming soon! This week I will do a basic reflection of my production progress, reflection on my key moments, and the changes that I made to my film opening idea! 

This post will mainly be about all the changes I made in the project. I had my whole project in mind and thought it was great! That was only until I got to the storyboard though, lol! When it was time for me to create the story board, I ran into a few issues. The first issue I ran into was that I stated my movie was going to be in the “Sci- Fi’ genre. When doing more research on the different genres, I realized that I wanted my film opening to give more of a suspense. I really just wanted to get the audience thinking. At first, I think I put it down as having a “Sci-Fi” genre because, it was a hacker on the computer system. Really though, it would be placed correctly under the mystery category! 

The other (not issue) change I made to my production process was, showing the person behind the face of the bull. I wasn’t ever going to reveal the face but, I was planning to show a shadow or a hood of some kind. I was planning to use my father but, when I created the storyboard I thought not showing anything would leave the audience in a deeper depth of thinking!