Week 8 Post 3

 Hey blog! I can't believe I have done eight weeks of blogging that sounds unreal! Anyways, just like I said in my last post, today I will be talking about some of the topics in my blog post. I'll be putting this in quotations just because, It will be some of the exact stuff being said but again, this might change. 

This week is so stressful but oh my goodness, I got an A on my Spanish 4 honors test! That like NEVERR happens wow just wow I feel so smart right now. Ok here we go! 

"Dance should be considered a form of art because, it involves the creation and expression of movement and emotion throughout the body. Other forms of art such as painting, sculpture, or music, are great but, dance it different. Dance allows the "artist" to communicate thoughts, and feelings by using body movement instead of words.

Through dance, we use our bodies to tell a story, convey emotion, or to express hidden, more deep thoughts. The art form of dance uses various techniques, styles, and forms to express how we feel and to make a greater connection with the audience. There are many forms of dance, including ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, tap, and much more.

Moreover, dance is not just about the physical movements; it also involves the use of music, lighting, and costumes to create a beautiful performance.This is why it is an art form. When the performance happens, it truly is a piece of art. The choreography of movements, is a creative process that requires skill, imagination, and artistic vision."

Next week, I'm gonna get the magazine out of the way and be done with it by Friday!

Week 8 Post 2

 Welcome back bloggers, today is gonna be a wonderful day because, I'm going to be telling you guys about my print component,YAY! Because I'm doing a documentary, I have to make a magazine and what better thing to make it on than Canva, seriously though that program is so good. It literally has everything you need whether it's little icons or big details it literally has everything. Here are some examples I like! 

For the first page, I want it to be a bigger photo with the Logo printed in big and bold letters! For the picture on the magazine of the front page I want it to literally take up like 45% of the page space. 

For that picture, I had a pretty cool idea where my projector comes in handy! I could use a blue/purple gradient background color on a white wall then, I can do a dance move and it could cast a really cool shadow effect. I MAYYYY need to edit the shadow part but, let's pray that my dad's i phone can do it! I believe in you Apple!  This could possibly be a poster idea I'm thinking?

                                           (Example on first page of magazine layout)

                                   

                                      (Example on second page layout)

I'm not sure if I said this already, since my ADHD is going wild right now but, I want the second page to be the one with most of the information. In my next post, I will talk about some of the things I'll be mentioning in my magazine article! Until tomorrow my fellow bloggers...

Week 8 post 1

 Hey bloggers and welcome back! I'm very excited to announce that as of right now I have most of the footage collected. Because it's a documentary, I already have footage that I'm using from before. The only part I need to record are the voice overs and the scenes of me talking. I would like to say, I didn't get the leotard I wanted in time so I have a change of plans in costuming. I did order that blue leotard before that I saw on dancewear solutions, but it didn't come on time and I want to film since my project is due pretty soon! 

I worked on filming today after school... it wen't well because, I used a fog machine which made it look SOOO COOOLL and then, I also used a star light projector. Again this looks SOOO COOLL.  The star light projector made everything work omg it looks so good! I would also like to mention, I used my father's phone for filming because, he has a 13 pro so he has a very good camera. I'll show just a sneak peak of a couple of the shots!

Today was a good day because, I tried for an HOSA officer position and got an interview so that's exciting! Mrs. Staklosa is right, I need to stop being lazy and try more in my blog posts!

The project is due on April 13th so, I need to completely have all of my content by Friday. I want to start editing by this weekend!

Week 7 post 3

 Hey blog! Welcome back! Today I'll be talking about some more things I want to say in my documentary about dance. I want to focus on why it conveys things other than body movement like how it tells a story or expresses emotions. I used to want to talk about how it's a sport but I know that many people argue about that so, I thought maybe it's better to not mention that in the film.

Other than that, I don't have much more news. Next week I'm going to be creating my shot list as well as finishing my script and filming because, I need to get my CCR done as well as my print compnent done for the project! Seen you next week blog!

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Week 7 post 2

 Today, I'll be talking about what will be videotaped while the opening scene of the voiceover is being said. 

I have multiple videos of me turning so that will be in the intro. Also, I think it would be a good idea to show me talking with the voiceover at one point. The colors I'll be using in the beginning are the same colors I want to keep throughout the film meaning blue and purple. In the intro, I'll also be using a fog machine as it creates some type of suspense! 

Tomorrow I will hope to get more done than today! Sorry blog, I'm just really tired and didn't sleep well last night lol! 

Week 7 post one

 This week the majority of the blogs will be me making my script and preparing to film. Next week, since I'm behind, I'm going to have to create my shot list and film. But today will be Day one of writing my script.

As you know, the film is about dance and it's meant to portray how it releases emotions, feelings and power. This is what I have so far. 

"Dance, a form of expressive movement in which conveys self-expression and communication. It impowers physical strength and control, charisma, and emotional intensity. When people see someone dance, they think "oh she can move" but there's so much more significance to it. "

Above is the script for the opening scene. Tomorrow, I'll talk about what I'll be showing while this voiceover is happening. 

Week 6 post 4

Welcome back! Another day and more progress even though I get a little done at a time. Today I'll be looking for a color changing ring light to purchase for the project. I'll look on amazon since it's cheaper and it'll get here quickly. 

This is the one i'll be purchasing. It should come by Saturday so, I'll have time to film and everything. In next week's blog posts, I'll be talking and making my script for the documentary. 

Week 6 post 3

 Welcome back bloggers! In my last post I said I will be finding music and a ring light so, that is exactly what i'll be doing in today and in tommorow's post. Today let's find the background music because, I feel like that is definitely harder to find since it can't be copy righted or anything and, it also has to fit very well with the theme or else is may throw the whole project off course. Also it's just harder to find something like that compared to something on amazon that you can buy in a second so today's post will definitely be a bit longer than tomorrows. 

The website I will be using to find my music from is called Artlist.co. They have lists of different kind of genres of music which makes it easier to find however, under the documentary section everything was gloomy because, typically most of the time a doc is something sad or scary but, mine is quite the opposite and more of a motivational topic. Instead, I looked under the technology catagory and found some pretty good options. 

The first one listed would probably be my top pic but, again I'm still thinking about it. Heres my options from best to worst in my opinion. 

war-paint - link for first choice

Cityofhope - link for second choice

Week 6 post 2

 Changes and new things added to the project:

 I need to buy a new ring light that preferably allows you to change color because, mine sadly got broken in the mail. I also need to find the music and decide what app I'll be using to edit. The problem I'm having is that I'm not a good editor. Preamire is hard for me to use and I just don't understand it but then, I movie is like a child app and the quality is just not it. So I need some time to think about it but, not too much time since I feel behind already. 

Like I said I don't really know what type of music I want yet but, I think something more upbeat would be fun since it''ll match the theme pretty well. In my next blog post I'll be looking for music and, a new ring light lol!

Week 6 post 1

 Hey blog... so, I haven't filmed yet and I'm going to try my best to soon however, I've been so busy but at least I have the leos ordered and now it's time to work on my script! Since my project is a documentary, I do have most of the footage already. Most of which is videos of me dancing. The one important thing I need to film is me talking and also my voice overs. 

Below are some examples of the videos that will be in the film. The one annoying part is that all the videos I film are Tiktok drafts of course. This makes it harder because, theres always little icons on the side which is a big no no. Also it's filmed vertically which is also incredibly bad, so I'll have to find a way to fix that.   

Week 5 post #4

 Hey guys! Yesterday I worked on thinking of my print component so, today I guess I'll show you guys the leotards I'm looking into. 

This first one would be for the beginning before the transition happens.

After that, I'm either going to purchase between these two performance leotards. I don't know which one yet though so I'm going to ask my mom for her opinion. I also have a ton of hiphop clothes so, I'm good on that costuming. 

print component (week five post 3)

 These are a few examples for the print component I am doing. Because I’m doing the documentary, I’m using a magazine to promote the film. 

The following magazines are great ideas on how I want to make my magazine. I want to have a big title and let it be in the center of the paper. I don’t want the title to be as long as the second example though. I really like the way it’s laid out. In the first example, I think the captioning looks good with the piece of description below the image of radios pretty much saying it’s available on videocassette. They are also saying in the magazine, that their is just an audio version too. It allows the audience to get a gist of what the magazine is about just by the font and pictures.

The second magazine inspo is really cool as well however, like I said I would personally use a smaller title and, this one is more tough to understand at first. This is promoting a certain home projector that they are trying to show. At first, I thought it had to do with promoting a film which led to some confusion which isn’t great. The image they used could lead to very broad expectations so, I would try to be more descriptive. 

Both of these magazines are very good examples I’ll look at when creating my print component. A few changes I would make is adding page numbers on the bottom page, being more descriptive, and adding in pictures that match what I’m talking about.

Week 5 post #2

 Welcome back! Day 2 of my week five blog. Wow that was a terrible intro. Anyways, I have some really really exciting news! I talked in one of my previous blogs about how I'm going to Europe this summer and, my dad booked this "Mama Mia the party", that looks so fun so i'm very excited now. Moving on with the project itself, I don't have too many updates but, I'm working on the shot list and on it, is a cool idea I thought of where I turn it broad daylight and then, as the turn develops it turns into dark with led lights and everything. For the camera movement during this I thought a tracking shot could work decently. For this, I would want to use different costumes too. One that is brighter and then one that goes to a dark blue shiny leotard. I'm going to be using the store called "dance wear solutions". Tomorrow I should have some leo ideas I'm buying yay! 

Week 5 post 1

 Hey guys! This week is gonna be a rough one because, I have cheer tryouts... but it's ok, we will pull it together! I also have the SAT on Saturday ew just ew. As you know, last week I created my social media page. Sometime next week I want to start posting on it! Now it's time to discuss the bad news. So, the led lights I ordered from amazon actaully got delayed from delivering so because of that, I'm either going to have to postpone my filming ,or I'm gonna have to find a way to film without them but, I feel like it's a big aspect of the film so I think I'll probably just postpone the filming. Next post I will hopefully actually have some progress...

Week 4 blog post 4

 Welcome back bloggers! This week we accomplished getting the social media platform set up as well as making my logo. Like I said before, I really like how the logo came out. I think it matches the entire theme of the documentary and I hope that it’ll stay that way. The instagram profile is now set up too but I haven’t posted yet. For my first post, I’m thinking it could be a picture of someone dancing while keeping the blue/purple lighting. I was also going to mention in today’s post that, I purchased pretty cool lights for when filming. 

Week 4 blog post 3

 Hey there! Currently I’m so so tired but at least we were somewhat productive so far this week. As of today, I don’t have anything newly planned out. I’m just thinking about some ideas I can post on social media like instagram and, I’m working on my shot list. Once that is ready (praying it’ll be done by sometime next week), I will include it  in one of the blog posts. 

Week 4 post 2

 Welcome back bloggers! As you know, I have now created my logo so, that means the next step is to create my social media account. In the previous blog I said I will be using instagram, and as of right now that is still the plan. The way it took me like five minutes to see how to add a new account… anyways, now it’s all set up! I’m planning on posting my first post sometime next week!  The username is agame_568. Don’t worry I didn’t forget to mention that this is a school project lol.