Creative-Critical reflection

 -Introduction 

I will be answering question 1,2,3, and 4 of my creative-critical reflection.  

https://youtu.be/0k90DRZSv_U

https://youtu.be/9Y4pk4tUM9I

https://youtu.be/VKTLdO-tQbo

https://youtu.be/nurwXszcsRE

Film

 -Introduction 

This is the final film that my team and I made. We took some of the feedback and made our film better than our last daft, and with it the improvement are there. So, the time and effort we put in this film hopefully is shown. I just want to say that with this journey, I was able to learn skills on being a leader and a collaborator. With these skills I can be a better person and read media better through this experience. My vision was shown in this film and with the help of my teammates, we were able to make it real. 

 

https://youtu.be/HrbB2-HuZYk

Peer review

 

 Today during class, we had another group review the film opening that my teammates and I produce. They gave their unfiltered thoughts of our film and how we can improve upon it. So here was a couple of their thoughts, add a bigger and menacing font to hit on the genre. Fade out music instead of abrupt cut, so the transition is smoother in the film opening. Add voice overs of Violet's thought while the librarian is talking, due to the fact that the character personality is on the quite/receive side. By adding that it enhances that characteristic.  

They also suggest cutting out the shot of her leaving the building, because it does not move well with the other shots. They also stated that it needed more sound effects like breathing in a couple of shots, to that the stalker is there in the background. The reviver wishes for more vice over for the character Violet, so they can relate and understand her. More about her home live and who she is as a person.  

Later on, they also wanted the last shot, of when violet looks around after reading the note to be a still one instead. Because they state that the push in movement was not scary or gives the feeling that her situation is truly dangerous. 

With these suggestions, my team and I went back to working on the film. With it the editor did the changes that we agreed on needed to be change. 

First draft - He follows

 This is the first draft of our film opening. I know that we worked hard on this and took a lot of time effort to it. I'm happy and excited to show the film due to this experience I had with my teammates, and the memories I had with them. We made sure to stick it out and work together, we had it work because we communicated with each other and import our ideas. From the combination, we put in a lot in our film opening. Since this is the rough draft, something needs to be change and feedback from others is necessary also. With that feedback my team and I can improve on the final film. Here is our draft!

https://youtu.be/qa_J9pEJHyM

Bloopers

 

https://youtu.be/ZmicEotgOHg

-This blooper was cause because there was a misunderstanding with the camera person 

and.

https://youtu.be/5SYthJQVMno

-This blooper was about us not seeing the stalker. We had to retake this shot multiple times.

https://youtu.be/OMvCcxTdj6Y

-This blooper was cause because the main actress emotional support friend was in the shot, 

which was funny.

https://youtu.be/MJx7UBvE0aU

-I laughed first because the main actress drops on the bed, and plus she had

her headphones on. She was not supposed to have them on due to the shot before, of her taking them off.

Day 2 of filming

 Day two of filming happen during school due to the library scene. Before we left, I did the actor of are character Violet makeup. I did this for consistence, and so the camera does not pick up uneven skin or texture. We also called the person we will play the librarian if they were available. They were out for the moment, but they would come back soon. So, my teammates and I were able to leave our class period to go to the library, we went inside and took the first shot of the movie. It was of Violet picking up a book, and her leaving it.

After those shots, we did the one of the stalker following her leave the building. We took this shot multiple times due to the fact that people were walking in or out the building, and me not liking a couple of shots. I finally pick one that I liked, and we saw the actor of the librarian come inside and they stated that she was ready. 

We went back to the library and place props around that table so when the librarian came, she would call out Violet for being in the library too late. We film the shot two times due to the first shot cutting early because of miscommunication on my end. Then the second was the shot, the librarian came in and told Violet that the library closing and she needs to leave.

 After that shot we were done with filming our opening. 

Day 1 of filming

My team first day of filming, was set at our cameraman Matthew's house. My teammates and I came a different time. I came first and Matthew greeted me, when we went inside, I saw the location of our set. I was happy about the fact we were able to have the house scene for our movie. Later on, our assistant camera person Tatiana came, and we were able to talk about our plan for today and the scenes we will do. Matthew brought pizza and it came, and the three of us went outside to eat. While eating our main actor Sofia, who plays Violet texted that she was here. I left the table to get her, and she brought her friend with her. She also brought the props we needed from her; she then ate with us. While eating we explain to Sofia our plans today and she understood. Afterwards, we were all finish eating and now it was time for costumes and makeup. The stalker who is played by Matthew wore his blank jacket and Sofia we got her makeup done by me. My teammates took pictures of us during this process, and after it we were done with character design. 

 The first scene we decide to do was one of Violet walking and the stalker being behind her. The friend that our main actor brought had a car and took us to this dark area and secluded. It was perfect, so we took to different shots of the walking scene. A couple mistakes happen, but we took two shot that we had to decide which one we liked more. One of it was the stalker walking behind her the full time or he pops up and walk behind her. All of us picked the first shot, and we cheer. We came back to the house and shot scenes of Violet walking in and heading inside her room. 

 After those shots was taken, we took the shoot that consume most of our time, because there were multiple retakes. It was the shot of our actor Violet writing in her dairy about her day and the stalker is outside the window watching her. We took multiple shots due to the fact that the stalker could not hears us when I said action and when Sofia finish that shot, we could not see the Stalker character. So, we asked Matthew's day if he could turn on the light so we could see, from this we were finally able to see the stalker and took our final shot. We were so happy that we all let out a sigh of relief. We then went outside and took the scene of Violet reading the note the stalker left her. It took one shot, and it was our final one. After that last scene, we all were done for filming that day and thank each other for making it for day.