Editing Process

    Hi blog! Welcome back. The last post that I had uploaded was last week when I was finally able to conclude my filming. My goal was to complete all the editing throughout my spring break. However, I underestimated the lack of free time I would have. Likewise, my parents had a last minute trip planned out and that ended up ruining my plans of dedicating a lot of my spare time to edit. Luckily, I was able to bring my laptop along and have actually spent the past two days editing. 

    I have ran into many inconveniences while trying to edit. For starters, I had many clips that I had to cut because they were too long. For some reason I could not figure out how to cut the clips since I am still learning exactly how to work Adobe Premiere Pro. Furthermore, when I was trying to cut one clip I accidently deleted the audio to all the other ones. This freaked me out because I thought I was going to have to reupload all the clips with the original audio. Fortunately, google saved the day and enlightened me on the fact that there is simply a button that offers you to "undo" what you just did. Disregarding the little bumps I have dealt with I am almost half way done. So far I have 58 seconds of the video edited. 

Reflection On Filming

   Hi, blog; welcome back! So yesterday I was able to meet up with my friend. I am so relieved to announce that we were able to conclude all of the shots that we needed. I can not explain how much stress was lifted off my shoulders since I wanted to get all the shots because I was not particularly eager to schedule a new day to film. Something that was not a part of the original outline but added was how my other friend got included in the film starring my best friend. My friend had never been in a film or had to be an actor in any movie. However, she did a great job, and all the shots turned out great.     

     I will admit the cutest part was my friends dog being incorporated in the film.  Another character was added yesterday. It was my friend's dad. We included him because Madison is walking out her front door in one of the scenes. Therefore, we wanted her dad to respond bye to her to indicate that she was now leaving. I will not share too many details because I will not spoil anything. I have to focus on editing and making sure there are no shots to be re-filmed. I did not consider how shots filmed on different days can end up with different lighting. Hopefully, it is not something noticeable, and I will be able to keep all my shots. 

A clip that might be included and is really cute:

A General Update

     Hi, blog welcome back! A couple of posts prior, I had mentioned my hypothetical filming schedule. However, the days that I had arranged with my friend did not work out. Since she had an entire plan for those specific days. In general, our schedules weren't aligning properly. This was something that I knew could occur. Finally, we could pick a day that worked for both of us. Therefore, this Thursday, we will be meeting up after school to film the remaining scenes that are left hopefully. I hope that we will wrap up filming to focus on editing. 

    I have picked out my costume design that will be featured in the following scenes.

This dark concept illustrates the character's parallel at the beginning of the film and how she develops by the ending—considering that nature would have changed her appearance due to her new love interest appeal. The color black will indicate a sudden change since she was wearing bright colors at the beginning. The change will allow the plot of my film opening to flow effectively. 

First Group Meeting

     Hi, blog welcome back! Today in class, we had the opportunity to get together in groups. I was excited to see what my peers had to say about my progress on the film opening so far. I started by explaining the plot of my project and then continued to ask them for advice on some things I was struggling with. The problem that I asked them for help on was suggesting songs to put in the background of my film. Considering that since I have started editing the introduction of my movie, I noticed that it seems too quiet. They all suggested similar ideas and gave their input. Some of the ideas they offered included music in the beginning while she's scrolling through social media and then cutting it out to have the dialogue. Also, to provide music throughout the whole film and lower it when the dialogue is needed. Lastly, diegetic sounds such as the keyboard clicking and her liking Instagram pictures. 

    I proceeded to consider everyone's ideas. Since everyone had a good point and offered me ideas to consider, although all of them could work if I wanted them to, I decided that the diegetic sounds would be the most fitting for my film. Since I had already recorded those shots, I believe that I will go back and rerecord. Also, I will include music in the scenes of me getting ready to fill the background. 

Production Company

     Hi, blog welcome back! I am proud to announce that I created a production company. My production company is called Cano Production. First, let me explain how I made my production company and what resources I used. I researched and figured out what websites would allow me to create my logo. I quickly found this helpful website that gave me no trouble designing my logo. The website is meant to supply free assets for your next video project. I figured it would be the perfect website to scroll through and see what they had to offer.

Link:

Free Video Templates for Premiere Pro | Mixkit

      At first, it was overwhelming with the variety of templates they had to offer. I was aware that I was looking for a simple design and nothing too extravagant. I believe it would be the best fit for my film opening. After finding the perfect match, I decided that the Spin And Twist Tittle Block had the ideal balance of plain and simple. I then changed the white font to pink and inserted my companies name. 

Update on Adobe Premier Pro

   Hi, blog welcome back! In one of my previous posts, I mentioned having trouble downloading Adobe Premiere Pro on my computer. After discussing my issue with my teacher, she advised me to delete files that I no longer use and transfer things to an external drive. Once I did that, I was finally able to download it. Therefore, I decided to try it and not completely give up on trying to download it.

    I did not consider how different all the features would be on the Adobe Premiere Pro. Therefore, instead of starting to edit my video, I spent time trying to figure out how to do everything. I got carried away when figuring everything out and did not start to edit. I will admit I tried to look up YouTube videos to see if there were any tips and tricks. At least I could figure it out, and I cannot wait to start putting my clips together. I believe this weekend I am going to continue to film. 

Scene Development

   Hi, blog welcome back. Today I am going to bring you guys along on how I chose to establish my opening scene and how it will lead you into the plot of my film opening. Before I even started filming, I had talked with my teacher so that I could receive some input on specific ideas I had to develop my storyline. Considering that I knew what I wanted my storyline to consist of, I could not figure out a way to establish it. My teacher then proceeded to suggest a few ideas and that left me to then evaluate what would be the best fit for my film. I ended up narrowing it down to begin my film with a close-up of me scrolling through social media. 

  The reason this shot was chosen was due to the purpose it would serve in the following scenes. For example, in the close up you can see how Maddie looks upset while she is scrolling through Instagram. This shot is what sets up the whole story. The story is how detrimental it can be for someone to start to compare themselves and want to rush into something, even if they never had an interest in it, to begin with. The film then begins to explore a series of change. 

    A movie that has a similar opening scene is the movie Eighth Grade (2018).