CREATIVE CRITICAL REFLECTION

Below I included my Creative Critical Reflection which is a reflection of my process throughout this project including the good and the bad.

Thank you for watching my film opening and reading my blog the last couple months (:

https://youtu.be/stuE2Q9p9ts

ITS HERE!!

Hi everybody!!!
The day you've all been waiting for is finally here!!! WOOOHOOO!!!
I'm proud to announce that we have finally released our film opening, click the link below to view it. Hope you all enjoy it (:

https://youtu.be/28P4-DX8ROc

LAST COUPLE DAYS...

Hi again!

I apologize for not giving an update until today, its been a crazy couple days since my last blog post. My group and I have been finishing up our final touches to our project such as last minute shots that needed to be redone, editing and working on our own individual CCRs. Today was the last day we had to work as a group in class and I’m glad to say that we have our project completely done and edited. I am confident in how it came out and I couldn’t have asked for a better group and idea for this project. I’m excited to share the final product with you in just 2 DAYS!!!!
Thank you all for being apart of this crazy journey and reading all the updates with the constant changes and issues that may have risen.

ANOTHER DAY OF SHOOTING

Hi guys!

I, as well as my group members, just got back from vacation and we decided since the weather was good we would shoot our gravestone scene. There was a slight change in location of our shots. We decided that instead of Markham Park, we would shoot in Parker's community since there was an open field which allowed us to shoot without any disturbances that we would've had in a public place.

Here is the production of our sign and placement for the shots:

We are quickly approaching our deadline and have started editing but we have one more scene to shoot (the bedroom scene) which we will shoot tomorrow after school because it'll be the most convenient time for us all. Make sure to check back in for some more previews!

Hope you all enjoyed this preview of our film opening!!

Thank you for stopping by (:

SNEAK PEEK

Hey guys!! Welcome back to my blog!

I'm glad to say we successfully filmed our first couple scenes of our film opening and they came out great so I have decided to share some with you below (:

The way in which we achieved this scene with the red and blue cop lights was through a youtube video in which we found. To get this shot one person recorder as the other held 3 phones playing the youtube video so we had enough lighting to show our faces and the symbols on our head. I'm beyond happy with the way these shots came out and I hope you all enjoy them too!!

I am currently out of town until Friday so I can't do much more filming. Instead I plan on editing and working on my CCR as much as I can.

Thank you for stopping by for an update! I'll be back with more teasers, hope you enjoyed this one as much as I did.

FINISHED THE GRAVES = TOMORROWS THE DAY..

Hi all, hope you had a great weekend!

So I finally had the time to make our gravestones since it is spring break and I didn't have to worry about homework or studying. The process took time with many drafts but I finally got the result we wanted. I made four cemetery graves for the four family members who died and also made our fake blood which we will use to put our symbol on their heads. Since our props are now done we will begin our filming process tomorrow!! I am so excited to finally shoot the opening scene and see how it factors into our final product.
We also messed around with our diegetic and non-diegetic sounds we plan on making. We decided that for the ticking of the clock we will record an actual block ticking and for the pencil tapping we will record the sound of a pencil hitting a desk. We are unsure of what music we will want in the background (we are currently discussing that in our group chat) and we are thinking of either doing a voice over or no speaking at all (most likely no voice over). These are details in which we will be discussing more as we meet tomorrow to shoot.

I can’t wait to begin sharing more with you all (:

The pictures above are of the spray paint I used and the graves immediately after being sprayed.

Here is the final product (:

Hope you enjoyed the final product. Check back tomorrow for some teasers I will be releasing when my group and I get together to film the scene! 

NAMES, NAMES, NAMES...

Hi guys!

I have some important information that I would like to share with you. My group and I have been discussing names for our characters in the film opening and agreeing on this has probably been one of the toughest things (besides coming up with a name that fit). Although this was a struggle, I am glad to say that we have finally come up with the names we will be using. 

The fathers name will be David Jones, the mothers name will be Madison Jones, the brothers name will be Alexander Jones, the sisters name will be Hannah Jones and the main characters name will be Eric Jones. 

We have also come up with ages for each character so that we may list it on the gravestone indicating how old they were when they died. Not sure if I have mentioned this in any other blogs previously (don't think I did because this was a minor change made a couple days ago) but this film will be taking place in 2015. With that being said, the ages are as follows: 

David Jones was born in 1964 and died at 51 years old. 

Madison Jones was born in 1966 and died at 49 years old. 

Alexander Jones was born in 1997 and died at 18 years old. 

Hannah Jones was born in 2000 and died at 15 years old. 

Knowing the names and years of birth/death were important because without that we would be unable to complete the gravestones. 

Now that I have all the information I need I am finally able to finish the gravestones!! I already bought the supplies needed and cut the styrofoam into the shape needed. I am excited to share the final product of our graves in the next blog post!

Until then, I hope you all have an amazing weekend (: Remember to check in tomorrow!!