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!!

ANOTHER DELAY IN SHOOTING.. OOPS

Hi guys, I have some bad news to share. We had another delay in shooting due to poor weather conditions caused by rain. Although the rain delayed shooting, it gave us some extra time to improve the outcome of our props making them more detailed and appealing.

Our new schedule is as follows: 
March 25 
-Markham Park at sunset to shoot the first scene (gravestones)
-House near Windmill Ranches to shoot establishing shots

March 27-28
-Room in Parker's (another group members house) to shoot room scene

March 29
-Any extra shooting needed

Immediately after shooting is done we will begin to collectively edit through a website called 'We Video' which allows us to share the video and all work on details within so the work is divided equally.  I also plan on beginning my CCR (Creative Critical Reflection) this week so that I have enough time to make it as detailed as needed instead of leaving it until the last minute.

I will be sharing more information such as names and ages of our characters which is currently undecided, as well as the gravestones I will be making within the next couple days in order to be ready to shoot our film.

Thank you for checking out my blog, check back tomorrow for more as we get closer and closer to the final product!

MAKING THE FAMILY PROPERTY SIGN..

Hey guys, it’s been a couple days since my last post and I just wanted to share some things that my group and I are trying to achieve before we start our filming process on Monday. We have decided to make our sign for the family home in which our main characters live in. This home is the ‘Jones Family Home’. We decided that this sign will be in our establishing shot so that we let our viewers know where the action is taking place in the scene. On this property, the family is buried after being killed by their son ‘Eric’.

We will be making this sign out of wood and placing it in front of the family house. We aren’t completely done with it yet but I’ll give you all an idea of what it’s supposed to look like.

Hope you guys like the plan we have!

I'll be back with more soon (:

DELAY IN SHOOTING..

Hey guys, I hope you all had a great weekend. Originally I planned on going a different route with this blog post but there has been some changes. We had a delay in making our props (due to us all having events this weekend which held us back) but we will be working on this tomorrow to get it done in time to shoot. Since the props weren't done we had to revise our shooting schedule.

Here is our updated shooting schedule:
March 21
-Markham Park at sunset to shoot the first scene (gravestones)
-House near Windmill Ranches to shoot establishing shots

March 23-24
-Room in Parker's (another group members house) to shoot the room scene

March 25
-Any extra shooting needed if shots don't come out right

After we finish shooting we will use the rest of the time we have to edit and make sure everything is in place. Also starting this week and over spring break which is approaching next week I plan on completing my CCR so that I am not leaving it until last minute.

I was hoping to have started shooting already because I feel like we are cutting it a little bit too close but I know that my group and I will get it all done by the end of spring break, hopefully without an issue.

Thank you guys for continuously coming back for updates (: Big things are coming this week. Can't wait to share with you. Hope you all have a great week!