Creative Critical Reflection

 

We are done!!

 Me and my group worked really hard on making this. I hope anyone that watches this enjoys it. We had so much fun making it!

Editing done!

 Hi again! I have finished with the editing. I am so happy that I have finally finished. Editing is such a tedious process. It can hours or days to complete depending on what you're editing. It was a little annoying to be honest. I kept having to change things because they didn't look good. And it would get annoying when it isn't looking how you want it to. It was hard at the beginning but it all ended working out. First I put the title of the film. The camera starts going up, then it glitches and becomes dark. Then the title pops up. I mad it red and then it kind of dissolved away. I made glitch and become dark so it came represent that the film will take a dark turn. The acting starts and while its going I put the credits such as actors names and producers etc. When I did this I used the font "lemon milk" and I added the effect "s_drop shadow" (I edit on adobe after effect 2020). I used it to add dimension to the text so it didn't look lifeless and boring. I made them each fade out and it looked good to me. While putting the music in I made it fade in and out so it came in a little more natural. Anyways I think I did a good Job with this. I tried my hardest and that is what matters most. It could obviously be better but that docent matter. I like what I did and my group members do too. 

The editing process

 Welcome back! I have successfully got over my mental block and have started editing. I just want to say Yay! I have finally got to start and Im super happy. I really have some ideas for what I am going to do. I wanted to have text the dissolved away. Kind of like how everyone faded away after Thanos snapped in avengers infinity war as an example. I think that it will fit the vibe of a Thriller. I also want to make our film seem more dark. Like a normal story getting dangerous. I think I will try and represent that with the title. I also had to find a good way to put the music. It isn't like how when we created our music video. The whole thing can't have have music playing throughout. So  I will have to place it. strategical within the film. While editing I wondered if this is a little of how it is for the professionals. Having to worry about if the music is too loud. Also if you can hear the voices properly or not. I am not done editing yet, in the coming days I plan to finish. It is going extremely well though. I really can't wait to be finish.

What should I do?

 Hello! I am now ending the film. Well... attempting to. I currently have a mental block. I have no ideas and I have no idea on what I want to do. Editing is a very creative process. So having no ideas really messing everything up. I can't believe this right now. Before editing I had so many thoughts and ideas on what to do. I was even excited to edit. Ugh I am reviewing the site art of the title for ideas. The examples on the site are all so cool. They were made by really talented people, I wish that I could make something as cool as theirs. I currently don't know what to do, it's kind of embarrassing really. I feel like I will get so ideas in a few days. Hopefully tomorrow I can start editing successfully. until then I think I will watch the opening of films that I really like. For example I recently saw the maze runner and the way they fade out the credits such as the director name and the others involved in the movie. I kind of want to do something similar somewhere when I start editing. I know it will fit the vibe of our film if I can do it. Hopefully I will be able to do it.

How it went

 I had to soon get sent the videos from our filming. It wasn't that much to work with since there were so many out takes within. While filming it was so frustrating. I was having my script be messed up by them. In all honesty they didn't even follow the strict. During filming they just made stuff up. The followed the rough direction on what the film was about, but that's about it. So they didn't even take the time to actually memorize the script, even though it was super simple. I was understandably upset because they were messing my vision. I personally have a passion for film and tv. I love acting and directing and I also have a joy for writing. So I was taking this a little more serious than they were I think. Anyways I got sent the videos from our filming and I needed to choose what we would use for the film. So basically I was choosing the final footage. Since I will be the one editing it. I personally enjoy editing and I do it in my free time. But it does get tiresome editing everything since it isn't easy. Editing can be a hard and complicated process. I just hope I can do my best to make it look good. Wish me luck!

The process

 I originally wrote the script for this project. When I was writing, I was thinking about who would play who.  Rose said she wanted to shoot, not acting, but I already had it in my mind that I would do it. I don't trust them to film since they filmed vertically once in my  absence. In other words, Rose and Luka will be  actors. Initially, I believed in my script, so I thought every thing would go well. However, after we started filming that thought left my head. They were awful actors! I had a chase scene in the script and they could barley do that right. Rose would have been chased by Luka, to have an altercation. It looked horrible every time they did it. I should have be one of the actors myself. During the rehearsal, it became clear that it wasn't going that great. I should have switch roles with one of them. But we still managed to film everything. As for the story, it progressed and the characters had to become more and more angry/aggressive. But Rose didn't seem to be able to do that and kept laughing. We had to keep redoing it. Luka was the aggressor in the film. She was better at it that Rose was. Compared to her, everyone would seem like a great actor. When the discussion started to get hot, it was more natural. I think having Luka as the aggressive one speeded up the shoot.