Finally Reshooting!

After a chaotic week of the coronavirus, my group finally filmed!!!Friday was the best day to film because all of us had time to prepare for what will happen in the next few weeks. Since we know what we need to fix, it was easier to reshoot and see our mistakes. We also had to reshoot more because we had new actors. Before we started to film, we went through what we were going to do and what changes will be in the film. The “police officer” and Ava did run-throughs of what they were going to say during the interrogation. We think that it was best if we do this because it will see more natural since we change it to be in her house and not in a interrogation room. We began filming with the open scene of our movie. At the moment, we decided to film some-what in order. We tried to do as much as we but we had to end it quickly. We are going to film again to finish the rest of our movie. We have gotten more time to film and edit because school has been canceled until further notice, we have more time in the day to film instead of after school and the weekends.

The Unexpected: Reshoot Update

List of what we should have in our movie

As everybody in the world knows, there is an outbreak. The coronavirus is something that no one saw coming. My group and I, and everyone else, were not prepared for this event to happen. At first, it didn’t effect us as school until last Friday it was announced that school was going to be canceled for a week. When this happened, we were still planning to film, but our actors parents decided that it was best to not let them be in our movie for safety reasons and let them do it anytime. On top of finding a new location, we had to persuade their mother to let them film, and the cherry on top, we have to buy supplies for our families to prepare for the worst. A pandemic was the last thing that I would imagine to happen. However, we can not let this stop us. Our group made arrangements to film tomorrow at 4. We will be filming at my house and since we’re are doing that, the actors can join as well. We will be very cautious with what we will do and make sure to protect ourselves in this moment of crisis. The last thing we want is someone getting sick!

Planning For Reshoot

My group and I decided that it is best to film this weekend. We receive the review that one of our classmates did for a movie. We learned a lot from her because it was a different perspective than what we always see because we were editing it and we didn’t have a new pair of eyes. We decided to plan what we’re going to do for the weekend as in what locations we are going to use because when we use the study room at the library we had to be quiet and we feel like it will be better if we work at my house because we get the full affect of what the actors are trying to say. We also got new actors because we kept laughing during filming and we feel like we would take it more seriously if other people were with us. Khiara and I decided to change the end of the movie because it will add more suspense and it will make it seem less like a trailer and we’re like two minutes of a movie. For our re-shoot we are going to add the missing angles and edits. The actors are still going to use the same type of clothing and we did change the script a little because it will flow better. When we edit, we will make sure that our titles are in order because our first movie didn’t have them in order and that something on we need to fix. Filming this weekend will be best because of the Corona Virus. We do not know if schools will close or if anyone of us get sick, so it is best if we do it as soon as possible. For protection, all of us will have hand sanitizer and try to be very cautious of what we do.

Peer Review

Last class we reviewed our classmates movie. We were assigned a group and their movie (just like ours) had to meet the requirements. After analyzing their movie, we filled out a sheet that has questions that would further help the group with their video. The group's video overall was understandable, but here were a couple of scenes that seem out of place. That made me notice that our group could of made our movie flow better as well. Watching their movie help us with ours as well. We saw mistakes that we will fix in ours like the quality of the sound. In their movie, when the victim was being kidnapped, it seemed as if they killed her. The next scene shows that she is alive, this could of been displayed better if they were to drugged her or change the scene to make it transition to her already being abducted. Overall, the movie was good. It had good lighting and most of the requirements. I like how it opened by the pool because the colors were vibrant and it was a contrast to what was going to happen later in the video. It is a clear difference because it went from bright blue and yellow to black and grey.

Editing The Movie

Last class our group edited our movie. With the help of a friend of ours, we could do more technical things. We did the process on Imovie because it was easier to edit. In class, we chose the best takes that we have gotten from filming. It did not take long because most of them we the similar. We gotten music throughout our whole movie. Also, the video is a little bit different from our story board. While filming, we added angles and different perspective so it can turn out better. We didn't plan on making these changes, but for our re-shoots, we will most likely change our plans for the movie. But, it is not that different from what we expected. We put all of the necessary edits and overall I think our movie came out well. When I saw the finished product, I was laughing the whole time because we are not used to being "actors" and "directors." The beginning has the most suspense and as it goes, the viewer can see how the plot will unfold.