Hi for the last time! Attached to this post, my very last blog post, is my creative critical reflection or CCR. I just wanted to highlight my part in this project and how I viewed my project and the impact it made. I also want to express that I'm so proud of the final product. It's been an incredible journey and an extremely difficult one as well. I never expected it to be this challenging in all honesty, but it feels so much more rewarding now that the project is actually completed. I did actually enjoy this project, even though it was extremely difficult for me, because we were able to be creative with it and put to use all the skills we've acquired in this course. If I could give past-me a piece of advice though, it would be to plan better and schedule our time better too, because I think that was our ultimate downfall as a group. Despite these difficulties however, we were able to pull through and deliver to you a project that we are all really proud of. I hope you enjoyed seeing our progress, our successes, our failures, and now our finished product.
Here's the link to my Creative Critical Reflection:
https://youtu.be/YpV4swPO44c
--Blogger Buitano (for the last time)
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Film Intro: Final Product
Hi again! This is the moment we, "we" meaning you and I, have been waiting for... the final product!!! Finally, finally, finally, we have finished and are ready to show you what we've created. As you know, it's been a bumpy road from start to finish, but the important thing is that we are finished. I can't believe we actually got to the point where we are done with this project, but I'm so happy we finally have. We switched plots four times, filmed three times (3 different ideas), and in between all that indecisiveness we finally were able to settle upon one plot and stick with it start to finish. We planned it, filmed it, and edited it, and are now able to step away and see it as a finished product. It was a struggle, and don't take that lightly, it truly was a struggle, but I'm really proud with what my group has accomplished and created, and I hope you are too. Enjoy!
Here's the link to our movie Mother, Oh Mine:
https://youtu.be/vecAkrKE4dE
--Blogger Buitano
Here's the link to our movie Mother, Oh Mine:
https://youtu.be/vecAkrKE4dE
--Blogger Buitano
Sound
Hey! So for our movie intro, some sounds that were crucial in order for our plot to flow, so we had to record them separately for them to be louder. Our intro is mainly focusing on dialogue being presented by Katerina Wu while she's sitting on a chair, self-recording her confession tape. We input a black screen before cutting to her intro of the video and that's were we inserted these sounds. We recorded her footsteps to the chair, the light switch turning on, her sitting on the chair, and the camcorder powering on. For some of these sounds we used Foley. For example for Bella sitting in the chair, Nico actually also pushed a pillow into a desk and for the camcorder powering on we used the light buzz that takes place when you turn on a Polaroid. For the other sounds though, we just rerecorded them to focus solely on that sound. We recorded Bella walking to the chair and focused the microphone by her feet and for the light switch we recorded Nico's hand pulling on the string to turn the lights on.
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| Nico pulling the light string. |
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| Bella walking to her chair. |
Just thought I'd share with you exactly how we got our sound to be obvious and clear in our film intro! Stay tuned for the final product!
--Blogger Buitano
Finally Finished Filming
It's a little late in the game, but we finally finished filming this week. We actually took one day to finish the script and film the whole video. I just want to describe the process to you so you can see the struggles we went through.
Bella, who was the main actress for our film, and I picked out her outfit. She wore a denim shirt and black leggings, something that a normal teenager would wear. But we made her have a messy ponytail and dark makeup to give her a deranged look to her. We then finished writing the script with the help of Isabella's brother Alexander Tolkov. We then filmed the video and had to set up the background how we wanted it to be and set up the camera so that she was centered in the camera. We set up the background to show sewing tools and mannequins which foreshadows that the main character sews clothes that resembles her mom's style in order to be more like her. We also stacked books on a stool in order to have Bella take up the majority of the shot and to have the camera and her eye level. We then adjusted the lighting so that it was more low-key in order to show that the movie would contain a heavy and dark theme.
After the set up, we began to film. It took us around two hours to film since we wanted to have one solid scene with no cuts of Bella talking to the camera. She had to memorize her lines and then we had to make it flow and get it perfect in one take. After she got it perfect around 2 or 3 times we finished filming and went to the editing process which didn't take too long. Nico put the two videos together and we had our video. We know which font we want, what our title is, so we have our texts down too, along with our sound effects and foley sounds, the only thing that is left is the background music. We have the filter of the recording in progress, so after the music is added in, our intro will be completely done.
--Blogger Buitano
Bella, who was the main actress for our film, and I picked out her outfit. She wore a denim shirt and black leggings, something that a normal teenager would wear. But we made her have a messy ponytail and dark makeup to give her a deranged look to her. We then finished writing the script with the help of Isabella's brother Alexander Tolkov. We then filmed the video and had to set up the background how we wanted it to be and set up the camera so that she was centered in the camera. We set up the background to show sewing tools and mannequins which foreshadows that the main character sews clothes that resembles her mom's style in order to be more like her. We also stacked books on a stool in order to have Bella take up the majority of the shot and to have the camera and her eye level. We then adjusted the lighting so that it was more low-key in order to show that the movie would contain a heavy and dark theme.
After the set up, we began to film. It took us around two hours to film since we wanted to have one solid scene with no cuts of Bella talking to the camera. She had to memorize her lines and then we had to make it flow and get it perfect in one take. After she got it perfect around 2 or 3 times we finished filming and went to the editing process which didn't take too long. Nico put the two videos together and we had our video. We know which font we want, what our title is, so we have our texts down too, along with our sound effects and foley sounds, the only thing that is left is the background music. We have the filter of the recording in progress, so after the music is added in, our intro will be completely done.
--Blogger Buitano
Target Audience
Hey! I just wanted to blog about this in case I haven't specified it in my previous blog. It's the target audience of thriller films. The general target audience of thrillers is adults. This is because some ideas common in thriller films are too intellectually demanding for a younger audience and it might be more difficult for them to grasp the idea of the film. Thrillers have several sub-genres though and each sub-genre has it's own specific target audience. Our film, would be classified as a suspense, horror, and action thriller. These sub-genres are aimed towards mature teenagers and young adults. These sub-genres are more exciting so they attract a younger audience because they're more enticing and they're also less intellectually demanding so this fits a younger audience better. Thrillers also usually target men more than women, but for our film we are aiming for both genders.
--Blogger Buitano
Productions, Panorama. "Target Audience - Thriller Films." Prezi.com. N.p., 11 Nov. 2013. Web. 11 Apr. 2017
--Blogger Buitano
Productions, Panorama. "Target Audience - Thriller Films." Prezi.com. N.p., 11 Nov. 2013. Web. 11 Apr. 2017
Here we go again...
So, first off, I just want to apologize for being so inactive recently, I've been getting together with my group the past five days straight so I haven't really had time to blog. We've been working extremely hard to complete the project and make sure it's good and the way we want it. We changed almost everything at the last minute, which put a lot of stress on us, but I think it ended up being for the best because we were way more satisfied with our changes than our original ideas.
So... We changed the plot again, and made it to be about a girl, Katerina Wu, who always feels one-upped by her mom. She resents her mom for always over shadowing her, yet is obsessed with her because she wants to be more like her and eventually better than her. The film opens with her confession tape admitting to the murder of her mom. Then after the opening, the film would go back to highlight moments of her childhood that led to this hatred of her mom. We'd then go to her teenage years and focus on them mainly to understand how Katerina felt going through her insecurities and then focus on an event that made her feel as though murdering her mom was the only way to solve all her issues. The movie would focus on that event that led up to the murder and then what happens to Katerina after the murder and after the submission of the confession tape.
This is the script Katerina Wu, which was played by Bella, read in the intro:
A seedling can not grow in the shadow of the tree from which it fell. It needs a chance to see the light. (Pause) I felt...overshadowed. I felt as though I never had any opportunity to grow with my mother around. If I ran a mile, she ran a marathon. She always had to one up me. I knew that with her around...I would never be able to progress. So, I murdered her. I ripped the piano wire out of the baby grand in our loft, walked into her room in the dead of night, and strangled her. As I did it, there was a feeling of relief in seeing the life pour out of her eyes. It was as if the life that she was loosing was being given to me. I am not ashamed or devastated by the murder. I am proud, for now this little seedling can reach towards the sun and show the world the fruits of its tireless labor. If you wish to find the body, it is in a brush in the Everglades. My name is Katerina Wu. You can find me at 2565 Eagle Point Dr. I'll be waiting for you.
--Blogger Buitano
So... We changed the plot again, and made it to be about a girl, Katerina Wu, who always feels one-upped by her mom. She resents her mom for always over shadowing her, yet is obsessed with her because she wants to be more like her and eventually better than her. The film opens with her confession tape admitting to the murder of her mom. Then after the opening, the film would go back to highlight moments of her childhood that led to this hatred of her mom. We'd then go to her teenage years and focus on them mainly to understand how Katerina felt going through her insecurities and then focus on an event that made her feel as though murdering her mom was the only way to solve all her issues. The movie would focus on that event that led up to the murder and then what happens to Katerina after the murder and after the submission of the confession tape.
This is the script Katerina Wu, which was played by Bella, read in the intro:
A seedling can not grow in the shadow of the tree from which it fell. It needs a chance to see the light. (Pause) I felt...overshadowed. I felt as though I never had any opportunity to grow with my mother around. If I ran a mile, she ran a marathon. She always had to one up me. I knew that with her around...I would never be able to progress. So, I murdered her. I ripped the piano wire out of the baby grand in our loft, walked into her room in the dead of night, and strangled her. As I did it, there was a feeling of relief in seeing the life pour out of her eyes. It was as if the life that she was loosing was being given to me. I am not ashamed or devastated by the murder. I am proud, for now this little seedling can reach towards the sun and show the world the fruits of its tireless labor. If you wish to find the body, it is in a brush in the Everglades. My name is Katerina Wu. You can find me at 2565 Eagle Point Dr. I'll be waiting for you.
--Blogger Buitano
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Giving Credit To Where Credit Is Due
Hi, again! Right now I'm tracing our steps back to our film idea. We originally had a very different idea as you well know by now. The idea we have now and are actually sticking with was inspired by my classmate and a Chinese myth. My classmate is the one who brought the idea to me and told me about this myth she'd heard of and I decided to do research on it.
The legend is called the Red String of Fate, and according to it, the gods supposedly tie an invisible red string around peoples' ankles, or fingers (Japanese version), that are destined to meet each other. It's similar to the idea of soulmates a lot of people in the U.S. believe in, only with a more fantastical element involving a string physically tying them together.
We're taking from this as inspiration, but we aren't following the legend exactly or discussing it. The string in the legend is never cut, but in our film intro it will be shown cut. We also aren't following it exactly because we just want the main idea from it, that peoples' fates are tied together when they are destined to meet.
That's all I wanted to share with you guys, just how our idea actually accumulated and came together and how this Chines legend inspired my group's plot. Stay tuned for more, we'll be finishing filming soon, yay!
-Blogger Buitano
Unknown. "Search." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Mar. 2017. Web. 04 Apr. 2017.
The legend is called the Red String of Fate, and according to it, the gods supposedly tie an invisible red string around peoples' ankles, or fingers (Japanese version), that are destined to meet each other. It's similar to the idea of soulmates a lot of people in the U.S. believe in, only with a more fantastical element involving a string physically tying them together.
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| https://i0.wp.com/static.tumblr.com/f43438cf0017ef98bdf5bbc5017582dd/gxolnap/LC5mo8om5/tumblr_static_tumblr_m8prp9mmr21rdhzyqo1_500.gif |
We're taking from this as inspiration, but we aren't following the legend exactly or discussing it. The string in the legend is never cut, but in our film intro it will be shown cut. We also aren't following it exactly because we just want the main idea from it, that peoples' fates are tied together when they are destined to meet.
That's all I wanted to share with you guys, just how our idea actually accumulated and came together and how this Chines legend inspired my group's plot. Stay tuned for more, we'll be finishing filming soon, yay!
-Blogger Buitano
Unknown. "Search." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Mar. 2017. Web. 04 Apr. 2017.
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