Creative Critical Reflection

Thank you for tuning in and being with us during this process, we greatly appreciate it! We hope you enjoy our film opening called "Paradox."

Overall Project Review

        After almost five weeks of creating this project, I still have no idea how I feel about it. My gut is saying its gonna be successful, but yet again someone recently told me they didn't think it was gonna be the best... To trust my gut or someone else's opinion? I'm a little shook over this project but I truly just hope all this effort is worth a good evaluation. Despite all the filming problems and busy schedules, this project has been fun to produce and film as my closest friends were a part of it. I can't wait to see how our final production turns out, and we'll see if Maria can work her editing magic and make this film opening the best as possible.

Please Don't Stop the Music (Background that is)

Today, we looked up more music that we can use for our film opening. I never knew how many websites there were where people have posted uncopyrighted background music. This is essential to us as we don't have to ask permission for the music and can use it at our own cost. We're trying to look for the perfect music notes to go along with our film opening. I found this  website where there is music for different types of moods and tones, such as a "dramatic emotional introduction." This one can definitely help us as it introduces the film opening in a dramatic manner, which is exactly what we needed. Therefore, our hunt for background music will continue.

Filming: Part Two! But what happened?

      We finally filmed at Town Center, and I don't know if it was successful or not. We had to redo a lot of takes because it was extremely dark as our main actor Carlos Leon was late to our filming. We haven't even seen the footage yet but I am so scared that it will look bad. I have faith in this project and I will do everything in my power to make it as great as possible. Although we are short on time, editing the last half of the film and turning it in is our main priority. We used the tips we read in the article from my last blog post, and I truly just hope for the best at this point. If not, fortunately we have time to refilm small snippets of the film opening. I'll keep you updated.

Editing

    Today, I am finally filming the second half of our project with Carlos, Isabel and Maria at the Weston Town Center. Although we did not finish the complete opening, we wanted to be more productive by starting to edit the clips and images we already have. As Maria has an Apple computer, we decided to use iMovie to edit our clips. It provides us with great editing techniques such as transitions, sound effects, voice overs and so much more. Here, you can see how the improved version will help us in the long run. By downloading any jingles or sounds, we can automatically incorporate them into our video with a click of a button. This week, we plan on finding the right music notes to include it in our video. I truly hope this week will be stress-free and productive in terms of how our video is going to turn out.




Schneider, Jaron. "Today’s IMovie Is Not the IMovie You May Remember… It’s Way Better." Resource. Resource Magazine, n.d. Web. 02

Teacher Recommendation

       In class today, Maria and Isabel were absent,so I had a chance to thoroughly brainstorm and think about our project. During the first half hour of the class, I was asked by a fellow classmate if our film needed dialogue and I did not know. I proceeded by asking my teacher, and she said we didn't need it but the majority of AICE Media students have a voice over and/or narration. All we have planned for the film opening is the interchanging scenes between Carlos and his stalker,proceeded by suspenseful music and loud sounds. When I get together with Maria and Isabel this weekend, I am going to ask them what they prefer annd why. Personally, I think it's best to use suspenseful music rather than dialogue or maybe even slight dialogue, that way it adds to the mysterious ambiance and keeps the viewers engaged. In this TED Talk, Andrew Stanton informs us on the elements that should be included in any story to make it comprehensible and entertaining. In the film opening, Iplan on using the method in which viewers must think in order to try and solve the mystery themselves. By giving them clues and foreshadowing in the first two minutes of the opening, we keep them engaged and entertained without revealing the complete story line.

Stanton, Andrew. "The Clues to a Great Story." Andrew Stanton: The Clues to a Great Story | TED Talk | TED.com. TED Talks, Feb. 2012. Web. 01 Apr. 2017. 

Filming Part 1: Problems!

        We still have not filmed the second half of the scene, however others in my class have claimed to not even be close to finishing. The problem we are having consists of the filming schedule as Carlos is always super busy. We have to use him though as the main character as our completed scenes include Carlos and pictures of him. We have to film during the sunset because Maria's Nikon camera works better during the day because of the lighting, but here we found tips on how to film in low-light settings. Personally, I do not know many terms so I had to search them up, however Maria being the photographer/director she claimed to understand what the author meant.Through our WhatsApp group chat, we rescheduled to film on Sunday night.