*sigh* The time has come. The last blogpost. The short film has been finalized, our project components have been finished, and I can now take a breathe of relief.
Media Studies Portfolio
Hello world. I am a high school student documenting their journey through the world of media studies. Feel free to take a look and stick around with me for the journey.
Monday, April 19, 2021
A Final Look Back
Saturday, April 17, 2021
Low and Behold!
Hey everybody! The promised day is finally here! My group and I's finalized components are here and ready for the world's viewing pleasure. It has been an honor to invest my time and energy into this portfolio project as the end product is something my group and I could not be more proud of.
Without further ado, our three components are linked down below :)
Friday, April 16, 2021
Creative Critical Reflection
Hello everyone! As I look back upon the finished work my group and I have accomplished, it is important to critically reflect upon our working process throughout the course of this entire project. So, linked below is my own Creative Critical Reflection for Cutting Room Floor.
Sunday, April 11, 2021
I CAN SEE THE FINISH LINE
This Saturday, Ryan and I got up earlier than our typical weekend schedule to meet up and begin (and finish) editing this titan of a project. Beginning at around 11:00am, I proceeded to begin the color grading process while Ryan tackled audio and finding music. A few hours later, we put the two sequences together to make a more polished rough cut. After this amalgamation was created, we inserted the Narrator dialogue from earlier in the week and found that this cut was a lot longer than anticipated. Throughout the next couple of hours afterwards (and after taking an important break for food), we rewatched and discussed certain shots, cuts, and even scene aspects that we liked and didn't want to keep in our final cut. While we are not entirely done as the script titles and narrator animations need to be completed, the finish line is within our field of view and most of the editing heavy lifting has been accomplished.
Expect the completed project very soon!
Cutting Room Floor Adobe Premiere Pro CC Editing Timeline |
Friday, April 9, 2021
Me, the Narrator
In addition to being a part of the filming and editing process for Cutting Room Floor, I also have the amazing privilege to play the Narrator within the film. As we were filming, we made sure that between Eddy's lines there was enough space for the Narrator to fulfill his dialogue in post and now that I am recording the lines, I am pleased to say that our planning during filming has been extremely helpful. With the help of our trusty Shure Boom microphone that we used to capture our audio for the film, I was able to record the dialogue cleanly and efficiently. Truth be told it felt like I was a professional voice actor or singer with the mic on the stand like it was below.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Mini Edits
Hey everyone! With our editing deadline approaching faster and faster, my group and I have begun tackling this tedious process by fleshing out each scene before we begin on a complete and full sequence. Both Ryan and I decided to compile rough cuts of each scene by syncing up our audio with the visuals and choosing which takes we want to be in the final cut. This process will definitely help guide our vision of the final product and overall streamline the entire process.
Below are two of the genres I edited into rough cuts.
Sunday, April 4, 2021
That's a Wrap!
Our final day of filming has completed!
To reflect on this day of filming is to do it very tired because shooting the remaining Action and Void scenes took over 7 hours!
Did we need that much time? Debatable, but we got it done!
Setting up for our Action Scene |
Void Scene Set |
Overall, the filming experience for this project was on a scale I had never worked on before and I am incredibly grateful to be in a position where I am able to film at such a production level. I am very excited to release the film and show everybody our hard work.
Thursday, April 1, 2021
The Teen Comedy Horror
Teen Scene Set #1 |
Comedy Scene shot |
Comedy Scene Set |
Horror Scene Set |
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
First Day Jitters
And so it begins....
Ryan as boom operator |
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
New equipment who dis?
Hey everybody! Today, Ryan and I went over to BECON-TV and picked up our new rental equipment that they would lend out to us in order to help us film Cutting Room Floor. Needless to say, we are extremely pleased with what we were able to check out. Jim was very helpful and eager to offer us whatever kind of equipment would be useful in helping us to get the highest quality of production for our film.
We had requested ahead of time a boom mic, light kits, and a monitor. Jim went above and beyond giving us a clapboard for us to sync video and audio, a boom mic that can record internally and into the camera, Canon lenses for my camera, a wired and wireless video monitor, and even a mist machine! Ryan and I walked out feeling over the moon and like we were real film directors using real Hollywood-like equipment. We are very excited to put this hardware to good use :)
Clapboard slate + Mist Machine |
New Lenses |
Sunday, March 28, 2021
A Jack of all Genres
Lady Bird (2017) |
Us (2019) |
For the horror section, I am looking for a more dark and cool look, which is very reminiscent of typical horror films as they are typically chosen to create a 'chilling' effect. Since we are filming in a forest, having this moody and cold tone will create a sense of tension and ambiguity within the audience. Having the depth of field be shallow (background blurry) will also be used in order to convey loneliness and isolation.
Truman Show (1998) |
El Camino (2019) |
Stranger things (2016- ) |
Our ending scene was recommended by Ryan to be based on how Stranger Things filmed their "void" scenes being completely encapsulated in darkness with only the subjects being lit slightly. In order to convey this effect of "nothing, but blackness", we had bought a black photography backdrop and being able to manipulate lighting effectively is something that will be key to pulling this off.
Split Lighting |
Rim Lighting |
Loop Lighting |
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