Editing Blog: Missing Shots

     When we finished filming Saturday we knew that we had to start editing when we got back to school. Later during the week I got an announcement that we weren't going back to school in a while. I realized that we needed to find a way to edit. I was thinking that maybe we could use iMovie. I did my filming blog a few days later after filming, so it would be ready. We didn't edit this week after filming. My mom doesn't want me to get sick, so we have to figure out a way to edit. I thought we were done with filming. The day after filming Bianca texted me and said that we weren't done filming. She explains that we forgot to do our angles and movements. Luckily Bianca remembered because I totally forgot.

     We have most of our shots except for over the shoulder shot. We have both angles. We don't have either pan or tilt. Shot reverse shot, eye line match and action match has not been included yet. Since we are using voiceovers for our movie we have to figure out a way to include non diegetic sound. For eye line match I had an idea that we could use that on the scene where I open up the door to find the letter on the floor. Over the shoulder shot can be included in the scene where it zooms into the phone. Non diegetic sound could maybe be the TV. I think pan and tilt will be harder to include.

Filming Blog: Speed It Up

     On Saturday, I had to go to Bianca's house to finish filming. I had to go to her house early because she had things to do later. Since I took home the camera and tripod I had to bring it to her house. I got to her house and we first looked at what we had to film. I gave Bianca the camera and tripod, so she could set it up. We couldn't run on the camera and we were confused. I then remembered that I didn't charge the camera. I took out the charger and plugged it in. We filmed the scene where the camera zooms into my phone and then zooms out to me walking away. We filmed this scene while the camera was charging. We left the camera to charge for awhile.

     Bianca told Pixie and I what to do for the scene. We practiced a few times while the camera was charging. I asked Bianca if she had an outlet in her living room, so she could charge the camera while we filmed. Bianca made us do the scene a few times just incase some looked bad. For the scene where we walk back inside wit the pizza we had to make sure the table next to the door was setup like last time. Pixie and I had to speed up some of our scenes because they were too long. The scene where I open the letter I had to do quicker, which wasn't hard. Once we finished all the filming, we recorded ourselves saying our lines because we are going to do voiceovers. When I left I took the camera and tripod and Bianca stayed with the SD card.

Editing: No More Cuts

     Today in class, we weren't able to edit. We haven't been able to edit for the past two days. We still have to film this weekend. We should be able to finish filming on Saturday. If we don't finish filming on Saturday then we have to finish filming on Sunday. I have to figure out what time I can get to Bianca's house. On Saturday at 10:00 a.m. I have a nail appointment. At 12:00 p.m. I have an appointment to get my nose pierced. Hopefully you can't notice that my nose is pierced. Most of the scenes my nose isn't pierced, so we have to see if you can notice it. I'm also getting my acrylics removed, but I don't think it'll be noticeable.
     If we don't have enough time on Saturday then we have to film on Sunday, but I doubt we'll have to film on Sunday. I checked what scenes we had to film, so that we didn't forget. The first scene is the one that needed a lot of work on. It was really choppy and we didn't like it. Most of the scenes were fine, but we want it to look as good as possible. Filming should go smoothly because we have already filmed the scenes. Some scenes we have to do perfectly because they will be combined with previous scenes. Since we are doing voiceovers we have to record ourselves saying the lines. It'll be hard to get it perfectly, but we will make it work.

Reshoot Blog: Unlucky Weekend

     After we got our peer review back we decided to reshoot. Bianca told me that I had to take the camera this weekend, so we could reshoot. On Thursday Bianca texted me that we were going to have to film next weekend because her friend Pixie couldn't make it. So we weren't able to reshoot this weekend, but I started to think of ways I could improve the film. We had to remove the pool scene, so I didn't worry about that. For the first scene we have to reshoot it because I didn't film it correctly. I have to make a cleaner transition from the lamp to Bianca cutting the paper. The scene where Bianca rings the bell was choppy. Pixie and I had to have a reaction when the door bell rang and we didn't. When we reshoot that scene Pixie and I have to react and then I have to say something.

     The scene where Pixie and I say goodbye was too long. Pixie has to say her lines faster, but not too fast. I have to hug Pixie and then close the door and sit back down on the couch quickly because the scene was too long. The scene when Pixie and I walk inside after I pick up the letter is too long, so we have to shorten it. The main point of that scene is to show me picking up the letter and throwing it on the table by the door. After Pixie leaves there is a scene where I sit back down on the couch and unpause the TV. It was too long, so when we reshoot it I have to go a little faster. Then there is a scene where I pause the TV and look at the table where the letter is and I stand up to go get it and then sit back down. The scene was really long and there was unnecessary parts that we have to cut down. The final scene where I open the letter was really long and if we don't cut it down our film will be too long.

Peer Review Blog

     For my peer review I had to review my persons movie. The movie was called The Hunt. One thing I really liked about the film was that the storyline was easy to follow. When I first started watching the movie I noticed that kids were involved. This gave me an idea that maybe it was going to involve the kids getting kidnapped. The scene where the kids were going outside by themselves confirmed my idea that they were going to get kidnapped. The mom then went looking for them, but couldn't find them. When the mom went outside she found a note, which was probably from the kidnapper. The movie was very simple. It could've had more to it, but was still interesting. 

     One suggestion I would make to the film is to make sure you can't hear what is happening behind the camera. In the beginning of the movie everything was fine. In the scene where the kids had to open the door you could hear someone say "Go" behind the camera. She could've easily cut that out. The rest of the scenes were fine. The last scene where the mom found the note, you could hear someone behind the camera laughing. This time you could hear the laughing for awhile. They probably have to shoot that scene again. You could perfectly hear the actors speaking in the movie. The sound throughout the movie wasn't bad except for those little scenes where you can hear someone behind the camera.

Editing Blog: Making Cuts

     For the first day of editing we watched all our clips after we dumped the footage. I realized that a lot of the clips were long. We knew that we were going to have to do reshoots. Bianca imported the footage into Pinnacle Studios. Bianca is better with editing, so she did most of it. We started with the first clip. We made a lot of cuts and then we had to add the flashback. Bianca asked for my opinion on where the flashback should be placed. We decided on where to add it. When we finished the first scene the bell was about to ring. Bianca saved what we had edited for us to work on next class.
     Next class we pulled up our footage we were editing last class. When we got it we saw that it wasn't loading, so Bianca asked our teachers and they said that it didn't save, so we had to start over. That was our last day to edit, so we had to work fast. We easily edited the first scene because we remembered what we did last time. Then we did the rest of the scenes. I realized that the movie might be over two minutes. We started to stress out because the movie was too long. We decided to just cut things out. We had one long clip that took forever to load. The bell was going to ring and we still haven't finished, so Bianca said she could stay for her study hall. I felt bad that I wasn't going to be able to help her because we don't have the same study hall, so I told her to text me if she needed anything.