Final Video Project

 This is our final video for the Portfolio project

Thank you for this amazing journey!. I had fun filming with my group partners.

CCR Final project

 This is my CCR for the final project

Postproduction

                                             Postproduction 

The first product submitted after filming for first time was not really conveying that it was a horror opening. Our teacher aided us in finding better ways to film and convey the message we were trying to get through. For example she told us how at the end we can show the main character waking up to show that this is a dream sequence. As of cuts we mostly used straight cuts. We have to add transitions that goes with the pace of our opening.

Editing: 

• We are using Wevideo to edit our shots. While editing we will add a black and white filter to  some of our scenes to create that dream effect and fear to our video. Some sounds were created by us for example the knocking on the door. We also added some creepy sounds and music to make the video feel more eerie.

Technology:   

• While filming we had an issue with branding. We were wearing school uniforms in our shots and we thought about the risk of being copyrighted so we decided to refilm everything. Photoshopping was not really an option since it was going to take a long time to edit each and every single shot we had. while following the conventions of Horror we edited the opening using Wevideo.

•  Technology which were accessible to us were our phone we had an iPhone 12 and a 11. Whenever we would have issues with the 12 we would switch to the 11 making sure both camera settings are in 4k.

Branding

                                      Branding 

We were given the assignment to create a brand name for our final project. We had to come up with the name on our own. And I came up with the name JEN-Z. I came up with the name by taking our group members first initial and putting them together. J is from Ja’Niyah, E is from Evicka, N is from Nia, last but not least Z is from Zhanae. We ended up using JEN-Z productions as our name. We each have to create an animation using the brand name and out of the four we’ll choose whichever one we like more.

Filming

                                              Production

Filming

After finishing our preproduction the following week we went straight to filming. We were given an extra week to film so in total we had two weeks to film. During February 22-25 we had to film but one of our group members was not ready which caused us to start filming the last week of filming. On Monday we filmed the easiest and fastest shots to get them out of the way. And on Tuesday we didn't film because we had to remake our branding. On Wednesday and Thursday Zhanae, Nia, and I had to film all the shots not including Ja'Niyah considering she was absent on both days. For Friday we plan on doing all the main shots and finishing them according to our and Mrs. Landis schedule. As a recording device we used an iPhone 12 and a 11 we were planning on only using the twelve but we had some technical issues and had to use both, the quality on them turned out really good since we had the setting on 4k. I have learned that we can use any recording device to film if you just know the right angles and camera movements. The killer in our film was not our original killer and we had to use a low angle shot to make him look more powerful and more like a killer. We did not use any tutorials because the equipment we used we had already gotten used to using them.

Bloopers

Stripboard and production calendar

                        Stripboard and production calendar

My group and I this week were focused on planning and scheduling to film our blogs. We discussed  thee days and time frame we would use to film each scene.

                                                    Stripboard

We created this strip board by importing our script to the scheduling section on studio binder. Studio binder basically created the stripboard but we had to change some of the settings to our liking. The scenes are listed and color coded which kind of matches our production calendar.

                                

                                Production calendar

The production calendar was also created with the help of studio binder. We had to put the specific date and time for us to film the different parts of our opening. Our shooting days are planned for four days  which might end up taking about a full week of our shooting time period.

Preproduction

                                                        Preproduction

My group and I (Zhanae, Nia, Ja’Niyah) are making a horror story following all of the conventions of the horror genre for our portfolio project. Our groups were picked by interviewing each for classmates to see who we wanted to be in our groups based on the answers of our classmates. We had to create the story submit it and we also had to research for the film opening. We were asked to sign a contract. order to start shooting we will have to find the followings including locations, casting actors, storyboarding and making sure everyone is comfortable with all of the schedules and all the preparations that have been created.

Mise-en-scene

The mise en scene for our project was outside of her school because most horror thriller movies or shows are involved with schools The props that will be used are desk, tables, books, pencils, papers. We will not have any special outfits we will be using our CTA uniforms considering it was an actor school activity so we are still in our normal daily uniforms.

Storyboard

For our story board we divided a word document into four sections cinematography, sound, editing, and mise-en-scene. Since there’s four people in the group and there’s fourth portions we all took one portion and completed are parts of the chart.

Sound

You cannot have horror movies without specific sounds. Most of the shots will come assist of a dialogue between the actors we will use a shot reverse shot that will be filmed on a camera and I believe the voiceover will be also filmed on a camera or on our phone voice memos and we also are adding eerie music in human voice to make it very unsettling.

Cinematography

Without cinematography there would be no film. Cinematography we are mostly doing medium shots, close-ups, extreme close-up shots, establishing shot, shots, high angle shots, extreme longshots. we have been given a specific date to film we have to try our hardest to get it done in between the time frame so we don’t fall behind.