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.

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