Creative Critical Reflection

     Here is my Creative Critical Reflection! Hope you enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UduFNQpsobI

Film Opening

     Here is my Film Opening! Hope you enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMorlVJ2l5I&t=36s

The Final Measures

     Next week is it... After a little over a month of working on this final film opening project, the final product is due next week. This is what me and my classmates have been looking forward to all year. Moving forward, I plan on filling a plan up until the due date which is April 14th. So starting tomorrow, I am going to begin editing my film and I will keep at it until I finish which I hope to be by Thursday the latest. I will be editing every free time I have and allocating a certain amount of hours each day to do it.
     After I finish editing my film opening I will have one more thing left to do and that is my CCR. I plan on doing a video talking about my movie and then editing that as well. I feel like this will be easier to edit than the film opening so that's why I am not too stressed.
     I didn't think it would come down to the wire like this but knowing myself I guess I should have seen it coming. I can't wait to turn in the film opening and CCR and be able to say that I completed my AICE media studies final project. This week I will grind!

Shooting is a Wrap

     After several hours of filming, many snack breaks, and a few naps later I have finally finished filming my film opening. I was able to start and finish all the shooting today. We had several last minute changes. For one, the roles of each character switched as well as the actors I had in my movie. I played the role of the first teenager and my good friend, Brylen Sanin played the other teenager. The role of the mysterious character was played by my girlfriend, Emilia Helguera. At first I ran them through the idea of my story and I took in any criticism they might have.
     The only part about the film that changed was the roles of the characters as I mentioned above and then for the end I decided to end it on a cliff hanger to make the audience want more. The filming process went a lot better than I thought considering it was sort of last minute and my friend and girlfriend thankfully came through for me. I can't wait to edit this movie together and see what it looks like!

Group Discussions #2

     So today we were once again put into small groups with our classmates to discuss our projects and to help each other out. Compared to the last group discussion, this time I felt much more confident going into the discussion because I knew more about my project and I was able to share more information and in return I was able to get more feedback. This wasn’t even the best part about the group discussion.
     In my group, we were talking non-stop sharing ideas and discussing information without having a second of silence. This time it was even again in terms of magazine to film project ratio. For whatever reason, this time I was able to provide more constructive criticism to my group members and genuinely help them improve their project. I think that I felt more comfortable with my members and some of them were really passionate about their project which I can appreciate. I’m very happy that there was another group discussion because it was very helpful for everyone and it gave me some new ideas to consider!

Cutting It Close

     With the deadline fast approaching, I am beginning to stress more and more. I am confident in my story and how my film is going to go down however, I am very nervous that something will go very wrong. That is me just being paranoid and overthinking. In the next few days I can confidently say filming will begin and editing will happen during the weekend or sometime next week. I maybe should have finished filming about a week ago but sometimes my best work is done last minute. The good news is that this isn't too last minute so I have room to deal and manage errors or problems.
     The scene I cannot wait to shoot is the ending in which I will leave the audience with a cliff hanger. Cliffhanger's have always been an awesome and horrible way to end a film opening or show because it leaves the audience wanting more. I hope to make my viewers wish my film opening was longer than two minutes.

Prop Gathering

     So for my film opening I will need some basic props to enhance the narrative and to make the film opening more interesting. Since the beginning of the film starts off with the teenagers playing basketball, I will have a basketball. I will also include a couple of video game controllers and definitely a cell phone which is one of the main points of focus in the film. Since I will have the mysterious caller in a car talking on the phone, I am going to use my own car.

     My film opening is not filled with props and out of the ordinary tools, but my reason for doing this is because I feel the actual content of the story is more important and should be focused on more than silly props. My main focus is what is being said in the phone call and the props will serve as enhancers to help the story. Most of these props I have at home but I am going today to buy the rest!