Filming: My House

On Sunday Katelyn and I completed the first day of our filming. This filming took place at my house which is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We decided to start filming the beginning of our movie. Over the past few projects Katelyn and I have realized it is easier to edit from beginning to end. Due to this fact, we shot takes of the girl getting ready for the party. Also, of the guy preparing for the kidnapping. Katelyn acted as the girl: she put on mascara, lipstick, and grabbed her car keys/purse. I acted as the guy: I put on sunglasses, a hoodie, and grabbed a knife. During this filming process we reached a slight problem. My nails were painted which made my hands appear to be a girls. Katelyn and I were ale to solve this quickly. At my house we had a friend over. His name is Dominic and he is in our grade. Thus, Katelyn and me asked him for a favor. This favor meant Dominic would grab the knife because his hands look like that of a boys. Dominic was an amazing friend as he was willing to do this for us. Overall, I believe Katelyn and I shot many well executed takes. Thus, when it comes time to edit we will have numerous ones to choose from. I prefer the editing stage over the filming stage. So, I am excited to finish filming and start editing!

Filming: Cancelled

Katelyn and I planned on filming yesterday evening. We could not. This is because our film must take place during the sun setting as it gets dark. We wanted it during the evening in order to create a more tense feeling throughout the film. This will help us deliver a horror type of opening scene. However, I run track and had a meet. The meet went later than expected. Thus, Katelyn and I were unable to meet up.  I believed my meet would end around 6pm. My meet did not start until 5pm due to weather delays. So, it did not end until 10pm. At this point it was too dark out to film. Plus, I was extremely tired and had to study for upcoming tests. Katelyn and I have decided to film this upcoming Sunday. We do not expect any problems or delays. The weather for Sunday looks clear. Therefore, rain should not affect us. Hopefully, we are able to complete all of our takes. We both do not have plans on Sunday. This is due to the fact that we have blocked out the entire evening.

Planning Blog: Storyboard

Katelyn and I worked on our storyboard. We actually started before we completed the sound and shooting script. We did this because we believed it would make the workload easier if we planned it all out. We were correct. Our storyboard was completed with 11 pages. We made sure to include all the necessary shots and angles. We also included the transitions we planned to use. The transitions being labeled will be helpful during the editing process. The storyboard is a very essential piece to the process. Katelyn and I are pleased with the outcome of our storyboard.

Planning Blog: Location, Participants, Health, and Schedule

Katelyn and I worked on the Location, Participants, Health, and Schedule Planning Blog. In this blog, we included the locations we are filming. We also included the participants. This contained the actors, who filmed, who edited, and who directed. We also included a health and safety slide. This slide states that we are not actually putting ourselves in harm's way. We will be using items that cannot harm each other or ourselves. Lastly, we included a schedule. This is very important because it shows the dates we will be filming, editing, and reviewing. Overall, I believe this blog was very helpful for Katelyn and my journey to making our opening sequence to the film.

Planning Blog: Titles

Katelyn and I discussed the titles. We both agreed that the color of the titles needed to contrast the background. Also, we wanted the titles to give off a gory feel. Thus, we chose the color red for our titles. Moreover, we decided on the working title for our video. Kaelyn and I debated over a few strong possibilities. Then, we decided on the title: "Chase". This is because it sums up the plot of our video without giving anything away. In fact, it also makes the audience curious as the chase is an interesting title. Overall, I am very pleased about how Katelyn and I came up with the titles and our decisions.

Planning Blog: Sound Script

Maya and I completed the sound script. We put together our ideas for this. We envisioned a lot of things, but had to narrow it down due to the time limit. We had to think carefully of what we wanted our characters to say. There is Rose, a young girl on her way to a party. She just wanted to hang out with her friends, but was not expecting what was to come. Then there was Jordan, the mysterious character who wants to take Rose for some reasons that are unknown. This created further horror for the audience watching. We put a lot of thought into what each character would say, as it would affect our film harshly. I believe our sound script will be very helpful when we create our opening film. 

Planning Blog: Shooting Script

I completed the shooting script alongside Katelyn. We both contributed ideas for what we envisioned for this project. I added details to the beginning scenes. Meanwhile, Katelyn planned the ending scenes with details. I am not creative and bad at coming up with names. Thus, Kaelyn created the names, Jordan and Rose. Furthermore, the shooting scripts describe what will happen in each scene. It also discusses the lighting that is desired for each scene which in this case describes the time. Overall, I think the shooting script will be extremely helpful when it comes time to shoot this project.