Editing The Best Movie in the World

We had two in class days to work on editing our video. The first day we couldn’t work on it because we forgot the cord. We recorded with our phones instead of the camera for a couple of reasons. First, one of my teammates had to leave on vacation and had the camera with him. We also realized that our phones had good resolution them selves so we thought it would be easier with multiple cameras to use. We also thought it would be better to dump with them because of iCloud and a wire which we forgot at home. My teammate even tested it at home to see if it worked. As he was checking however, he left the cord in the computer. There wasn’t too much editing anyway in our video though. All we had to do was add the shots together and put music over it.

The second day of editing however went a lot better. We brought the wire and dumped our footage. When we dumped, we saw that the video was too long so we cut some stuff. We we cut each shot individually to make it a bit shorter. We also cut an entire shot out of it. It was a shot that was planning over the ocean. It didn’t really work with the video because there was no room for it. It was at the beginning but we already had a time lapse of the ocean and it made it look over used. After that it was the right time but then we realized that it was missing a scene because our teammate was going film their own clip at home. So we trimmed some other stuff leaving room for it. Finally we were done and all we need was to add the music.

Unfortunately, the class was over and we didn’t have time to finish. One of my teammates volunteered to edit over the weekend. He said he could do it all by himself but we offered to come over and help. So during the weekend we will add music over the video. We decided to put the music over the lobster when it’s first introduced. The music will be quite at first and then be the normal music when it gets closer. Then we were going to put the music lowers when the lobster in the pot. The music will be completely off when the pot closes over it. After that we won’t need to put anything else in our video. The editing will be over and we will have our final product.

Peer review

Today in class, we did a peer review on our final project/video.

Before the peer review, our group filmed, re shot, and edited. The video that we produced was not the final product, however. We plan on making more changes editing wise, as well as adding more titles to the film. I do not think a re shoot is needed.

The group that we graded had a great film. It was about a girl that wakes up in a simulation. She comes home and passes out, and then it switches to her in a training ground. The group was able to fill almost all of the criteria. I hope that our group can learn some things from the group that we peer reviewed, and implement it into our own film.

As well as peer reviewing another group, we had our video peer reviewed. Most of the comments were positive, but some were not. I have learned what we need to change and put into our film. One of the things being titles. Things such as "edited by" and "filmed by" were missing in our film. Our group will definitely be able to put these things into our film by the time it is due.

I am glad we had the ability to experience peer reviewing. It has helped me see what our group is doing good in, and what we are lacking in. I plan on going home and changing the video transitions. I will also add the title slides, and some eerie music.

Filming Blog: Idle Hands

Today, we decided as a group not to film on the weekend, as a result of two of the most critical members having a lab report due in another class and having to spend the whole dang weekend working on it, not having the infinite foresight to do less important work earlier. This is fine though, as the other members of our team can take the time to be much more prepared and ready for next weekend, making the filming process much simpler and cleaner. we do not want to spend a ridiculous amount of time filming at night. we just want to get the scenes done and go home to edit quickly for the peer review that is coming up soon. the filming will be done at one of my team members houses, so even if all of our group members are ready to film and he is not, we would not film or have to change our plan. our movie involves a car and one of our members can drive so that problem has solved itself. The spooky-looking graveyard makes for a perfect backdrop for a spooky-scary story. our whole group is very excited to get to filming and just wants to get this video edited to perfection before the turn of the month.

Filming Blog: The Uber Big Day

Today our group began filming our project. We all decided that instead of meeting in a public place that we would all meet in one of our team members homes. The house that we chose was quite convenient in the way that it was in very close proximity to a graveyard, which is a very big part of the scenic shots of our movie, it being dark and gritty. a public park would not have contributed to the tone of the movie very well! Our group opted to not check out a camera the previous day of class, becuase we took a vote and decided to take the video with our phone cameras instead of the standard issue cameras that our teachers allowed us to check out. we had to get to our group members house late for the perfect scenery as a backdrop for a fake high school party. it was a long day of waiting but we were all excited to get started. we had a problem getting lights for the party in the background, but that was solved with flashing phone flashlights through colored glass. we had to get real high-lumen flashlights becuase our lowly phone flashlights were too weak to make a noticeable "party light" streaming through the window. the car scenes were relativley easy to film, as the audience can not see the background in the movie so that is not a detail we need to get perfectly right. overall, it was a great day of filming.

Uber Driver MADNESS: Title Design

Title designs may not seem like the most important factor of a film, however they are probably one of the most important parts of the film. If written and edited right, they can really set the standard for your film from the very beginning. Having a boring and poorly edited title design/designs will make the expectations of the rest of your film very low and will discourage the viewers from watching more. The most important parts of media are satisfying your viewers, which will in turn make money for you and your industry. That is why the title designs are such an important factor. We will have a multitude of different types of title design, while also following the order of titles. Our film will consist of middle screen titles. This will mainly just be the actual title of our film. We will add effects to this to make it less boring and more engaging. We will also have foreground titles which relate with the theme of the film. Finally we will implement titles that are blended in the background. These are meant to be the "less important" titles that the viewers are supposed to try to catch. These will help engage the audience as well.

Shooting Script

This script describes everything that will be in our final project not including the dialogue and sound. Our shooting script consists of 11 different and unique scenes, each scene having a variety of different camera angles, and lighting effects. This is especially important in our film because our film is a thriller/horror film. One of the most important elements of a thriller is its use of mystery and suspense. The different camera angles will help build suspense. For example, the over-the-shoulder shots will build suspense by concealing the killers identity. The lighting effects will also build suspense. Low key lighting will also help conceal the killers identity, showing him only as a silhouette. This will build tension which should make the viewer scared and tense. This will be backed up by eery sound effects and dialogue to create even more suspense.

Sound Script

For our sound script, we wrote down all of our noises that we will use for our movie. thankfully, the noises are all during the scene while we film, so we do not have to add any noises post editing process. any transitions that we would have to use thankfully only would be jump cuts, further lowering the time it would take to edit. All in all, we will have a very brief and quick editing process so we can focus on filming and making our acting the best it can be. the sounds take very little meaning in this film portion, but it is made up for by the acting. the majority of our film is focused on the angles of the camera and how the characters react to the crazy situation that both of these lovable scamps get into. the driver is silent for most of the film but this adds to his mysterious aura. Tyler and Stevie obviously have a past history and the dialog shows as much. there is lots of dietetic and non-digetic sound. This dialogue will add suspense to the film.