Blog, the day is finally here! It is... Filming Day! There is so much to go over. I did not realize how busy I would be on Saturday. I had tutoring at 10am, gym at 11am, homework and studying once I got home, and babysitting at 6pm. Amanda is also busy with an event from 1pm to 3pm and a dinner later today. However, we made it work since Amanda just came over after the event. I started doing so preparations before she arrived such as making my room look like how I envisioned Avery's to do. I took out some brighter colors to make the room have darker mise-en-scene elements, added props previously mentioned in my blog posts such as candles, cards, etc, and did the establishing shots before Amanda arrived so I did not have to waist her time. I added more establishing shots that way the audience can understand the context of what I was trying to produce. I added clothing on the floor to show that Avery has gave up, and an a paper with an F on it to show that she is not only struggling at home but at school as well.
Amanda brought over her tripod which she used for her portfolio project. It was huge help since my hands shake a lot when trying to film a video. It was especially helpful for the last scene were we are seen walking together. I struggled a bit a first understanding how to use it but once I got the hang of it, it became much easier. I don't think a lot of the shots would look as good if I did not have the tripod. Amanda and I were both super tired so doing establishing shots before hand made the process much faster for Amanda and I. I kept her at my house for less than hour. I thought I would need more time since my reference to timing came from her portfolio project which took two days of filming. As little time as this took, I still feel that I have more than enough footage to work with. Before she left, I made sure that every shot looked accurate, that there is nothing I wanted to change/reshoot, and that I had enough footage of each shot so that there would be no issues while editing. Amanda let me keep the tripod while I edit just in case there may be anything I want to change or add.
Set/Mise-En-Scene
Changing my room to fit Avery's style was less work than I thought. I took out some brighter colors that I thought may be distracting and put them in a different room for the time being. I set my lamp to the lowest setting of brightness to give the room a darker feel. The colors in the room were mainly tans and grays. I think the set turned out exactly how I envisioned. Below, I put some examples of the set I have created.
Changes
Having Amanda around was super helpful since she previously took AICE Media Studies. I made a few last minute changes to the production that I think make more sense. Amanda and I realized that her costume looked like she was dressed up for winter (which I did not think about before) Therefore, we changed her top to just be a plain black long sleeved shirt instead which is more logically since she is going to a party. I also had Amanda do shots on my bed instead of sitting in front of the door because most teenage girls don't sit on their floor for fun. Another change that I had made to make production more realistic was making Amanda lean on the counter instead of sitting on it. Amanda was definitely useful to have around. She made me think of ideas and changes that I did not think about before.
I talked to Amanda about what I should do for editing and asked her what she used and how she did it. She said she used Adobe Premier Pro which I do not have access to since I don't plan on spending money on editing a project when the process should take me less than two weeks. She recommend IMovie but as I have previously mentioned, using that platform is not ideal since I have to layer lots of different sounds. Therefore, I will be using Adobe Express since it is free! I should probably do more research on how to work it before I start editing and if I do end up changing platforms, I will update it on Blogger.
Reflecting
I am really proud of myself that I was able to film this early that way I don't have to stress about timing and I can edit on my own time without worrying. Filming this early allows me to perfect any flaws that I feel can affect the final production of my portfolio project. Everything overall went smoothly and efficiently. I am super excited to tackle editing that way I can watch all my work cumulate into a final product. I will not let me nerves of editing this get in the way of how much I have put into this project. If I am being honest, I put effort into this project than I expected. I thought this would just be a project that I do on the side that just so happens to have a deadline far in advance. This project has been more to me than that and has truly taken over the past month of my life. I know that I am not done yet and still have much to do, however, I just wanted to write what I have taken away from this experience and how much it has meant to me. I hope you can see all that I feel through this blog. For my next steps, I will be researching more about editing and credits, picking a font for the credits, and editing everything together. Okay Blogger my hands are super tired from writing this and I have lots of other homework to do as this is the last week of the quarter but, I will see you next week, Until next time!
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