Filming: AGAIN

This blog is about filming. For now the filming process is finished until we feel the need to re-film. That scene that we filmed was the wolf street scene. That was the scene where Steven had the wolf mask and chased Carla. One thing that was extremely important was the lighting. For this scene, the lighting was shined directly in both their face. Originally this was because it was hard for the camera to get them because of how dark it was outside. When the bright phone lights and night sky contrasted it looked like a black background which was really cool. This is also helped give off the the effect of a horror scene. A lot of  ewww these scenes were affected by the lightning.

Another scene that was affected was the pool running scene. This was scene where Safia and Steven recorded Carla running through the gates of the pool door. This scene had to be re-filmed because of the time difference and how dark it was outside. This meant that one scene had a pinkish evening sky while another had a night sky, which looked off. So I did about four takes of until we were satisfied. The same thing was basically done for the backyard running scene. This is where Carla is running behind the house to get outside. Once that was done all the outside lighting seemed balanced. This helped make a good transition into the last scene. The dim evening lighting of the film helped give a sense of suspicion and horror.

Re-re-editing

This blog will be about the re-editing process. The background music was finally able to be added to the film. The music that we ended up being chosen was called Dark Fog and Anxiety. How the music was put on their was by using an mp3 converter. You can find one by typing in “mp3 converter” into the search engine. The first one that popped up was free and easy to use so we went with that. After that we went on the music site and clicked on the horror genre. I listened to the sounds again and rewatched the scene it would go in. This is to make sure if that sound was appropriate for the scene. Then we downloaded the sounds onto the laptop.

We downloaded those two songs, we went to files to check if it was there. Once it was recognized that they were there we had to see what file it was in. This is because when it’s to add the music to background, it’s categorized by the file type and name. The file type for this was mp3, which is for multimedia files. I really like the outcome once the sound was put in the video. This couldn’t have been done on the phone it’s a large file to download and then convert. Overall, after the re-editing process, the video is now done. Once the video was finished we watched it to see how it looked. Then we watched it again to see it anything else needed to change. The outcome was really nice, I loved it.

Re-re-filming

For this blog I’m talking about the refilming process. A lot of the clips were re-filmed because things like the difference in some shots or the quality. The first that was re-filmed was the tracking shot. The first time we did it on a skateboard, this time it was done with a car. After that was the things falling and door closing scene. In this, I was just talking with everyone else until we heard stuff fall. After that, the door was open and went to close it. The next scene that was re-filmed was Carla’s running out the house shot. Safia stood outside behind the radiator and gave  the signal for she should start running. That part was re-filmed at two different times of the day.

During this filming session all the shots that were needed were done. When it the starting to later, even though it was just seven the sun had completely went away. And the scenes were where the wolf attacks Carla. Because it was dark outside, I had to hold the phone flashlight right by the camera sometimes. And this same step had to be repeated for when recording Steven. In order to get everybody to my house I had to bring Safia on my bus. She had to find an administrator to get a bus pass. It was taking up more time than it should have. He had to come talk to the bus driver. But,
it was a good re-filming experience.

Peer Review

     Last week we were told we were supposed to do a peer review. But I completely forgot until I walked into second period on Monday confused. I was given a paper to fill out after watching my fellow peers film. Which is the paper above. I watched the film a few times to evaluate it as thoroughly as possible. I had to evaluate things about their film and whether they met requirements.Things such as the angles and shots required, lighting, and sound. I also had to put down the time stamps for the required shots. I got put in some feed back myself as well.

      For the first part the sheet asked about the duration and the quality of the video. The film did not meet the requirement of 1:50-2:00 (minutes) it was instead a total of 0:39 (seconds). The transitions were smooth. The titles, so far, were ordered correctly. The titles were also evenly spread out. The lighting overall was pretty decent. The sound was also pretty good quality. There were no tripods or other people filming, etc. in those shots. My personal input was that the lighting in the monitors room should be a little darker. The actors should also speak a little louder so that the camera catches everything.