Re-Edit minus one

 Today two of my other group members and I met up to edit our footage from our reshoot. One of our group members did not show up. Can you guess which one? If you guessed the same one as the last 4 times you got it! Her excuse for not coming was that she was "sick" and was on quarantine. However her social media posts say something different. Even though Lucy wasn't there, we were still able to complete almost our entire project. Besides a few minor changes that still need to be made. We started the editing process by finding the music.  We went to a website that was a royalty free music finder. We downloaded the music and imported it into iMovie. Placed it under our footage panel to insure that it would be our number 1 sound. We began by placing each video in order of our storyboard. This created a rough copy of our footage, before fixing and cleaning up the film. We then trimmed the footage, cut, and removed, to insure the best fit for the overall meaning and concept of our film. When we began to add titles we noticed how they didn't come out as we wanted and noticed some minor issues that needed to be fixed. We decided to fix them tomorrow and for now, just start planning out our CCR.

Re-Film minus one

Today we did our re-filming. As you can see by the title, one of our teammates didn't come to help re-film. Since we never actually filmed, this was technically just our filming. We filmed at birch state park. It is on the water and is filled with nature trails. So we felt this would be a perfect spot to film given our films plot. I got to the park early because I wanted Chick-Fil-A breakfast and they were about to stop serving it. So I sat in my car and waited for my teammates, Montana was late ofc but we all anticipated that. So after we all met up in the parking lot, we went on a search to find the best place to film our first scene. I think I played a big role in deciding which areas we should film, because I had been to the park before so I knew if there was a better area. I also helped Montana with filming and directing because I edited the film we put together for the peer review so I knew what parts looked bad and what looked good. This way we didn't make the same mistakes we made the first time. 

I feel like today was productive. Even though we were only out there for a few hours, we still got every scene we needed, except for one. The one scene we didn't get was a POV scene and I was recoding it and I kept accidentally stopping and starting the video. So we got clips of before and after each take, for this scene. We didn't notice until after we left that we didn't get the whole thing. Other than that all of our other scenes came out fine. So I would call today a good day. 

Planning the Rest of Our Reshoot

It is getting closer to the end of quarter and spring break. This means we start to get days off from school. Next week we have two and a half days off from school: Tuesday, Thursday (half day), and Friday. I thought it would be a great idea to use next week to our advantage and reshoot on our days off. My group members did not immediately shut down my idea. I guess that is a good sign, given everything that has happened in the past. One of the group members won't be able to film on Friday, but are available, Tuesday and Thursday. We made a flexible decision to film as much as we can on Tuesday. Leaving Thursday as a day we could either use to edit or continue filming. We thought it would be best if we all got together to edit, this way everyone is participating in this process.

I spent today trying to get confirmation from my group about these dates. However, only one out of my three other members was in class today. The other did not come to school today, for unknown reasons. I tried contacting one of my group members that wasn't here today. I have yet to hear from her since yesterday afternoon. I tried texting her to get some kind of confirmation about reshooting. The reason I feel it is important to get confirmation a week in advance is because of our groups track record. They are know for trying to push off dates and deadlines, and flaking last minute. However, this time is different, this is our last chance to get this done before the deadline. I am not sure if my group has processed that yet. I am trying to everything I can to get this done in a timely manor, and to the best of our abilities.

First Try at Reshooting

After our peer review it was clear that we would need to reshoot our entire film. Last Thursday was the day my group planned on re-filming. On the day of, one of my group members had their flight get changed to that day, so of course my "productive" group thought that since one member wasn't going to be there that we would just need to push off filming for even longer. I told my group that we could easily continue to film as planned, without him. One of the group members no longer wanted to drive to the park that we need to film at. So we decided to only film our closing scene, at one of our friend's house by the school. When we got there our group began to procrastinate, by waiting around and deciding what to eat. We finally decided it was time to start filming, so we went to find where the best place to film would be. We felt that our friends bedroom was the best location for filming. This had to do with the accessibility of filming angles, along with good dark lighting.  We also felt that her room fit the setting of a teenagers room. This puts the film in a more "real-life" setting. We then decided on good costumes that we could match when shooting the rest of our film. The wardrobe that we needed to match was the attacker's. Since we are using two different actors to play the same character, we needed to make their costumes compatible. That is why we decided to go with the all black as you can see in the picture below. For the victim (me) we decided to have me wear a big t-shirt and shorts, to fit what a teenager would normally wear to bed. While filming we decided to change a few things from the storyboard as we filmed. We kept the closing scene short and sweet leaving suspense for the rest of the movie. We are currently trying to plan out when we will film the rest of our film, and I will update once we decide.

Peer Review

Yesterday we did the peer review. My group reviewed a film about a love story, kind napping. Their film was extremely better then expected. During their death scene, the lighting could have been darker, somber lighting. The group that we reviewed needed to fix the order of their titles. They also lacked, a low angle, a shot reverse shot, eye line match, and an action match. Their transitions are a little choppy. However, if they spend just a little more time editing, this problem could be fixed. One thing that I really liked about their film, was how clear their storyline was. It was very easy to follow. No one in my group was confused. The music was a little fuzzy so I suggest, finding a cleaner sound. If this group works on these during their reshooting process, they should get more than a passing grade.Looking for all these details in their film made my group rethink our film. It allowed us to look at our film instead of as a film and more as a final exam. It allowed us to replan for our film and let us look deeper into what Cambridge would be looking for. We decided to reshoot tomorrow and we are planning on fixing a few problems that the group we reviewed had.