Filming Blog: For Real This Time

This afternoon, after school, my teammate and I went to her house. We filmed the first scene in the kitchen, downstairs. We filmed the other scenes we needed to film downstairs. We’d shot the scenes in the kitchen, hallway, and living room. We filmed each clip multiple times just to ensure the take was the best of all the shots. We then moved upstairs to continue filming. We filmed on the stairs, in her bedroom, and in the hallway just as we did downstairs. We filmed each seen a couple of times. Some of the scenes were difficult to shoot because it was only the two of us. We did not have anyone to help us film, so only one of us could be in the shot at a time. It ended up working out and making the film look more interesting and dramatic. We’d filmed all of the scenes we needed for today, but we plan to get together again on Sunday and re-film some shots. We will do this to get some better ones if possible and to also have extra clips just in case. On Sunday, we will also plan to edit the majority of our video. On Tuesday, in class, a few classmates will be watching the first draft of our edited video. They will be peer reviewing our video and giving us feedback on how to make it better. After that we are going to re-shoot and re-edit any necessary clips to make our movie the best it can be. 

Filming: Almost There

Today after school my teammate, Jordyn, and I went to her house to film. Unfortunately, no takes that will go into the movie were recorded. I was told to go home by my mother due to urgent family issues. However, our time this afternoon was not unproductive. We still were able to take some shots that were beneficial to our film. With the shots we measured angles, fixed lighting, and reset some camera settings. 

We first stared with our first scene. We had decided to go in chronological order of scenes because we had known that we were only testing the lighting, angles, acoustics, camera settings, etc. to start with. Our first scene was the most difficult out of all of the scenes we filmed. This was the result of many specific, explicit details. Some include the lighting which was difficult to get because the location we’ve determined for that scene had hard-to-adjust lighting, so we had to adjust it ourselves. Another aspect was the acoustics were much too loud for a scene that was supposed to be quiet. This is a predicament that we are still working through. However, our most likely solution will be to lay down a few rugs and/or blankets on the floor. This will soften the sound and muffle the acoustics. The last predicament is the lack of space. This will prevent us from efficiently moving around to get the correct angles, but we’re already thinking of way to move around the tight squeezes. 

Storyboard Blog- Intruder Alert

Our story begins with a young girl washing dishes in a dark kitchen, in a dark house. She hears a loud noise. She wanders the house. She investigates the noise. She walks into her bedroom. She spots an intruder. They don’t see her so she backs away quietly. Suddenly, she makes a creaking noise. The intruder spots her in undeviating eye contact. The rest will he revealed in an exciting thriller.

Title Design

In this google slide document, we included all the information about what our titles will be in our opening sequence of our movie. We included each title name and what we will be calling it. We included what font we are going to use, as well as color and size. We also showed the spacing between letters. The working title of each title is also included in the google slide. We said how the titles will transition into the movie, and how long they will each appear on the screen for. The point of this google slides is to inform and plan how we will be creating our titles when we are editing our movie. We wanted the titles to look uniform throughout, so the same size, color, and font will be used for each title. Same goes for transitions in and out, and the duration each title appears on the screen.

The Details

The following is a Google presentation made to further explain the details of our horror movie project. The presentation includes the location of where we’re filming, which is a teammate’s home. It also includes the health and safety precautions we will be taking to ensure our well-being. The participants of the film are directed. Finally, the schedule is outlined. There are 3 processes: the planning/preparing, the filming, and the editing. Each are planned to take about a week, give or take. The planning will end on 2/14/20. The filming will end on 2/21/20. The editing will end on 2/26/20.

Sound Script- Intruder Alert

As opposed to our Shooting Script, this presentation is not separated by each scene. However, every 3 scenes are on a different slide. This is because our film has much action. But it does not have as much sound. Some scenes has the words “no dialogue.” This is not meant to signal that there is no sound in the scene. This is meant to signal that no characters say anything in the scene. Most scenes have a moment where a noise, big or small, has taken place. The specific causes of the noises offscreen have yet to be decided. However, they will remain true to the story on screen.

Shooting Script- Intruder Alert

Our shooting script is essentially a written storyboard. It explains the plot of our film and tells the story. It separates the movie by each scene. Every scene has its own slide. On each slide includes the scene’s camera angles and character actions. Each slide also has the lighting and its procedures. While the Sound Script will contain more in-depth sounds and sound procedures, the Shooting Script has a short explanation of most sounds. Almost every action any character takes is included in the presentation. Almost every effect of said actions are also included. There are 12 scenes in the film.