CAP Hollywood Reflection #3
We are now at the finishing stages of our movie, thanks to some hard work and dedication this week from our group. Two of our group members came in on a Saturday to edit, and managed to actually almost finish our film. We have a tad more touching up to do, especially with the audio, but we're in good shape heading into the homestretch. Beyond the actual editing, our movie poster is printed out, and it looks so legit! I love how it came out, and I'm sure it will entice people to come see our movie, or at least have interest in it.
We had some issues with editing this week, however, but nothing that really could've been avoided. Our movie file got temporarily lost, but thanks to the help of Mr. Mayo, we managed to recover it and everything is back to normal. In the upcoming week, we should make sure all the audio for our film is at an appropriate level, and brush up anything that needs tweaking. We still need credits, although that should be easy enough to complete in the next week.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
CAP Hollywood Reflection #2
Hollywood Reflection #2
Our group is making very solid progress in the creation of our CAP Hollywood movie. This week went fairly smoothly overall, and I think we got some meaningful work done. We completed our movie poster, and filmed the final scene of the movie. However, we had to sort of adapt that scene on the fly. We originally intended to have it so the main character gives a homeless guy a significant amount of money, but we found it much more difficult to acquire a homeless person than we previously thought. Instead, we had the main character help out a guy short on money in a convenience store, and I think it serves as a decent replacement.
This week, I acted in that final scene, helped in making the movie poster, and started looking for music to have in our movie. I haven't found any specific track that I think is perfect, but I have bookmarked some interesting ones. In the next week, we should come up with a title, refine our rough cut, and create credits to insert at the end of the movie.
Our group is making very solid progress in the creation of our CAP Hollywood movie. This week went fairly smoothly overall, and I think we got some meaningful work done. We completed our movie poster, and filmed the final scene of the movie. However, we had to sort of adapt that scene on the fly. We originally intended to have it so the main character gives a homeless guy a significant amount of money, but we found it much more difficult to acquire a homeless person than we previously thought. Instead, we had the main character help out a guy short on money in a convenience store, and I think it serves as a decent replacement.
This week, I acted in that final scene, helped in making the movie poster, and started looking for music to have in our movie. I haven't found any specific track that I think is perfect, but I have bookmarked some interesting ones. In the next week, we should come up with a title, refine our rough cut, and create credits to insert at the end of the movie.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
CAP Hollywood Reflection #1
Hollywood Reflection #1
Our film for CAP Hollywood is progressing nicely. We got all of our "night" footage in Silver Spring about a week ago, and just yesterday, we got all of our "day" footage, minus one scene. That scene, however, should be very easy to film, so there's no worries there. We compiled our nighttime footage into a rough timeline, and plan on putting the newer footage in next class. One worry we had going into this assignment was lighting, because when filming at night, it can be difficult to make the video look high quality. But thanks to some streetlights, our film took on a sort of spooky tone, which is exactly what we wanted. But we did have difficulty transferring our footage onto the computer. Apparently, we filmed in some strange format, and had to get another teacher to fix it so that it was in the correct format. Luckily, this wasn't too large of a setback, and we could get some work done while waiting for that to happen.
This week, I went through our script, and wrote down any sounds or soundtracks that I thought we might need in our film. And then, I went on the various CC websites to find these sounds. I haven't found all of them quite yet, but a large chunk of them are ready to go. I also played the main character in our film, and I think I did a pretty good job. In the next week, I need to finish finding the sounds, act in the final scene, and help out with the movie poster. By the end of the week, we will hopefully have all of our footage filmed, have all the sounds ready to be plugged into our movie, and have a completed movie poster.
Our film for CAP Hollywood is progressing nicely. We got all of our "night" footage in Silver Spring about a week ago, and just yesterday, we got all of our "day" footage, minus one scene. That scene, however, should be very easy to film, so there's no worries there. We compiled our nighttime footage into a rough timeline, and plan on putting the newer footage in next class. One worry we had going into this assignment was lighting, because when filming at night, it can be difficult to make the video look high quality. But thanks to some streetlights, our film took on a sort of spooky tone, which is exactly what we wanted. But we did have difficulty transferring our footage onto the computer. Apparently, we filmed in some strange format, and had to get another teacher to fix it so that it was in the correct format. Luckily, this wasn't too large of a setback, and we could get some work done while waiting for that to happen.
This week, I went through our script, and wrote down any sounds or soundtracks that I thought we might need in our film. And then, I went on the various CC websites to find these sounds. I haven't found all of them quite yet, but a large chunk of them are ready to go. I also played the main character in our film, and I think I did a pretty good job. In the next week, I need to finish finding the sounds, act in the final scene, and help out with the movie poster. By the end of the week, we will hopefully have all of our footage filmed, have all the sounds ready to be plugged into our movie, and have a completed movie poster.
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