Film Opening

Now, here is my last post. I hope you enjoy my film opening!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NA6kG_HEPbQ3FcrVxPMAKdEuKuh0tQW_/view?usp=sharing

Creative Critical Reflection

The time has come! I have completed my project, and am now ready to share my creative critical reflection. I've enjoyed posting on this blog, and creating my opening, and I hope you do too. Now, here is my CCR...

Editing

So I have been editing my project over the past 3 days, and I’m glad to say that I am ... ALMOST done. I’ve been using wevideo to get the job done, and I have thankfully added all the necessary clips, and the title sequence. The only real work I have left to do is add two more  sound effects. I plan to be 99% finished with this today. I only am excluding 1% because I know that I will probably be obsessively trying to tweak everything before I absolutely have to post it. I am happy with how it’s coming along, and I’m super excited to share it on this blog! Here is a photograph of me (the shadow looming in the background) at work on the editing..

Filming!

Finally, the day has come and gone, and I have now filmed (hopefully) all the content I need for this project. We headed over to Markham Park at 1:00 today, to try and slam this out, and faced an unexpected obstacle. Where to film? The park is filled with numerous locations that capture the forest vibe that I was looking for, but from the noisy sounds of a model airplane competition to raccoon encounters, it was quite hard to find the perfect place to film. This caused us to have to travel between multiple locations within the park, which took some time away from filming.

Nonetheless, we persevered, and were able to shoot the whole thing within 4 hours. Since, we are all unable to return for re-shoots, I made sure to try and be as meticulous as possible with the shooting, and filmed multiple versions of each section. I am confident in the work that we completed today, and I am also confident in my ability to edit out the errors. I am going to put a colossal amount of effort into editing this opening, to ensure that everything turns out well!

Here are some photos I took while filming:

Kathleen (Chloe) and Andrea (Sarah) in between filming

A trail in which we filmed the majority of the film opening

Screenplay

I finally wrote the "script" for my opening, and have already sent it to my actresses. I used a screenplay creating software called celtx to assist me in using the correct format. Since this is my first time ever writing a script, I know that there were still some things formatted incorrectly, and I am pretty sure I might be missing some important aspects. Nonetheless, I think the purpose of using it as a guideline was not lost. So enough babbling here is my screenplay!

Update!

Hello!! Before I begin, I’d like to apologize for the abrupt nature of this post. I just got my wisdom teeth removed yesterday, and am currently in an immense amount of pain! So today is just going to be a little updat post, as I prepare to film this Sunday. The overall plan is to shoot from late Sunday morning to early evening at Markham Park. I am working hard on perfecting the script before I post it to this blog. I have indeed began writing it, but I’m still putting the finishing touches before I show it to the world.

Last night, I watched Jordan Peele’a new film “Us,” and it greatly inspired me. Now I was not very fond of his first film “Get Out,” but this one pleasantly surprised me as it did the mold of the horror genre better. Watching “Us,” got me motivated again to make my film opening great. I wasn’t necessarily unmotivated, but life has been pretty hectic lately, and I am not afraid to admit that I pushed this into the back of my brain. But now that everything is back on track, I am super excited to film this weekend, and begin to edit this thing!

Costumes

Now that I am set to film this coming weekend, I need to plan out what the actresses are going to wear. Considering that the girls are going to be on a trek/hike of some sort, it would only be logical for them to wear exercise attire. But, I would also like to explore the possibilities of them wearing colors that symbolize something important. I could use a color that foreshadows their death, or maybe one that reflects their personalities. I have a few options that I would like to explore.

When it comes to colors that foreshadow death, I don’t have many to choose from. It basically just comes down to black, and red. Black obviously doesn’t need to be explained, but red is commonly associated with blood, and danger. I’m not sure if I would like the girls to both wear all black, because it may look a bit odd, and not obvious enough when it comes to hints. Red is a more obvious color that represents danger, but it is also a quite bright color, and I wouldn’t want it to distract from the plot.

Now that I have been thinking about this, I think colors that represent their personalities may be the better bet. It’s a more subtle choice, but not too unrecognizable. The Sarah character is supposed to be more preppy, and feminine, so I could possibly use a dull pink for her to wear. I don’t want to use any bright colors, because it would throw off the tone of the film. I could also use a dull yellow for her to represent her vibrant personality. As for the Chloe character, she is supposed to be more reserved, and represent the logical character. For her, I think a dull green, or blue would work perfectly. The blue might work better for the blue though, because I wouldn’t want the green to blend in with the colors of the forest.  I think I’ve come to the conclusion, that the characters will be wearing colors that represent their personalities, but washed out to reflect the somber tone of the film.