AS Level: Creative Critical Reflection

Creative Critical Reflection

AS Level: Film Opening

Crooked Teeth

Filming is done!

Filming is done! My partner and I actually managed to finish filming the school scene in two periods, and the opening in a few hours. I used my partner's camera to film; since it isn't the camera I usually use I accidentally took some pictures and thought it was recording, whoopsie.
When we started filming, I was very impressed and pleased with the fact that the actors we chose were so committed to their part and had all the lines perfectly memorized. We started editing as soon as we felt we had enough shots. Mrs. Stoklosa was right, you need to over shoot. I ended up editing the Opening with iMovie, because I was most familiar with it. I initially started with Adobe Premiere because it has so many other options to edit videos, but when it came down to editing in a timely manner, iMovie was the way to go.

Four days until filming

We will be filming next week! Wooo! I'm very excited and nervous... so anxious covers it. I want to make sure we have enough shots so we will obviously have to overshoot on Monday (during school and after). We have decided to film the opening at my Mom's house and use my room as if it were Kit's, the one problem is that my room it styled to my personality, not Kit's. So after consulting with my partner today, we have thought of a plan to decorate my room to match Kit's personality, this will not only help  the actor to get into character but make the opening more realistic. My partner will be bringing a plethora of rainbow stuff (the symbol of the LGBT+ community) as well as other posters that Kit (if she were a real person) would like.

4 days until filming! 

Opening Film Details

Details are everything, especially in films. Growing up, when I would watch movies with my dad, he would always pause a movie and tell me to take note of something, it would sometimes be a prop or the lighting, anyway after he would tell me to look at it and then he would rewind the movie and show me how it was misplaced or just magically appeared from one shot to the next. He told me that although most people don't notice the little things, the details do matter. So when planning filming and actually editing the Film Opening I want it to be free from silly simple errors.

One thing to think about is costumes. Since the actors go to our school we need to coordinate the outfits they wear and make sure that their hair is the same way and even make them wear the same socks! or at least have them bring them to school, if we do end up having to film more than one day. But one thing that's awesome about the actors we chose is that their styles are perfect for the part, and my partner and I actually based the idea of Wes off the kid at our school who will be playing the part.