Final Video

http://drive.google.com/open?id=186AXBXgw4bnbKLTy939ePjmFWdSiX3LG

CCR

Here is my CCR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5cW0ushzTk&t=256s

Final Blog Post

    Hey guys! It’s that time where we wrap up the project. The video has been finalized. I am currently doing the CCR and I got to say it is a struggle. The script is finalized but I really dislike the way I talk. I also dislike hearing myself. Aside from that I am having trouble finding good pictures to be able to not make the CCR very bland. It will be done very soon though. All in all, I am very happy about how the whole project turned out. I am also glad to have been on this journey with Alan and Layla because they were great partners. Thank you to everyone so much for keeping up with me and my journey. Stay tuned for my two final posts which will be the CCR and Final Completed Video.

Quick Update

After reviewing footage. We had a small issue. It isn’t really a big deal but it can be seen as either good or bad. The good news is that we had a lot of footage. The bad news is that we had so much we did not know what to go with. Another small issue was that the video was too long. After day one of filming, the footage edited was already more than a minute. That was not going to work with. As a result, we filmed again and managed to figure things out. Filming is officially done and now we just need to edit a little bit more to put all the pieces together. Make sure to stay tuned because the final product is almost here!

Day 2 of Filming

Hey everyone! I’m back (obviously). Another day of filming and I am quite satisfied. During day one of filming, only Alan and I were able to film but reluctantly got work done. Today we were all able to film together. We filmed at my house since it was best optimized to suit our conditions in terms of props and what not. The second day of filming consisted of filming Layla’s parts mostly. We had to change up the design of the room a little bit to make it seem more girly. We added a Mary Poppins poser and threw some stuffed animals to give it a more girly vibe. We know it’s not the best but it’s what we managed to find considering none of us have any girly rooms to film in. All in all I had lots of fun getting to see Layla act. We laughed a lot and talked. Quite the eventful day but we still have a little bit more to film.

Day 1 of filming

We started filming Saturday. Sadly we were missing one person due to a medical concern. Obviously we weren’t going to shoot the whole opening in order so we started filming the middle first since it was most convenient to us at the time. I’m not gonna lie, I thought acting was going to be easier, but I can assure you, it is not easy. We had so many takes of the same shot because I couldn’t stop laughing. I wasted so much time laughing that my partners camera died.





We decided to film the part where I wake up so we had to make the set design “boyish”. This is my room. Although I am a boy, it isn’t a typical boy room with sports blankets and posters of athletes. My room is very simple so we thought of how we can represent a boy’s room. That is when we decided to throw random things on the floor to make the room look messy as you can see in the picture above. We thought it would have been even better if we could get a half eaten pizza just laying on the floor but that would have been kind of gross. Plus we would have had to waited about 45 minutes for the pizza to arrive.





We also had a bit of a lighting issue but managed to solve it thanks to some tools that we created.





The lighting in my bathroom wasn’t the best so we had to improvise. The camera angles that we wanted would leave shadows on my face and in a lot of areas so we used a lamp and whatever we could find to fix that. Anyways, this was only one day of shooting and we still have a bit more to go. As always, stay tuned :)

Small Problem

So… we were going to start filming but then we didn’t feel prepared so we had to change up the script a little. At first, we wanted to film at school but since we wouldn’t have access to a school anymore we decided to film in a park. The whole point of the school scene was to show who is friends with who and how those friends would react. As a result, we decided upon a park where one of the characters would meet with one of their friends. Another problem we had was a bit more serious. We were going to all meet up in the morning but then one of the members in my group had to go the hospital. I’m not sure how serious the incident is but thankfully they are okay. With the core of our group being away for a day of filming it threw things off a little bit but the rest of us managed to pull through. My other partner and I met up to get things started.