film opening

This is it, its over, this is insane.

FALLEN

https://youtu.be/RbUtiJhuuzA

creative critical reflection

 ITS DONE

CCR #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upqVJaVtU1c&feature=youtu.be

CCR #2

https://youtu.be/JhkEreIDMew

final countdown

ITS TIME. Today’s the day, but before I officially release my film opening and post the CCR’s I just wanted to reflect on the past 9 weeks (sappy ik but I actually learned a lot and I wanna talk about it).

These 2 months of nonstop work have been intense and insane and quite frankly I’m surprised I was able to complete this project without procrastinating (ok I procrastinated a little bit, refer to last post, but that wasn’t my fault :/). My time management skills have improved SO MUCH, like before I started this project I did not think I would be able to work on this project step by step. I greatly prefer just sitting down and grinding on a project or assignment, but for this huge project, I knew I had to change things up. This project really required the entire 9 weeks to fully complete the project in a way that made my opening the best it could be.

I also learned a lot about the time and effort that goes into a film. It took me 9 weeks to do a 2 minute video, I can only imagine what it would take to make a full length feature film (I would die). Planning is such a huge part of the filmmaking process, and honestly the most important part, as I learned throughout this project. Actually filming is the easy stuff, because once you have it all planned out, it’s just a matter of putting your vision onto the screen.

Oh, and I also wanted to talk about something cool I did with the CCR, so sidebar real quick cause I wanna talk about it. For my second CCR, as I said before, I did a WIRED autocomplete interview style video, and in those videos there is a little animation that plays while the actor introduces themselves. 

[like this]

So, I thought it would be cool if I did a similar thing, so here’s what I was able to create. It literally took me like 20 minutes to make for like a 2 second thing, but it looks cool so it was worth it. 

[look at how many layers are in this timeline to get that effect]

Anyways, sorry about that little rant, but back to this project. Yeah, I thought it was really cool and I learned a lot about the process of filmmaking and how to organize myself, which will be useful in really any aspect of my life. 

Next post will be the film opening and the CCR’s. 

It was a pleasure, 

Rat, signing out

i hate editing (kinda)

I have decided that I hate editing. Yes, I used to like it before, and don’t get me wrong it’s still really fun to do, but not when you have to push out two CCR’s in a couple of days because I just love to procrastinate. I tried to get some editing done over break, but with the craziness of my trip (I threw up and then my mom got really sick and now I have an ear infection (fun!)) I just really didn’t have that much time. I was, however, able to get a lot of the first one done once I got back. 

[what the timeline looks like so far]

The most annoying part of editing everything together is not the actual editing part, but rather figuring out what I want to show instead of my face. It’s easy when I specifically reference a piece of text of film, but not so much when it’s just me talking about random things (they’re not random they do pertain to the topic, but whatever) and there isn’t really anything to show. But, to make my CCR a little more entertaining and not just a video of me talking (cause that’s boring), I have to include clips or really anything other than my face. 

So, I’ve decided that during the periods where there’s just a little bit too much of me just talking to the screen, I would add in some clips from my actual film, content that kinda relates to the topic that I’m talking about so it’s not as awkward and just boring. 

The title of this blog is a little misleading, I don’t hate editing, I actually quite like it and it’s really not that bad, it’s the figuring out what I actually want to edit where I struggle. But, creating these CCR’s are definitely going to help me with this weakness that I have, so I’m grateful for that (kinda). 

I still have to film the second CCR (ik ik, the project is due tomorrow, I’ll be fine…hopefully) and I HAVE TO GET IT DONE TOMORROW. Right when I get home from school, I’m filming that and getting it over with so I can edit that one together. I’m going to finish editing tomorrow during study hall, well hopefully I finish, and then film after school and finish editing everything. Not too bad (it’s pretty bad).

See you tomorrow, submission day :000.

[me too spider-man, me too]