Editing blog

This blog is mainly about the editing of the film. Today I saw the final product of the film since all the editing was done. I noticed a lot of editing changes were made. A lot of these changes help contribute to some of the aspects of the genre horror. For example, I like how subtle the background music is instead of it being loud and obvious. This is because it helps build anticipation in the film. Before editing, the background music was loud and you could hear it more than the audio. Another thing I noticed was the cleaning up of the transitions. Before when editing even when we tried to clean up the transitions it would still come out choppy. But this time she transitions were clean which helped make the storyline clearer.

Another thing I noticed that changed was the font used in the openings credits. Originally we had planned on using a font from online that resembles the look of slime when spelled out. That was because things like slime are elements that are commonly associated with the genre horror. But we ended up just using a plain white font. The reason for this was because of the sudden closing of school due to the coronavirus. Also known as COVID-19, is an infectious disease caused by a new virus. This meant that we didn’t have laptops or the proper editing software to fully complete the editing process the way we were doing it class. So we had to use outside editing software’s that were very limited like iMovie. But despite, the rest of the editing was good which in turn helped contribute to the production of the film. I think this the film still turned out really well.

Filming blog

This blog is mainly about the filming process. For now the filming process is finished until we feel the need to re-film. That scene that we filmed was the wolf street scene. That was the scene where Steven had the wolf mask and chased Carla. One thing significant about that scene that was significant in a lot of scenes was, the lighting. For this scene, the lighting was shined directly in both their face. Originally this was because it was hard for the camera to get them due to how dark it was outside. When the bright phone lights and night sky contrasted it looked like black background which was really cool. This is also helped give off the the effect of a horror scene. Overall, a lot of scenes were affected by the lightning.

Another scene that was affected was the pool running scene. This was scene where I recorded Carla running through the gates of the pool door. This scene had to be re-filmed because of the time difference in the sky. This meant that one scene had a pinkish evening sky while another had a night sky, which looked off. So I did about four takes of until we were satisfied. The same thing was basically done for the backyard running scene. This is where Carla is running behind the house to get outside. Once that was done all the outside lighting seemed balanced. This helped make a good transition into the last scene. Overall, I think that the dim evening lighting of the film helped give a sense of suspicion and horror.

Re-editing blog

This blog will mainly be about the re-editing process. The background music was finally able to be add to the background music. The music that end up being chosen was called Dark Fog and Anxiety. How the music was put on their was by using an mp3 converter. You can find one by typing in “mp3 converter” into the search engine. The first one that popped up was free and easy to use so we went with that. After that we went on the music site and clicked on the horror genre. I listened to the sounds again and rewatched the scene it would go in. This is to make sure if that sound was appropriate for the scene. Then we downloaded the sounds onto the laptop.

Once we downloaded those two songs, we went to files to check if it was there. Once it was recognized that they were there we had to see what file it was in. This is because when it’s to add the music to background, it’s categorized by the file type and name. The file type for this was mp3, which is mainly for multimedia files. I really like the outcome once the sound was put in the video. This couldn’t have been done on the phone it’s a large file to download and then convert. Overall, after the re-editing process, the video is now done. Once the video was finished we watched it to see how it looked. The watched it again to see it anything else need to change. Overall the outcome of the  video was pleasing.

Re- filming blog

For this blog I mainly talking about the refilming process. A lot of the clips were refilled due to things like the difference in some shots or the quality. The first that was re-filmed was the tracking shot. The first time I did it on a skateboard, this time it was done with a car. After that was the breaking and door closing scene. In this, I was just talking with everyone else until we heard glass break. After that, I mentioned that the door was open and went to close it. The next scene that was refilmed was carla’s running out the house shot. I basically stood outside behind the radiator and gave  the signal for she should start running. That part was re-filmed at two different times of the day.

During this filming session all the shots that were needed were done. When it the starting to later, even though it was just seven the sun had completely went away. An the scenes were where the wolf attacks Carla. Due to it being dark outside, I had to hold the phone flashlight right by the camera. An this same step had to be repeated for when I was recording Steven. In order to get to Naguals house to film, I basically had to do the same thing as last time. That was finding Mr. Rodriguez and getting a bus pass. But this time it was a lot harder because I couldn’t actually get a pass. So, before the bell rang, he had to come talk to the bus driver. Overall it was a good re-filming experience.

Peer review blog

The group we were peer reviewing consisted of two members. But, on the list they were listed as group 14. Originally I was confused on who we were peer revng because I found myself constantly mixing up the sheets from different classes. After, I realized whose video I be peer reviewing I went to go get a laptop to watch it on. Before I could watch it, I had to wait for them to email it to Carla. Once the video played, I immediately noticed the establishing shot at the beginning. The shot was just a tree but was significant because of the lighting that was used. There total duration for the film was 39 sec. But I saw this time to be normal due to the lack of time to film. What I liked about this was the lighting for the first few scenes.

As you the film immediately starts, you grasp the concept that it’s genre is action. I could immediately tell this because it had the same setup as a regular spy movie. For example the non-diegetic sound that was used is something you’d hear in James Bond, which is another action movie. Also, another thing in the peer review that I liked was the irony in the different non-diegetic sound. Like in the beginning it was calm music but towards the end there was a more upbeat and faster tempo song. To along with this, was when the screen went all black after running in to room and closing the door. Then, showing short clips like her putting on eyeliner. This is all used to build anticipation. One thing I didn’t really like was how they bright light for the “monitor’s” scene. The monitor is supposed to ominous, show it’d be better to use darker lighting.