Portfolio Blog post #26

 CCR question 4

How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?

Pre Production

Scriptwriting:

I create a script of my film opening, I did change it a lot to try to make sure it was as good as possible.

Storyboard:

I created a storyboard to have a plan on how I was using my shot and to visualize each shot 

Planning:

I had to create a schedule to have everything planed out to make sure I would summit the project on time. 

Production  

Cinematography:

This was a very challenging part of the project because I had to make sure I shot as many shots as I needed to make sure my shot were good. 

Editing

I thought this would be the most challenging but it was actually pretty easy for me due to having access to Premiere Pro and all the tools it comes with. 

Portfolio Blog post #25

 CCR #3

How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

During production I had to reacher a lot on the genre that I wanted to film about; during this I learned a lot about the genre Action and what went into it to make a good film. For example I had reacher the film openings of Baby Driver and Fast and the Furious, during the reacher process I learned a lot on how to set up my credits and how I should put my music over my shots to make everything connect. 

During the post production process I had to start editing, I started editing on Premiere Pro. This was not my first time using Premiere because I have used it in my previous project but this was my first time using the the tools that Premiere provided. I had a lot of fun trying to figure out how Premiere worked and at the end I really enjoyed editing my project on Premier due to all the tools it gave me.

I also gave a better understanding in layering sounds, I have had a project before about layering sounds but it was not my best project. I fell like during this project I had to make sure every sound was on point because its the main things about my film and its what attracts the audience those sound of the car revving the engine. I also had to make sure that when I put my music over the film I didn't make it too loud because then you wouldn't be able to hear the cars.

Portfolio Blog Post #24

CCR question 2

How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

Emotional Engament 

- High energy Action- The fast paced street race and chase scenes immediately grab attention and create excitement 

- Relatable characters- The crews diverse personalities and backgrounds allows audiences to connect with a character 

- Theme- Teamwork and family can relate to the viewers who value relationships.

Distribution stratège 

- Flim festival

- platforms (Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube)- we can share clips of the street race

- collaborate with influencers in the action, car and tech communities

Streaming Platforms and social media ensures the film reaches its target audiences. 

Portfolio Blog Post #23

 Today was group meeting #2

Lee had an amazing blog post that better explained the CCR's questions in details. For me it help me have a better idea because when I first saw the questions I didn't really understand it, but when I saw her blog and I saw how she explained it and I understand it. 

For Matias, his blog post are very well done because he explains everything he is doing and he shows what he is going to do and he also shows the props that he used for his film opening and what he is going to use it for.

For Camila she had a lot of question on where she should edit and what would be the best approach for it. She wanted to us CapCut but  CapCut is not liked by our teacher so I told her to use Premier Pro because it is free for use and it has a lot of tools that can help make her film opening better. Although I would prefer CapCut due to it being easy to us and simple, Premier Pro is hard to figure out but once you figure it out you can see that there is a lot of tools that can help you make your project better.

For me I had a hard time figuring out where and how I would create my title page because for my film opening it would best flow with my film opening if my title is at the end because it would be after the light turn green and the screen goes black to show the title and you would just hear the car racing. They also gave me ideas that I should create my title on canva  because it has a lot of tools that would make my title look good. 

Portfolio Blog Post #22

 Genre Conventions 

-Fast pace action: The street race and chase scenes with high energy action is like the Fast and the Furious

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Introducing a diverse crew with specialized skills like in Ocean's Eleven 

Technical Conventions 

- Camera work : Low angles, tracking shots and quick cuts are used to emphasize speed and power

Challenging conventions 

- character development in short form- While actions films often prioritize action over character development, Full throttle uses audio to hit at motivation

Representations of social group 

-The crew is diverse, reflecting a range of backgrounds 

- It also emphasizes their skills and personalities 

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Portfolio Blog Post #21

 

For my editing process I had to find a font that would best fit my film opening style. I came across thus font that I felt best fix my film opening because my film opening is about two street racers racing. So I felt like this font had a kind of street painting type of feel and I though it would best fit my film opening do to it being about two street racers. I did have a hard time trying to figure out which font I should use for my credit because most most a basic and plain so I wanted to find one that best matched my film opening and the rest of my production. I feel like I picked a good font and once I finish adding the final touch to it my film opening is going to look good.

Portfolio Blog Post #20

 

I have started editing my film opening today. So far everything has gone good and everything has gone according to plan. I expect to finish my editing by next week Friday or Saturday depending if there is any delay. So far I have edited the first minute of the film opening and I am also trying to find none copy right music that I can play during the film opening. On Monday I also start filming my CCR's and I Plan to start editing them right after I finish with the film opening so that would be on Sunday of next week, and the CCR's should all be filmed and edited by March 21 the week before the project is suppose to be done just in case anything happens.

portfolio Blog post #19

 This week we finished filming the film opening.

The shots that we got this week were way better than I though they we going to be. I feel like shooting at night made the shot look better. I can wait to start editing to see how this turns out. I feel like once I put everything together it is going to look way better. I am also glad that I got my friend Jesus to help me out with this project because he had a lot of good ideas that made the film opening even better. For example the shot that you see above was his idea and it was not planed but it worked out and it looks amazing. I can wait for the project to be edited and finished. I am really happy on how everything turned out.

Portfolio Blog Post #18

 This week I film the first 30 seconds of my opening film. We had a plan for everything this week, we had a lot of problems at first. we had to figure out a lot because we ran into a couple of problems but we always had a solution for them. For example when we didn't have a third person to help us film I called a friend and they helped me and when we didn't have a mechanic shop to film so we had to film in front of my house while fixing the cars.

My plan for next week is to finish the rest of my film opening. 

The plan is to start filming the second part of my film opening on Tuesday. I also have to start filming my foley sounds. The plan is also to start editing my film opening by Friday so I can have some of it done so I can start filming my CCR questions next week and have them done and edited by the second to last week before the project is submitted.

Portfolio Blog Post #17

 Locations 

#1

This locations was not supposed to be used but since we could film in a mechanic shop we used this location as back up. This location was used to film the two cars pulling up to the front of the garage and parking so the two guys can work on their cars.

#2 

This location is going to be used after the cars are getting worked on and leave and they are going fast. This is going to setup the final shot of the car pulling up to the street light racing.

#3

This location is going to be at the end of the opening film. It is going to show the two car lining up like a street race. Then it's going to have a close up of the street light. Then its going to pan to the car and when the light goes green the screen is going to look black and you are just going to hear the cars racing.

Portfolio Blog Post #16

 I started film my opening scene today. 

Today we planed to have done the first 30 seconds of the opening film. And we did film the first 30 sec. Most of what we had plan went according to plan. But we did run into two problems, one we were able to fix and that was that we need a third person to help us film some shots that we though we could have done just with me and my friend but we need another person so we just called on of our friends to help us out. The other problem was that we didn't have a mechanic shop that we need to film to shots. Because those two shots were supposed to be about the crew working on the cars. So instead what we did was having the two car pull up in from of my house garage and we film ourselves working on the cars. 

This part of the video is a minute long but it won't be in the opening film it will only be like 5-10 seconds. I will edit it in the post production process after I finish filming everything.