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.

Portfolio Blog Post #15

 My plan for this week is to start filming on Wednesday with my friends. The plan is to film at least the first 30 second of the film opening. And to start editing those first 30 seconds as soon as posable. The plan is to go to my friend house and go to his dads car garage and film the opening 30 sec of the me working on the car and quick shots of the car. I feel that those shots will take at least 1- 2 hours to film and make sure the shots are perfect. I also want to get some sounds of the car revving the engine and the car starting up to have those sound done with and I can add them later on if I need just in case I forgot to have it. 

After we film on Wednesday I am planning on starting to edit what I have film on Wednesday to see if it looks good, If it doesn't then I will have to plan on a day to re-shot to make it look better. I also have to have 3 blog post done about how my production is going. My plan for my first blog post is showing some of my rare film and explains how I am going to add to it and make it better. For my second blog post I am going to document the editing process that I am think of taking with my opening film. My third blog post will be about how we set up the set and how we made it look like we are mechanics. 

On Wednesday we couldn't start filming do to my friend that had the mics was sick and could bring the mics. So what we did was plan to start filming today Friday after school and have most of our filming done cus we also have to put time into my CCR that also need a lot of time and effort for me to get a good grade. 

Portfolio Blog post #14

 My goal for my film opening is having good audio. By having dynamic and immersive sound can help have high energy and storying telling to my film opening.

My goal for my Sound

- Reflect the personalities and skills of characters 

- Build tension and excitement to hook the audience 

Sound Effects 

- Car sounds

- engine rev, tire screeches and gear shifts 

- Cars speeding past camera 

Tech sounds

- Key broad typing 

-electronic beeps

By carefully planing my audio plan I aim to create a soundscape that aim to reflect the characters personalities and skills. It can also help hook the audience.

Portfolio Blog post #13

 Props will give information into the characters skills and personalities.

Props

Alex

- Dog tag 

- Holographic map wrist projector

Jade

- Custom keyboard

- Vintage game boy modded into a hacking tool

Rico 

- Steering wheel with custom grips

- photo of his foster siblings 

Dax 

- Brass knuckles

- Dog tag

Lighting will create mood and establish key elements 

Lighting 

Neon Lights- Blue, Green, red and pink these neon light colors will be used to reflect of surfaces to create a street race feel.

High contrast- The use of shadows and bright lights to add depth and drama

The neon lights will be used the garage, street race and at the gym.

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Costumes will reflect each character's personality and role.

Alex(The leader) 

Outfit- Utilitarian jacket with tactical pockets, dark cargo pants, and combat boots

Details- Dog tag, fingerless gloves

Color- Navy blue and black to symbolize authority and calm 

Jade( The tech Expert)

Outfit- oversized hoodie with circuit board patterns, ripped jeans and sneakers.

Details- A chunky smartwatch, and a lanyard with USB drives

color- Neon green and black 

Rico( The driver)

Outfit- leather jacket, grease stained jeans, and boots 

Details- aviator sunglass, a locket with a photo of his foster siblings, and a bandana. 

Color- red and black to emphasize his passion and danger

Dax( The muscle) 

Outfit- tank top, cargo pants, and heavy boots

Details- tattoos with manful quotes, brass knuckles, and a small notebook

Color- amber and grey to show his warmth and strength 

Set designs 

Garage 

-Workbenches cluttered with tools, car parts, and tech gadgets

- A map in the middle of the room

- Graffiti on the walls

Lighting- Blue neon lights and flickering lights

Street Race

- Neon lit lights

- Abandoned warehouses and graffiti covered walls

- smoke machines to create hazy 

Lighting- Red and Pink neon lights 

Portfolio Blog Post #11

My characters for my film opening are Alex( The leader), Jade( The tech expert),  Rico (The Driver), Dax ( The Muscle of the group). 

Alex is the leader for a reason he was an ex military tactician so he knows what he is doing and know how not to get caught. 

Alex Key Traits

- Is good under pressure 

- Protective of the group

- Always wants to be successful 

Jade is the brains of the group he is very smart and is very good with technology and when need is there for the group. He is a former student of MIT but dropped out to fight to expose corrupt systems. 

Jade Key Traits 

- Is brillant 

- Loves tech 

- Hate corrupt systems 

Rico is the driver of the group, he got into car because he grow up in the foster system and cars were a way to escape from his family. 

Rico Key Traits 

- Reckless Driver 

- Amazing Humor 

- Loves vintage cars 

And lastly we got Dax he is the muscle/ protector go the group. He is an ex- convict that went to jail for protecting his brother from a bar fight.

Dax Key Traits 

- Quiet 

- Uses his strength has a last resort 

- protector to his close friends/ family 

Portfolio Blog Post #10

My film opening, Full throttle is a high energy action sequence inspired by Fast and the Furious. The story follows a crew of street races Alex, Jade, Rice, and Dax who are recruited to pull off a dangerous heist involving cutting edge technology. The opening film sets up their world, and skills. 

Key Elements 

Dynamic camera work- low angle shots of cars, close of engine 

Framing Theory- use of tight closes ups of faces and tools

Titles- Integrated into the the background 

Themes 

Loyalty and Betrayal- hints of tension within the crew

Diversity- The crew reflects varied of skills

Full Throttle aims to hook viewers with adrenaline pumping action. I hope to create an opening that's both stylish and creative.

Portfolio Blog Post #9

For my porject I am think using media theory. One that I had in mind was Framing. Framing helps examine the presentation of visuals and narrative work together to shape the audience interaction with the story. I choose framing as my theory because I want to explore how the presentation of visual and narrative elements shapes the audience view on the film. My opening scene is inspired by Fast and the Furious, By applying Framing Theory, I can use visual and narrative techniques to help create my main characters. I can use close up of the engine to starting to highlight the power of the car. I can shot cars and characters from low angels to make them appear dominant and powerful. I can so include neon lights to create high engird and vibe. Movement that I can also use are tracking shot to follow the cars during the street race with smooth tracking shots to create a sense of speed and fluidity. By applying framing theory, I can create a film opening that not only looks visually goof but also effectively connects the story, theme, and emotions to the audience. Framing allows me to guide the audiences to better understand the film.

Portfolio Blog Post #8

Now that I have talked with the group members I have a better idea on what my project is going to be. So I created a story broad to better help me understand on how my opening scene was going to look like. Creating the story broad help me put my ideas down on paper to see how they would look like when you put them together. It also helps me stay organized and better help me stay focus on what I am doing. While I was doing the story broad I had a lot of ideas but some ideas were good put it just didn't fit with the opening scene, so I had to brain story a bit more to fine new ideas. I like that my was able to put my ideas together and create a story broad to better help me understand what I am going to shot. 

Portfolio Blog Post #7

 For my group meeting it went really good. My group had a lot of great ideas that I thought were really good. Maximilano had a great idea; his genre was horror and he had an idea that his character would wake up in the middle of the Everglades at night with a flashlight in his face but he also wanted to the character to wake up bad in his room but he didn't really know how to put it together and make it look good. Then Maclcenna gave him an idea that when his character wake up there should be light a square round him to make it seem like he is still in his room but he is actually in the middle of the everglades. When it came up to my ideas my group really like it and they gave me a lot of good idea to add and change. For example I would have start with a group of street racers working on a car in a garage but Maclcenna told me that how I end the opening film should be how I start it because it would look better to have the title of the film in the middle of the film then the end. Maximiliano also told me that when we are working on the car we should be wearing white overalls and its should get them dirty so it look like we are mechanics. One thing that I liked about our meeting is that we all had different idea and genre but it was fun to hear other peoples ideas to see how they would do it. I can't wait to have another group project to see how the ideas that we came up with would actually turn out and to see how they would look, and if they need changes we can make them before we have to summit the project. We still have time to take the feed back that we got in this meeting and changes the ideas that we have because everyone in the group is planing on starting to film next week.

 Group Members- Camila, Maximilano, Maclcennna, Natalia, Michael

Portfolio Blog Post#6

While researching the Mission impossible franchise created by Bruce Heller. These series of film have had poplar actors like Tom Cruise as Ethan. This franchise is well know for actions scenes, plot and for Tom Cruise doing his own stunts. This franchise has become on of the most successful movie franchise in cinematic history. The franchise itself has made around 4 billion dollars and has been very successful in box office.

The franchise uses a lot of CGI to make the action sequences feel more authentic and immersive. What makes this feeling even better is that Tom Cruise does most of his own stunts. The dedication that Tom Cruise has to make his own stunts is one of the features that makes Tom cruise on of the best actors in Hollywood. This also adds more realism to the film.

The Mission impossible franchise is one of the best cinematic film making in history do to often pushing boundaries of what is possible and not. The risk taking that this franchise has made has earn the respect of all the fan and other industries. This is one of the reasons why this franchise continues to make more film do to the high revenue this movie makes and love the fans have for this franchise.