CCR

CCR

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I hope you enjoy!

https://youtu.be/k3i9jqnJmic

Link to Film

Link to Film 'Little Town'

Hey guys!

The final product is done, I hope you all enjoy!

https://youtu.be/zjwJdcBZ-cs

backup link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eo6DPVNR3M4LkoSlBxHZGl991JXnblS5/view?usp=sharing

Reflection

Reflection

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As the days of our production process come to an end, I wanted to post a reflection on the entire process. I wanted to include how it made me and my group feel, how we overcame certain obstacles, and how, in the end, we produced a film opening that we are extremely proud of.

As my group and I have completed our portfolio project film opening, I can now properly look back and see all of the new things I have learned as well as the ways we overcame our biggest obstacles during the production process. We changed our storyline and genre many times throughout our production process, even before Corona occurred. We were constantly striving to be not only realistic but also make a quality production. I can proudly say I am pleased and proud of the final product of "Little Town". Previously, I had never produced an entire film opening, and my only experience was what projects we had completed during class. This project, especially with Corona Virus, made us think outside of the box and compromise on many things.

I had branched out quite a bit when it came to my blog posts. I used new apps including 'Shoplook' for our costume design inspiration and 'Snapseed' to edit a portion of the film itself. I have learned to explore new apps and softwares, as they bring new opportunities of creativity, which I felt I was able to perfectly capture within my blog. Also, from having required blog posts every week, my group and I had no room to slack off and stuck to our schedule from Google Calendar.

Our film developed into an idea that was changed countless times in all aspects. I learned to adapt to situations that were not in my control. As this entire stay at home order was issued, was the same time my group scheduled to film our video. Being forced to adapt, we changed our genre, storyline, and method of filming completely. I would say this change was for the better, as our film opening now is much more simple and straightforward than our previous idea. Janey had to film the entire film by herself, with her phone instead of our high quality camera which we planned on using. It is the little things like this that we had to change around, but it ended up being for the better.

We learned about patience and communication being the two key components of our entire film production process. It was a lot of team work instead of having one person do a part. Each step of the editing process was validated and had input from all three group members.
We worked together as best we could given the circumstances, however this did not stop us from striving to make a production we were proud of. I have learned technical tools as well as emotional, as to not get frustrated over what our film could have been and the potential our first idea had, but to only look forward and put that energy into producing "Little Town". I learned more from this entire process than I thought I would and I am looking forward to posting our final product.

Thumbnail

Thumbnail

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As the days of our production come to an end, I was the one editing the last portion of the video and tweaking any final touches. This meant that I would also be the one who would upload the video to Youtube for our final grade. As I had never previously uploaded a Youtube video before, I went into the 'managing channel' side and saw one option I would need to fill out was a Thumbnail picture. 

I did some research to see how a thumbnail should be, as I had never made one before. 

I went on wyzowl.com/youtube-thumbnail-size/ and found quality recommendations for someone first starting out and what/how they should make their thumbnail. Everything down to the exact resolution the picture should be saved in was disclosed on this website. I knew before doing my own research I wanted the thumbnail to be simple, straightforward, and attractive. And after doing my research, I found that these three traits are exactly what viewers want to click on. 

Before I thought about going out of my way to create a thumbnail, I thought why not just use a random part of the film and have that as the picture. Then, after doing research, I thankfully found out this was not the best thing to do. 

Here are some of the main key takeaways from that website, that I used to curate our thumbnail for "Little Town". 

After reading through the website and having a better understanding of how I wanted my thumbnail, I made a quick outline of what I overall wanted it to look like :

1. Less is more
2. Picture including Mia
3. Have title name 
4. Simple editing
5. Aesthetically pleasing

Since we had not previously thought about taking pictures specially for a thumbnail, I went through all of our raw footage and came across a shot of Janey (playing Mia) riding her bike as a camera in a car follows her. I especially liked this shot because the sun was directly hitting Janey, enhancing the entire image overall. 

Here is me going through the footage and screenshotting a part of a clip to use as our thumbnail:

Then, I went to VSCO to further enhance the picture.
Here is a before and after of the thumbnail from VSCO:

BEFORE VSCO

AFTER VSCO

Then, after having the proper filter and color adjustments on the picture, I wanted to add the title of the film "Little Town". I explored fonts from dafont.com and ended up downloading the 'Royal Acidbath Outline". 

After I installed the font, I was easily able to add the title onto the picture, save it, and upload it as my 'Custom Thumbnail' on Youtube!

Here is the final product:

Group Meeting

Group Meeting

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After filming and getting all of the different clips, my group and I had a meeting! Janey, Andrea, and I had a video call on Snapchat, since it was the three of us we were able to all see each other that way. 

Here is a picture of us during our call:

Janey had completed all of her filming by herself with the assistance of her Mom and Brother, who was a film-savvy student which worked out really well in our favor. We had to have this video call because we needed to discuss things about the editing aspect of the project that we could not easily formulate into words for over text in our group chat. We had been planning this call for about three days now, and even though we are all each social distancing and quarantining at home, we were each busy doing our own tasks. After a few days of planning we finally hopped on a video call together and touched on these main topics which I will list here and then further dissect later. 

- How we were going to do our voiceover and what would we say? When would we use it?

- Who was going to edit first? Second?

- What kind of music did we want, if any.

- How would we share the footage from Janeys phone to Andreas and I's phones?

- Run through the footage together with mainly Janeys help.

These were just some of the many topics we touched on together while on the video call.

For 'How we were going to do our voiceover and what would we say? When would we use it?', we really had to plan this out. I had originally said I would make a script for the voice over and record myself and input it in while I was editing, but then we realized it would not flow well when Janey had to speak in the film, the voices would be off. I wrote more in depth about the voice over on my previous blog post as well. We decided upon Janey recording herself for the voiceover. We came up with the script for it on the spot together with the three of us brainstorming. Janey typed it up and sent it to us right after the call ended. We decided that we would use the voiceover no longer at the start of the opening as we had previously planned, but instead we will have it later into the film, about thirty seconds in. To record the voice over Janey will use 'Voice Memos' on her iPhone. 

For 'Who was going to edit first? Second?', this was really not something Andrea and I had any preference over. We did not have a dispute about who would get to edit first or not. We just casually decided that Andrea would start the editing process and I would complete it. We thought this way it would be the most fair decision.

For 'What kind of music did we want, if any.', Janey had the really good idea about using some soft piano background music. We were going to further do our research for non-copyrighted music and implement it into the film. We thought this could be something we decided upon later on as the editing of the actual footage was our main priority at the moment.

For 'How would we share the footage from Janeys phone to Andreas and I's phones?', Janey had the really good idea to use Google Drive to share the footage she filmed to us. It was quick and easy and the footage's quality did not alter. This was a big deal for us as sending it through iMessage would have decreased the quality.
Here is a screenshot of the Google Drive folder Janey shared with us:

For 'Run through the footage together with mainly Janeys help.', after Janey shared the footage with us, she walked us through the idea behind certain shots. This was a really good process I felt because we were able to get ideas from Janey that she had while she was filming. One in particular that really helped was when she talked us through her beginning shots and how she directed her brother to film her. This gave us an idea on how to formulate that part of the video when we were editing later on. 

Voiceover

Voiceover

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My group and I decided that our film opening had very little dialogue and we wanted the viewer to be able to learn about Mia (our main character) as well as hopefully be able to relate to the same struggles that she has. Since our main purpose was to make Mia relatable and have the target audience (high school students, high school graduates, and college students/people in their twenties) relate and understand what she was going through, we wanted to make the intro a bit more personal than we had previously planned.

Since changing our storyline and adapting to the new circumstances that social isolating and staying home has brought us, we decided upon making a voiceover be a part of the film opening. We figured that this way the audience would get an introduction on Mia and learn about her feelings and passions. I decided to do some research to make sure that using a voice over was partially to provoke some kind of emotion in the viewer and connect with them overall. Thankfully on the article I read on : https://www.cmdnyc.com/blog/2016/1/20/effectiveness-of-voice-overs, I found out that voice overs are often enough used for that exact reason! Here is some of the research I found and annotated to best understand our approach when it came to the voiceover. 

After finding this research, I decided to dig deeper and see what other websites that were reputable had to say on why filmmakers typically use voiceovers. On https://www.business2community.com/video-marketing/male-female-voice-matters-explainer-videos-01712050 I found the research to support that audiences tend to prefer a female voiceover than a male. 

We started our voiceover planning process and knew that the reason behind it all was the keep the film opening intriguing as well as give an insight into Mias life.

We wanted to find some films that were famous for using voiceovers and also to get some inspiration for how they word things and how they sound. We came up with these :

Mean Girls 2004:

A voiceover was used to introduce Cady Heron to the audience. This is a very similar approach as to what we wanted to do for Mia and we took inspiration from it for our own voiceover. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QTXzM3wPRw

Riverdale 2017:

Voiceovers were used throughout Riverdale and we examined the delivery of them to ensure we were doing them in an appropriate manner. 

We decided that Janey would record herself for the voiceover. Originally, I was going to type up a draft for the voiceover, which I will still include here, however we later figured out that when Janey says her lines in the film opening, it would be too obvious about the different voices. For this reason we had Janey be the one to record herself for the voiceover. 

Here is my original draft (which we will not be using):

Here is the new draft, which will Janey will record :

We will be using Voice Memos to record the audio and we will then import it into iMovie while editing the raw footage. 

Filming Time

Filming Time

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We have finally started and finished our filming process! Janey took one full day to film. Originally we planned on spacing it out for her among a few days, but we realized that it would be better to film in the order of the day in which the scenes occur since our film opening is rather chronological and sequential. We were originally going to have Janey film one scene of her on the bike during the sunset on one day, but then we realized that as the next scenes of her at the mailbox came, it would have different lighting. This was not something we could control, so we decided it would be best to film the scenes in the order in which they occur. 

Here is one of the props we bought on Amazon way before everything starting being delivered 16 days after order date:

At first everyone in the group was a bit hesitant as to if the filming process would work. We had multiple doubts including, if Janey's brother who was film savvy would be available to help her film. We knew Janey could not film the scenes of her outside and walking into her house by herself, and a tripod would not work either. We had to coordinate with Janeys mom and brother (who was luckily able to help her film some scenes). It was more than just the three of us at this point, because the two people filming were important and vital to our overall production process. 

We also, back when we were still in school, we were planning on using Janeys brothers' professional camera to film. However, due to him having to go home early due to Corona Virus, he had limited space and unfortunately could not bring it home. We ended up using Janeys iPhone 8 Plus. Our second backup if her brother did not have his professional camera was to use either my phone or Andreas, as we both have the 11. However, due to our circumstances, we had to adapt with our filming equipment as well as many other things in our project. 

Since Janey was filming everything by herself, we decided that Andrea and I would evenly split up the editing process. Andrea was going to edit the first part of the film opening, and send export it to Google Drive, where I would retrieve it and edit the second half. During our editing times we agreed to face time each other if we needed advice. If we were not in self isolation, we would really have been next to each other editing, but again, we had to adapt and work with the situation we were in. 

The night before filming we all planned out Janeys outfit and made sure she had everything ready for the next day, so we could ensure we caught the sun as it was setting. 

Janey kept us in touch as she was filming. We were there to give her advice and suggest things along the process of her mom and brother filming her. This was not ideal, as having been the ones to directly film the footage would have been the best option, we again were adapting. 

Janey started to film around 7 pm in the night, because our opening scenes included a beautiful sunset which we really wanted to capture. As well as getting the sunset in the shots, we also had good lighting for Janey while she was riding her bike. This overall alone enhanced the shot exactly how we pictured. It did not take a long time at all for Janey to get all of the shots we needed. Now, it is time for Andrea and I to take over and begin the editing process.

Here I wanted to show really how much the sunset enhanced the scene of Janey on the bike. 

Here is a before and after:

BEFORE SUN

AFTER SUN

Media While Quarantined

Media While Quarantined

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Since we have all been at home and doing our best to practice social distancing, media and technology has proven to be the one resource in which everything else revolves around. I found this to be true from everything vital such as news and updated reports to our pure entertainment to unwind. For me personally, I have fully taken advantage of this time off and created my own non-profit project called "The One World Project", in which I am teaming up with a local drapery store in Davie, Beautiful Windows Blinds, and together we are making face masks. We are making these face masks from scratch, starting with fabric and elastic, and we are sending them off to hospitals and medical institutions around Florida that are in dire need.

Now as I started this project I knew I had to educate myself on it first to see if I was capable of doing it giving the resources I had and all the non-essential stores around me being closed. So, I went on the internet and starting finding templates of the masks to measure my fabric, videos on how to make the masks, and even how to contact hospitals to see how many they needed. 

This Youtube video walked through the steps one-by-one and I was actually able to learn myself how to create a mask. https://youtu.be/9tBg0Os5FWQ.

I found this website: https://www.deaconess.com/How-to-make-a-Face-Mask/Mask-Donations?state=FL&page=2 and emailed them asking for the face mask template. 

Momentarily they replied and I then did more research to find a list of hospitals that were in dire need of masks. I found a list online and through this list I was able to apply a filter and select only Florida locations. 

I then created an Excel Spreadsheet in which I organized every organization based upon their needs and contact information. I called around 15 different locations and by having this Spreadsheet I was easily able to log in information as they were telling me on the phone. 

Then, as time passed and production began, I wanted to spread my message. I thought the best place to do this was social media, and I immediately created an Instagram page for my project @theoneworldproject_. Through here I posted daily content and was able to spread my message of "one mask at a time" and "Sew. Send. Save". Through my Instagram I created, I was able to actually reach out to organizations such as ICNA Relief, and collaborated with them. They were having a grocery delivery for those badly affected by Corona, and their volunteers did not have any personal protective equipment (PPE). I reached out and made arrangements, and was able to donate 20 masks the day before the drive began! Here are some pictures of the workers wearing our masks.

To further spread my message of why I wanted to start this project and how people could help, I created a short video on Imovie. By using Imovie, I was able to compile videos of the production process, of me doing things such as cutting fabric, and even talk a little bit about my project. 

In addition to all of this, ICNA relief reached out to me again and was telling me about all of the people that cannot afford to buy food and basic medicine for their families, so I started a GoFundMe, which is an online page where you can have people donate money to a certain cause. I sent this link out on all of my social medias and through text messages to all of the contacts on my phone. 

To create my logo for The One World Project, I went on canva.com and I formed my own logo. I had gotten some inspiration for my logo through Instagram from other organizations doing their own donations of face masks.

Here is my logo:

Despite being at home, I was able to stay connected with the world around me thorough various media types as well as technology. I was able to actually raise money and donate it fully to ICNA relief through online efforts only. I was able to make masks and mail them to first responders and hospital staff, solely thorough online resources. I had to force myself to get very creative with my online presence to spread my word about my project. 

Aside from this amazing chance I got, I also had to stay in touch with my loved ones, specifically my Grandma, who lives in Trinidad & Tobago. Daily I was able to video call with her through WhatsApp's video call option and talk to her and try and take her mind off of everything going on. 2 days before the lockdown was called, I was actually booked to Trinidad to see my Grandma, so video chatting everyday has kept both of us in touch and up to date. 

As for my school, we started transitioning to fully being online as of March 30th 2020. We have been using resources such as Canvas, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and even Remind to stay in touch and up to date. It has given me a new kind of freedom because by having an online school, you can form your own schedule for the day. Canvas has been a primary platform that all of my teachers use, and they send announcements and updates out on the website regarding our school work.

Distribution

Distribution

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As the days go on and my group and I slowly start to mend and adjust our old script into something new and attainable, we have also began considering the CCR questions into our planning process. One question in particular I found we could easily answer in our blog and explain why we chose these platforms in particular. 

The question we wanted to address was this: 

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

Our product engages with audiences through the simple means of how it would appeal to them. As you can see in my previous posts, our new and updated storyline is based around a girl in high school during her summer vacation and how she is battling with wanted to be accepted into her dream school, NYU, as well as pursue her dream of becoming a dancer. We will appeal to audiences in their late teen years approaching early 20's in particular because, this time is typically when people start to want their dreams to become a reality. Often times, the decisions made during these years of a persons life will change everything. Our product will engage with audiences in the emotional aspect as well as the physical aspect, which I will get to next.

To physically be able to be something the audience can interact with, it would coincide with how we are planning on distributing our product. As our product will be a real media text, we have multiple variables to consider. Especially being a very new and unknown production company, with a small film and budget, we know our standards and where we can succeed and where we do not have a chance. Platforms such as Netflix and Amazon are no where near our reach, but that does not mean we do not have adequate distribution opportunities elsewhere.

After doing thorough research,  we have decided upon two main platforms to make our film available on. We selected Vimeo and Youtube. First, I wanted to do research to understand why someone would prefer Vimeo over Youtube or vice versa. I took to this website: https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/youtube-vs-vimeo/ to understand the biggest differences, in particular from the point of view of someone who is looking to post and upload content on there. Some things I considered prior were: would time matter? and would I need to pay?

I found that there is not time limit for either site, that users can upload videos of any length. I also found that there are free versions of both websites, however by upgrading to the premium or pro versions, it would not cost our production company much given the benefits.

Vimeo:

After doing research on Vimeo, I found these to be interesting pointers about the website. From using this website, I was also able to understand the differences between Vimeo's basic plan and plus plan, which I plan to discuss with my other group members to see if they have a preference.

Youtube:

After finding some good information on Vimeo, I had to do research on Youtube to get an insight into their Youtube Red etc. On this website I was able to understand the differences between Youtube Red and Youtube Premium.

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/youtube-music-youtube-premium-faq,news-27226.html

I was also able to see that there really is no difference on the uploading side of Youtube for their subscription. I presumed one platform would have a higher resolution or faster uploading time, however neither of these things are what set Youtube Premium and Youtube Red apart, it is more for the consumption of content.

New Storyline

New Storyline

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I know I have had a few posts regarding a 'new storyline', however this one is concrete and final. 

My group and I were back and forth messaging, brainstorming multiple ideas that would work given our circumstances of being in self isolation and following social distancing where possible. We knew that meeting as a group was out of the picture. We can one storyline that we really liked, but never went with and I thought I could include that just to show how much we were thinking out of the box to make this project work out in the best way possible. 

Here is our old new storyline (WHICH WE WILL NOT BE USING):

A girl, played by Janey, would be a nerdy and extremely tech-savvy student. The time would be during the Corona virus when everyone is in their houses. For the film opening, we plan to show shots of the empty streets and the majority of people are in their houses in quarantine. Also we want to incorporate news clips into the opening as well as explain the context of the rest of the film. Overall, the film storyline goes as follows: Janey hacks into China's computer base system and finds out that they created Corona Virus. While she is in their system, she also finds a cure, and ends up saving the entire world from the pandemic. 

That storyline was something we came up with amidst all the chaos of this week, but we decided upon something entirely different, which I will relay next. 

Our new storyline is completely leaving out the flash mob scene, which had entirely made up our musical theme we had before. We were trying to make a green screen work, but for many reasons we decided to abandon this idea. Now to create the flash mob would not work as we cannot meet and congregate a group of 15-20 people. We had examined the ideas of possibly using a green screen to 'simulate' a flash mob, but after some research and consideration, I found a green screen would not look professional given our circumstances. 

After looking on a website such as https://savageuniversal.com/blog/beginner-guide-to-green-screens/ and seeing the way some of the BASIC green screen photos came out, I decided this would go wrong quickly. Perhaps if my group was able to meet in person we could professionally handle the green screen, but seeing as this was not an option, was decided not to follow through. This are examples of how I did not want our flash mob to look by using the green screen :

 

So, we entirely abandoned this idea and came up with a new storyline as follows:

Our film will transition from a musical film to a drama film. Janey will be a high school senior and the setting will take place during summer, which originally was going to be during school but we had to tweak it since we have no access to filming at school. Mia, played by Janey, will be riding her bike home and as she reaches her house, she will check the mail. Here we will show that her letters are comprised of college mail, in which she particular looks out for NYU, her dream school, but does not receive any. Right before she enters her house, she removes her pins that were rainbow, in hopes of her mom not finding out and shaming her. She will say hi to her mom, which her mom will reply to in a hostile manner and be busy. She will go in her room and start checking her messages and mail, seeing if by chance NYU sent the letter electronically. She sees no mail and then begins to drift off into a daydream. The clip we will show is in my last post. She will snap out of the dream when NYU calls her, but we do not know what they will say.

Footage and Prep

Footage And Prep

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We have finally decided on our new and final storyline! I will post about it in the upcoming posts. For now I wanted to post about some footage that we already have that we are going to use in a specific part of the film.

This video of Janey dancing will be our footage for when she drifts off into her daydream. Originally, we were going to film Janey on a stage, in particular the stage in our auditorium at our school. However, due to Corona Virus causing us to social distance as well as school being completely closed, we have no access to the stage at any point in the near future. This is just one of the many modifications we had to make to our original storyline.

In this video we plan on tweaking it to make it seem more of a daydream, so it can easily be distinguished from reality. 

Here is the video before I edit it: 

We plan on editing the video to appear more of a dream and make it clear what Janey is daydreaming off to. I took some inspiration from this Snapchat filter, but wanted something more professional, so I did my research. 

So, I started doing research on what was available to me through IMovie and apps that are on my phone. I used this website to learn about the different apps that would allow me to add 'stardust' and white specks to my video: https://www.lukaskorynta.com/blog/dust-scratches-effect-lightroom.

https://graphicburger.com/dust-noise-overlay-textures/ on this website I was able to download a free template of how white stardust would look on a picture. 

On this Youtube video, I learned how to use an effect in Adobe Premier Pro to make a video appear to be dreamy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot1d3x5WmFw

After doing some research on apps on the IPhone 11, I found one called Snapseed, which allows you to play around with the way the image looks. I was able to add some filters and edit the picture of Janey dancing and I filmed it :

New Storyline

New Storyline

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Amid all the chaos happening right now concerning Covid-19, my group and I discovered it would be best to rewrite our storyline. After examining our circumstances which are self-isolation meaning no meeting in person with our group members until further notice when it is safe, we decided to make a new film opening completely. As we had everything in our planning process previously completed, it was difficult to grasp that all of that was for nothing, however looking at the bright side of things, now we know what software we want to use and what resources are available to us now. 

My group and I also came upon the realization that by not being able to meet up, everything would have to be virtual. This will pose some challenges I know this, however it is our only option. For now, school reopens April 15th 2020, but this date is tentative and subject to change in the coming days. My group and I are closely monitoring the Broward County website as well as keeping in touch with our teachers for any possible updates.

We wanted the new storyline to be something relatable and honest to what we were going through right now, since this Corona Virus feels as though it has overtaken our lives. It has changed the entire way in which we live. We no longer leave the house, see people outside of our family members, and no longer have our 'routine' of life. Life ultimately came to a sudden and unexpected halt and humans had no choice but to follow it. 

As each of my group members try to help in their own way to flatten the curve, we are all staying home as much as possible. Since our lives overturned, we thought why not make the film opening about just this. It is completely novel to us, but we thought that maybe this would be the perfect topic to cover. We started brainstorming on possible ways we would use the situation we are currently in to create a film opening. We came up with the idea of a documentary style film, in which we educate and entertain about this subject. 

As you can see, the documentary genre is solely used to inform the viewer of a particular topic. From researching this further, I understood that this could be a possibility for my group since we are living through a pandemic in which we are only 17 years old and yet still trying to understand the entire situation. We thought this would be a possible story to relay, especially being in the heat of it right now, we could get the best information and research on Covid-19 in relation to our film opening plot.

This is our new possible storyline that we came up with:

We would have three different people, Raisa (me), Janey, and Andrea star in the film. We would have the premise of the film be about how they were affected at the beginning of the virus and track their journey and process as they go through it all. We would touch on subjects such as how the virus affected their mental health by being locked up all day and also not being able to socialize as they did regularly at school. We also discussed covering how their health was impacted as well as their emotions. We want to include some vlog style clips documenting the process. A possible part of it could be have a researched state how the situation would only get worse as the days progress. 

Possible film titles could be "Living Through Corona" or "Corona First-Hand" or "Corona Took Us Over".

This is a tentative idea that we have not solidified as yet, however I will be sure to keep the blog updated as we go on. 

Use of Technology

Use of Technology 

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As you may know from my previous blog posts, Covid-19 has still put a halt on our production process. After our last virtual meeting with our teacher, my group and I have came to the consensus that we will redo our entire storyline, I will update you guys in an upcoming blog post. For now, I decided on focusing on what I could actually control, such as our technology. Technology has been a big part of our self-isolation and has also made me realize that I could figure out what software I would use to edit my part of the film opening, along other things. 

As I analyze my previous online tools that I used throughout the project process up until now, I see that I have implemented technology in almost any aspect I saw possible, without purposely doing it.

For editing I will be using IMovie on my MacBook Pro. IMovie has been my usualy go to editing software as I fully understand how to use it and the easy hacks behind it making editing flow better. Another main reason as to why my group decided on IMovie as opposed to a site such as WeVideo that we have used in the past is because we all have an Apple Laptop at home. Since we are in self-isolation and filming and editing will be equally split up among us three, it would be better for us to stick to one editing platform to reduce any further pixelates in our end product. Also on my MacBook Pro, as you can see in the picture below where I circled in red, there is a touch bar, which makes it so convenient to go through long segments of footage and find the specific second I need to split or delete. 

For creating our script we used Celtx.com, which is an online platform in which we can type up any screenplay or script. We had an account previously from our last screenplay that we had to write, so it was easy to create. Celtx is the perfect pre-production software that aided in our planning of our original script. 

For planning our entire filming process, my group and I used Google Calendar. We used this platform to digitally add and remove events and mix around our filming times as well as our production details of what we wanted done by certain days. Google Calendar was also helpful because I was able to create a calendar specifically for our film opening project and then invite my other two group members to edit and add events. It allowed us all to stay up to date with each others schedule so we could properly organize everything. 

To plan out and have every idea we came up with on 'paper', we took to Google Docs to save our work. Everything from the first ever planning we did all the way to the costume design and mood board ideas was done on Google Docs. It was the most convenient way since I was able to create a document and share it with my other two members. 

Another technology tool that we used for filming was our IPhone 11 Pros. Originally we had planned on using Janey's brothers professional camera for our film opening, however due to Covid-19 and self-isolation, we were unable to make this happen. The resolution of our Iphone 11 is perfect for our film opening. Here is some information on the camera for the Iphone 11 Pro and also an example of some basic shots I took on it to show the resolution and features. 

Here is me using the wide - camera angle feature:

Here is me using the regular camera :