Film opening

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CCR #2

 Hey again!

Today I will be talking about my 2nd CCR.

My target audience for this film is ranging from 13 to late 20s we are expecting more male viewers than females, and any ethnicity.

What we did to really engage the male audience is basing the film on a male rock band who has an antagonist who goes out of control after getting kicked out and seeks revenge on the band to show them how much they gonna regret it. Its also a horror genre which normally attracts more males than females, since they don't find it as entertaining and get more scared or grossed out. I got multiple people opinions and researched a bit for this conclusion.

Distribution

I'm gonna start off with YouTube, because that's were a lot of things get viral, as we all know.

YouTube shorts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok, are the best tool now in our generation to distribute a film, you don't even have to go scavenging around to find the video you could just come across it out of no where if it pops up on your feed. It could even end up getting viewed by big directors and film makers that might think your work is really good.

Film Festivals, there are several of these all around they even have cites dedicated to just film openings for example "https://filmfreeway.com/", this could really be a big step, there's even some festivals that go in front of hundreds of people to vote and visualize everything. You can even have people from colleges coming to scout and have talks with the students if they see potential in them. My teacher gave us a waiver to sign up.

 Theses are the ways. I'm gonna distribute my film opening.

CCR #3

Hey again!

Today I'm gonna be talking about my 3rd CCR, we are almost done!

Throughout this process I learned countless production skills. I improved in taking countless shots from high and low angles, and really improved in my communication skills with the group that I filmed with. I tried experimenting with the lighting as well, and I could say I do think I improved but I didn't integrate it into my film, because we realized we didn't have any use for it.

The process for my film was a really fun experiences working together but when it came to all the challenges we came along the way it made it pretty difficult for us, but of course we found a way around it and managed to get everything done. 

 My first issue was finding our location we ended up finding it after a while, but this is the bad part we were filming at Miguel's friends house Carlos . We planned days and weeks ahead just for Carlos to tell us he's gonna travel the whole week the only time me and Miguel had a free schedule, and then the day we all agreed to go one of Carlos family members passed, so its been a complicated process.

Another obstacle is that my partner Miguel has been very busy with gymnastics, keeping mind he does travel he has been traveling all around going for coemptions like for example when he went to Las Vegas for a week. This makes things more complicated since we wont have as much time to film.

CCR 1

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After watching plenty of CCR's of some being good others being boring with a boring background and just a head there talking, I felt like I wanted to do something that was different that would really show the person I am and kinda represent me like how my teacher suggested and told me to really get creative when doing this so I really started thinking outside the box.

After all the filming I Finnaly found a creative way to talk answer all my CCR (Creative Critical Reflection).  I got the idea by watching TV with my mom if I’m not wrong it was Jim Fallon with another celebrity talking about a Movie, and before hand I was telling my mom all about this project I was doing, and while watching TV my mom said “this would be something cool you can do for your project l” so it sparked up an idea and I discussed it with some friends for some of their opinions and they said it would be a great idea so I decided to stick to it. The best part about it all I have to do it talk and edit my self into a back ground like I was on the news or on a talk show, so I can do all this at home which makes it so much easier for me to film.I’m still trying to figure out which would be a better idea, and which one is easier so I can spend the rest of my time editing and completing the rest of the things I need.This week I am planning on completing all my CCRs for my Horror film, and hopefully before Friday so I can finnaly relax without having to worry about this, and enjoy my spring break like a normal kid.

CCR 4

 

What technologies did you integrate?

For our software we used Premiere Rush to edit our film since I’ve had more experience with this  editing tool and it was really good and helped so there wouldn’t be any water marks.However, my partner was using Canva another editing platform, since it came with more benefits to it, but at the end we ended up sticking to Premiere Rush.

 Hardware:

For starters I am going to use my iPhone 15, it may be a little basic compared to everyone with a fancy camera but I can make it work. Knowing that the 15 is one of the latest iPhones, its camera quality is spot on, and I will be able to adjust the brightness or maybe if I want the colors to really pop out, there's really a variety of options the come inside the camera already. I will be using this to record every shot I am going to take.

This is my Tripod. This has always come in handy, especially keeping in mind its pretty hard to keep a phone stable without shaking for more than 5 seconds. I am going to be using it to help me keep my shots straight, and at the perfect angle that I want it at, keeping in mind that you can adjust the height as you want.

This is my Ring light, which is like a tripod, but better, and even come with more perks to it. This is going to help me perfect my lighting shots, keeping in mind I am gonna be filming in a garage which is the perfect place to experiment with lighting, which is really gonna be a game changer. A cool thing about the ring light is that you can adjust the brightness as you want, it can go to as bright as a full moon to as dim as a light bulb.

To upload our project for Cambridge we are most likely going to use OneDrive or YouTube to make it public.

Group Meeting #2 Reflection

Hey again!

Today, I will be talking about my most recent group meeting in class we were discussing our editing and filming process. Mostly everyone was done with filming and just had to edit, and it was really interesting hearing everyone's problems they have encountered on the way, so I was trying to give them advice to help them overcome there problems. We were also talking about our CCR and how we were gonna film them because we all wanted to try to come up with a unique idea, but no one was really sure of what they wanted to do. I also told my group about my title, "Unplugged" and they seemed to really like it, but I'm still thinking about picking "Hay Wire" since it gives us off more meaning to the protagonist. Overall, it was fun to share our ideas and help out my peers.

Camera equipment

 Hey again! Today we will be talking about my camera equipment that I am going to use throughout the rest of my filming. 

For starters I am going to use my iPhone 15, it may be a little basic compared to everyone with a fancy camera but I can make it work. Knowing that the 15 is one of the latest iPhones, its camera quality is spot on, and I will be able to adjust the brightness or maybe if I want the colors to really pop out, there's really a variety of options the come inside the camera already. I will be using this to record every shot I am going to take. If your curious which shots I'm gonna take just stay updated with my posts so you can see when i post my story board.

This is my Tripod. This has always come in handy, especially keeping in mind its pretty hard to keep a phone stable without shaking for more than 5 seconds. I am going to be using it to help me keep my shots straight, and at the perfect angle that I want it at, keeping in mind that you can adjust the height as you want.

This is my Ring light, which is like a tripod, but better, and even come with more perks to it. This is going to help me perfect my lighting shots, keeping in mind I am gonna be filming in a garage which is the perfect place to experiment with lighting, which is really gonna be a game changer. A cool thing about the ring light is that you can adjust the brightness as you want, it can go to as bright as a full moon to as dim as a light bulb.