Reshooting Blog

     The Coronavirus completely ruined our plans for reshooting. My group and I did schedule to reshoot although we couldn't do anything. We wanted to reshoot because some of the acting could've been better. For example, the one scene where I get hit in the head by a fake gun needed to be redone because it was horrible. As well, we wanted to reshoot due to the lighting and angles. One of the scenes at the end when the car drove off was a bit dark. The film wasn't horrible but in our opinion of my groupmate and I, we concluded that we should reshoot just in case. After the peer reviews, we noticed there was a lack of diversity in camera angles. We thought it would be a good idea to redo some shots and include better angles. Unfortunately, it won't be anytime soon.
     The Coronavirus has cut off our interaction with schools, stores, and certain restaurants. We are in a pandemic. This has taken the lives of people in different countries. Now it is in our state and county. We are not safe and will be taken away from school for almost a month. This is horrible we cannot focus on school issues and tests and Cambridge is expecting us to know it all. This is completely unfair due to the fact that we won't be learning anything and we have to deal with self-isolation from the world. There are other students who are working more now to provide for their families and aren't focused on school. Cambridge is not seeing our side of things and how we live. We can't suffer like this and be expected to know all this without major help. There is a petition for Cambridge that hopefully, they will take into consideration. Just because we're in a new generation of things doesn't mean others are having it just as easy.

Editing Blog

     We finished the video and included our titles and audio. We included a song that was suspenseful to give the film a dramatic vibe. I had to buy it off of iTunes, the song came from a track off of some movie. We didn't use different editing software. There was a situation that hit us. There is a dangerous virus called coronavirus and we are social distancing. This stopped communication with my partner and cancel our reshoots for now. We aren't allowed to leave our homes. My partner and I are suffering because we cannot communicate too much on what we're going to decide. We did recently on a call because I was able to finally get ahold of them.
     I was able to include sound effects as well during certain situations. For example,  a scream when the girl gets kidnapped. The editing process is completed until we can do reshoots. If we can do the reshoots and manage to include some better clips, then there will be improvements. Until then, we have to roll with the program and continue with what we got. This coronavirus has stopped everything and there is nothing we can do all unessential stores will be closed. For any equipment that we will need, we cannot access it. I'm stuck at home and am not allowed to leave due to the social distancing. The beach is closed and there isn't anything available. It sucks and now the classes are being messed up and cambridge won't help us.

Editing Blog

     My group and I finished most of the editing all we have to do is fix minor complications for the video. We managed to add in our title sequences perfectly. The only situation we have is the font and the transitions weren't our original choice. We tried to put it in with our editing software but it didn't allow us. There wasn't a choice for us to add it in so we came up with something that we enjoyed. We also didn't include music. This is because we haven't found a soundtrack that we like yet. We want to get one that's very dramatic to the film, giving off an intensity vibe. My part of the group was to not only edit with my partner but I had to store the project in a file to find later. There might be another editing software to add in other parts to benefit the film.

     My partner's job is to look at the minor complications and help fix them if I missed any. When working hard your eyes get tired and you don't realize it. This isn't a hard task we just get agitated with minor mistakes because we want it to get our full potential on the project. There was a lot of commitment and sacrifice. Overall, this editing process is always going to be slightly complicated although I understand it and so does my partner who is helping me. By next week, everything should finally be completed. If not it would be in the week after. I'm satisfied with our project I believe my group and I did well. We got with our own material and edited it with our own material. I can't wait to see the final product.

Editing Blog

     We already started a bit of the editing process but we haven't gone in-depth. We were able to edit enough to create the video itself. We are missing not that many things and can complete this film within about an hour or two. We are only missing the title sequences and how we will put them. Unfortunately, we won't be able to place them on how we wanted to originally. We don't have the correct equipment and if we did it would cost a lump sum of money. Depending on the reshoot it could be readjusted to our liking but we don't know yet. There are minor edits that don't seem noticeable such as the car pulling up is sped up by 1.25. By speeding up the scene, the film got shorter which was a benefit for us and it looked better as if there was some speeding involved. The film will have another scene that is sped up if we want to insert a specific scene during the reshoots.
     This project is very fun and I believe we are getting more than enough time. There hasn't been a problem that would affect when this would be delivered. We will be considering the peer review of the other group. For example, we agreed that we haven't put a song in the background. That'll be added once we figure out what we are gonna put. My partner didn't agree but I wanted to put some background music from Batman because I felt that it would make our project dramatic. She disagreed because she said there are more songs out there that will create the same effect and are better for our project. We continued to look and so far we haven't found a song yet but that'll come soon. During reshoots, we will need to insert new clips with different camera angles, we slightly lack some diversity with our camera angles. I'm excited to see the final outcome that will come soon.

Peer Review Blog

     Today, we reviewed another group's final project along with a group reviewing ours. They would be given a sheet of paper that would make us answer some questions about the project. It would include the shots used, the length, and etc. It was a fun activity to do seeing that we could compare our projects to other groups. The group we were reviewing had a plot of a dramatic medical reaction that the main character got. It seemed amazing and it caught my eye with the ending. In the ending, the character hears a knock and gets up to answer. Once the girl got to the door and opened it the scene cuts. This was perfect because it leaves the audience on a cliff hanger. A cliff hanger makes the audience want more and get them curious to see it.
     My group's project was pretty good but not all the way finished. We still need to edit and add in the title sequence. We did film it perfectly, we got exactly 2 minutes. Now with different editing software, we will be ready. The group that graded our project seemed fair we had a nice small conversation and we agreed on m st issues with it. Peer reviewing was very fun and essential to have. Group to group conversation agreeing and disagreeing to certain things about the video allows each other for constructive criticism and creative ideas. Inspiration is in the air and both groups can bounce off ideas. Maybe one group will listen maybe they won't, we will never know. The other group was sweet with it nothing harsh so it was nice to feel comforted.