Editing process

 When my partner and I finished filming, we wanted to start editing immediately so we would not fall behind. We added the videos to a clip champ to start adding all our film clips together. That process was easy and very smooth. This is a photo of our clips being added to our clip champ. 

Now that all the clips are in, we need to start making all the editing look good and presentable. We also must work on adding the sound, which will be the music and the foley sound we are going to be making. One foley sound for an example will be knocking on the chef's door. We have to play with the lighting too. We don't want it to be too bright, but we also want to highlight the blood and also the food the chef is cooking. This is some of the process of my partner and my project to get it to be amazing! 

Research question 1 CCR

Question 1 for the CCR is how does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues? When I first saw this question, I got a little bit scared because it seemed very important, hard, and specific, so my answer must be very spot on. When doing my research, I found that when diving deep this question is not as hard as it may seem, but it does need a clear answer. 

To start off, my project uses typical horror conventions like a killer and their victims. Some things though make it so much more than a normal killer and victim story. Our killer (the chef) clearly has some mental problems which you can see a little bit of those in the film opening. You make think well obviously they have mental issues they are a killer, but our opening gives the audience time to think about why, how, and who. The opening leaves mystery and thoughts that can go all over the place. This is one example of why I think our film opening is so special and different. So yes, it may use some typical horror conventions like a killer and a victim but there are also added details to give our own little spin of it. 

In our film opening, we try to portray and give examples of mental issues and phycological problems. We are trying to represent that physiologically the chef (killer) is not just a crazy murder, but there so much more deeper problems that go into his character. Some real-world problems we highlighted were addiction because of alcohol and pills. Our film tries to give scary movie vibes but also dives deep into the demented minds of killers and why they are like the way they are.

Production post

 Here is the production process for my film opening “Open Flame”. To start off, my partner and I scheduled to film, so we started to get to filming. We got all our props ready, the set cleaned, and we even got a tripod from our teacher. We got in our costumes and started filming. 

We were able to film it all in one day. The shots and angles were done well like for examples there was over the shoulder shots, high angle shot, and one pov shot from the killer. The lighting is not too bright but not too dark. When my partner and I are editing, we might play with lighting to make it fully represent our film opening. We are still finding out the sound to put in our film but there will also be some foley added in. Now me and my partner are editing our project and adding the perfect touches. 

2nd group meeting

 The group meeting today went very well today! I shared with my group about my partner and my project. I talked about how we filmed and it went smoothly and the filming went well. My group gave me good critiques on my filming process and some of our ideas. I also gave my options on my groups project ideas. I thought their film opening was thought out very well and will hopefully turn out good. I especially like Malia's idea for her project. It's going to be a romance, I like how it is going to be dated in the 70s. I was telling my group how I want to base my CCR from the YouTube show hot ones. One person in my group, Alana gave me a good idea for the name. The name will most likely be called Brain Freeze since instead of hot wings it will be ice cream. My group and I😍

Production prop creation

 When creating and finalizing the props for my partner and my film opening, I think we used the props well and made them add some more life and detail to our film opening. To start off, one prop that I thought was done very well was the start of the blood on the knife at the start of the film. This one detail creates mystery and fear, which is exactly what my partner and I are trying to create. Also, the pills and alcohol really added to the character in the film, the one part where it shows these things creates and sense that the character could be messed up in the head and unwell. The props went well when helping our film. These are some of the behind-the-scenes of the props. 

Production shooting blog

 The shooting progress for my partner and my project went very well. We planned everything before we started so I think that is the reason it went smoothly. To start off we started getting into costumes which were the chef outfit (black hoodie and apron) and the dead corpse outfit (white top). We got all the props set up so we wouldn't have to worry about them so much when filming. The props were cooking tools, food, pills, alcohol, knifes, and fake blood. Me and my partner worked very well when filming, we stayed focused and locked in, so we were able to finish the filming smoothly. The only issue we had was trying to figure out how to cook the steak and potatoes correctly, but everything else was okay. Here are some photos of behind the scenes of me and my partner filming.

production company logo

 This production company Wave Productions, my partner and I created for our project. The company Wave Production means a lot to us because it reminds us of our love for the beach and the waves. In our company logo you can see the representation for the beach since the colors are blue, which also represents the waves at the beach.

 This was the first one logo my partner and I made but we decided not to use it because we thought it didn't represent us and our company well.  

This is the logo we decided on because we think it represents us really well and we love this new design. 👍

Production Secdual

 For this week me and my partner created a schedule to keep us intact and focused for the film opening project. To start off, my partner and I are making a list of stuff we need to buy for the project. It's simple things like the food we need for the film, and an apron. We also created a production company name for the project, the name Wave Productions. On Wednesday, my partner and I are going to call and discuss and pick and finalize the audio for our film opening. On Thursday we plan to film this whole project. We will also start editing some of the clips on Friday and Sunday. By the end of the week my partner and I will have finished what we have planned for the week to do for our project. 

 Setting: The setting of my partner and my film opening will be set in a home kitchen. We choose this one setting to really show and bring to life the main characters liking for cooking. This one setting will create a basis for the character and how they are like and what is something they seem to be passionate about.  

Costume: The costume for the main character will be a black hoodie with a chef apron over it. This will show their basics out that the character cooks in. Also, the dead corpse will be wearing a white regular tank top, to possibly show and create the idea of innocence.