Posts

Creative Critical Reflection

  How do your products represent social groups or issues? The film is a very serious topic of drunk driving and its impact upon a number of people and families around the globe. The film shows the different social circles; these mainly involve young adults and working-class parents and the struggles they are in. Tom is one of the fathers in the movie and embodies a worker who sacrifices his personal time for his job and is deprived of family life. It's the ordinary case of modern life where so many have to find the balance between work and family. In this film, the role of Tom emphasizes work as a very important part of life, but, as a result of sacrificing personal relationships, one might never recover the damage caused. This was a good idea to represent such a character to adult audiences because some might be able to relate to the situation. Meanwhile, the protagonist Ben a young adult subjected to peer pressure and acting impulsively. Drinking among minors is a big problem, a...
Post a Comment
Read more

Our Short Film

Image
I hope you have enjoyed are film thank you so much for watching.  Film: Poster: Website: https://ntw12321.wixsite.com/in-an-instant-the-mo Social media: 
Post a Comment
Read more

Production Blog: Finishing Touches

 Hello blog we’re back today. Today’s blog will just be about how we are finishing up our film. The film is nearly done and it is looking great. We are working so hard to make sure it looks great. Some of the editing cane out blurry so this has to be fixed. We couldn’t figure out why at first but then we discovered that the editing software was trying to automatically adjust the clips leading to this. This mostly happed to darker scenes. To fix this I turned off the setting and manually adjusted the lighting. This seemed to have removed the blurry effect. Another issue we found was the the sound was very quiet. Raising the volume led to all the other scenes being super loud while the non diegetic sound was just barely audible. To fix this issue we just lowered the audios to match but it was weird the issue occurred in the first place. These were the majority of issues we found. They were quick fixes but they really could have affected our project. Thank You or reading and that’s al...
Post a Comment
Read more

Production Blog: Editing

Image
 Hello blog it feels like it’s been a while but it’s only been a day. Filming went smoothly and we completed some of our makeup scenes. Everything looks good. Today is the editing day. First we have to transition the videos to an editing software. The software we will be using is adobe. My mom uses this for work and so I will too. It is usually a costly program but since it is already paid for there is no reason not to utilize it to the fullest. We have began to put the clips into order and cutting unnecessary pieces. We also had to plug in our title and other text. This took us quite a bit and while we tried to split up our workload it was still difficult. Based off of our past project we knew that during filming we must capture as much on camera as possible. This is because without good clips to work with editing would be much harder. This led to our editing requiring less then last time even though it is a bigger film. The film is looking good but some of the clips remain a litt...
Post a Comment
Read more

Production Blog: Makeup Day

 Today was a rush hour as preparations for video editing began. The first speed bump we encountered was that we had forgotten some very important clips before diving into video editing. At first, we thought we could do without them but decided that it was impossible to complete the whole production without them. The first hurdle was filling our free time slots. I had to distribute mine between SAT study, whereas Nat had job responsibilities to deal with. It took some time, but we got through it eventually. After somehow managing to clear our after-school schedules, we were all set to shoot the last batch of scenes at my place. Thanks to Benjamin who said he would drive us down, it was easier. These weren't major production-value moments, but they were important in showing the wreck. We finished shooting late in the afternoon and had to clean up afterward. Certainly a lot of work was called for in making my place presentable for the next day as well. When all the equipment had final...
Post a Comment
Read more

Production Blog: More Filming!!

Image
 Hi there, the blog! Today was yet another productive shooting day and I cannot wait to see what we create out of it all. Starting yesterday with some scenes right before the crash, and I think we nailed the Office scene at my house! It gave me such great feelings to bring that to life! Oh yes, we also got to do some driving scenes, which we needed since that would give us shots of both cars. Expectations were to finish up shooting of the rest of the movie! The sooner the shooting is over, the more editing time we would have. Before today, we considered a few broader scenes, yet the crash was the enormous scene that made me a little bit anxious to achieve it realistically for the office worker and the partyer roles! We had decided to pull it off by mixing practical effects and editing wizardry. First, we did shots of background video, where we could get the cars to overlay later. Then, we shot both cars driving into that exact empty space separately. This way, we'll be able to comb...
Post a Comment
Read more

Production Blog: Starting Filming

Image
 Hi blog. We began our shooting today, mostly concerning hard scenes leading up to the crash. There were quite a few scenes to work through. We started at Nico's office, which is, as previously mentioned, within his house. It is a brilliant space with sufficient props for Nico, which suited our film just fine. As we were shooting in his house, everything felt safe and at bay. However, there was a small issue when we began. The lighting in the office wasn't all that much to our liking. A bit too bright and too cool for the feel we wanted; we needed moody. After some thought, we decided to shoot with a phone camera that would give the impression of a dark room; it really did wonders in setting the mood. The next scene was driving. For these characters, we used Nico's and Ben's cars, as they fit the personalities we're trying to portray. Safety was top of mind, and with Nico's parents around, we couldn't ask for a better arrangement. The driving scene went with...
Post a Comment
Read more