Last CAP Hollywood Reflection

*I am not sure if we are suppose to write a final reflection on CAP Hollywood yet, but I will write one now anyway.

We finished our film on Friday and I am very glad to be done with it. The editing process was hard because we didn't have a whole lot of great shots to edit and also we didn't get as much time to edit as other groups did, but we were still able to put together a solid project. I like the action shots of our movie and that think that they will impress the CAP Hollywood crowd. I will admit that the plot is kind of hard to follow because of the lack of shots that we got, but if the audience pays attention they should understand it. I can't wait for CAP Hollywood to see my movie on the big screen and other peoples' too.

This week I finished editing. Andreas and I came in at various times throughout the week and did a number of tasks. We added Danny's voiceover, put in credits, added all of the music, panned and fixed the audio levels, put in a graphic slide, and color graded the shots. The work took a long time and it had to be precise, but I am proud of the final product. Considering that all but one of our planed actors didn't show up to film, that I wasn't there the day of filming, that it took us two days to import, that other groups got to use the computers before we did, and all of the technical problems that we had our project is very good.

This next week I plan to do nothing with the project because it's done! Wednesday night will be fun because it will be great to see everyone's hard work on this project. This project might not have been super fun at times, but it taught me a lot of things about editing, and about working in a group. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything, even if the movie didn't come out great.

CAP Hollywood Reflection #3

Our film is going great. I am really enjoying editing the film because it's fun. We have some really good shots, and I like creating a film that involves so many basketball highlights. The first two and a half minutes are edited smoothly, but the last minute and a half or so needs some work. This will take some time to do, but we can do it. I am a little worried that the plot of the film won't be completely understood by our audience, but hopefully once we finish editing the film it will be easy to understand. To help out the film's plot, I am going to have Danny, our main character, come in for a voiceover this week. I think that we should be able to finish this project on time and that it will be good. This will take some work, but our group has been working hard. The shots look awesome, and this has been a great process. Here's a video of Danny, our star player, you can tell how good he is.

This week I put a lot of work in. I came in after school twice, and also did Saturday editing. The tasks I completed were putting in music, which we didn't have any of. Also I took out some unnecessary shots that just took up space in our film. Finally, I smoothed out some of the rough areas of the film by panning the audio to zero, cutting the clips when appropriate, and putting everything together to see how the film runs. By doing these I learned that I need to cut out about a minute of the film, and add in a voiceover to provide a catalyst for the superstar basketball player.

This next week I have to finish the film. I need to finish putting in all of the music, credits, and voiceovers. I also need to smooth out all of the film's audio. In addition to this I need to make sure that the entire films flows well. This is the end of the project and the film needs to be as perfect as it possibly can. I think that I will also ask Mr. Mayo what he thinks I should add or take away from it to make it great. Again, this will take a lot of work, but it will be rewarding come the night of CAP Hollywood. I can't wait, it's crunch time.    

CAP Hollywood Weekly Reflection #2

I feel a lot better about my film this week than I did last week. Last week I wasn't sure of what kind of shots my group was getting and whether they would be good or not. This week I am pleased to say that the shots are awesome. I kind that Andreas has a great idea of what the movie should look like, and he is our main editor. I think that we will be able to get it done. We don't have a lot of time to edit, but we will make it work I am not worried. I was slightly disappointed with the grade that we got on the rough cut, but that's because our footage was only uploaded on Wednesday and the grade was on Friday. At the end of this next week, our film will look a lot better.

This week I helped Andreas do a lot of editing. I wasn't here on Monday and that day Grace and other members made the movie poster, which looks awesome. On Wednesday we as a group looked at our shots and determined which ones were good, and on Friday we began placing them on the correct spot on the timeline. We are almost done with that, and then we will edit down each clip again. My main job is being with Andreas while he edits to give him my perspective on what I think the film should look like, since I am the director. It's going well.

Next week we really need to buckle down and basically be done with the whole film. I think that I will come in for lunch a couple times this week and that I will also be able to come in after school, if my baseball season ends. We have to trim down our eight minute rough cut into a solid four minute movie. Then we will put in music, and credits, which we already have done. This is going to be a lot of work,  but I think that my group will pull it off, and that we'll have an amazing product come CAP Hollywood Night.

CAP Hollywood Weekly Reflection

Currently our film is doing alright. We have now gotten our footage and need to edit it. We have a lot of shots that we are going to have to edit and it will take a lot of time, but if everything goes smoothly then it will be worth it. Our film is going to be dramatic, but also humorous, I think. The biggest challenge is going to be making the most out of our shots. We didn't get great footage, according to Andreas, but hopefully it will be good enough. This is a little concerning for me because now we can't go back and film anything again. It will successful though that we were able to get our shots and have enough actors as well.

What I personally did this week was help the group prepare for filming. I wasn't there to film because I had a baseball game, and since I am the director I had to make sure that my group got the shots that we needed. At the start of the week I edited the script some to make it include less characters. Then the following class Leah, Grace, and I went over a full list of shots that we needed and also tried to get actors. A couple days during lunch I went around the school looking for certain people that I needed to be actors and most of them committed to being in the film. It wasn't the most productive week because there wasn't a whole lot to do, but my group and I made the most out of it.

This next week I have to analyze all of the shots that we got, and I have to put them into the correct order on our final cut pro time-line. I have to also create a rough cut. I have some pretty good experience editing, and I feel confident in my ability to edit. We have about 75 shots and have two weeks to turn that into a 4 minute film, but it's due able. During the 60 second film project my group and I had to turn 60 shots into a 1 minute film in two days. That should give me some experience with this assignment. Here's my 60 second film.