AICE Media Studies

 Today I will finish editing the film. Now that all the clips are picked and sorted, it is kind of a fun process from here. I began by editing each individual clip, trying different brightness settings, exposure, filters and more. I wanted the clips to blend cohesively and make it distinct that they were part of the same movie. Some clips would be better dark and others light, but they all had the same general theme.  I edited each clip so in a cold blue sort of tint and make to progressively darker, to try and represent the progressing hardships in the title. Next I started working on the transition between clips. I didn't want things to look choppy or poorly done, so made sure the flow was cohesive and fitting for each scene. In the birds eye view clip, I wanted it to be slowly spinning around and zooming in. I went through many different editing apps to try and accomplish this, when I finally did I uploaded the fixed clip back into iMovie. The most important task was definitely

 Today beings the editing process of this video. Neither my partner nor I are very technologically inclined, so this would be a challenge. As Wren did so well acting and while I filmed, I felt it was appropriate for me to take the lead on this subject. I edited the last two projects by myself, and they have help me prepare for this. To start off, I went through all of the film. There were plenty of the same scenes just shot in multiple runs. I went through these scenes and kept the best of each one. There were a lot of different angles and lightings to choose from, but I made the best choice. Next, I went through the selected scenes and decided which ones to cut and which to keep. There was well over two minutes worth of film in there, so it was in need of some cuts. I took out complete clips that just were not fit, as well as trimming some down. After selecting all the suitable film, I began to put it together. Using iMovie, I edited the film. I wasn't sure of the order I would us

Today was the last day of filming. Everything went so well the day before, so I was confident in out abilities the second time around. Today we filmed scenes 6 through 10. Each of these scenes involve Wren in her lonesome so Zeke helped us behind the scenes. There are many different periods of time filmed today, meaning a lot of makeup and costume work. The first scene of Wren looking into the mirror was rather difficult to get because of the camera getting in the reflection. Finally, I was able to to hit the perfect angle, capturing the scene. With my new phone, the high res camera was great. During the scene where it is zoomed on on the girls dilated eyes, the iPhone 13 camera was perfect. We took many different takes of scenes throughput the day in order to get the adjusted lighting. Filming Zeke's scene where he was meant to be drunk and passes out on the couch was very difficult. It was fun to film, but he just could not stop laughing. We have well over 20 takes but it was wor

Today I filmed with Wren. We had a plan to go through the first 5 scenes which only required the father and daughter pair. This was a Monday after school so there wasn't a whole lot of day light time to shoot, but that was perfect because we were mostly going for the dark. My brother, who was playing the Dad, went to the gym right after school, cutting into some time with him. During this time Wren and I went through the setting and adjusted everything to our liking. I took the camera around and played with different angles while she was in the shot. I gathered up all the props that we needed and sorted through them. I got different variations of everything to go through a sort of screen test on camera and see what worked best. After making sure everything inanimate was perfect, I focused on the actress. While waiting for Zeke, Wren went over various lines with me as we tried to perfect the tone and volume in which she spoke. Finally, Zeke was back. We had plenty of time so it wasn

Today I spent my time working on costume and makeup. There is a very precise run down sort of look that is needed to try and capture the alcoholic and abusive vision. For the father I know I wanted tattered, maybe stained loose clothes. With this in mind, I went through my own dads old work clothes. He works in construction and does many odd jobs around the house so I know there will be things that work. I went through and picked out anything I felt would be a good fit. Old stained t shirts and jackets from his closet, some sweatpants and jeans from my brother's, and a few flannels from mine. With that I put together possible outfits. Now for the daughters character I knew I had everything I needed. I sorted out my sweatpants, baggy clothes and jackets. I wanted her look to progressively fall more and more worn and unbothered. So i began with some jeans and fitted tops and went down the line, reaching simple pajamas. I also experimented with some makeup looks. After heavy substance

Today begins the first day of production. There were no major things I accomplished but I made sure to do a run down. I discussed the movie with favored actors. I went over with my partner who we would be choosing to act. After making sure of our choices I continued on. First I talked with my brother Zeke. I showed him the written script and let him go over it. After he had time to read, I went over characters. I asked if he would consider being the father in the movie. He was in media before and in addition to acting in his own films, he acted in others. In every film he did really well in portraying his character. He played a toxic, abusive boyfriend in one film and it was very convincing. Knowing that he was able to play this sort of role had me confident in his skills acting as an abusive father. After discussing everything with Zeke, I was able to secure him in the role. I then talked to Lily. I discussed the story and daughter character. After hearing what I had to say she was re