Friday, April 17, 2015
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Critical Reflection
Throughout the process of the making of the film, my production skills were increased. I learned how to use my software such as Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects much better. I learned different ways to hold a hand held camera to get the steadiest shot. For my hardware, I used a handheld camera that was purchased at Best Buy and for software I used Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects. Premiere is a software where I was able to edit and place my footage where I wanted it and After Effects was used to change the coloring of the intro and also I applied a stabilization to the shot. My product is going to be engaged to my audience through an mp4. My product is going to represent the issue of schizophrenia and diseases similar to it, since the main character is being effected by it.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Music
Quentin Tarantino has always been an inspiration to me, and is one of the reasons why I am in love with film. This is why I like to read and listen to interviews with him so I could get tips and tricks on how to make a good film. In the "Tarantino Collection" he states,
"One of the things I do when I am starting a movie, when I'm writing a movie or when I have an idea for a film; is, I go through my record collection and just start playing songs, trying to find the personality of the movie, find the spirit of the movie. Then "boom" eventually I'll hit one, two or three songs“ or one song in particular, oh this will be a great opening credit song." Click
HERE
for a link to the whole interview.
This was one of the main reasons why I pushed so hard to get the copyrights to the song "I don't want to set the world on fire" by the Ink Spots. When I was first coming up with a movie idea, I sat listened to my music archive of over 5,000 songs, ranging from Kendrick Lamar to The Beatles to Frank Sinatra. When this song came on, it clicked in my head. I immediately felt a connection and a mood and feeling toward the film with this song and I knew if I couldn't get this song, it was back to the drawing boards. But as of last week, the publishing company got back to me and confirmed that I could use their song based on a couple of conditions. One, I am not allowed to distribute the film for any profit without the consent of the company. Two, I have to include their name.
Now that I have permission to use the song, the film will be set as scheduled and the original plot will be used.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Trailers
The best way for any director of any movie to try to lure in an audience to see his or her film is by trailers. Trailers is what gets people amped for movies. I know when "The Dark Knight" trailer came out, I watched that thing like a hundred times. It's good to think about your trailer even before you start filming, so you know what shots to include for your film. For this reason, I did extensive research on the best trailers of all time. If you click HERE, thats a link to some of the best trailers of all time. Since my films genre is suspenseful and mysterious, I decided to base most of my research off of some trailers in that genre. Here are a couple of my favorites.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Special Effects
Special effects is no easy task for any film. It takes a lot of information and knowledge on certain programs on how to make the effects you need. I have Adobe After Effects and I also have Adobe Premiere Pro, which I am certified for. But when it comes to after effects, I'm not an expert. For this reason, this is why I used video copilot.net for help.
Here, creator Andrew Kramer has over one hundred tutorial videos on how to use special effects on Adobe After Effects. This is where I made my production company logo. Just a quick 10 second video takes hours to make. Heres what it looks like when it is being edited in Adobe After Effects.
Still debating on changing the color, but that will be a last minute decision.
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