Month: January 2020

“Cowboy” by PearlsandaCardi on creative commons

Summary

The goal of our film was evoking a sense of unease and tension through aspects of cinematography and music in our silent film. Our film, BestfriENDS, was about two best friends who get in a massive prank war over one friend who spends too much time on his phone.

21st Century Skills

While we were producing this film, we overcame our challenges by finding ways to communicate and overcome problems through finding creative and simple alternative options. We worked together and used creativity and critical thinking to sort through or tasks and produce a film with the restrictions and requirements impressed on us. our communication was a group chat we could use at any time, and our critical thinking was used when we had snow on one day and the next day we didn’t, so we realized we had to find a way to make it so that the snow wasn’t visible.

The Film

Reactions to Final Version

Reactions from adviser James

“Whistling reminds me of Western. Good choice.”

“Music at the end (gunfight) worked really well.”

Reactions from Peer Adviser Silas S

“The Score worked really well with the movie. I especially liked the stand-off music.”

This was said about the sound design which was suppose to reflect the Jovial nature of the film and communicate the intensifying strain between the friends relationships.

 Evaluation of Final Version

In our film, we used concrete and emotional story telling, evoking a sense of unease and degrading status of our characters through the interactions of the two actors and the setup to each scene. we also kept a modest, yet entertaining design to our story ending in a quickdraw between the two actors. The film had only one line that was able to be judged by the interactions of the characters even without sound.

What I Learned and Problems I Solved

I had to find a way to make the best possible music without having any professional audio recording equipment except my microphone at home. seeing this I knew I only had 3 audio tracks on premiere pro and I needed to make a nice layered piece with as little cuts as possible, so I learned how to record the best possible take I can and found out its better to just play the whole film instead of cutting it up. less sound editing.

Chocolate by David Lebovitz on flickr.com

Summary

The goal of our film was to evoke a sense of suspense using beats and cinematography. Our film, Chocolate Love, was a simplistic plot about another student who was madly in love with a kid who wasn’t fully aware, and when confronted decides he doesn’t even want to entertain her.

21st Century Skills

While we were producing this film, we overcame our challenges by finding ways to communicate and overcome problems by finding creative and simple alternative options. We worked together and used creativity and critical thinking to sort through or tasks and produce a film with the restrictions and requirements imposed on us. our communication was a group chat we could use at any time, and our critical thinking was to find a way around restrictions of light and sound in the rooms and time we had available.

The Film

Reactions to Final Version

Reactions from adviser James

“Excellent audio transitions and extremely smooth flow.”

“Looks like you and the cinematographer worked together for flow.”

Reactions from Adviser Michelle

“The actors looked like they worked really well together.”

This was said about the editing in which the scenes were cut to be clean and tight, and the cuts and how they provided good story telling and no awkwardness with acting.

 Evaluation of Final Version

In our film, we used concrete and emotional story telling, evoking a sense of melancholy and confusion through the interactions of the two actors. we also kept a simple, yet unexpected design to our story. The film had little actual dialogue which let it tell the majority of the story through cinematography.

What I Learned and Problems I Solved

From this cycle I learned so much about audio transitions when asked to use the J-cut and L-cut. It was extremely helpful to have those required because it made be change things for the better in order to fit those cuts in.