Why I chose my group members

Anyway to continue off the last post, I won't be working alone of course, this is going to be a group project, which is great because we can help each other and build off each other's ideas to make the best final product that we can. Anyway in my group there's me, Arturo, and Alejandro. Arturo I definitely wanted in my group because he has a true passion for videomaking, and he would have no shortage of ideas and ways to improve whatever our final product is. And Alejandro is very skilled in photography, videography, and choreography. When framing a scene he knows where to put everything instinctually and always has ideas. Both of them are very creative, Alejandro actually having come up with the concept for our Sound Story project a few months ago. I look forward to working with both of them in the months to come.

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Videos

A few days back, we were made to create five different shots for our class with a partner, each using a different camera angle. Here is my work: Video #1 - Introductory Scene - This shot shows the campus before stopping and zooming in on a tree, which the audience will ideally view as being the most integral part of the story. It's introductory because it shows the setting of the rest of the movie and introduces key items. This shot was created by simply rotating the camera and then using the zoom function on it, zoning in on the tree. Our goal of making an introductory scene was probably achieved. Video #2 - High Shot - This shot displays Arturo (my partner) from a high vantage point below the viewer. In the video, he picks up a stick and slowly points it upward, towards the camera. The way this was recorded was by me standing on a bench and rotating the camera angle down at Arturo, then slowly tilting it upward during the course of the filming i...

Sound Story

Alejandro, Arturo, and I have recently been working on a project for our film class that I'll talk about in the post below. The way this worked was that we were supposed to try to mix audio and create a file between one and two minutes long that told a story using a maximum of seven words of dialogue and in a manner so that the listener would still be able to understand what was going on. We also would have to record ourselves making four of the sound effects (not including dialogue) that we'd use during our file (so this would be attempting our own Foley Stages). This meant we couldn't take all of our sounds off the internet and leave it at that. I didn't have any ideas at first, so I was relieved when Alejandro told me that he already had an idea. We discussed his idea and streamlined it, and came up with the following idea: we'd try to simulate a mafia hit (or at least attempt to) that would begin with two members talking to each other in...

Idea for Final Project

So we came up with an idea for our final project that we liked, even though it isn't really comedic we still thought it was alright. Our idea is basically going to be a horror and adventure-themed kind of movie, and the intro is going to introduce the elements that drive the plot. So the way we plan to do this is that we'll start off with some people getting into a car. They'll turn the radio on and hear something about disappearances nearby. One of them will ironically make a statement along the lines of "That's nonsense" or "Those stories are overblown" and the radio will be turned off. The people in the car will them proceed to converse with each other. After this we're gonna focus on the driver. As the car goes underneath an underpass and the lighting reaches extremely low levels, we're gonna have the driver say something, expecting a response. He gets no response and looks in the mirror and doesn't see any of his buddi...

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