Capstone week nine

After my presentation on Monday, I have a better idea of what I can fix to make my film better. My director and me took some time to watch my film and talk about. I explained a few things I didn't like and wanted to change. He gave me a few ideas of different types of transitions I can use to make the film move smoother. So I'll probably take the next two weeks to edit and be really picking and nit picking. That's my plan for the next two weeks.

Now that this part is done, I'll start preparing for my presentation board. As I start brainstorming for what I want on it, I think I want to show my process in making this film. Show different steps I took for the completion of this film. Another part I would discuss about is probably my motivation for this film and why on this topic. The genre of parody and what I wanted to experiment with this film. I have a list of what I want to be tangible at my presentation; script, screen shots, film, props from film. These are just a few ideas and I'll thinking of what I want.

As I continue to edit my film, I will also finish my press kit about the film and everybody that helped me out. It has been a fun adventure seeing this movie coming to end and getting feedback from  a few people already. Now back to work........  

Image framing

Every comic has their own unique style of framing with the story. 300 and Essex County are prime examples of using different types of framing. Each comic has their own style and keep it consistent throughout the comic.

The first one I'll talk about is 300 and how they wanted to give this big interpretation towards you. A lot of the pages would be one frame but gives this massive feeling behind too. I felt that they did this to really show the brutality and manliness of the Spartans. Down below is an example of one of these massive frames.

This isn't a fight scene but I thought it was an interesting page anyway. When you first look at it, there is a lot of dialogue between the characters throughout the page. Your eyes are moving from the top of the page towards the bottom of it. Then there is a separate frame to the left of the page that reminds me of an old comic strip. This frame gave us a reminder of how disciplined the Spartans were and how brutal they treat each other. The one thing I love about this page is that its an aerial shot and we're seeing it from an angle above them.

The next book is Essex County and this is completely different style compared to 300. I felt these frames would be more logical to use in comics. Like every frame could speak for it self and you really didn't need much dialogue, which they did on occasions. Down below is an example.

Black and white color pages and pretty straight forward with the size of frames. Every frame is rectangle and everything fits nicely together. What I really enjoyed is how a small change in a frame could effect the mood in the story. There is two times that this happens on this page. The first is at top where the old man asks the boy why is he out alone. The boy stands there for a moment and answers back to him with the same question. The old man shakes his head in agreement, which would be the second. I felt with these frames they a lot simpler than those in 300 which seem to be in your face almost. Just my quick observation on these two comics......      

Week eight of capstone

Tomorrow is the day. This day has been creeping up on me all week long. It definitely was a busy week and I'm glad its over and done. I can easily say that it's been a fun adventure this past month making this movie. I'm thankful for everybody that helped me out and made this possible. I hope when they see this film, they can appreciate all the work we put in.

I did have a little scare while I was editing this past week. Somehow I manage to lose some of my audio and I had to replace it. It wasn't too big of a deal because, I had the original audio of the scene so I just had to put the audio back again. I can easily say that I spent about 25-30 hours just editing and tweaking my film this past week.

The only thing I didn't get done is a short flashback, so the film will be missing that. I will probably will get that scene done in the next couple of weeks. Other than that, I'm done with the film and I can't wait to show it tomorrow. The film now has a title, "Where's Haley?" I like it, so I'll stick with it. The only thing left to do is to unveil my film and get some reaction to it. I hope my professors can see all the work I put into it. Let Monday begin.............

Week seven of Capstone

As this is my last week before I get to show my work to professors, I can't wait to see my film in its final stages. I have everything I need for this week, the last scene I recorded Saturday and the music for it as well. This week will consist of me of doing lots of editing. I plan to do at least four days this week of editing and six to eight hours (each day) of devoted time to finish this project. I knew that editing would take some time and I made sure that I devoted enough time to get this project done.

I found it funny that I've been doing this project for over a month now and I haven't figured out a title for the film. Some ideas have gone through my head such as: Suits, Fine Vs Holmes, Black Panther but nothing I really like yet. This will be something I will think about this week and hopefully figure out as I'm editing. I do have one last scene to film this week and then I will have all the shots I want.

Music Sensation

Music was probably the one thing that I really enjoyed recording, because I could be creative. Whatever sound I wanted to use, I could do it. I found myself actually creating a nice little song but I'm not sure if I can use it in the film yet. The music I will use in the film will all be composed by me. There is a mixture of the Jazz sound and Classical throughout the film. Some of it might sound like another song but it won't exactly resemble it.

It's been an awesome time working on this film and I appreciate everybody that has helped me out. They have been great to work with and been pretty patience with me with the time they sacrificed for the film. Now its time to finish this movie and see the end product.......

Week six of capstone

I have about two weeks until I get to show my film to my professors. I did have a little setback with one my scenes got erased on my camera, so I'll have to do it again. It's not too big of a problem to deal with it. I have only a couple more scenes to get done and I should be done filming. Everything I have done has been already edited, so all I have to do is plug the rest of it in. Like I promised last time I would have a little clip from the film. It is the opening of the film, its a temporary one and I might change it.

Now my original idea was to have a quick sunset then stop and rewind to the top. I would repeat this a couple of times until the talent found something he liked. I found that when I sped the footage to the duration I intended for, it would look very jumpy and not smooth. I'll still look into it and see what I can figure out. I have figured out what the music will be like for different parts of the film and I'll start to record it this week.

I found it very amusing that as I'm looking at my footage, I want to redo it. I feel that I could of done it in a different way or said a line better. Though I might be a little hard on myself, it might be a good attribute that I have. What I already plan to do is after I finish the film, I'm going to watch it a couple of times and critique it and figure out what I want different. The positive and negative things in the film. I'll look at the transition of shots and decide whether or not it makes sense. I've noticed a few things I want to change already, so I have an idea of what I can do. I feel you have to be very hard on yourself if you want the best to come out of you. That is how I see it and will progress with my film.

It's been a busy week and I still have a few things to do yet. I'm making good progress but no stopping now though...............