BTS part 2

 For my film I had my friends take pictures of me while I recorded. There is a moment when I needed my friends to act surprised all at the same time and so I played really loud music and I scared them, their reactions were funny.

BTS!

Behind the scenes of my short film, to create the fake blood, I blended corn syrup and food coloring, until the mixture looked dark enough under the lights, messy, but oddly satisfying. Once that was done, I shifted my focus to the kitchen itself, reorganizing it to be clean yet visually interesting. I added props to add color to the atmosphere. I added my red record player and vintage telephone that added a slight color to the background. Every detail, from the placement of the fake blood to the choice of props, was thoughtfully arranged to bring the scene to life and make the space feel like a messy play room for arts and crafts.

Shooting day!!!

 On the day we shot everything was Wednesday 03/12/25 I had four friends come over to help act in the film. Sam and Rebeca Ripoli, two of my actresses are studying photography and film so they were paying attention that the other two girls respected my work and what i asked for without getting frustrated. For example, i had the girls shoot the same scene various times so that i had content to chose from when editing and Sam helped explain that. 

Group Meeting #2

The people who I had a group meeting with today (03/12/25) were Renn, Miguel, and Roman. We discussed our film ideas and brainstormed creative content for our next project, the critical reflection. Renn is looking to do a Western film, she has already recorded and is almost done editing. She explains the only thing missing is color correcting and sound production. Miguel's film is about a senior rock band having a falling out with a guitarist with anger issues that ends up killing the lead singer of the band in a dispute. Miguels group has not recorded yet but they are looking on doing so this Saturday 03/15/25. Roman and his group are making a film about a drug dealer getting arrested by cops and interviewed. They have already recorded and were able to use real props as they had connections to a real cop they were allowed to use his badge and cop car for the film. Renn needed our help deciding the font for her introduction and we took a vote within the group. I needed help discussing my creative idea for my critical reflection. Renn explained she is looking to put her camera on her bike and talk about her film and answer questions as she rides her bike. I was thinking of filming a cooking video from POV shot, however we agreed that is not professional and media based. I ended up deciding to do a interview in which I watch my film and pause it as I speak about the BTS I went through as I was recording certain scenes, inserting BTS images, like a directors commentary.

A picture of my group and I:

Working on script

 I do not want to give my characters a script as these are just a group of girls hanging out and gossiping I am afraid of script writing making the the audio unnatural. I trust the cast can have fun and implement their own improvised lines to the scene. As we all, I am planning on recording each individual say 2 to 3 phrases I may implement and adjust the volume to anywhere throughout the scene in the editing portion of post production. The phrases I will request my cast members to say are "Someone call the police!" and "Hide the alcohol!" and I will have them record cries for help. These recordings will be used for the final shot of the digital camera in the long hot Dutch angle position.

Camera Technique

 For my film, I want to create the illusion that the audience is with the characters. I also enjoy films shot with a hand held camera. However, as this is a student film I fear this might make my film look uncared for. So, I had the creative idea of implementing two different cameras. I own a professional canon camera and a digital camera. (I like the vintage noise the digital camera makes when it zooms in and out so I will very likely find a way to include that in my film). I am planning on shooting the characters with an outside perspective using long shots with the canon camera and switching back and fourth with the digital camera. I will show the characters recording with the digital camera and inserting the video the digital camera took to show the characters POV and as a acoustic feel to the film.

Sound Production

 For todays blog post, I was working on my original sound track for the film. I have an old friend named Jack Kimmel who is looking to have a career in the music industry. I contacted him in regards to making a simple sound track for the background of my film.