Alejandro Chavez p6

With the actual film opening wrapped up, all that is left is the CCR. At this point it  is not complete, but it  will be soon enough. The last thing we have to do as a group is take clips from what we filmed and incorporate it in either a voice over or a power point. personally a power point would be easier, but that would require like actually presenting and its a lot more tedious. A voice over could be cool, I've always liked these features that many directors such as Spielberg and George Lucas have included in their films. It's really just there if you want it and more than enough it's the film lovers who really do. My guess is that we'll most likely just end up doing that, since we'd want that authentic film feel.

As previously stated, we are in the finishing stages of our project. In class we met in groups to share our works in a peer critique. This was somewhat helpful, as not much could have been said that we could have actually used to improve. But what was helpful was knowing that other people with no bias were able to tell me that from what I did show them that our project looks and sounds very well rounded. This is very reassuring. Especially since at first my group members and I were very stressed because we could not gain access to a stage that was a big part of one of our scenes, but with a little plot tweaking and creative thinking the movie still sounded appealing to others. it  took all the weight off my shoulders.

On our 6th and final week we faced some ups and downs. Ups being that we're finally wrapping up our project and we won't have to worry about this anymore. also that our end result is coming along quite nicely and we feel confident in our film opening. The downside is all the stress that came to actually completing this project due to complications. These complications include scheduling problems because more than often one or more of us could not seem to find the time to meet and work. but we finally got that sorted out. We were able to creatively piece together our opening and end credits and we felt like we did a great job. Once its presented everyone will know what I mean.

To finish this weeks entries, we spent some time finalizing our work. we cleared up some issues we had regarding the recordings, so we made sure to clear those up. We had to film again part of the first scene due to the microphone being turned off (Homero's fault) but in the end it  was a slight blessing because we came out with something better. Now our next step is to come up with a creative way to introduce the credits, we want to do something sort of product placement style, by sneaking our names in the background in a clear way for it  to be recognizable. (Harder than it sounds!)

After reviewing the first takes of the opening, we're overall really satisfied. Theres always room for improvement, so we're gonna discuss that accordingly to see where we can perfect our project. Together we're going to edit the takes to make sure it  has the best cinematic appeal. The goal is for the viewers to watch our homemade project and be under the impression that it's really a movie. It's especially hard since it's a group of our classmates, but we're sure going to try

First film session was a success. For once we all had the time to meet and actually get some work done. This was really relieving because we were feeling overwhelmed in the sense of falling behind. Finally getting behind the camera really gives us more motivation to keep filming. we're really excited to see how the final product comes out!