WELL THIS IS IT!! PROJECT COMPONENTS

 Well thank you for accompanying me in this long process, I loved sharing my progress with you and hope to see you soon! I hope you like our project as much as I did, I’m really proud of all the hard work we put into it so without further ado here is the link to our final project and Instagram ! 

Final project

Instagram

Thank you!,

CRITICAL REFLECTION!

 People love sports, whether it is watching them or doing them recreationally or professionally. Our short film ‘Reaching the Bar’ goes through that mental battle of not knowing how to let go of something that once upon a time it brought you joy. Our short film explores the mental impacts that sports have on you. We chose the sport of gymnastics because it is one of the most mentally challenging sports, comparing everything about yourself from a young age.  

We had a hard time deciding what our short film was going to be about but when we finally landed on an idea; we knew that the first thing to do was research. To start with, we researched some sports drama short films since that is what we were focusing on. Short films such as Game Night” by Joel Fendelman, “LIGA” by Toby’s Sport, and “good sport” were analyzed deeply to get the most inspiration out of them, and while studying these films one of the things that they had in common was that they are incredibly emotional, and they will make you feel something as you are watching. Moreover, the shots used for each film were very authentic to show the authenticity of the sport. Therefore, to achieve and be successful in this sports drama short film we had to really show the different kinds of emotions that playing a sport brings you, whether that is joy, frustration, anger, or sadness. (Research short film blogs)

While conducting the research necessary to make this production is long and time-consuming, it is incredibly important to accomplish. So not only did we research short films, but we also researched some gymnastics movies such as ‘Stick It’ (2006) and ‘Full Out’ (2015). From analyzing these films, we got some viewpoints on how to accomplish some authentic shots of gymnastics.

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The sequence of the video from ‘Full Out’ and the way the shots are put together demonstrates how quick gymnastics really is, to the point where it is hard to watch because there is so much going on which was something we wanted to accomplish on our film, as well as, the sequence from ‘Stick it’ falling over and over because the sport is really about failing over and over again until you get it right, therefore, they are both an accurate demonstration and representation of the sport which is why it was necessary to show some kind of those sequences.

The genre of our short film ‘Reaching the Bar’ is a sports drama, in which the plot is about growing up in the sport you love, nevertheless, as time passes it becomes a mental struggle every day as the main character starts comparing herself to others and starts to ponder why she isn’t good enough. While conducting our research for the genre I came across the sports drama conventions in which it adds drama to a sports storyline, in addition to it tends to capture the more intense aspects of the sporting world which is exactly what we did. In our film, we showed how gymnastics can be incredibly deteriorating for your mental health even though it can bring us amusement sometimes. Nonetheless, we were adamant about incorporating the sports drama conventions. (Research)

Just as research is an important part of filmmaking so is targeting the audience since they are the ones that will be watching the film. Due to the fact that our film is about sports and our main character is a female, we thought that the best target audience for our film was teenage girls to be specific but any teenager really because this is the stage when everything gets serious and the sport you once did as a fun activity is now on that increases the pressure of your performance which can cause some stress. Moreover, the short film is something that most teenagers would be able to relate to it and realize that they are not alone in whatever they are going through with their respective sports. Because our protagonist is a female gymnast, the short film is strongly targeted to the many gymnasts that have gone through this mental battle when you do the sport because gymnastics is not a team sport, you are completely alone trying to deal with the different kinds of emotion that the sports bring out. And because it is not a team sport, it leaves you comparing yourself to your teammates wondering why you can’t do the same things they can or why your teammate might be at a higher level and they’re not; it is mentally deteriorating. Consequently, we would also love for adults to watch this film so they can grasp an understanding of what their kids might be going through with the sport they are playing and have a little more understanding as to why sometimes leaving the sport is the right answer.

For our brand, you can see that we kept it cohesive throughout the entirety of our project. Nonetheless, the brand that we are trying to achieve is that over time a sport can become something that you dislike doing. The message we are trying to pass along is that sometimes it is okay to quit something that it is not bringing you joy anymore but instead, is causing you some mental issues. A lot of times we think that giving up something we once loved, but is causing us pain it’s the end of the world but in reality it's not, it is okay; it takes a lot of courage to make that decision but that is exactly what we want to communicate with our brand; we want to give all the little girls watching the film courage to leave whatever it is causing them to be hurt. The way we show this to our audience in our film is that as the character grows older, she becomes more critical of herself causing her to have mental struggles.

In our film, we can make a connection with a persistent issue today which is mental health and struggles. The main character of our film keeps all her feelings to herself and all her mental struggles which make her mental health deteriorate. In the sports world, this is something that happens every time because it is a common difficulty because of the constant pressure athletes put on themselves. As the film progresses there is a constant sense of jealousy and a decrease of self-esteem. In addition to that, there is also a social issue that in the world of gymnastics sometimes being an African American gymnast means that you have an immense amount of talent which is not true in every case, therefore, our film works to break that stereotype placed in the world of gymnastics as well. Finally, our short film works together to show a social issue and break another one at the same time.

 

 

AND WE ARE COMING TO AN END…

 Well, my friends this is the last week, our project is due tomorrow and we just about done. All we have been doing since last week is editing and we kinda split the work that way we can get it done faster. Nonetheless, as we are editing it we realized that we are running a little short on time so now we are brainstorming to see what we could add from the footage that we already had since we had 101 videos LOL. 

On another note, I got the part of doing the credits for the project and I got it done yesterday, nonetheless, I got a little stuck because I didn't know if I wanted to use the smoke effect or the typewriter effect. We decided to place the credits over some bloopers we got to make it fun and entertaining!

This is what the smoke effect looked like. 

As you can see the red is kinda tricky to see but the blue wasn't any better so I was stuck.

This is what the typewriter effect looked like and since I had to layer the text it looked like there was a lot going on, therefore, I didn't think it was a right fit. 

And lastly, these is the typical credits that everyone does but I think they look good so I think we are going to stick with this one. 

And then I had trouble picking what color to do because our brand colors are kinda blue and red but you can’t read them as clearly with these colors, therefore, I had to find another color or adjust the placement of the text in a way that you can read them clearly. 

When I showed my group mates I realized that it needs to be a little longer because they are going way too fast to the point where you can barely read them so I have to adjust that as well. 

Well, that's it!! Next time we meet you are going to have the final project on your hands!

EVEN MORE INSTA

 Welcome welcome, the last time we talked I told you we were editing and that was going great but i’m not here to talk about more editing, instead, I am here to talk about more Instagram because we had to post more since you know the project is due next Thrusday and all. 

So we now have 12 post on our Instagram and a couple of story highlights. Here see…

See! I think it looks great, I think we kept a cohesive theme going on throughout the whole social media page that goes very well with the film. We posted a couple of behind the scenes footage, videos of the “actresses” having fun on “set” the day of filming and a couple of just general gymnastics videos with captions that explain little things about gymnastics to educate the people that don’t know anything about it. We also posted a little postcard to tell the people where the movie is going to be and when it’s coming out. And look! film festival liked a couple of our post as well! We we’re very excited about this.

See!!! it’s pretty legit, we don’t know how they found our page but they started following us and they liked our post so it was pretty exciting g to say the least. But anyways, just wanted to update you on how the Instagram is going and I think we’re doing a pretty good job on it, I still think we need a few more posts but we have time to post still. Now, the next thing I have to do is my critical reflection because that is due the same day as well. 

THR WORST PART… EDITING

After my last blog post I tried editing with the “clip champ” app from my computer but it didn’t work, it looked like cut out and choppy. So then I tried Adobe but two things; one my editing skills don’t go that far and two my computer hates adobe because ur crashes everytimeeee so I would have to use my sisters computer to edit. But that’s not the point, on Wednesday in class, Ana brought her computer and for some reason adobe works for her so we started editing and we realized a few things. One do them was that there was a problem with continuity because in some clips the girls had different leo’s and it was gonna mess up the continuity of the film. We also realized that we may need more footage just to add some more B-roll. But nonetheless, we started editing just to get ahead because this is due Thrusday so we have to get going. 

Here is a us editing in class having a complete blast! 

Later that day I went to the gym to practice and get the film and because we are lucky people it turns out that the girls that we used decided to wear the same leo that we had already recorded them in! So it worked out great because instead of redoing the whole segment I only had to redo one shot so it was a pretty good day to say the least. Now we just have to keep editing and finish the short film! i’m very excited and I hope it turns out good and everybody enjoys it as well. 

SEE YOU SOON! 

THE START OF THE END

Yesterday in class we were very productive, we went through the 101 pieces of footage that we have and kinda organized them in order so that way when we edit we don't have to go through all those videos to see which one we are looking for. It was a long process, to say the least, but we also did this in case we were missing any other key piece of footage that way when I went to practice I could just shoot it really fast, again, it was minor details that we were missing so we made a list about it. 

After that, it was time to figure out how we were editing. Since we all have HP computers adobe or DaVinci always crash or at least on my computer, they do because last year trying to edit for my CCR was a nightmare because the program kept crashing. Nevertheless, the HP computer comes with its own editing app called "ClimpChamp" so we were trying to get familiar with that program and the one that Ana used for her other project. 

This is us trying to get used to the programs to see which one would be better to edit LOL. I think we are going to try the "Climpchamp" one and see if looks good on that one if not we will use Adobe. 

The next few blogs are  not going to be interesting because it is all about editing and the final product but stick with us through the hardest step of this whole project. editing. 

MORE INSTAGRAM

Welcome back! I know I have been talking quite a lot about the postcard but now that that's done we can move on to our social media account. Last time we talked about Instagram it was doing well but we need a little more, especially audience interactive posts so that is our next thing on the agenda. So I came up with these posts...

These types of posts are fun and eye-catching which would help if someone is scrolling through their Instagram and they stumble on one of these posts and they would be intrigued and forced to check out the rest of the Instagram and the film of course. I feel like I want to put a video together of all the Behind the scenes footage that we have and all the bloopers I feel like it would fit well with Instagram and the audience would enjoy it. Nonetheless, I did put together a video about gymnastics that we plan to post with the caption of "Gymnastics in 30 seconds, would you want to do it?". I'm terrible at captions by the way that is just the first thing that came to mind but look at the video. 

And that is it for this blog post and Instagram, we have less than two weeks to turn in this project which means that this entire week is mostly about editing and finishing touches. Tomorrow we are going to go through the footage and kinda organized it so that way editing becomes easier to do so Stay super tuned for the end result!. 

GROUP MEETINGS

 On Thursday we had Group meetings again! I actually love doing these because I think it is so interesting to hear how people are approaching this project and their different ideas as well. I had an opportunity to give my classmates some feedback and they gave some feedback to me. 

I showed them my ideas for the postcard and with their help I think we reached the final one! I know my last few posts have been about the postcard but it’s because we are almost done with it and then I dont have to talk about it for the rest of the time that we have left together. 

But enough of that, in the group that I was at they said that they liked both postcards but they kinda liked this one better because it gives off the vibe we are trying to give off for the film.

 

However, for the second one they said that it was kind of giving thriller vibes because of the dark red which why the told me to go with this one but then they said that they liked the back of the other option better than the back of this one, so I did the only right thing which was to combine them both and this is how it turned out. 

Front 

Back 

I honestly love it, I think it does a really good job representing the theme or topic of our film and I think people would be attracted it to it when they see. My only concern is that I don’t know if it’s too much blue or if I should add another color to the mix but the thing is that the color scheme is inda blue and red because in the gym that we filmed those two colors are the ones that Stan out the most. 

Feels good to get at least one part of the project done, now we need the other two but I think we are moving in a good pace and we got two weeks to go! Let’s make this happen! 

MORE POSTCARDS AND MAYBE FINAL ONE?

Ah, a new week and less than three weeks until the project is due and so far so good, there have been some complications with the filming schedule but we are pretty much done with filming aside from a few shots left over. Now I know I talked about our postcards last blog but the thing is, we made so much progress yesterday in class that I think you deserve to see it plus we need help deciding on which one to actually chose from. We narrowed it down to two options... 

front

back 

This is the first option, the colors in the pictures are very alive and vibrant in a way and a lot is going on on the front but on the back is simple with all the information needed and easy to read. Now the only problem with this is the color of the font on the front because I don't know which one is easier to read the black font or the white font which is why I left it two different colors so you could help me with that. But nonetheless, this is option one!

front 1 

front 2 

back 

This is the second option and as you can see it has a lot of a different vibe to it, the colors are darker and it emphasizes the pain of the sport which is what we're focusing on for the film. Now we are having the same problem as the first option with the color of the font for the front because black looks good but can you read it well? and white is a little clearer but does it take away from the color scheme and the whole effect? Those are the issues that we are trying to deal with but I love the back on this one it truly speaks to the heart of the film. Now we were thinking of adding this as a story for our Instagram as an audience interactive post which we can use so out followers could help us pick the postcard but we will see!

Tim is flying by and the next thing you know it is time to turn in the project. For the next few weeks, our only focus is going to be editing so stay tuned for that!. 

POSTCARD

 Guys, I am stuck... I don't know where to begin for this postcard but to get out of this creative blank I just had to get myself to work you know? So this is what I came up with. 

Now I only did the front because I actually had no idea what I wanted to do for the back I was completely blank on that one so I did the front part first. Moreover, we haven't figured out the logistics of where the film Is going to be released, like at what film festival which is why we don't have a date yet but those are little details that can get resolved in no time, like the next time we see each other in class. Now we just have to pick one of these options for the front or come up with new ones and figure out what is best for the back because I don't know if I should use the same picture or a different one that matches with the whole brand you know? We just kinda need help on that part but nonetheless, it is another step closer to the project. I did the letters red because it matches the logo that we did for the Instagram account and the whole color scheme of everything is red so it matches the whole brand. 

Now we only have like three weeks left of the project and the only thing we have to do is edit the film and come up with more content for the social media, as well as, finish the postcard of course we can't forget about that but I think we are doing really good with the progress of everything, 

EVEN MORE FILMING!

 We meet again! Like I said in my last blog post this week has been a littleeeee crazy but nonetheless, we are still keeping productive because this is no time to slack. That is why this blog post is about more filming and more shots because even on spring break we do not slack. 

So we had to film more dialogue this week as well, but we had a few troubles with it. The first thing was that again we don't have a microphone so sometimes you can't hear what they are saying. Then there was music playing in the background so we obviously had to turn it off because we don't want to get copyrighted and we want to hear what they are saying. 

 

These are some sneak peeks of what I filmed because I don't want to show you too much because you have to wait for the final project so this is all you get. 

Alright, we have made progress on Instagram, we have a few shots left to film plus more B-roll just in case but you know what we haven't had progress on? the postcard which is why it is the next item on the list. 

STAY TUNED!!

PROGRESS ON INSTAGRAM

 Welcome Back! This week has been hectic because it is spring break and we have a huge competition this weekend so filming has been a little hard but nonetheless, we have gotten some filming done. However, for this blog post, I want to show you the progress we've made on our Instagram. 

This is what our Instagram looks like, we posted a couple of posts that are 'Meet the cast' and the caption is everything that our protagonist Briana likes that way the audience feels some type of connection with her. Then we posted a couple of videos of gymnastics just to get the audience to feel the atmosphere of what it's like to be in the gym and what it's like doing gymnastics as well. Then I posted some stories that have a behind-the-scenes picture and one of the bloopers with a poll that allows the audience to interact. 

This is exactly how Instagram is looking like, now we definitely need more followers and I want to start adding pictures or posts that have a countdown or ones that have the date of when the film is coming out you know? Now, the bio definitely needs more work we just haven't figured out what to put on it, we need a little bit of help in that area, nevertheless, as you can see that is the picture we posted of Briana and everything she likes and we added the part of 'Let us know in the comments that way the audience can participate on the post. 

We definitely work more on it but as of right now, I love how it's coming out. We only have a few weeks left of the project and we still have a lot to do!! But the good thing is that we are almost done filming but with all the shots that we have we can start editing!

SEE YOU SOON!!

MORE FILMING!!

 Welcome back!! for the last post of this week I am here to tell you that we filmed some more this week but this time we finally got some dialogue!!

Naturally, we started from the beginning so we filmed the mini stars saying the dialogue that we came up with a long time ago but ill show you it again.

This is what they had to say now it's not a lot, and we had to modify it a little because at the moment there was a class on the beam so we couldn't use them but we used the floor instead. Now, two girls that we used are 10 years old (Dont worry we asked the parents first) so it was a little difficult to get them to focus but nonetheless, we did it even if it took many 

Now I know what you are going to say and on one of the videos it is really loud since we don't have a microphone, we had a little trouble because we kept telling Maya to speak louder but she struggled LOL. Nonetheless, it is something that we can hopefully fix while we edit. Talking about editing, I think we are going to start editing next week which is spring break that way when we go back to school we are a little ahead. 

 

TO-DO LIST FOR SPRING BREAK:

1. keep filming

2. Post on the Instagram 

3. Work on the postcard.

4. Start editing. 

MORE AND MORE INSTA

 As we all know, the social media component plays a big part in this project, therefore, we had to prepare for the posts that we want to publish. Now, this really shouldn’t be that hard because you would just take pictures or videos and just post them right? Well, we decided to make our Instagram account more aesthetic and actually spend some time on it. This was our first post 

And this is the kind of posts that I’m working on… 

Alright, for the second one, I haven't figured out the right transition or the video in general, I feel like it needs more but you get the idea for the Instagram post or videos. We also took pictures of the cast as well and were going to post them as a 'Meet the cast' kinda post so the audience can relate. I had forgotten that we had to add audience interaction posts so we will focus on that as well, but that will mostly come from Instagram stories. 

FILMING PT 2

 Alright let’s get to filming pt two, so on the blog post before this one I talked about out first day of filming and how we go footage for the end of our short film. Well this time I’m gonna talk about how we go footage for the beginning of the film just not enough because if you remember it was really noisy in the gym so anything that had to do with dialogue we couldn’t so we have to go back either this week again or next week. 

If you have been keeping up with my blog the you know that we are going through the stages of life but in gymnastics like young and then the process of growing up, therefore, we got some footage of little main girl who still doesn’t have a name lol here are some takes that I liked. 

 

That is all that I will show you for right now because I don’t want to spoil the whole thing. But just so you know we have many many more shots and many many more to film so I recommend you stay tuned for what is coming next !!!

I think the next step is to start editing with the footage that we have that way we can get a head start and we dont take too long editing after. Nonetheless, we still have so much filming to do especially for the social media page but dont worry i have something fun to show you about that and lastly we have to get started on the postcard so those are the things we have to get done in the next few weeks. 

FILMING PT 1

WELCOME BACK!! During this week, we have a lot to do because we have five weeks left of the project so it is time to get to work!

But to begin with some good news, we started filming yesterday 🥳 and it went great, however, we couldn’t get all the footage that we wanted because we have a huge competition next week so tensions are high and we couldn’t disturb that much plus it was really noisy as well so we just got shots that didn't require dialogue. In the end, we mainly got all the shots we needed for the end of the film and some for the beginning so I thought this was a good process. 

Here are some of my favorite shots we got. 

Now the idea behind this is that we got some inspiration from the gymnastics movie ‘Stick it’ where there is a scene where she keeps falling and it looks really cool so we tried to recreate that and we shot many shots of our main girl falling from different angles as well but I’ll show you what it is hopefully going to look like. 

Alright, let's keep going, I’m going to show you some really nice shots that we got from our main girl (who doesn’t have a name yet) 

We had so much fun filming and we really liked the shots that we got but don't worry that is only a sneak peek of what we got. And obviously, I couldn't let you go without any bloopers, could I? 

EDITING TECHNIQUES

 I don't know if I've mentioned this before but when we did our group meetings Ana got a really good suggestion. As you may know, we plan on playing with color in a way that as the movie begins everything is bright and colorful but as the movie progresses and as the mood changes the color will lower and it would end in almost black and white. Now, the student that made the suggestion said that we could play with the saturation of the footage to make that happen. Naturally, I had to research how to do this editing technique that takes place post-production. 

So what is color grading? color grading is when you stylize the color scheme of the footage. In addition, this also happens after color corrections and the purpose of this technique is to emphasize the visual tone and to make it look a little more cinematic. But then the question becomes how do you make this color grading happen? Well, I found an article that had a couple of tips to do so and here they are: 

The first thing you should do is look at the genre of your film because certain genres have developed a certain color wheel that could be a good starting point. The second step is to think about the mood you are going for, and the emotions you want to evoke and use color to support it. The third step is to use the color wheel to show contrast, tranquility, or claustrophobia. There are the tips I found useful when it is time to edit and get this done. 

But that is not everything, I also found an article with a video that tells you how color grading works and what your footage looks like once you get the color grading. 

The video is really useful because it tells you what to do and what it would look like after you accomplish the color grading. it explains in detail everything you need to know about color grading and all the techniques that they use such as log, raw, creative LUTs, etc. But that is not all about the article that shows you this video, the article also talks about the difference between color correction and color grading and they show you the different of what it looks like. 

We see that the first thing that takes place is the color correction, and this is to correct the color of your footage which will lead you to color grading that will change the colors of the footage for aesthetic reasons. But don't think this ends here because I found even more useful information about this editing technique in a new article. The article talks about the 5 steps that you need to take to make color grading happen. 

But then the cool thing about this article is that it shows you a video of the same footage but with different color grading and how the color grading is used to create an entirely different mood making it seem like it is coming from an entirely different movie. This the reason we want to use this technique because as you know the movie is about struggling in a sport which is why we want to lower the saturation as it goes that way the audience sees that the mood is changing and as the stages of life happen and the stages of the girl growing up in the sport happen the tone and mood kinda lower because she is struggling and we thought that using this technique to show that important part of the film was appropriate. 

But nonetheless, we still have so much work to do, hopefully, we can start filming this week and get some things going!!

ARTICLES: 

https://vimeo.com/blog/post/color-grading-vs-color-correction-explained/#:~:text=Color%20grading%20is%20the%20process%20of%20editing%20film%20or%20video,is%20meant%20to%20see%20it.

https://nofilmschool.com/color-grading-guide-2022

TIKTOK POSTS

Welcome back! As you all know and as I've said before in past posts, we planned to open an Instagram account and a TikTok account for our social media component for this project because we feel like it works best for our target audience. Now, I know what you may be thinking, it may sound like a lot of work but in reality, it's not because of all the challenges or TikTok videos we do we can also post them on Instagram so it is a win-win situation. Now, why am I talking about this? Well, because like everything in this project, it is time to do some research to analyze and get inspired for the kind of posts we would like to do.

I researched the shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Abbott Elementary” becase they have really nice TikTok posts that I feel like match perfectly to our target audience. The first thing i noticed about both of these pages is that they post a lot of scenes from the show which i thought we opulent do until we start filming, therefore, i decided to focus more on posts that were a little more audience interactive in a way and something we could record any day of the week. I came across this post from the Grey’s anatomy’s TikTok that I really liked. 

The post is basically asking the cast what they listen to, this way the audience or the people watching may relate to the cast this way and you are creating a connection since the person feels like they have something in common with the person they are watching on TV and if they haven’t seen it and it appears on their ‘For You’ page then it may intrigue them to watch the show. 

For this TikTok they focused on one main character of the show n which he was doing a social media take over and this video he did a TikTok ‘trend’or ‘challenge’ that was going viral at the time, and again it gives everyone a sense of relationship and connection and the people are seeing them as them not just these famous TV stars on a big show. 

Then I checked out Abbott Elementary…

This is a series of TikTok’s that is encouraging people to go watch the show and they do it in a very clever manner. First they did a video on each main protagonist in the show and they did it adding TikTok language trends and the characters personality so it is a combination of the TikTok’s trend and slang and the characters personality which is what makes the show funny. I think this is a really nice way to promote the show because the people that will watch t he TikTok will hopefully be intrigued and interested enough on the show to watch it, so I think we could try to do this for our TikTok account as well as the other posts. 

Well that is it for this blog post, stay tuned for many many more information and progress on our project, time is flying by!!!! 

KEY ART RESEARCH

 So earlier this week Ms. Stoklosa gave us a lesson on the third component of the project which is the key art component. Since we are doing a short film we have to make a postcard that advertises the film at ill festivals (hypothetically). Now the post card needs to be double sided and needs to include the title, key art, directors name, date, time, location, and social media info which is a lot of information. Naturally, i did some research to analyze and to get some inspiration in order to succeed on this part of the project. 

Now, I had a hard time researching profesional short film postcards so i went to Ms. Stoklosa’s website and checked out past projects. This is what I found: 

This person did a really good job with the postcard , you can see it h everything they need to have and even more. The front of the postcard is incredibly simple but it does the job, it is not overwhelming you right away, there is not a lot going on, yet, it speaks for itself. Now, the back of it has a little more than the front and it should because the point is for the person to turn the card around and see all the information about the film. Isabella, has again the title and directos name written in the back as well as in the front which adds to the whole constant branding. After that, she has a one sentence summary of the film kinda like the main idea which i would love to add that way people can know what the film is about in a general way but something hat still intrigues them to make them watch. Then she added the cinematographer’s name, the people that are starring on the film, and the editions name, now this I really liked because this isa way to credit everyone that participated in the film not only the director, this is something I would like to add. And lastly, at the bottom she has her information and the QR code for the film’s social media. The only thing I wouldn’t take away from this postcard is her information that she added because I don’t see the point of that. 

The next one i saw was this project done by Paola Sirignano, 

The thing about this one is I don’t think the colors and branding match, on the front side it is black and white and on the back isa mix of black and reds and they are in different directions which I dont match. While doing my postcard I would have to take into consideration the direction fact and that it has to match with the color branding and the whole branding of the project t create consistency. Nonetheless, I feel like for our postcard we could play with the whole and black shade since we plan on using color degrading on our film so maybe we could try and play with that on our postcard which i think she did a really good job on the front side with the black and white. 

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This project was also really good even though it was more on the simple side it accomplished everything a post card should do. To begin with, the colors match and stay consistent which is the way I would like to go, something that stays consistent, yet, they are inferential pictures im guessing from the film which created consistency throughout the whole project and not only the post card. I liked the addition of the taglines on the front and backside because I feel like it tells the person looking at it about what the film is about but at th same time it doesn’t. Kinda like a little bite of something and then they take it away, if that makes sense. 

Lastly, I was able to find one profesional postcard, 

The thing I liked the most about this postcard was the imagining of the front, I think it adds a touch of texture and feeling, something that would catch the viewers attention right away, I would love to do something like this for my postcard but we will see if it happens. Lastly, I love how everything matches and the little summary of the film which I keep seeing a lot as a good thing because I think it is necessary attention to it to hook the reader.

To conclude this blog post, this is another thing we have to do and I feel better after this research post to create this postcard because I feel like I gained more knowledge and a lot of inspiration for this part so I feel good, hopefully, it turns out good. I’m excited :))

NEW WEEK, NEW CHALLENGES!

 WELCOME BACK!! We are in a new week which means there are lots of things to get done. Yesterday in class we decided to start working on our script and our shot list since we film in a week. This is how we did it: first we decided on the type of shot we wanted and then we thought of the script or the line that would match the shot. So far we only got the beginning done, let me show you. 

With this script and shot list of the types of shots we want to shoot and the storyboard we came up earlier we are ready to shoot next week!! The good thing about having these documents we are extremely organized to shoot that way when we shoot we can get it done fast since we already have an idea of what we want to do. Now, the only issue that we have is that the script is probably not enough for 5minutes, same goes for the shots, we would have to see if we have enough for five minutes, that is why we are planning on recording some other extra shots in case that happens. 

Well that is enough for this blog, stay tuned for the more and more progress and hopefully this project turns out amazing.