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CCR: 'Shadow Of Betrayal"

 Hey Michi nation welcome back to your favorite blog! I leave here my CCR final task video enjoy!

Final task: 'Shadows of Betrayal'

 Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog! I am very excited to be showing you guys my final task, I hope you guys enjoy!

Production Blog: Change For The Better

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Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog! I'm going to be editing our last film with my group today. We are keeping in mind the critique we had received from a buddy this time. CapCut is being redesigned to be as good as it can be, even though the majority of the input was only favorable. Her audio was a major drawback. Owen, our editor, then requested that Rose and I pitch in to see if we could make our video sound louder in any manner. Our exploration of the internet revealed a significant loophole. TikTok, which has essentially replaced Google, is where I looked for information. Rose searched for a solution while watching videos on YouTube. We figured it out after watching what felt like 500 videos. We increased the media's loudness on CapCut because that was an option. We also completed examining minor elements, such as the order of our videos. We also received a second perspective on an instructor who we truly admire. This instructor provided us with criticism ...

Production Blog: Peer Review

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Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog! Although we included a surprise that kept her intrigued throughout the entire film, Eileen thought our notion of murder in a high school was not out of the ordinary when we first sent her our video. Though Eileen was providing critiques and input on our video, her opinion mattered a great deal to Owen, Rose, and me. Nevertheless, we are friends with her. Her real liking was our goal. Her list of advantages and disadvantages came from seeing the movie. What we did well, in her opinion, and what we should do better. She declared that our costumes, lighting, and scary scenes were all excellent angles and highlights of our show. The sound was the scam. According to her, the angles we selected for every photo worked well. they were basic, but we weren't attempting to overwhelm our job with them. She said we could work well in the fading light, which speaks well to the lighting. Although our control over this was limited, we performed...

Production Blog: Picking Our Music

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Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog! Our final editing session at Owen's place ended today, so this is our first class period after that. We get to choose our music, thus I believe this is one of the hardest dates ever. While we were early developing our idea and learning about the project. Kendrick Lamar's "United at Grief" was a song that was now playing nonstop in my brain. I told my teacher, and she replied that our film would be copyrighted unless we have permission from the producer/singer. Following her explanation of the rights acquisition procedure, my crew and I started composing our email to TDE Business, the firm responsible for manufacturing Kendricks for release. following my email's typing and sending. It seemed as though they had responded to my email almost immediately. Their cluttered inbox of emails was the cause of this. It was a good idea to begin this procedure early so that we would have time to prepare a backup plan. I look...

Production Blog: Editing Completed

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Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog! We returned to Owen's house today to complete the editing process. He made the decision to try and finish the editing yesterday after we left his house. While he was having fun, he adjusted some of the work that we had already completed as a team. Rose and I weren't overly thrilled to see these modifications. We had to consider if the adjustments seemed better or worse for our kind of film as a group. Instead of the horror aesthetic we were striving for, these alterations made the movie appear more enigmatic. We started the CapCut procedure afresh from scratch. adding the clips, changing the credits, and adjusting the timing. We agreed that everyone would participate and that no group work would be done in the absence of everyone. We made an effort to do all of the editing in the six hours we had, taking into account everyone's curfew. All hands on deck was the meaning here. We wanted to get things done fast and efficien...

Production Blog: The Start of Editing Process

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Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog! I'm beginning the editing process with my group today. Towards the end of the filming process, though, I lost a lot of motivation.We have completed every scene, which I am happy to announce. Owen is my group's designated editor. Despite Owen handling the most of the editing, my group members and I are still attempting to contribute. To do this, we're utilizing our imagination to create the layout itself. Any of the credits will be placed on open space in the layout design. During the filming process, we also kept this in mind. Owen assembled all of the clips and carefully trimmed them to match the time as we assisted him. There was a bit of discussion over this. Visionary Films was what Owen yearned for. Infinity Studios was what Rose and I want. After all, we are a group and must all support a decision, therefore this was one of the more difficult editing processes. Finally, because Owen does a great job stating his cas...

Production Blog: Reaching The Finish Line

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Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog! We noticed today that we had completed most of the pictures, but Rose thought she had overlooked a few crucial ones. So I reviewed some of the basics. When a film keeps audiences on the edge of their seats, they probably want to know what will happen next. The first step in filming a dramatic sequence for a movie is choosing the perfect location. The director and cinematographer should take great care while choosing the lighting, camera angles, and shot framing. Having said all of that, we discovered we could change several of these components to boost the impact. The first thing I did was figure out what kind of photos I had been using. This forced me to consider how the lighting, angle effects, and sound were used in the film. Then Rose started to reshoot some of the scenes. When the lighting was too bright or the camera was too steady, she reshot the scene and made corrections. This included going over my five to eight movie scen...

Production Blog: New Finding

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Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog! With my group, we continued honing some of the angles and photos today. I started by phoning Owen to ask if Rose and I could come over. We proceeded over as soon as he gave us the okay. Rose and I made sure that every prop we received the last time was there. I then made the decision to rewatch my scenes. She also practiced a couple times, but with the props, before she recorded us. Owen and I are being filmed so that we can have a foundation for our movie. Before producing and putting the film together, Rose assured us that she would let us know if anything needed to be fixed or improved. Rose then filmed her first part, during which she looked outside the door to see whether Owen and I were stalking her. But because the lighting was not cooperating, this one had to be redone. We intended a gloomy atmosphere, but it rendered everything unwatchable. Rose needed four sequences to perfect the lighting. I was able to get some ...

Production Blog: Finding Our Props

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Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog! My crew and I started another crucial filming stage today. We got to work gathering props. We needed a lot of costumes and props for this movie since they helped to define the plot. These featured several necessary props and casual-feeling clothing. My group and I first got together outside "Out of the Closet," the secondhand store close to our school. For instance, we purchased several makeup kits to enhance realism to the "dead" look and a lovely, inexpensive dress that depicted a typical adolescent. We made every effort to divide the expenses. Rose hastily headed to Owen's house to start practicing with our new props after purchasing additional, less significant accessories. We saw "Goodwill" as we were heading home, so we made a quick stop to check if there was anything more interesting. We didn't locate anything more, but we still left for home. When I got home, I checked to make sure every...

Production Blog: Testing New Techniques

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Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog! Today we decided to practice some angles and shots for our video. We all went to Owen's place first. My group mate checked that all the props were in their proper places once we arrived. Rose would be the one recording Owen and I during scenes that didn't involve her. Rose then went through her scenes several times. Before we started recording, she did a few practice runs. We're recording our scenes as a test run so they can all be examined later. Before formally creating and editing them together, Rose will be examining her media to see if anything needs to be improved or fixed. We then went on to film our first scene, which had Owen and me coming up with the idea. We were all a little apprehensive for the first scene and were laughing, so Rose had to record this several times. For three more sequences, we continued laughing. We were able to establish our characters only after those three sessions. Once we started actin...

Production Blog: Location Decision

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Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog! Its been a while since we've talked BUT i'm back no worries. In order to decide which of our houses would be used for the filming scenes, my group decided to get together over the weekend. The first location we checked was Owen's house. Owen showed Rose and I his kitchen, living room, and attic first. These are a few of the places I considered because they were used for the majority of the filming. After this I continued to visit other locations such as my own house and uncles house. My house is closer to all my group mates however since it is in front of a main road it would be a lot more nosier to film. Also, my house is on the smaller size giving us less space to film. Which could be an inconvience during filming such as knocking things down or not having enough space. I then visited my uncles house, his house is bigger but he lives far from all of us causing an inconvenience in time and available days. However we wou...

Story Board

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Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog! My group and I have been working on our storyboards recently. I wanted to share our final results, tune in for next time guys! -Xoxo Michelle

Planning Blog: Location, Participants, Health Schedule

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Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog! It's been a while since we talked. In today's blog you will be seeing my group plan our final tasks location, participants, and health schedule.  Location:  In Owens house, outside the house, around the house, in the backyard.  Participants:  Owen Goldfond (One of Rose's friends that ends up killing her),  Michelle Martinez (Another one of Rose's friends that aids in killing her),  Roselyn Rodriguez (Friend getting killed, after catching friends robbing house)  Owens Mom/Dad (Aid in filming scenes) Health: In order to make sure that during the filming process everyone stays safe, Owen will be making sure that his parents, who are adults, are around at all times to ensure safety. The scenes will be filmed around his house and in his house, not near any danger at all times. He will make sure to have his house cleaned and a minimum amount of things laying around, to reduce the chance of accidents....

Planning Blog: Title Design

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The opening credits of my film will appear in two different digital fonts that appear to be "typed" in the middle or right/left corners of the film. Some credits will be embedded into the setting. For example, their may be credits written in places such as the front of the home, the kitchen, the loft and on kitchen tools such knives.  Working title: "Shadow of Betrayal" The title will be in the font called "ITC Serif Gothic", all words will appear capitalized: SOMETHING ALONG THIS LINE.  My titles will be "typed" onto the screen onto the screen and will appear to be being typed while appearing on the screen. They will disappear of the screen using the fade out affect. Each title will stay on the screen around 2-4 seconds each.  The fonts will range from the colors black, white, and red. The titles will will have the Gothic font while the names will have basic fonts. Looking something like this DIRECTED BY: Michelle Martinez The titles before each...

Planning Blog: Script

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Scene 1 Location: Owen’s loft  Michelle: *Typing on the computer*     Hi Owen do you remember me?                   *Clip of Michelle typing* Owen: *Typing on the computer*             Hi Michelle, What do you need now?? Michelle: *Typing on the computer*                 I want Roselyn gone. Owen: *Typing on computer*             ???             What’d she do now.. *Clip of Owen typing* Michelle: *Typing on computer*                 I’ll tell you once I see you                  Meet me outside her house.           **BLACK OUT** Scene 2 Location: Owen’s front door Roselyn: *Sits on the couch on a call*  ...

Title Research: Halloween (2018)

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From ‘Art Of The Title’  https://www.artofthetitle.com/ 1 ~ How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones?     A total of 9 titles are displayed during the opening sequence: “Halloween” (the title of the movie) “Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie” “Judy Greer as Karen” “Virginia Gardner as Vicky” “Dylan Arnold as Cameron” and “Rhian Rees as Dana” “Music by John Carpenter; Cody Carpenter; Daniel Davies” “Director of Photography Micheal Simmonds” “Executive Producers John Carpenter; Jamie Lee Curtis” “Based on Characters created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill”  2 ~ What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?     The opening sequences shows sequences of a pumpkin rotting in reverse or coming “back to life” and becoming fresh again. These scenes directly relate to the title of the movie “Halloween”. 3 ~ How does the film establish a feeling of the genre from the  outset     The film is ...

Title research: The Dead Zone (1983)

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From: ‘Watch The Titles’   www.watchthetitles.com 1 ~ What titles are displayed during the opening sequences?    The titles displayed include the names of the actors/actresses, the name of the director, who did the music, who designed the costumes, who edited, who did the screenplay, the name of the movie, and so on. 2 ~  What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?    The prioritized images are of a big house and roads that seem to be in the middle of nowhere. 3 ~   How does the film establish a feeling of the genre from the outset? The outset establishes a feel of the suspense genre through the music because it is creepy, instrumental music.

Title research: Don't Worry Darling (2022)

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From: 'Art of the Title' https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/dark/ 1 ~ What titles are displayed during the opening sequences?     The titles displayed include the name of the movie, who did the screenplay, who wrote the story, who produced the film, who edited, who composed the music, who casted, the names of the actors/actresses, and so on. 2 ~  What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?     The main images in the opening sequence are women who are doing a choreographed dance, the angles of how they're shown are constantly changing. 3 ~  How does the film establish a feeling of the genre from the outset?     The film establishes a feel of the suspense/thriller genre from the outset by the gasping noise that is made at the very start before the title even pops up.

Title Research: Art of the Title Website

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  Hey Michi nation, welcome back to your favorite blog!  Today begins the title research adventure. After much research over the last week my group and I have decided on ‘Art of the title’ website due to many reasons. One of them being how easy it is to manage. The website has a really easy layout to understand in comparison with other websites. My group and I also appreciate the fact the websites has articles on different filmmakers. This website compare to other options has recent movies which is very important. We live in a time where we all like a “clean” look so it’s very important to get modern ideas. Modern movies hold a different feeling compare to 80’s to 90’s movies. This is why we chose art of the titles from all the other options out there. Tune in for next time Michi nation! - Xoxo Michelle