The Catch

Here is the project that we have been preparing for, our very own movie. This movie is  our final project and is just a two minute intro of it. The idea of this film is that a man is hired to kill a man and while committing this crime, someone sees him and starts recording. Then the killer notices her, will he catch the person or will he get snitched on and put away? Therefore we named it the catch because will he catch the witness. We used all our techniques and skills from our past projects to complete this film and make it amazing. As we increased from basic skills that were used in our commercials to more advanced ones that were imputed into our music video, we have improved and prepared for this. We organized our schedule and filmed continuously to be more efficient. Since Leo was yet again the main actor i just helped with choosing scenes and doing research. We weren't able to reshoot due to the pandemic but i believe our film was fantastic. We included many titles and techniques, while editing. So hopefully you think our piece of work is as amazing as we think it is.

Music Video

Right down there is my music video and the CCR. This was our second project of the year. We got to choose any song we were interested in and make a 15 second music video. We chose the song 8TEEN by Khalid because it was just a chill, soothing song. Leo was the main actor in this project and he also edited. Brooke and I were sort of just in the background but it was fun. We had to organize a schedule that we could all agree on since we weren't filming at school this time. This had to be one of my favorite projects just because we got to choose a song that we all liked and got to sing. Have fun watching! 

Commercial

Right down there is our very first project. This will show how much we've improved from the beginning of the year to the end. We had lots of choices to choose from to make our commercial about. I would just like to say that I'm glad we chose gatorade just because it was fun to produce. Im very proud of what we accomplished even with very little experience. We did some research and decided to include me running track since that was a common thing used in these types of commercials. Since it was our very first project we were only allowed to film at our school. I was the main character for this project , which was very exciting. I think Leo did an amazing job editing and Brooke did very good at directing and filming in this project. I was very pleased with the results we got after we finished. Hope you enjoy!

Re-editing Blog: It is what it is

I have relized that thinks can happen in a blink of an eye. School has been canceled till April 15th but think that they might extend it till may. My whole family has started working from home and Im not allowed to leave the house. It sucks that we have to stay inside for so long but I understand why. Now we cant even reshoot for our movie due to the circumstances. Our movie is due April 9th so were just goning to have to work with what we have. We are now reliying on Leo to make the film amazing, sincehe is really good at editing. I am very glad that we decided to film on our phones so we could all access it and use Imovie. Hopefully everything goes right.

        

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Peer Review Blog

   We have now tried peer reviewing for the first time. We had to watch another groups film and review it. The film we watched had only one group-member. His was about him and his family going out to sea to have fun, but then he gets attacked by a shark. His film was constructed in a very good way making it easy to follow along and understand what was happening. His titles could be seen clearly and had nice transitions. I liked many things about his film like his choice of music. Also how it fit what was happening and increased the suspense. It was the perfect volume and didn't interfere with the plot. The ending of the film was great because it left me wanting more due to the cliffhanger.

Although his film was very impressive, I do have some suggestions so he can improve his film. There were three issues that I saw during the review but their minor. One was the size of the shots. When the shot switched to the scenes filled with fish and sharks the size of the shot decreased in size a little bit. This distracted from the plot a bit so I definitely think he should make it so the shots fill up the whole screen throughout the film. Then came a scene with random people kayaking through the canal. He could easily fix this issue by just reshooting it when no one is around or get an angle without them. Lastly, the shots and angles. He did not meet the requirements for them, missing at least half the shots and angles. I would say he filmed to much of the ocean and very little of the actors. Overall he did an amazing job and just has to fix some minor things.