The ride is over

     We have finished the production process and we are ready to release out short film! Although the process was long, we managed to finish and I am very impressed with the results. After completing the editing on Tuesday, I reached out to my peers to review my work. I got some feedback on the movie, and many were impressed. With there assistance I was able to correct some confusing parts of the storyline, and overall align the story better. Looking back, when making a movie, you really need to plan the logistics of being able to carry out the thing in your storyboard. As I mentioned in previous blogs, our movie was planned on the storyboard to include some scenes in a school. Our plan was to utilize the campus that Kyle's mom works at. However, looking back I don't know how we expected to be able to film when there were not children there as the campus is closed on weekends and we all have after school sports during the week. So this taught me that a little foresight would be needed for the best possible production of a movie. Otherwise, everything went along smoothly. I am very impressed on how I was able to implement the title cards within the movie. On Adobe After Effects I was able to learn about tracking points that I could stick text to. In being able to do this, I was able to immerse the text more into the movie. This way people can see the credits of the movie while still being able enjoy the movie. I also sent an Instagram DM to Blondie, a band who's music I wanted to use. I got the all clear after letting them know it was for a school project and was able to use the music to improve the quality of the movie rather than non-copyright music. I am so excited to see what I get for this project, and the feedback I get from my teachers and the Aice examiners! This year has been quite the journey and I am excited to be continuing this course into next semester. I hope to learn more and more about videography and film production, and maybe someday make a film for a real producer.



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