Stage 4 of Final Project

This is the fourth step of completing my portfolio.

This will mostly consist of my filming process.

During the filming process, I was the filmier because my group members were the actors. I was able to film from my phone. As a group, we decided to use our phones to film. This made it much easier to set up and made it accessible at all times, instead of using the regular cannon camera. It was more convenient for us, as we are also filming outside in school. Not to mention, it is easier to film from your phone instead of a camera which might require me to watch tutorials to learn how to work the camera. This was the preferable choice.

When using production tech, I learned that lighting and camera angles matter. For instance, one of the problems that we ran into was, when I was trying to film an over-the-shoulder shot of a conversation through the phone. As I was filming my group member's phone turned dark as I was filming. As a group, we had to stop and find a solution. We changed our camera angle, and it worked!

Here is what it looked like. (This is not our picture!)

Another issue we had was trying to make the "crime scene" look realistic. By adding some more props and a change in the camera movement, it all came together perfectly.

We did not consult any sources to learn how to use our equipment. Because we recorded from our phones, it was easy to just hit record and start. This made the process much smoother.

When recording certain shots, we got inspiration from our convention glossary. As well as certain shots from movies. For instance, the over-the-shoulder shot of the text came from a movie called "Lost Girls". As a viewer, I was able to see what she was typing and get a little more insight into what was going on. For most of our shots, we took some inspiration from each other. This is because we are different people and many things will differ. Especially what we watch, I typically watch romance movies and movies that just give a positive message on life. This, in fact, lies the big question, So why am I making a mystery film?

Well although I don't watch mysteries that much, I wanted my final project to be exciting. Something out of my comfort zone, I had so many ideas for a mystery opening, that I couldn't wait to share. And not to mention, my group members watch mysteries. So this was pretty balanced. We did watch various types of opening scenes in mysteries before we concluded on our idea.

What about my production process? Want to see some of the behind-the-scenes?

That blog is now up! Have a look.

Source:

Convention Glossary

https://www.thedesigntwins.com/camera-phone-vs-digital-camera-pros-cons/

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