Filming blog; last day!

Hello! Last Saturday was the second and last day of filming for my group and I. This day was an exciting day because instead of filming at the previous house, we got to film at my house. Before everyone came over to my house I had to make some props for the specific scenes that we were filming. The main props that I had to make were the letters written in “blood“ on my kitchen wall. Instead of actually painting my wall I decided to paint on a poster then cut the individual letters out to tape to the wall. My main role while filming was to be an actor in the movie. The scenes that we filmed on Saturday were the first scenes for our movie sequence. The first scene of the day, was the opening scene where all of the characters were sitting down watching a scary movie while the character named Thomas jumped out and scared the group. During this scene I was one of the actors watching the movie, while also helping with directing. The next scene we filmed was when the friend group noticed that one of the members went missing and went to go look for her. Throughout the scene I was an actor and one of the members of the group that noticed that someone was missing. Not only was I an actor I also helped with trying to match what we did on the storyboard to what we were filming. The next scene was a big scene for me. This scene was a solo scene for my character, this was when my character noticed the “bloody” letter left on her kitchen wall when she went to look for the missing friend. When I first heard that I was going to have a solo scene I was a little bit nervous at first. I am not a professional actor so I didn’t know how well I was going to act. The last scene that we filmed for the day was the scene where my character wrongfully confronts Thomas about the bloody note left on her kitchen wall. This scene was especially fun to film because I got to fake argue with my good friend jake who played Thomas. I’m very excited for the editing process and to see the final results of our movie.

Filming blog filming day!

Hello! Last Friday the 21st of February was the start of our filming process. On Friday my group and I walked to the first filming spot, which was one of our group member’s house. In this first location we had to get five of the ten scenes done. The first scene we filmed was the scene of the murder “murdering” the missing character. For this scene I helped with directing the scene so the scene can match our storyboard. Along with helping directing I also helped the actors rehearse their lines for the next scenes. For the next scene my group and I filmed the scene of “Bella” played by Alex, went looking for the missing friend while Jake and I were arguing in the background. In this scene my role was to act in the background. The next scene was when the group of Alex, Jake and I go searching for the missing member. In this scene I played “Hannah”. This scene was when Jake, alex and I start looking for the friend, then we hear a scream. Then we proceeded to walk down the hallway to the bathroom where the friend was murdered. The second to last scene consisted of all of our characters discovering that the missing friend had been murdered. For this sene my role was to be an actor. This scene was my favorite to film because of the horror aspect of the scene. Along with acting I helped with set design and makeup. Avalon who played the missing friend had to get gory makeup done for this scene, we used fake blood for the gory effect. The last scene we filmed was the last scene of the movie. This was a scene where all the characters are looking at the body when the lights turn off.

Filming day plan

Today was an exciting day for my group and I! Today was when we made a plan to film for this weekend. As you may already know my group and I are doing a murder horror film for our project. While planning my group and I had a complication when it came to one of the scenes that we needed to film. While most of the beginning scenes are going to be filmed at one of the members house. Two scenes in particular needed certain aspects that this house did not possess. One of the scenes has a hallway in which the characters walk down to then later find the murdered character. The other scene includes a shot of the bathroom with an open window. This seems easy to fix but the first house does not have windows that open in the way we need them to. So instead of filming in one house my group and I decided to film in two different houses. The first day of filming for the movie is on Friday. We are going to film some of the ending scenes for the movie. This is because one of our members plan to have family over so we needed to film as soon as possible. For the scenes that we plan on doing tomorrow we needed some props and supplies to make these scenes more realistic. Theses props include a fake knife, fake blood and some big over sized cloths. I’m really excited for what we have planned! This type of film is really exciting to film especially when I get to work with my friends. I really hope everything goes as planned .

Movie storyboard

Hello! This is my group and I’s story board for our movie project in which we titled “Signed The Watcher”. Storyboard for such a big project like this is extremely important and useful. Drawing out and planing how we want every few seconds to look is the perfect guide for our actual filming day. Each box represents around 2-3 seconds and each paper is a scene. We included practically every movement start to finish. We also below it put in details of either what was going on or any dialogue to be more clear and precise. Along with that we stated which camera angle and shot we are using. One of the first of course is a establishing shot of outside the house we are filming in so that the audience understands what the setting is. Through the film peace we incorporated many different angles high and low and shots like wide shot reaction shots and many more. We made sure to make each box as detailed as possible to really bring our vision for the film out.

Movie design titles

Hello, we finally chose a name for our movie! My group and I came up with: “‘Signed, The Watcher’”. This Google slide shows how the opening credits of the film will be displayed in our project. We chose two fonts for the titles. The first font is called “Permanent Marker”. We chose this font because it had a rough and mysterious look to it that matched the aesthetic that we were going for. We chose to space this font out to make it more dramatic. With this font, we also decided to make it a dark crimson red color to add a more negative connotation to it and to add a more symbolic approach because the color that we chose as a strong association to the color of blood. The second font that we chose is called “Shadows into the Light”. We chose this font because it is closely related to our first font. This font also adds to our creepy horror aesthetic. We decided not to space this font out be we will be putting it in all caps to have it create a greater Impact on the audience. We will be keeping this font color white so that it will be able to contrast into our dark scenery. The titles that we want to prioritize are the film title, actors, and the director slide. The decisions that we made are not final because we may come up with better ideas along the road.

Planning for the movie; location, participants, schedule, health and safety

   Hello! Within this google slide my group and I have come up with some more planning for our big movie project. The first thing we needed to decide on was our locations. We decided that we will be filming at Avalon/ Morgan's house and Jake's house and picked which scenes will be filmed where. Next, we listed out our participants. The whole group will be acting and on camera crew while Jake will be the director, Alex will be the editor, and Avalon will be on makeup. Our next step in planning was creating our schedule. We collectively decided which days we wanted to do what and are going to try our best to stick to that plan. And last but not least we made sure to include and plan out the safety aspects of our movie making. We will all make sure to remain safe during this process. We are all excited to continue on with this project and create our movie.

Shooting script

Hello! This is a google slide of my group and I's movie shooting script. In here we have each scene written out play by play including the camera shots and angles we will be using. The first scene is where we will be establishing the setting and characters. Scene two shows a different P.O.V. shot to show that they are being watched which inflicts a sense of fear and mystery. Scene three is the beginning of the conflict and apart of the rising action of the characters starting to realize they're in danger. Scene four is just the back and forth conversations of the friends. Scene 5 cuts to the other friend in search for the missing friend and her over hearing the friends in the kitchen argue. Then scene 6 is about the friend in search of the victim girl going back to her friends explaining they need to stop arguing and just look for their friend. Scene 7 shows more detail about the murderer and their approach to the victim and their encounter before she is killed. Scene 8 is where all of the friends hear a scream and run to the scene of the murder and realize what happened and are all super terrified. Scene 9 is where a note from the murderer is found and read aloud. The final scene is the friends all together right outside of where the girl was murdered where they notice the open window and then the power shuts off and its ended with a big scream. That is our plan for our two minute movie with our shots and angles, however we have not picked a title yet.

Sound script

Hello! This is our google slides for our sound script. We wrote out the sounds needed to accommodate the actions which were written in the previous shooting script. The sound script includes all the sounds and dialogue in our film. The first scene starts off with eerie music and a sound bridge between the first two shots, accommodated by dialogue between the friend group. Scene two has dialogue between the friends concerning the missing member of the group. Scene three has one member of the group looking for the missing member, then being startled by a "prank" that was done by one of the group members. Throughout this scene there is dialogue concerning the "prank". Scene four is a heated conversation between the two members. Scene five doesn't have any dialogue, it only has diegetic sounds. Scene six has a lot of dialogue and some diegetic sounds. Scene seven has some non diegetic sounds and dialogue. Scene eight has some sound effects and dialogue between characters. Scene nine throughout the scene suspenseful music plays while the character have dialogue. Scene ten has dialogue and diegetic/non diegetic sounds.