IT'S HERE!

FILM OPENING! :))

Option 2:

https://youtu.be/n9AESEP_kuo


Hi everyone! I just wanted to say THANK YOU for sticking with me the past 2 and a half months. It means the world to me & I really appreciate all of you!! This is not an end... but a new beginning! See you soon! :))) 

CCR

April 6, 2019

CREATIVE CRITICAL REFLECTION! :))


Option 1:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/u4FAdebWLSkfQE6b8

Option 2:

https://youtu.be/301iN-0JiIg

Final steps!! I can see the finish line!

April 4, 2019

Hey guys… I’M BACK! And phew… this has been such a busy, nevertheless productive week!! Today’s blog is extremely cool so make sure to stay till the very end!

This past week, we been wrapping things up and getting our last few shots that we needed for our film opening. Throughout these days, we worked on different sounds we needed like for example the pencil tapping and also of the scene with the psychopath and the mom in the room. We ourselves drew some pictures in paper, with fake blood over them, close to the door where the mom sees it and is shocked by the mysterious drawing the son had made.  Turns out everything came out amazing! We filmed the last few shots we needed and resumed into the editing. Everything took a while to get done since we made the best out of each scene. In other words, the team and I did the most we could of to incorporate different techniques like for example POV shot.

Thanks to WeVideo, the group and I were able to edit our film opening without any issues. Each of the members in my group, including myself, were very engaging with each other when deciding what was right and what needed to be changed/added throughout the editing process. We all listened to each other and came out with the best solution! I’m extremely happy to announce that our film opening has finally been complete and I’m so excited to show all of you! I have already started with my Creative Critical Reflection (CCR) and currently I'm working on it to have it ready for you guys very very soon! Be on the lookout for that! :))

Small peek of our film opening

March 31, 2019

Great news!! I finally have the opportunity to share with you guys the team and I’s first acting scenes. Even though this was conducted a couple of weeks ago, I finally have the chance to catch up with everything else and be able to share this with you. The blog for today will cover the scenes in the film where the family members are all laying in the floor, dead, with the backwards E symbol in this forehead. As mentioned before, this backwards E is the symbol that the psychopath leaves on every one of its victims. We decided to gather up in Parker’s house to create these scenes. We needed to do it in a really dark place and there was still light outside, which made it conflicting. We decided to film these scenes Parker’s garage, where we covered all the spots that the light came of. In the end, we managed to have the room extremely dark and to a point where we couldn’t see each other. This was exactly what we were hoping for. So with fake blood, we drew a backwards E on each of our foreheads and layed down in the floor next to each other. We put a blanket in top of us to make it look like a really murder happened. Down below are some pictures of how it looks

Referring to our storyboard, we decided to have flashing lights of the police and emergency services. This decision was made to add more of a murder vibe which took place. We were unsure where to get these lights until we thought the idea of looking up videos of stimulators in youtube. This is the video we used to help with our production

https://youtu.be/6GyJZoep6rc

In the end, everything workout the way we were hoping it to be. Down below are links which you can press on that will take you straight to the video! Let me know what you think about it!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/wrFyNwq5SLjXYA8c8

https://photos.app.goo.gl/XoXBZWJsGYSfi5KX7

https://photos.app.goo.gl/1f69TdVk8gVCQdaq6

https://photos.app.goo.gl/wEc7zLLfKtR81QsA7

Stay tuned! :))

Long day

March 29, 2019

Hey everyone! I want  to start of the weekend by bringing you guys with amazing news. After a long day of work, from sunset to sunrise, we have constructed the poster we will be using to show a sign of the neighborhood in the film. We were able to do this with the materials we bought that were mentioned in the previous blog. It took us a lot of time to do, however, we were able to finish at the right time we needed. Here is our process and the final outcome of how the poster ended up

Working process

Results

Thoughts?? Let me know! :))

The picture below shows one of our group members, Parker, conducting the first couple of shots that we will be using. Big shoutout to him since he was able to feed the project with a high-quality camera which he owns.

Next day: Headstones

We decided to have the shots of the headstones near the location of the poster. We found this really dark place covered by trees around it, keeping a low lighting. However, lighting won’t be a problem since we’ll be tweaking that throughout the editing process. Below are some pictures of how the headstones ended up in this exact location

Changes to project

We decided to change the location of the first establishing shots to this territory located inside Windmill Reserves because we thought it was a really good place to have the lonely and isolated tone of where the Jones family live.

That’s everything for today… have an amazing weekend!! :))

They are finally here!

March 24, 2019

Hey! I’m so happy to be able to reach out to you guys, specially today! In today’s blog, we’ll be covering the headstones we’ve created for our blog. A lot of work was given to this headstones by one of my teammates, Alexis, so special shoutout to her. So I want to show you guys what we will be using for our first scenes. First of all, I want to mention the names of each member in the family. Let’s begin with the family’s last name. We decided to make it Jones. We just thought this name was a common name and we all liked the idea, but not for special reasons. Here is a list of the family members

- Jones, Hannah: (died at 15 years old) girl who was the youngest in the family

- Jones, Alexander: (died at 18 years old) boy who was hannah’s brother.

- Jones, Madison: (died at 49 years old) was the mother.

- Jones, David: (died at 51 years old) was the father.

Here is a picture of the colortool spray we used to help create our headstones

After several hours of work, we got the job done and were able to finish with the headstones. We will be using these headstones for our first couple of scenes where we want to have all the headstones and the family surrounding it. I’m actually really glad that we were able to finish them by today and have everything ready for tomorrow. Tomorrow will officially be the first day we will start filming, so I can’t wait. Without further ado, let me get to what you guys are waiting for… OUR FINAL RESULTS!! Here are some pictures!

Results

Like them? What do you think?

Can't wait to finally be able to film... TOMORROW! 

See you soon! :))

You can't miss what I'm revealing

March 23, 2019

You won’t believe the great news I have. With a lot of hours put into this work, I’ve created the title of our film opening and how it appear on screen! It took me some time, however, I created the perfect title saying “Identity” the right way and with the correct colors. When I say the right way I’m referring to the “E” being backwards, in red, everything in capital letters. Here is where you can see what I made that we will be using in our film opening.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/rSfYdZobX78gpQof7

It took me a while to find out how to insert this screen recording link in here and find out the way to do it. The first thing shown in the screen recording is the gravestones. I decided to show this so you guys can refresh your memories and remember again that the the gravestone scenes are first and then comes the title. I made it so that the “I DENTITY” comes first in white and then the backwards “E” after, in red. I decided to show it like this so that the audience an understand that that specific “E” will be important through the rest of the film. As you guys know, this letter is the symbol we decided to have when the psychopath kills others and leaves that mark in their body.

The blog today will be short. However, this is an extremely important one to consider. So, what do you guys think of this title? Feel free to leave a comment down below saying if you liked it or didn’t or maybe what I should possibly change!