The group in the back as we call ourselves did not really write out a story board for our film, we just went with the flow of ideas we came up with and combined them all into our own story. Basically we did not write anything down, but we brainstormed quite a bit about what our possibilities are for our project. We also talked a lot about our favorite movies and certain scenes in the films and some of those ideas gave us ideas of certain camera shots and angles. Movies like The Hangover, The Godfather, and many others came up in conversation, but we just came up with something on our own, but it was good to think of our favorite movies for some ideas/inspiration. We honestly came up with a simple, but kind of confusing storyline, because we almost wanted to make it seem like we are in the process of making a movie within our own movie for class, but we were just talking about it, then had a fight about the idea and then agreed on an idea, but realized we didn't film anything, but really we did, we just didn't realize we were filming our thought process which turned out to be the movie we made.
In the book Chapter 5 on Cinematography, it talked about lighting and for our film we relied on natural light in some of the scenes and artificial lighting in the indoor scenes. Our movie was filmed either inside the Wentz Science Center or the outside of the Wentz Science Center, and I think we did a good job to have a balance in between the two settings. We wanted to make sure we had a variety of different types of lighting because not all of our film is just one type of lighting and we aren't fixed to just one room. We also wanted to make sure we had different types of shots. We had a few over the shoulder shots, medium shots, long shots, and a few close ups. There was some camera movement as well, but sometimes our cameraman stood still in one frame, but most of the time it was multiple frames in the filming process. Overall, I think we did a great job with the use of lighting and the various shots throughout our film.
I am not sure about how the editing process went, Matt did that for our group, but I can imagine he had to cut out the beginnings and endings of some clips because of laughter or things of that nature. Also he would make various edits to make sure the main parts are in the film when we were ready and expected to be filmed were concise, because he wouldn't include Derek or I saying "Are you recording?" then Matt saying "Yeah", he would just have all of the important parts included where we were acting. Matt also added the free music that was available in the platform he used to edit the film, and I think the music he used had great timing with how the film went. Music to me makes the films story truly come to life because of the added emotion tied to it, and I think the music in a film amplifies how the character or characters are feeling in the film. Music also sets the tone for the entire scene too. I think the editing process can take a while, but I think it is the best part of the film making process because we get to make our movie into something of our own, and put our own cinematic style onto it.
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