Final Project

This is the link to the final project below.    https://cvws.icloud-content.com/B/AdDEuOZNrILqwXOadPT7gUxuJtCwAVjCoZF6YbqoRSi8u9zPMjGrGDLa/DesireFilmOpening.mp4?o=Agz_pX-HaioJN9knX2tV_cEjJmTkKb9QRZ2daExNr14K&v=1&x=3&a=BYCa9Wt7nRypA6UQOwEA_wHIAP8p6UnR&e=1494557054&k=vV155fSElmyiHX39TagEfg&fl=&r=CE937181-344A-4D1A-A771-6AF1F8BFCE9A-1&ckc=com.apple.largeattachment&ckz=3D7E098C-2906-4B48-804E-1B34EAE8F3A1&p=15&s=Kd5UCxyl6QOXIw7QA56fcRFSX74&teh=2

CCR

Below is the link to my CCR. I was having some troubles directly putting it on the blog, so I decided to put it on YouTube and have the link in the blog, that way it can end seen. To film my CCR, I decided to write out what I was going to say before hand to make sure I don't mess up while filming. I actually ended up memorizing the whole speech in the end from going over it and reviewing so much. The speech that I wrote out was about 2 and a half pages long, and my speech itself lasted for about 6 and a half minutes which I was very pleased with. Here is the link

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3IFGa_hHw9Q

Final Editing

The filming process is finally finished. From not even knowing what genre to pick, to brainstorming for hours to get ideas, to multiple complications with filming and schedules, we can finally say we got everything done. Maria and I have been working on the editing process for the past few days now, and it took longer than we had hoped. First it was a bit too long, even after taking things out, so we had to shorten it a bit more. Not only that, but since we're not really professional editors, it was a little difficult to get everything exactly how we pictured it. We had to play around with it for a while to figure out how to do everything correctly. Fast forward a few days later, and we are finished with the editing and it looks like we have made a successful film opening. Now the very last thing that needs to be completed is the CCR. That will get completed within the next few days.

Finishing Up

Now that Valeria's part is completely done, all that was left is to fix up any of the shots that Maria and her brother had to do. Maria said that one of the issues they were having is that they did not have a table to use to serve as a bed for the prisoner. They felt that if her brother laid on it, it would collapse. This caused a bit of a set back in the filming process because there were certain shots that they were unable to complete because of it, and it had to wait for another day. After a few days of delay, we were finally able to complete these shots. Another thing that was causing us issues was being able to fit everything we had into the time that we had for the film opening. It's difficult when you want to include so many things into just a film opening. However, by searching through everything that we had, and cutting out the things that we felt could be left out of the film. We tried our best to make sure only necessary information, that shows the plot of the story and gives background, is included in the opening. After doing this, we can do our final efforts to make sure everything is smooth and perfect.

Filming Process

Today, we decided to redo some of the shots for Valeria's part. There wasn't anything wrong with the shots, other than the fact that they are a bit longer than them to be. Since we have to fit all of our stuff into a certain time frame, we needed to leave room for the other parts of the film with maria's brother.  We want to be sure that we can include the psycho and show how he is coping with being in prison. After all, the purpose of our film opening is to make sure both sides are shown for about the same amount of time, so showing one side more than the other would defeat the purpose. I met with Valeria again so I could shorten some of the clips that we had. The longest part was the shot were she walks from her bedroom to her kitchen. Even though we liked the fact that it helped us establish setting, it was nearly 40 seconds just for that shot. We decided to redo that shot, and ended up making it only about 16 seconds instead, when gives us a lot more room to work with for Maria's brothers part. another shot we decided to redo is the one where she is looking on her computer. We want her to seem popular, so we decided to zoom in on her friends to emphasize it. Maria is going to finish up the last parts so we can edit it and finalize the film.

Progress and Filming Updates

      As we get closer and closer to reaching the end of week 4, all that is really left is to perfect the film itself. Most of the shots are completed, and we now need to get the last bits filmed and then piece it together and see how it looks when they are all combined. Like I previously stated in my last blog post, this should only take one more day to complete. One other thing that we are still waiting on is to see if we are able to go to the abandoned prison that I mentioned in past blog posts. If we are able to, we would like to get a few shots there, but for the sake of time, we can do without it if we have to. We can easily recreate a prison cell in another place. All it would take is making a room look cold and bare with little sunlight. Another thing that we have finally made our mind up on is the title of the film. We wanted our title to actually have meaning to it an not just be some title that sounds cool. In my opinion, we managed to do both. We decided to go with "Desire" for the title of our movie. This was chosen for a number of reasons. First of all, it sounds pretty cool,but this was not the reason it was chosen. In our film, one of the main characters, Billy, is obsessed with our other main character, Lucy. You could say that Billy has a desire Lucy. Maria and I felt that this was the most fitting title, because it directly relates to what we are trying to portray. The title "Desire" creates and image in your brain and kind of hints at what the movie will be about, which is exactly what we wanted to do.

      As for what is left for us to accomplish, the only needed is what I stated in the beginning, and that is filming the final scenes. Within the next few days we plan to have task this completely finished.

Updates on Filming and Progress

       Now that the story line is perfected, we have made progress filming the movie. We wanted to be sure that we were completely satisfied with every little detail possible. Every angle, shot, everything has to be up to our standards before we decide to start filming. As you know, the film opening consists of two characters. Our psycho stalker who is currently in prison, Billy, and our innocent girl who is just minding her own business, Lucy. These two characters will be filmed back and fourth showing the way these two characters are living. We originally planned to meet up a day this week to knock everything out of the way, but a slight problem surfaced, and we were unable to do so. Luckily, maria came up with the idea that she should film her brother's part (Billy), and I can film the parts of Lucy, who is being played by my girlfriend, Valeria. This was a great idea because even though something came up, we were still productive and made a lot of progress.

       I have began to film Valeria's part and managed to get a lot out of the way.  Maria has also filmed her brothers part. Now, the nest order of business will be to get together within the next couple of days and fix anything that needs tweaking. Other than that, we will just need to do some editing and make sure that everything is running smoothly, before putting it in stone.