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Now I and my group need to do another round of filming. Today my group is at my house. All the scenes that involve the setting being my house will be shot here. My group once again started with a "game plan" for the day. A list was made of what we will do. This list involved the order we are shooting the scenes. It also included specific details about each shot that I had to get just right. Then I and my group started to review our lines again. My group went over them for about 20 minutes. Everything was looking good and I was about to go outside to prep for the first scene. Then it hit. It started to pour down rain. This was not looking good for my group. So it was decided that we do all the indoor scenes first. This way so when the indoor scenes are done, hopefully, the rain would clear up. The indoor scenes were done almost flawlessly. My group got them done in less than 3 takes every time. The rain started to ease off a bit, which was looking good. But I still had to wait...

Today, Beckett, Sofia, and I had our first filming session. My group and I decided 1 pm was a good time to film. This is because of the lighting at this time. We would film all the scenes inside first. This would take a couple hours and by then it would be dark enough outside to film the other scenes in a bit darker lighting. So, it would be perfect conditions outside by the time we finished the scenes inside the house. I went over to Beckett's house before our scheduled filming time. When I got there I finished setting up some more props. Then I printed out all of our scripts, and any other papers we need to be successful. Once Sofia got here my group got together and started working. The opening scene went great. My group improvised a birds-eye-view shot with Beckett's ceiling fan. We thought it was great until we realized that part of the camera was blocked by the fan blade. So I repositioned my phone and re-shot it. This time our opening scene came out great. We had to impr...

 In order for my film to be successful, good props are needed. That is the case for any film that wants to be at least respectable. So I took it into my own hands to make a variety of props for my short film. I sat down at my desk and started to list what I needed to make. I kept referring to my Storyboard and Script to see every prop that was needed. I came up with a list of about 10 items. The first thing I did was look around my house to see if I had any of these items. If I did not, I asked my groupmates. And lastly, if all else failed, I would go out and spend a few dollars on some items I needed. One thing I needed to buy was envelopes. This was so I could construct my letter. Another activity I did was wash my car. This was so that it would look clean for the camera. This means that it is not attracting the attention of my audience. I want my audience to be focused on the plot itself, but a poor prop could hinder that. I asked my groupmates if they had any of the items neede...

I and my group still have not come up with a concrete name for the Final Task short film. In order to resolve this, I called our group together and brought up the idea. After some discussion, my group came up with a shortlist of what the name of the film could be. One name that I brought was "Wrongdoings". My idea for this was to keep it short and conspicuous. This was in order to keep my Film in line with the mystery genre. A short name that would make the audience wonder could connotate a mystery. That is at least what I believed. My groupmates did not agree. They believed that my idea was not the best. So in response, I asked a question of my one. I asked them what they thought the name of the Film should be. They gave me some ideas. In my honest opinion, I did not quite see their suggestions as fit. I brought up the idea that we can use the internet to our advantage. The internet gave me some good advice that I was able to share with my group. A list of guidelines such as...

This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office . This is our storyboard for Bad Fortune. Each square covers about 5 seconds of the film. So in total, we have exactly 5 minutes planned out. we have included what angles and shots in the images, and descriptions of each segment. This is felt to be our best storyboard as we have now had plenty of practice and this went ever so smoothly. Here Below shows the content of each 50 second page. Page 1: We start in Beckett’s house where Sean and Beckett are playing cards. After getting bored and angry Sean storms out where we follow him down the street. Beckett speed walks and catches up to him where they start talking about what to do to end their boredom.   Page 2: They both come to a stop and see this one house. They look at each other and both come to the conclusion that a great way to end their boredom is to prank the house in front of them. In order to prank it they walk out of the frame and come back with thei...