Hollywood #3

I began going all out. I edited our movie on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, I made the mistake of pasting clips over other clips. On Saturday, I finally figured out how to insert clips so I fixed all of Friday's screw ups and did some of my own editing, in particular on the introduction.

We have to share our suite with another group, which is slowing down the process. I think we will still produce a solid film. Not a super interesting one but it should be clean.

We took a chance using a rather simple idea, and while that helped make editing easier, it was a little banale maybe.

Cap Hollywood Reflection #2

Just like I expected, our film is a pretty straightforward edit, so while we are not done yet, finishing the editing should not be a problem. We will continue to edit on Friday and starting next week, I can begin coming in to edit. Right now the group is taking turns editing, which isn't too productive, so next class we will split into two groups: one editing and one making a movie poster.

It's all about finishing the project now. Now that APs are done, CAP Hollywood is now a priority. My group is responsible so we won't miss the due date for the film. At this point we could complete all editing in probably just a couple hours. Fixing audio levels often takes time, but since we'll be using music, we're going to put the background sounds very low, which shouldn't take long.

CAP Hollywood Reflection #1

My group went filming on Tuesday and Wednesday and we are all done. I thought overall the process was very smooth. I think I can say that this is probably the best script one of my filming groups has ever used. I tend to be one to enhance shots on the spot, but nonetheless, my group had a great foundation coming in. I can't really think of a single obstacle we encountered, beyond a shadow here and there.

My contribution to the group was acting in the film, something I really didn't want to do. I did my best to avoid the role, but once I saw that nobody was keen on acting, it made sense for me to do it. I'm not a very good actor, but I can make things entertaining, intentionally or not. With me as the talent, a serious film can easily turn into a comedy. Fortunately this was already somewhat of a comedy so whatever stupid looks I had shouldn't really be a problem.

Next week is all about editing. There is no time to do work at home until after my AP exams, which both fall on Tuesday, the 14th. After that, if we still need to do some edits, I have some version of Final Cut Pro at home that I could use to finish the job. This should not be too complicated an edit, one that in reality could be done with iMovie.

Two people will have to work on the movie poster next week. I probably won't be one of them because I showed up for filming both days and have a pretty good idea of how the final product should look.