Film II Class Blog 2018-19

We practiced multicam editing with this scene from Jurassic Park. Actors Kyle Garret and Trent  practiced Central American accents to make this scene come to life. Multicam editing provides a comprehensible way to follow a conversation and makes the movement of a camera less noticeable.

In the past two weeks I have continued to edit my film. After reading the film text book, I have decided to make the running shots shorter in order to have it more suspenseful and seem more exciting. I have also decided to use dramatic music when the monster appears in order to make the scene more suspenseful. One thing I have decided to change is the beginning. In the beginning I originally shot it with one of the characters laying on the bed reading a book. Now, I have decided that it would be better to have a shot the woods, the house, and the sky in general to create an establishing shot and to make everything seem normal. I think this would scare the audience more as the story continues to become more horrific because the audience did not expect the outcome. I think this would also be beneficial because we can have a voice over on these scenes. I will also focus on emphasizing between the differences in image mood and sound mood. I will correlate the two mood and insure that I fin...

As I started looking over my film, I have realized there are some special affects that I want to include. For example, in the woods scene I want to have rainfall in order to make the scene seen more ominous. The following clip shows how to stimulate rain fall and I hope to use it in my film. Another editing technique that I want to use is to have blood displayed on the screen when the each of the characters die in order to make the film seem more graphic. During the woods scene I am going to make the environment darker and more ominous Finally, I have decided to create a diegetic sound of footsteps on leaves in order to create a feel of anxiety that the actor feels.

I thought this project turned out well in the end. I had some minor audio issues, but was able to work through them for the most part. I thought that my video clips and pictures contributed greatly to the overall message of the piece. While there is definitely room for improvement, I am satisfied with my work.

For the crane shot, I was thinking that the camera starts low at someones feet and goes up to their head that way it gives some suspense to who it may be and it would give an action like feeling; like something is gonna happen. For the slider shot, we could line up a couple people and go from one side to the other side showing all the people. With this happening, it might show a fight or something like that might happen in our film. For the wide aperture shot, I was thinking that we could focus on one or two people and then focus on the background behind them.