Second Day of Filming

 Last time i wasn't able to film and today I also can't film. But next class on Wednesday I'm most likely going to film. I have to. I had some issues in some of my work so I have to fix that first. Instead of filming I fixed and reviewed all of my stuff. I even made another blog. I fixed my story board, made a new sound and shooting script. I didn't fill, but I had to do something. I realized there were a lot of mistakes in my storyboardm I fixed them, and now I'm planning for Wednesday. This weekend, the only thing I'm going to do for both days is film. I also have my actors, and when there able to film, the weekend. Wednesday I'm going to film the scenes were only one the main character appears. I had so much to fix in one scene I had to rewrite the whole thing. Here it is. Scene 4.

 It was to make the story a bit more clear, because last time it was all over the place and confusing. Now I am sure I'm ready to film. I made a separate blog and slide presentation for the changes. It was a lot and I thought it needed it own separate blog. Now that this is done, the planning procces and final touches is over. Now I can actually start to film.

Fixing my Mistakes

I have made a little mistakes in my storyboard. Some of the things I did wasn't clear, and i needed to fix that. I also changed part of the story to make it flow better and not so hard to follow. I changed a whole scene in my storyboard. I made a mini sound and shooting script for those scenes. For me to use, and make it more convenient. I explained why i made the changes. Also I changed some scenes to add better camera angles, because it was basic and repetitive. I also added pictures of the actual storyboard with my side notes, of the scenes and other stuff. The pictures are to show what i changed and how much of my storyboard i changed.

Filming

  I'm going to start to film today, but not film. I went to the store and bought all the things I need. Props, some costumes, and extra stuff.  I went to two stores. Walmart and Dollar tree becuase they were the most convenient. I had to go today because tommorow I am going to try to start filming. my first going days are tommorow and the weekend. I got a fake syringe, a toy syringe. I tried getting the most realistic one as possible. Got some cotton and string. I also went to a different store to get fake blood, and face paint. The face paint is to add all the wounds, and other wierd stuff that I can recreate normally. I didn't need anything for decoration of setting, becuase they are basic and generic and don't need more. Any other props I have, like they keys. I took me a while to get all the necessary stuff. At Dollar tree I got the syringe I the toys section, and I also got some white sheets to use a lab coat. I didn't know where I was going to find any of that. But, luckily Dollar tree had that. I set up everything and was ready to go and film in two days. I got all my actors and set up when we were going to meet. If for any reason I won't be able to film tommorow I will have to try to film as much I can on the other day and even on Monday to make sure I don't fall behind, and not have it done in time.

Storyboard planning

Storyboard-
  In this Google slides I have added a picture of my story board. 6 squares in each paper. A scene, and each box is around 2 seconds. Underneath the pictures which are somewhat specific I have added an explanation of what is happening. The camera movements, angles and editing. On the side I have also included any other useful tips and important stuff so I can remember them when I film. This is really useful becuase I'm going to use my storyboard when I'm going to film. I'll use it as a reference so everything comes out as I need it to.

Planning: Film titles

The color font spacing and other stuff. It isn't exactly going to be like that, but it's a general idea of how it's should look like. I even came up with a title for my film. May change it later if I think of anything better. Planning the titles is almost the most important thing i have to plan. The titles in the first minutes are suppose to be quick but no to fast that they aren't readable. The titles have to fit in with the actual movie. The titles have to fit in with the mood of the movie. they also have to fit in with the setting, so the audience can actually see it. In my slides presentations i talked about all of the ideas i have for the titles. About how many, where, the font, size, spacing and other stuff like color. Color is important for mine because they will all be on a black/ dark screen.
 

Further Planning

  Planning-
In this i did more planning to make my life easier. I made a schedule of when I was going to do things. I also added health and safety. Health and safety was really important because some scenes may look dangerous. My schedule is detailed on what I'm going to do each day I can do something.
I added the locations I will film in and even added a picture. Also the participants. At the end I talked a little about the titles. Having a schedule is extremely important. I need know when i can film, and any backup plan if something goes wrong.  Location is also important so i know where i'm going to film and mention any changes that happens while i'm filming. All of these things are important in the filming process, everything needs to be planned so it can all go smoothly.

Planning: Shooting script

Shooting Script-
  The black screens are there to create a suspenseful and action mood, they will also include my titles. I described all of the camera angles and movements in my shooting script.I described the actions of all of my actors, what they will be wearing and if they will be holding anything extremely important. Another thing i included was the setting, exactly were its going to be, some specifics. i also talked a lot about the editing i want to try to do.

Planning:Sound Script

Sound Script-
  I this sound script i have added every sound that i want to be heard in my final film. I also added music. i don't know exactly what song , but i know what type. I added the sound for each box in my storyboard. I used my storyboard to lay it out and know exactly each sound and where it goes. some sound is digetic and some is non-digetic. Some sound will even be voice over, for any thoughts. I also added some noises and some minor sounds. I also added any speech in parentheses so i don't get confused. Also, when there was no sound i specified that there wasn't any, because its a choice and i want to create a specific mood. I added every sound that i'm going to use, but most of the times its gonna repeat.