Film Journal #6- It's over!!!

This week has been the last week of working on the project and we turned it in the beginning of class on Wednesday. On Monday, my group and I worked on finishing editing our film and our director and editor spent time after school trying to finish it. In the end I think it came out pretty good but I think we could have spent more time on it, to make the story a little more clear.
In this project I learned that it is important to record sound while filming because you have a limited amount of time to get all of your shots and then you have to spend at least the same amount of time you spent on filming the shots on editing the film to create a good story and to make it flow. I also learned that one has to sacrifice their time in making a film possible and doing a good job on it. I know that our group missed some shots and sounds in the film but at least next time when we work on another project we know what is important and what isn't.

Film Journal #5- Almost Done

This week was all about editing and recording our sound. We thought that we could have finished on time on the regular due date which was October 18, 2013, but we noticed that we needed more time. As did the other groups. The due date has been extended and the film will be due on Tuesday at the end of class. So far We are almost done inputing our audio and the ADR was pretty easy. Since our film only contained two lines. We finished recording sound and now we just need to finish editing our film and finish on time.

Film Journal #4- Editing "The Necklace"

This entire school week consisted of editing in class and working on foley outside of class. On Sunday we finished filming our film but while we were editing we noticed that we need to re-shoot some scenes for various reasons. We found out that our film is too long and we need to cut things short because some of our shots are too long and are useless to the film. We need to film close-ups to keep the story nice and short and to the point, but not too short. We'd  have agreed to re-shoot on Sunday and get the shots we need and finish editing our film by Friday. Also we need to add our foley and record our ADR for the film. As the due date gets closer, I'm starting to wonder if we will finish our film on time, but I'm pretty sure we will. We have been working hard towards the film and I think our hard work will pay off.

Film Journal #3- Continuing On With the Film

This week has been the third week on working on the film with my group. We've shot new scenes and re-shot old scenes and we've been working on recording sound for our film. The project is to be due in two weeks. So far we've shot mostly all our scenes and we are hoping that by Sunday we are done with filming so that we can now focus our attention with editing and sound, especially with ADR. This whole week consisted of our group meeting up at our director's house after school, filming for about two and a half hours per day. On Wednesday, we decided to work on foley since our actors where not able to film on that day. So far there is progress in our film. during class we edit and see if we need to re-shoot a scene or if we need to shoot a shot that we missed that is needed for our film. As stated before, I feel positive that the film is going to be done on time but now the only thing that worries me is sound. Some of our members have been working on foley as the rest of the group together but we haven't filmed ADR yet. I think that ADR is going to be a difficult task because even though we know what the actors say, we need to make sure its is said the way they said it in the shot. In the end, I believe that everything is going along well and that we will finish the film on time.