The challenges of editing

Good Afternoon!
     I am currently in the Pittsburgh International Airport at the gate waiting for my flight to arrive. The weather took a bit of a turn as it began to snow so I hope my flight doesn't get delayed. But, either way, since I had a bit of free time I decided to begin editing my film and write a bit on my blog.
    I was able to get all of my film clips which I recorded transferred to my computer with ease due to airdrop. Then I put all of my clips in their necessary order on iMovie and saved the project. That's all I was able to do in my free time earlier, however, now I think it is time for me to actually begin editing and deconstructing the parts of my film opening.
    I am a bit worried as without any in-depth editing my film opening is longer than 3 minutes. That means I need to cut a good minute or more for it to fit the requirements. This makes me quite nervous as I feel every clip is necessary, I am just hoping that I am able to cut down on each clip enough to reach the time restraints.
     Another concern of mine is that I have no audio. My audio I planned to record all after as I wanted it to be voiceovers of only my male actor speaking. However, as the deadline approaches this makes me extremely nervous that I will not be able to get it all put together in time. However, my entire flight I am going to be editing my film along as writing up the lines I want my male role to record saying so that way I am as ready as possible.
Wish me luck,
Larissa Sallowicz

Filming Day

Good Afternoon,
   It's about an hour after I finished filming all of the shots I needed for my film opening. We ended up filming a day behind schedule due to the fact Ana my actress playing the female role could not make it on Wednesday. Due to this little set back I felt extremely nervous that I would not be able to finish it all. However, all of the filming is done for the most part. I believe that I just need to add a few establishing shots that I can go back later sometime this week to film.
   I leave for a flight to Pittsburgh tomorrow at 3am so this will give me plenty of time to do most of my editing on the flight there and flight back as I will have that time left over. Hopefully, the editing will not be too cumbersome or take too long but I have a feeling that it will.
   Overall though, I believe the filming went extremely well and I am feeling good about my project thus far. I am not sure, however, if it is exactly7 what I had in mind or if it will turn out up to my standards. I believe I will only find this out once I fully edit everything and get it ready to be turned into my teacher next week.
I hope it turns out well,
Larissa Sallowicz

The Plot Thickens

Hi, yeah I know it's midnight...

      But somehow binge watching my favorite shows has paid off again. Now, I don't know if you guys remember but back in my old blog posting's I mentioned how I was inspired by the Netflix series "YOU." Well, I got HULU and once more found myself binge-watching some other tantalizing television series. This recent show led to a complete change in my plot, let me explain.

       I was watching the show "9-1-1" which is an American drama series which captures the lives of the first responders. As I began to watch more and more of the episodes leading to me finishing the series an hour ago, I realized that there was a reoccurrence in almost every episode. Whenever there was some sort of traumatic incident occurring the camera shot would focus on one thing, such as the victim or perpetrator. Even though the camera would be on the incident the audio would be muted or have music behind it. In addition to the speech of the actors involved in that given scene. 

       This made me think of how well that concept would work for my opening, especially considering the level of spine-chilling I want to achieve.  I thought to myself instead of the male and female both having dialogue it would be mostly the male. I say this because when Ana is speaking she will be muted and instead the audio will just be Blaise's current thoughts about her character.  This mute to her audio along with the alarming ideas running through Charles (Blaise) head. I believe this will give me the best shot at pulling off the unhinged stalker role I am aiming to achieve.
Let's see where this leads!
Larissa Sallowicz

Film Crew... CHECK! Equipment... CHECK! Script...CHECK! - Time to begin

HELLO!
   Sorry for the loud welcome but I'm just exuberant considering I have finally found everyone who I want to be in my film. Now I know you might be thinking... "It took you long enough!" But I think it was just in time.
    Wednesday morning bright and early around 9am, I will be meeting with Ana and Blaise from my AICE media class to film all of the scenes I need. We are planning to meet there around 9:30am and be done before 12pm as Blaise has somewhere to be so he can film his opening. Taking this into consideration, I am quite nervous to see how that plays out. In order to save time, I have prepared everything we need on film day as well as printed out copies of the tentative script. I feel confident that I will be able to get most of my filming done focusing on the important shots and angles that require both of my actors. I will leave the shots which do not have the actors in them in my opening, such as establishing shots, for the end just in case we are running short on time.
    I'm excited to finally get this project started and get to my favorite part of production... Editing. Now you may be thinking I'm crazy as editing can be extremely cumbersome, I really enjoy it. I'll get to that later in my future blog posts, hopefully, this weekend while I'm traveling. The next step for me now is just to do a great shoot acquiring all of the shots I need and to get this wrapped up as soon as possible.
Stay Tuned!
Larissa Sallowicz
 

Filming Equipment

Hello!!
   So now that I know when I will start filming I need to think about what equipment I will be using. I    have been given the opportunity to be able to rent out professional filming equipment however, I    don't think that is the move I will take when it comes to filming this opening.
    I am going to film using my iPhone XS MAX due to its resiliant film quality as well as my exiting familiarity with the product itself. I felt that if I choose to use the professional cameras I would have struggled with learning how to use the camera itself rather than focusing on the outcome of the film clips. Furthermore, by using my phone I will have great ease not only because I am used to working the iPhone camera but because I also can airdrop the film clips from my phone to my computer quickly. This allows me to edit as fast as possible because I don't need to use any external sources to transfer the information.
   To edit my opening I will be using iMovie once I am able to get it updated on my new laptop. I     am having technical difficulties when it comes to this, however, it wouldn't be a normal film process if there wasn't a few bumps in the road. Therefore, I will get it figured out as soon as possible and be able to start my filming as well.
Let's get this show on the road!
Larissa Sallowicz

Starting.... NOW

Good Afternoon!
     So spring break begins for me tomorrow! Meaning that it is time for me to actually begin my filming. Now, I know that this is far different than the original filming schedule I had planned, but I    know I'll still be able to get it done with time to spare.
     My plan is to begin filming as soon as possible, meaning that I will send a message to my prospective actors to ask when they will be able to film this week. I plan to finish filming by Thursday as I leave to Pittsburgh Friday.
     So considering the plan I  outlined above I will send a text to those who I hope will be able to act in my film by the end of today. Furthermore, I will do the editing while I am on my way to Pittsburgh and on my way back on the flight as I will have some spare time.
Let's get this going!
Larissa Sallowicz

The Change I had Been Anticipating

Good Morning fellow bloggers!
     It is the start of a lovely Sunday afternoon, as well as the official start of my senior year spring break. Where has the time even gone? It seems like just yesterday I was in my teachers class discussing what the AICE Media Studies course syllabus. Now, I am about to begin filming my entire portfolio piece. It's crazy to think about. As a result of me going to college soon my parents gifted me a new MacBook Pro, meaning that I now have access to more editing and filming software than before.
     In addition, to me having new software to play with I now also have the ease of airdrop and other apple tools. Instead of me needing to email myself each video clip I take I can now just airdrop it to my computer and begin editing right away. I am beyond excited to be able to use my new computer and play around with iMovie in a way I  was never able to before.
I will let you know how it goes!
Larissa Sallowicz