Final Submission

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We were not able to do all of the revisions we would want to in our final project, mainly due to Aiden and I both getting sick, multiple family emergencies, and vacations. But if we had the opportunity, we would’ve reshot the first opening scene to make it seem less scripted and awkward. That would’ve been our biggest change. We also would have wanted to reshoot the over the shoulder shot of me looking at the file in my house and make it more stable and less like somebody is running with a camera.Apart from those two things, there wasn’t really much we could change apart from  Apart from those two things, there wasn’t really much we could change apart from maybe better audio and video quality, and remaking it on a new video editing software. Overall, the final product turned out to be pretty good even though we weren’t able to make revisions completely.

Creative Critical Reflection

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CCR Question #4 Draft

We incorporated technology into the process of making this film by using what little we had, and what little we were comfortable with. The only real tools we used for the production of this film were our iPhone 8+’s, and school laptops. As previously mentioned, a lot of learning was done about the cameras on our cell phones and how to properly use their variety of settings to enhance video quality, efficiency, and speed. Not much learning was needed for iMovie, because both of us were very familiar with the platform. The only use for the laptops was to draft and upload our blogs and to email each other, so most work was done on our phones. Though the technology we used is not really meant for what we were doing, I believe that we did our job and we did our job well.

CCR Question #3 Draft

Going into this project, Aiden and I's production skills were average. We knew how to use our phones as cameras, we knew how to bare minimum edit videos, but we were going into this project confident enough that we can make a film and make it well. However, there was a lot of learning during the process of making our project. I had no clue about camera settings on my phone before this production started. All I knew is that you can take pictures, film videos, and that was kind of it. I learned a lot about lens settings, camera filters, and proper ways to zoom in and zoom out. As for editing, I was very comfortable with iMovie, even though it is a very basic tool. I’ve been using iMovie since late in my elementary school days when I worked on the news show for our school. We did end up using iMovie in the end product, which might’ve been a bit of a poor decision considering it’s hard to do a lot of advanced things on it. Organizing in planning for filming was way harder than I anticipated it to be. Aiden and I both got sick multiple times during filming, Both of us went on vacation multiple times, and there were some family emergencies that made us not able to come to school. all of these things hindered our ability to film at a desired time, so we were only able to do a few retakes. I know have a much greater respect and admiration for film crews on movies. Even though I’ve made small films and videos since elementary school, this specific project is the one that I have learned the most from.

CCR Question #2 Draft

In my audience engagement research, I learned how much little forms of advertisements, like social media pages and posters, have an effect on sales and profiting by the time the movie is released to the public. And as for out overall plan, We plan to market our film in two ways, including TV commercials, and the main one being a social media account. We are going to make a social media account on Instagram where we post updates on the film, behind the scenes, and advertisements. We hope that from people seeing the page, they will be enticed by our work, and possibly want to support us by watching our film. After all of that settles and the release date becomes closer, we can pay the theaters to play our film. If our ads don't go so well, and our budget gets cut, a straight to video release may be in order. This will be effective because it worked so well on other films of the same genre, like Cult of Chucky, Get Out, and a quiet place.

CCR Question #1 Draft

We used conventions like POV shots of the antagonist, distorted font, and eerie sound effects to really challenge the usage of these similar aspects in other horror/thriller movies. The main reason we challenge these certain conventions was because these aspects of horror and thriller movies are relatively cliché and overused. We tried to incorporate them in a very unique way that has not been done before to sort of refresh them and make them seem brand new. To be more specific, we used the angled shot of my character's face seeming oblivious to the murderer being in his house to show that there is no suspicion that there is anyone coming after him.We used trespassing as a charge on the murderer's profile to foreshadow that he will soon be trespassing in the protagonist's house. The only social groups I could respectfully classify Aiden and I in are High School Students and A Friend Group, but we use our film making abilities to make our characters in a friendly group, and a working facility group. Though doing this was a bit challenging, because acting is very new to us, I feel like we pulled it off just enough to make it clear to the audience.

3rd Quarter Submission

The first revision we made was adding another part of the opening sequence that tells us exactly where we are, which is the Ferguson and Bracewell detective office. We added this into make sure the audience knew what the character’s careers were and how it related to the criminal case. It also paves the way for more scenes of the characters doing detective worker tasks, so it just makes the rest of the movie overall more clear.

Another revision we made to the movie was a transitional slide after the conversation with the two detectives. We had this in to make it more clear with the detective goes after work. Which is back to his home office to work on the case. This transition provides extra clarity and make sure the audience does not get confused about the direction of the plot.

The final revision we made for our third-quarter submission was adding a small phrase “or you will be taken” after it says “watch your back”. This change doesn’t necessarily do anything to the plot, but it adds a sort of catchphrase along with watch your back that could possibly make our film more marketable to a wider variety of audiences.

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