Editing First Week

For the first week of editing, my group uploaded the clips into Adobe Premiere Pro. We trimmed clips that were too long, sequenced the clips, and color graded. For the first clip we wanted the video to be cool toned and dark to show that the protagonist was going on an early morning run. However, one issue we came across was that lowering the exposure reduced the quality of the video and increased the noise. To combat this, I decided to keep the original exposure and just adjust the temperature to make it cool toned. Other than the coloring, we did not run into any other issues. We are going to add the title and credits over the first clip of Josh running down the street. We will most likely use a white bold arial font for the title. The credits will be in smaller font. We are also going to have diegetic music playing. Josh is supposed to be running with headphones in. The music we will have playing will be the music that Josh is listening to from his phone. We haven't decided on a song yet, but it will most likely be an uplifitng song that is ideal for a workout. As far as transitions go, we will only be using cuts. So far, we do not need to do additional fliming. 

Filming Second Week

This week my group and I filmed the shots involving mysterious car that Josh sees on his morning run. We got an establishing shot of a street on Marco that Josh will be running down. We got a medium shot of the car on the side of the road.We got a point-of-view shot of the wheel. We decided to only show the hands on the wheel to keep an element of mystery within the film opening. Josh does not know who the driver is and neither will the audience until the end. Again, my group will re-film everything together when it is darker out, but we wanted to get an idea of what the shots would look like before filming early in the morning.

Filming First Week

These images show the first scene in our film openings. Josh is running in the morning, unassuming of any threats. This is before Josh sees a car with the headlights on and no driver in the seat. There were no immediate issues we noticed while filming, however we did realize that we intended the opening scene to be darker outside than what is shown in these photos. Our group decided that we would re-film the opening to get the correct lighting that matched our artistc vision. The camera was shaky so in the future we want to use a stabilizer. We also want to color grade to the shots to get them to be more cool tones to add the the mysterious feel.

 These images show the final scene of the opening where Josh gets hit over the head with a baseball bat. He is on the ground unconscious and then the scene cuts to black. Again, we want to re-film this shot because we want the location to be in a basement instead of the sidewalk. We know someone with a basement and it should not be an issue to get the ideal location for this scene. Overall, filming was a good experience. We now have a better understanding of what our vision looks like on screen. I am excited to see the changes that we want to make!

Preparing to FIlm

Actors: Our actors will be Josh as the protagonist and Erin as the antagonist.
Costumes: Josh's costume will be atheletic clothing, such as running shorts and a hoodie.
Props: Headphones in for Josh to use while he runs, a car that will be following him, and a baseball bat that Erin will use to knock Josh out.
Location: Our filming location will be a street on Marco Island. Our second location is in our friend's basement, who also lives on Marco Island.
Date: We agreed that any upcomning weekend will be good to film.
Scripts: We do not have any dialogue in our film opening.
Film Equipment: A DSLR, a tripod, and a stabilizer.