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Today was my first day of editing. After the mess that was filming, I felt like I needed to be extremely carefully in this stage. Once I made sure that I was in fact, completely finished with filming for the opening sequence, I comfortably began to edit. The editing process is one I typically enjoy. I don't find it to be as tedious or time consuming as filming is. I am usually able to finish editing within a day or two, given the time constraints. I have a specific process when it comes editing. This specific process is pretty basic, I have to admit. However, for me at least, it is extremely helpful. The process goes as follows. I first begin to transfer all the clips into a new project on iMovie. I then piece all of the clips together. I piece them in accordance to how they appear on the storyboard. After this, I begin to layer in any music that is needed and begin to add in any transitions and whatnot. While editing, I ran into a few issues, as I usually do. The first issue was t

The song I planned to use in my film is from “Tame Impala.” The specific song is “Eventually.” The writer and producer behind Tame Impala, Kevin Parker, had decided to make his music public domain. In an interview, he speaks about his opinions on making money from music and what it means to him. He believes that getting music for free isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He also doesn’t feel that stopping illegal music downloads is important. He adds that he does feel comfortable making money from larger companies and corporations because “they have money.”  This was a huge relief to me, especially after reaching out to multiple artists, hoping to be able to use one of their songs. I reached out to Wallows and Taylor Swift. However, I did not get a reply from either one of them. This worried me because I had no idea what song I was going to use in my film. I began to search through royalty free and public domain music, trying to see if I could find a song that matched my film. I began to wor

In my excitement of finishing filming all the necessary scenes and even the refilming of certain scenes, two very important scenes of the opening sequence somehow escaped my mind. I truly cannot comprehend how I let this slip my mind, but I unfortunately did. I skipped over filming the scene where I am writing in my journal. I also did not record the voiceover accompanying the clip. I have no idea how I managed to skip over filming such an important part of the opening sequence. I believe it was my excitement to finish filming paired with me skimming over my storyboard that caused me to skip over this scene! Thankfully I realized I had accidentally skipped over the scene before it was too late. I was beginning to edit the opening sequence. I was piecing all the clips together, as I usually do. I was finishing putting all the clips in order before I added in any transitions or any further editing when I noticed something strange. I was missing a good chunk of time from my opening sequen

I spent my Monday afternoon filming a few scenes I decided needed to be fixed. The scenes I wanted to refilm were the scene of me making my bed and me cleaning my window. I did not really like how the second clip looked, mainly because of the bright light of the window washing out everything else. In the original clip of me cleaning my window, the light from the window was so bright, you could barely see me. This led me to refilming it, which turned out much better. Although the light from the window is still very bright, you can actually see me cleaning in the clip, which is a huge improvement. In the scene of me making my bed, I did not realize that in the background, I had left a shirt with my school logo on it lying on a chair near my bed. There are specific rules that we must follow when making this opening sequence. One of these rules being that we are not allowed to have anything with our school logo featured in the film. With this specific clip, I wasn’t able to crop the logo o

 Today was my second and last day of filming. I am confident that I have completely finished filming my opening sequence. However, just to be safe, I have allotted an extra day to film any additional clips if need be. In the few hours I had available to film, I was able to film the leftover scenes I had from the last filming day I had. As I mentioned in the previous blog post, using a physical copy of the storyboard I created helps a great deal when filming. I like having a physical copy of things; I’ve found it to be most beneficial. It helps me stay on track while filming and helps me to film clips in order, keeping everything organized. This is also extremely useful anytime I need to film any clips again. Due to my decision to film alone, rather than working with a partner or in a group, this does make filming a little bit harder. Although there are some things I do not have to worry about, like disputing over availability to film, there are certain things that are obviously more di

Today was my first day of filming! Filming without a partner or a group does prove to be challenging at first. Since I am used to working in a group or with a partner, it was definitely a bit of shock of how much work goes into filming, especially. There are issues with not being able to see if you are filming yourself within the frame or at the correct angle. There are also issues with not knowing if the clips filmed will flow cohesively once put together during the editing stage. Additionally, there is also the issue of having to remember what exactly it is I or others are filming during the filming process. The quite simple solution I’ve found to this is bringing a picture or a physical copy of the storyboard paper itself. This is an immense help while filming. Overall, it is manageable and not too difficult, once you get the hang of it. I filmed the first 30 seconds of the opening sequence today. While filming, I did use a tripod and propped my camera onto solid surfaces, like insi