Good Friday!

     Although this weekend has a great holiday to look forward to, Onil and I's project has hit its first dilemma. As I started to put the clips together, I found that we are a little short on footage, and the entirety of the project looked like it needed more. We made a change while recording, which was to add a flashback in the beginning. The flashback will show our main character's life before quarantine and the purpose is to not only to add some personality into the film, but add to the very odd transition everyone has had to adjust to. Initially, we felt that we only needed to incorporate a party, but then we saw that we should capture more simple elements like Orian walking her dog, laughing with her friends, or eating dinner with her family. Onil will be capturing these moments to add to the opening of our film. With this new addition, I feel that the flow of our film will be a lot smoother. 

Enjoy the weekend,
Amanda 

Woohoo!

    Finally! Onil and I have finished filming our entire short film. We believe we have captured every element and idea we wanted to portray to our audience. The only thing left to do to officially complete this portion of our portfolio project is edit. My goal throughout this week and next week is to finish this process. I am very pleased with Onil and her sister's dedication and commitment to making the most out of the situation and all that we have to work with. I will keep you guys updated throughout the week!

Talk soon,
Amanda

Soothing Sunday!
     I'm back with more updates on Onil and I's journey throughout our portfolio project. I know you are itching to hear what I could possibly have to share today, so drumroll please... Today, I will be sharing our rules:

1. Always have hand sanitizer by your side
2. Sleep with your mask, eat with your mask, and shower with your mask. NEVER TAKE IT OFF.
3. Gloves always stay on, hand sanitizer on top of your gloves.
4. Never leave your home

These rules will be displayed in the same style as our chosen film, 'Zombieland'. We have talked about it multiple times and it has become our final choice for style. As displayed in the film, we will present the rules through text and video with an accompanying voice-over. We have not yet decided which font will be used for the text of the rules but the idea is set in stone now.

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Friday Fun!

     My goal since last posting was to get started on the editing process of our short film and I am pleased to announce that I have done so. After importing the new content that Onil captured, I started to lay it down in the desired order. I'm not quite sure if this is how we are going to start, but as of right now this is our opening. In order to create the mysterious vibe, I will manipulate the color as the videos came out very bright and lively. Onil wanted to continue recording either this weekend or throughout next week. She will be capturing the rules to staying healthy and what to do in our current circumstances: COVID-19. By over exaggerating, Onil and I hope to portray it as a parody, not making fun of the illness itself, but the extremes people are going to because of it.

Keep you updated,
Amanda

Wednesday!

    The day has come, Onil and I have officially started to record our short film. Unfortunately, since we are both not allowed to leave our houses, Onil did the recording of her sister by herself. Not only did we FaceTime so I can offer my input on shots and techniques, but she sent me hard copies of the videos as well for me to evaluate. We managed to capture many scenes of Orian (main character) doing her morning routine, which is the opening to the film. I will soon import these clips into WeVideo to start editing, so we don't leave it all to the last minute. I am very pleased with our chosen character and the looks of the clips. Can't wait for it to come all together!

Enjoy your day,
Amanda 

Sleepy Saturday,

    Surprisingly, doing a whole lot of nothing is extremely tiresome. I try to get out for at least an hour and a half everyday to do some exercise, but after that its lights out. Today Onil and I discussed a variety of fonts that we may or may not be using for our writing in our short film. We were looking for a font that would give off a mysterious vibe, which with our subject, would work perfectly. Additionally, I believe it would look nice if it had a handwriting look to it as it will be used to list the rules to avoiding and dealing with the Coronavirus that our main character is talking about. Our choices are limited as we will be using WeVideo to edit our film and they only have a selected few to chose from. Here are some of the options that we thought could work well: 

1) 

(Bearpaw)

2)

(SecretTypewriter)

3)

(2Dumb)

4)

(Bangers)

5)

(NeoRetro)

    As of right now, we have not decided which one we are using officially, but these are our top 5 choices. 

Talk next week,

Amanda 

Thrilling Thursday,

    Here is our storyboard! 



     I know, 7 boxes, not nearly as much as we could have, but it's a work in progress. This is the opening scenes for our short film. Our storyboard does not capture the specific elements we hope to include, but we believe that showing you guys the content would be better than writing about it. Onil and I hope to meet up during the early days of this week (if our parents allow us to) to start shooting. I can't wait, and I know once we start this part of our project everything will start to flow better, with our website and postcard advertisement as well!

Keep you posted,
Amanda