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Unfortunately, I could not edit the past couple days because I have been so busy. To start, I had three tests within one week. I had to study every second of free time that I had. So, I only get so much time to study in school because I have classwork to get done. Also, after school I go to straight to work. I work from 3-8 PM on school nights. Meaning that when I get home I have to shower, eat, clean, etc. By the time that is done it is 9:30 and I do not have time to edit or help edit. I study from 9:30-10:30 and then go to bed because I need to get enough sleep. I would have my groupmates edit in their free time, but they take the same classes I do. Which means that they also need time to study. They also have jobs that they need to do attend after school. So, we definitely should have planned a day to edit in advance. I have thought about some of the different types of edits we're gonna use. For example, in the scene where I am being chased up the stairs I want to use a split sc...

  Today was a very productive day for me, I finished all the filming necessary for the film. The first scene they shot today was me running into the elevator and panicking to close the door. Then, I shot Yousev running to the elevator after me trying to get into it. Even though the scene was done I didn't stop recording and I told him to just run to the stairs and start going up because I figured it would look better as a continuous shot. Next, Dartamian filmed me in the elevator exchanging words with Noah which lead to me running out of the elevator and to the stairs. So, we cut the cameras and then made sure Yousev and I were set up properly for the scene where he sees me entering the stairs. Dartamian films that scene and tracks me and Yousev running down the hallway because I am trying to avoid him. In the next scene, Yousev is supposed to chase me up the stairs to the roof. So, Dartamian starts filming and then he slips and falls so we have to do another take. But, he gets the...

I woke up and got the briefcase, car, and costumes ready for filming. One of our actors couldn't make it to my house today to film. So, I filmed a couple scenes that did not require his presence. The very first shot I took was the establishing shot. I stood on the street that has a clear view of my building and took the shot. Next, I got my groupmate Noah to drive Yousev into the parking garage. I did this so I could get an extreme long shot of the car coming into the building. Then, I got my friend Dartamian to go up to the 5th floor of the parking garage. This is where I took a medium shot of him collapsing onto the floor with the briefcase. While I was doing this, Noah and Yousev were going up the parking garage in the car. This would set up the next scene very well because everything flowed smoothly. Once Dartamian fell, I got my friend Alex to film the part where I am acting. So, I give him the camera and tell him to do an over-the-shoulder shot of me walking into the parking ...

There is a music production company called 14th Street Music and I reached out to them. My group was in desperate need of a suspenseful music track for the uneasy scenes of our movie. So, there was a really good suspenseful track owned by 14th Street Music. I emailed them asking for permission to use that music in our project. It had been a few days and they hadn't responded yet. I started searching for royalty-free music tracks on various websites. I did this because I didn't know how long it was going to take 14th street music to get back to me. It's hard to find royalty-free quality suspenseful music so that is another reason I reached out to 14th Street Music. However, They got back to me in about a week and they denied my request. Luckily, I was prepared and had my backup music ready. I am going to use "1 hour of suspenseful music" by "oldstuff4all". This is a great track because it has various tempos and pitches throughout. That is good because if ...

   Our group realized minor flaws in our film as we continue through this production process. The biggest issue that has come to surface is that our genre isn't represented as well as we thought it was going to be. I did not think this was going to be an issue at the start. In fact, I thought the mystery genre was the perfect fit. As I am watching how the production is unfolding, it seems as if our problem is that we can't necessarily get the feel of a true mystery film in our 2 minute clip. This means, our film's conventions don't completely align with those of a real mystery. I still believe that it can fit the genre, but giving it the title of a mystery-thriller would be more fitting. The camera angles and movements used in our film are those typically used in mystery films. For example, we use extreme close-ups on objects to provide a mysterious feel about them. Also, we use low and high angles to show superiority and inferiority in different characters. On the othe...

              My group had planned to film on Sunday, March 6, but we had to cancel filming. On Saturday, I was attending a birthday party for my friend and ended up sleeping over. Therefore, I stayed up late and slept in until the afternoon on Sunday. I hadn't bought the business apparel for the film that we needed. It was my job to do that and without those clothes we couldn't start the filming process. So, I texted my groupmates that I wasn't ready to film because I wasn't home nor did I have the costumes ready. They were obviously frustrated, but it turns out they weren't prepared either. Dartamian was in charge of making sure he had the props ready. He was supposed to buy a briefcase but didn't get a chance over the weekend. Also, we had a friend Alex that was supposed to be our driver in the movie. However, Noah never told him that he was supposed to film with us. So, Alex wasn't even aware that he would have had to be there if we did film and we...

  1: Establishing shot of building where movie takes place.  2: Extreme long shot of car driving into parking garage. 3: Medium shot of Jude collapsing in the parking garage with a briefcase. 4: Over the shoulder shot of Felipe walking into the parking garage and seeing Jude collapsed with the briefcase. 5:Jude comes conscious and exchanges words with Felipe. (Close-Up shot on the faces of both actors) 6:Mid-range shot of car approaching then Felipe starts running with the briefcase. 1:Middle-close up of a man named Yousev getting out of the car and searching for the briefcase. 2:Middle-close up of Felipe running into the elevator. 3:Mid-range shot of Yousev chasing Felipe to get onto the elevator. 4:Close-up on Yousev hitting the wall and being frustrated. 5:Yousev starts running to find the stairs to catch up with Felipe. (Mid-range shot) 6:Close-up of Felipe's face while he is in the elevator calming down and catching his breath. Also an over-the-shoulder shot showing there...