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Monday, April 8, 2019
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Reflection
The title I decided on for my film is Rapped Up. It’s play-on-words of the expression “wrapped up.” I chose this title because it reflects both the topic of rap music, as well as the way the main character is negatively affected and consumed by her mental state and the events in her life.
The key moments in the production process were plentiful. The start of this project was the set-up for everything else that would be developed later on. This stage involved the creation of the idea, which set the whole opening into motion. Another key moment was the filming process, which was the one day that my friend came over to act in the film. That was a major point in the creation of my work because I finally had the clips to visually represent the progress I was making. It was also a huge relief knowing that I had passed another “checkpoint” in this assignment. Peer reviews throughout the editing and production process were more key moments because the additional set of eyes and the feedback I received helped guide me to a refined, better outcome. The finalization process was the last key moment throughout this process. It involves the reflection and submission of the final result that close off the creation process and mark the end of this work.
Throughout the production process, I faced many obstacles and errors, most of which were discussed in previous blog posts. However, in the last leg of the film’s creation, I hit a major obstacle in which the edited version of my project was lost. Luckily, I still had all my footage, and I knew what the result was supposed to look like. I just had to re-edit the film to get it to the point it was at and get it ready for submission.
The biggest changes to my project occurred due to the time restriction for the opening. I struggled between including everything that I wanted to include and keeping the project around 2 minutes long. For me, this meant that I had to stick more to the simplistic nature of telling the story and excluding the additional touches that, despite adding visual interest, took up too much extra time. Regardless, I think the final result is still something I’m proud of and depicts the hard work that went into creating this introduction.
Overall, what I learned was that I should always have backups of my work and that sometimes things don’t go as planned, so instead of stressing out, you just need to review the situation and find as many practical solutions as possible until you find the one that works. I also realized that I have the capability of making some great pieces of art and media, and that is something to be proud of.
The key moments in the production process were plentiful. The start of this project was the set-up for everything else that would be developed later on. This stage involved the creation of the idea, which set the whole opening into motion. Another key moment was the filming process, which was the one day that my friend came over to act in the film. That was a major point in the creation of my work because I finally had the clips to visually represent the progress I was making. It was also a huge relief knowing that I had passed another “checkpoint” in this assignment. Peer reviews throughout the editing and production process were more key moments because the additional set of eyes and the feedback I received helped guide me to a refined, better outcome. The finalization process was the last key moment throughout this process. It involves the reflection and submission of the final result that close off the creation process and mark the end of this work.
Throughout the production process, I faced many obstacles and errors, most of which were discussed in previous blog posts. However, in the last leg of the film’s creation, I hit a major obstacle in which the edited version of my project was lost. Luckily, I still had all my footage, and I knew what the result was supposed to look like. I just had to re-edit the film to get it to the point it was at and get it ready for submission.
The biggest changes to my project occurred due to the time restriction for the opening. I struggled between including everything that I wanted to include and keeping the project around 2 minutes long. For me, this meant that I had to stick more to the simplistic nature of telling the story and excluding the additional touches that, despite adding visual interest, took up too much extra time. Regardless, I think the final result is still something I’m proud of and depicts the hard work that went into creating this introduction.
Overall, what I learned was that I should always have backups of my work and that sometimes things don’t go as planned, so instead of stressing out, you just need to review the situation and find as many practical solutions as possible until you find the one that works. I also realized that I have the capability of making some great pieces of art and media, and that is something to be proud of.
Monday, April 1, 2019
Finishing Touches
My final step in the editing process is to import the audio of the royalty-free beat and the rap itself. I think to do this, I might have to work on my laptop rather than my phone because I don't think the app allows me to import any audios from my voice memos.
The finishing touches will include editing to the visual presentation of the film, such as the contrast, brightness, grey-scale, clarity, etc. My ideal goal is to get the visuals to look somewhat dreary but only in a subtle way. I don't want it to stand out as heavily edited, but I still want it to have that finished, elaborate appearance that depicts how much work truly went into this project.
Getting so close to the end is so excited, yet nerve-wracking. I'm so hopeful that this film opening will truly be a work of art and express the idea that I created.
The finishing touches will include editing to the visual presentation of the film, such as the contrast, brightness, grey-scale, clarity, etc. My ideal goal is to get the visuals to look somewhat dreary but only in a subtle way. I don't want it to stand out as heavily edited, but I still want it to have that finished, elaborate appearance that depicts how much work truly went into this project.
Getting so close to the end is so excited, yet nerve-wracking. I'm so hopeful that this film opening will truly be a work of art and express the idea that I created.
Editing Update
I am happy to say that I really like how the boomerang effect in the beginning section of the film turned out.
Moving on, I went through and edited the remainder of the opening, bringing it down from around seven minutes to around four. This happened simply by removing unwanted clips, trimming clips, and adjusting the speed of certain sections. I just need to crop off two more minutes, but going back over the clips and being more selective with the portions I include will make this much easier.
Watching back what I've produced leaves me both very proud and very stressed. I'm proud of all that I've accomplished thus far, but I still recognize how much more work needs to be done to get the film opening to where it needs to be.
One major issue that I'm still dealing with is the audio. I don't really want to record Foley for all of the sounds, so my next option is to try to isolate the sounds I want to include and remove the audio in the surrounding sections of each major noise. I think this will be do-able by splitting the clips around each major noise and muting any separated clip that is just silence or background noise.
I'm still debating putting in light music in the background. On one hand, it would serve as a nice contrast to the rap that appears at the end, but on the other hand, I think that the silence might be more powerful than adding noise.
Moving on, I went through and edited the remainder of the opening, bringing it down from around seven minutes to around four. This happened simply by removing unwanted clips, trimming clips, and adjusting the speed of certain sections. I just need to crop off two more minutes, but going back over the clips and being more selective with the portions I include will make this much easier.
Watching back what I've produced leaves me both very proud and very stressed. I'm proud of all that I've accomplished thus far, but I still recognize how much more work needs to be done to get the film opening to where it needs to be.
One major issue that I'm still dealing with is the audio. I don't really want to record Foley for all of the sounds, so my next option is to try to isolate the sounds I want to include and remove the audio in the surrounding sections of each major noise. I think this will be do-able by splitting the clips around each major noise and muting any separated clip that is just silence or background noise.
I'm still debating putting in light music in the background. On one hand, it would serve as a nice contrast to the rap that appears at the end, but on the other hand, I think that the silence might be more powerful than adding noise.
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Considerations for Editing
Thinking about my opening, I've been considering additional features of editing that I might want to try out or add to my film.
The first one is to add music at the beginning. Aside from a few noises, such as an opening and closing door, the actions in the clips make little to no noise. This leaves the opening sounding very empty due to the silence. Therefore, I'm considering adding some type of light music at the start and then stopping it or fading it out as the scene progresses.
The second consideration is to add a slight grey-scale to the footage. I think that making the film appear more grey triggers that color psychology response, knowingly or unknowingly, from the viewer that makes the film appear heavier, sadder, and darker, like the overall subject material of the film. I think this slight color change can add to the desired mood and reflect Maya's depression is a visual way.
The first one is to add music at the beginning. Aside from a few noises, such as an opening and closing door, the actions in the clips make little to no noise. This leaves the opening sounding very empty due to the silence. Therefore, I'm considering adding some type of light music at the start and then stopping it or fading it out as the scene progresses.
The second consideration is to add a slight grey-scale to the footage. I think that making the film appear more grey triggers that color psychology response, knowingly or unknowingly, from the viewer that makes the film appear heavier, sadder, and darker, like the overall subject material of the film. I think this slight color change can add to the desired mood and reflect Maya's depression is a visual way.
Third Time's the Charm
As a quick recap, I've already attempted two editing formats for the beginning section of the opening, and I've just thought of a third...
- Switching between all angles of each clip
- Duplicates of each clip (only one angle)
- **Boomerang of each clip**
I haven't tried out the boomerang method yet, but I am hopeful that this will be the right choice for my opening. The way it works is I take a clip, play it forward (regularly), play it reversed, then play it forward again to create that boomerang-like effect.
The problem with the duplicates was that it looked like an unintentional glitch, but I think the addition of having the middle clip reversed will show that this was an intentional editing choice, and hopefully, it will still portray the tedium I want.
I will update on how this goes in a later editing post. :)
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