Samantha’s Blog

Summary

I started by writing down what I did in a 24 hour day on my phone. I then picked a font from 1001fonts and then I made a color palette from Adobe Color. I then made my pie chart using Adobe Illustrator with the font and color palette that I previously chose. I then wrote my script and recorded the audio and made a storyboard for my video. I made my video by first putting in screenshots of my pie chart, then my recorded audio, and then I picked a song to put in my video from open verse. I then adjusted the volume of the music and audio so that you could hear me talking about what I did in my life that day. Finally, I downloaded the video and put the link into my blog post.

Font

Color Palette

Pie Chart

Script

Hi!  I’m Samantha and I recorded what I did for 24 hours in my life.  The first thing I start my day with is waking up and getting ready for school.  I spend about 1 hour getting ready for school.  I’m at school for 6 hours, including driving to and from school.  During school, I have a 30-minute break to eat food.  Once school gets out, I have 1 hour of extracurricular activities and  1.5 hours of working out.  Then, I get or make food which takes up to 1 hour.  Then I hang out with people for 2 hours.  I then go on my phone for about 30 minutes before taking a 30-minute shower.  I was then on my phone for 1 hour to do things for college and watch Netflix before bed.  Then it takes me 30 minutes to get ready for bed.  I sleep on average 8.5 hours each night.  Something I took from this study was that I should probably make time out of my day to eat breakfast.  I was surprised that the time it takes me to get ready was equal to the time it takes me to eat in a day.  Thanks for listening!

Audio Editing

Storyboard

Video Editing

The Documentary

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U0U6P06_WGZPubXk_byVIC2iSvBpil_U/view?usp=sharing

What I Learned and Problems I Solved

I learned how to use voice memos on my phone and how to transfer it to premiere pro to edit.

At first, I had a hard time figuring out how to use Adobe Illustrator to make a pie chart but after a few attempts, I figured it out and it was actually pretty easy.

Summary

I was involved in the post-production process by helping the editor with the order of shots and helping the sound designer with what sounds to make and use in the film.

Evidence of Further Input

There was no additional dialogue added in post-production. All the input in pre-production was communicated directly in person to my team or teammates. For example, the sound designer would ask me what sounds he needed to make and then I would help pick which one sounded the best. Another example is when the editor asked me which shot was better and what the order should be.

Evaluation of Script

My script was a little artistic, but not very technical. It was a little artistic because of the choice to use flash-forward and expanding time through pacing techniques. We didn’t have much dialogue so that made the script not very technical.

How I Could Have Improved The Film

I would have added more dialogue to the script. For the film, I would have maybe tried to have one more on-screen character and would have changed a few shots to not be upside down because the end result was a little confusing.

What I Learned

I learned how to communicate with my team very effectively and efficiently.

Session Number	7
Week Number	not sure
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week:	
What was your overall goal for this week?	finish post-production blog post

Work Tasks 

Date	Task Description	Time Spent	Was / Were your choices and work Best Practices? Why?
Monday	wasn’t in this class today	0 minutes
Tuesday	created post-production blog post and had a group talk with Mr.Leduc	50 minutes
Wednesday	filled out professional quotient rubric	40 minutes
Thursday
Friday

Summary

In production, I helped the actor with her lines and helped my other team members if they needed help.

Contribution to the Shooting Script

During shooting, we changed the actor’s lines a little bit and also took the actor’s off-screen friend’s lines out. We made these changes because it made the dialogue flow better and we ran out of time to do the off-screen friend’s lines. This is shown in the pictures down below in the On-site Re-writes section.

Challenges Faced During Shooting

One problem we had while shooting is that we forgot an outfit and couldn’t finish the ending of the film until we brought it. We solved this problem by working on other things related to our film for the 2 days that we couldn’t finish filming.

On-site Re-writes During Production

Assistance Given to the Director

I helped the actors with their outfit choices and their lines throughout the film. I also helped the cinematographer with getting the right shots by holding the storyboard and letting them know the shots.

What I Learned

I learned how important it is to have all of your stuff and props for filming so that you aren’t rushing your editor to get the film in on time.

Session Number	6
Week Number	not sure
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week:	
What was your overall goal for this week?	finish production and post-production blog post

Work Tasks 

Date	Task Description	Time Spent	Was / Were your choices and work Best Practices? Why?
Monday	worked on pre-production blog post	50 minutes	yes, I finished my pre-production blog post
Tuesday	worked on production blog post	50 minutes	yes, I am almost done with my production blog post
Wednesday	was in class for 10 minutes but I still finished my production blog post	10 minutes	yes, even though I wasn’t in class very long I was able to finish my production blog post
Thursday	was gone all day for IB testing	0 minutes	no, because I was gone
Friday	finished my pre-production blog post from last week because I forgot to finish it	50 minutes	yes, I finished my pre-production blog post

Session Number	5
Week Number	not sure
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week:
What was your overall goal for this week?	finish filming and start production blog post

Work Tasks 

Date	Task Description	Time Spent	Was / Were your choices and work Best Practices? Why?
Monday	worked on the pre-production blog post	40 minutes	no, I was distracted by my phone and decision day, so I didn’t get much done
Tuesday	filmed the repetitive shots and diploma shot	40 minutes	yes, our film is almost done
Wednesday	wasn’t in class because of ib testing		no, I wasn’t in class today
Thursday	we couldn’t film because we didn’t have Alice’s cap and gown	40 minutes	no, we weren’t able to finish filming
Friday	filmed the graduation scene and started production blog post	40 minutes	yes, we finished filming our film

Session Number	11
Week Number	not sure
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week:	3.5 hours
What was your overall goal for this week?	Finish Pre-Production Blog post and start filming in Production

Work Tasks 

Date	Task Description	Time Spent	Was / Were your choices and work Best Practices? Why?
Monday	Found my four cinematic storytelling elements	50 minutes	Yes because it helped me finish my blog post
Tuesday	Worked on the script for film and blog post	50 minutes	Yes because it helped our team figure out our film idea
Wednesday	Finished the script and started getting influence from movies	40 minutes	Yes because I finished the script
Thursday	Started filming	30 minutes	Kind of but we could’ve filmed more shots
Friday	Fimed a few shots and finished blog post	50 minutes	Yes I finished my blog posts and we filmed some more shots

Summary

The scriptwriting process for this film is the same as usual. I start by brainstorming ideas that fit the criteria of what we were told to do, which was a lifestyle film this time. Then, I picked the storytelling elements that I wanted to use in the film. I then wrote a storyboard and a script for the film.

Cinematic Storytelling Elements

• 26. Expanding Time Through Pacing

I will be using this to show Alice is nervous and stressed during the beginning of the film.

• 29. Slo-Motion

I will use slow motion in Alice’s dream.

• 32. Flashforward

I will use this to show Alice thinking about graduation in the future.

• 99. Seasons and the Passage of Time

I will use this to show that it’s winter during most of the film, but then when it’s the graduation flashforward it will look like summer.

Drafts of Script (Correctly Formatted)

Characterization Development

Alice changes her outfit 3 different times and each time she is more nervous and anxious.

Influences from Films

Screenwriters: James Cameron, and Peter Barsocchini.

How they influenced my work: Peter was the screenwriter for High School Musical 3.

Treatment

Senioritis Treatment 

Logline: A girl fights senioritis in order to graduate on time.

Plot summary: The story is about a senior girl in high school who needs to get her assignments done on time to be able to graduate, but she daydreams about graduating and summer instead. 

Key characters: Alice fights against senioritis throughout the film and daydreams about graduating. Alice’s character gets lazier and lazier each day to show that she is stuck under senioritis and just wants to graduate. 

Costume / Props that Help Characterization

Alice’s costume changes 3 times to show her getting lazier and more tired from school.

What I Learned

I learned how to write a treatment.

Session Number	10
Week Number	not sure
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week:	3.5 hours
What was your overall goal for this week?	Finish Pre-Production

Work Tasks 

Date	Task Description	Time Spent	Was this a Best Practice?
Monday	LeDuc talked to us for a little then we started brainstorming ideas	40 minutes
Tuesday	kept brainstorming ideas	50 minutes
Wednesday	looked up storytelling elements	40 minutes
Thursday	worked on script and pre-production blog post	50 minutes
Friday	drew out storyboard	50 minutes

Session Number	9
Week Number	not sure
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week:	3.5 hours
What was your overall goal for this week?	Finish CFP and CS

Work Tasks 

Date	Task Description	Time Spent	Was this a Best Practice?
Monday	Worked on fixing FP Reel	40 minutes
Tuesday	Worked on CFP and CS	50 minutes
Wednesday	Worked on CFP and editing CS	30 minutes
Thursday	Worked on editing CS and finishing CFP	50 minutes
Friday	Finished CS	60 minutes

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