and here is my CCR......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s_Ldi3_yzw
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Drum roll please......
The moment you've all been waiting for......
(by "you" I mean myself proof reading all of this and Mrs. Marchetti <3)
MY MOVIE! The Last and the Others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdqYEVlLIhk
Enjoy <3 I worked very hard on this and I am very happy with the outcome. Now onto the CCR!
(by "you" I mean myself proof reading all of this and Mrs. Marchetti <3)
MY MOVIE! The Last and the Others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdqYEVlLIhk
Enjoy <3 I worked very hard on this and I am very happy with the outcome. Now onto the CCR!
Friday, April 7, 2017
Onwards and Upwards
Once I finish editing I will move onto my CCR which (in my head) will be my movie and then pauses with me explaining my visions and answering the questions necessary. A suppose the proper terminology would be a director commentary. There are many things I want to vocalize about my film that I think are very important to understand when trying to figure my story out, which I have realized I don't need nor am I suppose to include. I am excited to include what I can with my CCR so that my film makes more sense and interests more people as the explanations are, for lack of a better word, pure genius. I have figured out every aspect of this film down to the T and I wish I could do more with it!
Well, I don't know what else to write so here are some photos of me in green.
Hope you enjoy!
See you when I upload my two minute film opening!
Well, I don't know what else to write so here are some photos of me in green.
Hope you enjoy!
See you when I upload my two minute film opening!
Phase 2: Commence.
FILMING HAS COMPLETED. IT IS DONE. NO MORE FIELD WORK, NO TO THE GOOD STUFF.
My final day of filming went very smoothly besides me scraping my knee on a rock cuz I lost my balance :~( I went to the "abandoned zoo" at Markham Park (essentially a forgotten about myriad of large cages that held animals??? maybe??? at one time) which was not my ideal location, but close and convenient. I got some really great shots to tie together the introduction of the camera into Solara's life as well as the possibility that... perhaps it was planted there (ooo hint hint). I'm very happy with this addition that wasn't entirely necessary but important to me to convey a hidden story in the only 1 minute and 59 seconds I get.
I am so immensely happy with the above footage because it is the EXACT shot I wanted it to be. The green is so breathtaking and vivid and perfectly depicts where I expect Solara to be most of the time and when I look up you can see my makeup (which matches the colors perfectly and makes me so happy!).
My final day of filming went very smoothly besides me scraping my knee on a rock cuz I lost my balance :~( I went to the "abandoned zoo" at Markham Park (essentially a forgotten about myriad of large cages that held animals??? maybe??? at one time) which was not my ideal location, but close and convenient. I got some really great shots to tie together the introduction of the camera into Solara's life as well as the possibility that... perhaps it was planted there (ooo hint hint). I'm very happy with this addition that wasn't entirely necessary but important to me to convey a hidden story in the only 1 minute and 59 seconds I get.
All These Creative Juices.......
I have so many ideas mid-edit that it's hard for me to keep focus.
I've found that there are so many possibilities with this concept that I could make to change the perceived reality so largely and that's sooooo cool.
(I'm still hung up on the fact that what I'm creating will be a story that I alter so choosing a single edit or clip to enter is so important.)
Compared to my first couple blog posts my story has changed tremendously; I rewrote practically my whole script, created a middle and an end for my beginning and developed so many corresponding universes amongst my character and her actions and purposes.
Once I finishing filming with today being my final day for that, I am very anxious to finish my film so I can take a step back to see the whole picture. And then after that, all I have to do is my CCR and then im doooooone!!!!
Well, onto my final day of filming!
I've found that there are so many possibilities with this concept that I could make to change the perceived reality so largely and that's sooooo cool.
(I'm still hung up on the fact that what I'm creating will be a story that I alter so choosing a single edit or clip to enter is so important.)
Compared to my first couple blog posts my story has changed tremendously; I rewrote practically my whole script, created a middle and an end for my beginning and developed so many corresponding universes amongst my character and her actions and purposes.
Once I finishing filming with today being my final day for that, I am very anxious to finish my film so I can take a step back to see the whole picture. And then after that, all I have to do is my CCR and then im doooooone!!!!
Well, onto my final day of filming!
The Editing has Begun!
Jumping head first into editing has been overwhelming but has made the creative process flow much more naturally. I know exactly where I want what I want (even though I haven't exactly acquired all of my footage yet...) and the story comes across much more organically when the in between shots are placed under the audio.
I am so satisfied with my film thus far, which rocks, cuz I didn't think I would be completely comfortable with all of my choices based off how little I have to work with. Thinking of this project months ago, before it had commenced, frightened and irritated me due to how much I had to do with how little time I had available, but now that I'm more than 50% of the way complete, I am enjoying creating this piece of original, authentic content straight from my brain so much.
Having an idea of something fanciful and fictitious and creating it so that it is a tangible object is one of the most incredible feelings ever.
I made something unlike anything else.
I am so satisfied with my film thus far, which rocks, cuz I didn't think I would be completely comfortable with all of my choices based off how little I have to work with. Thinking of this project months ago, before it had commenced, frightened and irritated me due to how much I had to do with how little time I had available, but now that I'm more than 50% of the way complete, I am enjoying creating this piece of original, authentic content straight from my brain so much.
Having an idea of something fanciful and fictitious and creating it so that it is a tangible object is one of the most incredible feelings ever.
I made something unlike anything else.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Ahhh the limitless capacity of the mind
Except for that part when you're suppose to remember to post your last two blog posts after a whole day of filming.... grrrr.
Well, my grade will suffer (I just checked, and it has ever so slightly) and life will go on..... the life of my film that is.
For a brief update, my sunday was spent not celebrating my newly-12 year old sister's birthday but instead, in Miami filming at the sweetest (disclosed) location ever! With the assistance of the beautiful Isabelle Miller, I found the coolest run down shelter (I honestly don't know what it could have been) sunk into the ground, barren and filled with the most beautiful assortment of colorful graffiti. Here's a look.
The accidental correspondence of my outfit and the bright yellows present made me realize a new factor I wanted to provide for my character; since I can't alter my appearance too greatly like I previously stated in one of my first blog posts (Leeloo inspired), I can do as much as I can with makeup. I love makeup and I think it's one of the greatest tools to achieving looking like a completely different person.
Like in those video diary scenes, that person isn't even me.
That's Solara.
I've decided that since our poor tortured character has so much free time on her hands, (and think of all the abandoned Sephora's) instead of painting or sketching like every other creative character in the world, she show cases her artistic capability through makeup, matching her looks with her surroundings. Originally I had recorded the video diary scenes behind some lit candles, to demonstrate the absence of electricity in this world, matching S' makeup with black and red; I ultimately scratched that and recorded it in front of a plain grey wall instead. When I went to film at the graffitied building, I kept my eye look minimal, blending orange and yellow with a subtle red liner on my bottom lash line (which you totally cannot pick up from the videos) and no winged liner (*tear*) to show that on a hot day such as this, our character is able to skip the heavy makeup due to her activities. To show just how I use this color psychology, once I get around to filming my green scenes, I will match my eye makeup with the deep greens and browns and slight bright greens to imitate the feeling of the natural world and serenity.
Until then, my imaginary followers,
Annie x
Well, my grade will suffer (I just checked, and it has ever so slightly) and life will go on..... the life of my film that is.
For a brief update, my sunday was spent not celebrating my newly-12 year old sister's birthday but instead, in Miami filming at the sweetest (disclosed) location ever! With the assistance of the beautiful Isabelle Miller, I found the coolest run down shelter (I honestly don't know what it could have been) sunk into the ground, barren and filled with the most beautiful assortment of colorful graffiti. Here's a look.
Like in those video diary scenes, that person isn't even me.
That's Solara.
I've decided that since our poor tortured character has so much free time on her hands, (and think of all the abandoned Sephora's) instead of painting or sketching like every other creative character in the world, she show cases her artistic capability through makeup, matching her looks with her surroundings. Originally I had recorded the video diary scenes behind some lit candles, to demonstrate the absence of electricity in this world, matching S' makeup with black and red; I ultimately scratched that and recorded it in front of a plain grey wall instead. When I went to film at the graffitied building, I kept my eye look minimal, blending orange and yellow with a subtle red liner on my bottom lash line (which you totally cannot pick up from the videos) and no winged liner (*tear*) to show that on a hot day such as this, our character is able to skip the heavy makeup due to her activities. To show just how I use this color psychology, once I get around to filming my green scenes, I will match my eye makeup with the deep greens and browns and slight bright greens to imitate the feeling of the natural world and serenity.
Until then, my imaginary followers,
Annie x
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