Final Cut

Here is my final project. A.D.A.M.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vARMLcE0eMpnh352IKm4MM5_B7TQ7tFy/view?usp=sharing

CCR

Here is my CCR

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xccpiIgbwJpzarcm2JshH5SO_x8MT_99?usp=sharing

Wrapping it up

I finally finished to record and I'm starting the editing with the program Sony Vegas as I think is a very powerful software as well as being easy to use. I'm using electronic copyright free music that fits with the genre and builds the suspense. To be honest, the film is not coming along the same way I expected it but it's fine because I couldn't really film in a stable place so I did the best I could in that sense. I am very 'proud' of myself for recording almost every single shot myself, even though it probably took way longer, it was so gratifying when I finally got the shot I wanted.

I still need to do the CCR, which I think I'll do this way. First I will record my voice and then I will make a video adding pictures and related stuff as I talk so that way it's not that boring to watch and it gives visual evidence.

I'm back

I'm finally back to Weston and settled in my new home. There's only one week left, the time goes by so fast. This week I'm going to concentrate completely on the project and finish it by Friday so I have the weekend to revise it and fix any details that are off. I also have to do the reflection which will take time so I will dedicate most of my free time this week on this project. I feel like I'm behind which is not good but I couldn't really do much this last week and a half. I knew what was going to happen but it was more than expected and I tried to take advantage of what was happening. 

This week will also be the last week of postings! These have been very helpful and kind of fun as I can write about whatever I want (related to the project) and it's cool to see the creative and production process of the project. Hopefully in a week you guys can see a great film introduction and I can be proud of the final product.

The Box

I bought a wooden box and some stuff in A.C. Moore to make my own box as I 'lost' my original one. It also adds a personal touch. I painted it black to make it more mysterious looking and I added foam inside to make it look more official/important.

 




This box is really important as it will be the main thing that start the whole plot for my movie so I want to make sure to make it look good. I'm planning on taking extreme close ups of this box too so that's why I'm putting detail into it. This also has been pretty fun to do as I love to do things with my hands and its cool to introduce something I made into the film I'm also making :).

I'm out

Today I left Weston an I won't be back until the end of next week (Spring Break). It's been hard to record in such an eventful week and it will continue to be as I'm first travelling 8 hours by car to South Carolina, staying there for 2 days, then 10 hours more to Kentucky and the coming back. It will be tough and I think it would be better if I had the recordings as I could work on them in the car but I have not much right now. I will try to record over there like maybe other cool shots but I can't really record the main scenes as I need the props. My only worry is that time is running out and I still need to finish the filming. I'm not worried about the editing or music as I have a lot more experience with that and I can do it much faster.

New ideas

So I decided to turn this "problem" of having everything packed in my house to a positive. I thought that this is actually something that is not common to see and something different that might be cool to record. I wanted to record some time-lapses of them packing the stuff up but I couldn't really do it as when I arrive (at 3:30) they are almost leaving. So I just changed a little the plot. Instead of Tommy looking for the box, he finds it while counting the boxes in the house. He finds this box saying "dad's stuff" where he finds 'the box' with the usb stick. However, I don't have the box anymore so I have to find one. Still I filmed without showing what was inside the box.

I'm not completely convinced about these scenes but at least they are something to have and they don't have to be final.