Week 14

1/3

This was our last in class day to work on our project. It went pretty well. J.Ben and I worked on recording the voiceover for our trailer. We used the mic in Mr.Trione's office to record. We did several takes of the voiceover just to be sure we had enough material to put into the film. We also looked at music to join with the voiceover. While we were doing that, Bailey and Heidi were working on other stuff. They put together some of the material we needed for our final presentation. They also worked on a plan for the filming we needed. After school on Friday we started our filming. We finished filming on Saturday. Filming went pretty well, we ended up changing part of the plot of our film because of location and other issues. Hopefully everything turns out alright during editing. We will be finishing up and preparing for the presentation over the weekend.

Me during voiceover recording. 

Week 13

12/19

Our 20% day was on Thursday because it was the last day before the break. J.Ben wasn't there. Bailey brought her camera and some make-up and we did a photo shoot for our movie poster. One hand on the poster was supposed to be dirty looking so we put some brown make-up on Heidi's hand. Bailey did a great job with the make-up and it looked good and realistic. We went outside to get the pictures. We tried a few different locations and positions. We got quite a few and some were really good. Over the first part of the break Bailey edited it and our movie poster is now done. We have a basic outline for our trailer but it needs a lot of detail added. We were hopefully going to work on the trailer during the break and have most of it filmed and ready for J.Ben to edit during or after the break.

Heidi's Zombie make-up

Example of a not so good shot

This is a better shot. Not the one we used though.

Week 12

12/13

So I wasn't in class on Friday because I was preforming in Beauty and the Beast. I talked to my group and Heidi said that Bailey was and trying out some zombie makeup techniques on her and a few other people. I really wish I could've seen it but I'm sure she has pictures. J.Ben said he started working on the speech for the final project. I didn't really get a chance to work on anything but I've been thinking a lot about how we are going to make the trailer. Bailey said she wanted to incorporate flashbacks and the monologue we have already written. I think it could turn out great if we got the chance to film it. Nobody said anything about deciding on a title either. Next class, since I'm going to be there, I was hoping we would pick a title and review what we have of the trailer and the final presentation. Hopefully filming can be done over Christmas break or else we will more than likely not have a final project.

Not a good pic but there wasn't a lot that I did

Week 11

12/6

Friday was an interesting day for our group. We had a few disagreements. We kept getting off topic but we still managed to get a few things done. We started reading through the script but decided not to finish because we are more than likely not going to do the whole movie. The script was a good accomplishment for this product and so far the closest thing we have to a final project, but we will not be filming it. We decided that it will be a lot easier and overall possible for us to just make a movie trailer instead of the whole film. In class we started making the trailer outline. Deciding what events and  actions should be displayed in the trailer to capture the idea of the whole film. We also decided that we wanted to come up with a new name. This took a huge chunk of time because we couldn't all agree on one. We decided that we would all come up with 3-5 and share them either sometime next week or next friday. We also came up with a cool idea for our movie poster. It is loosely based on the example attached. We liked the distressed background it had to it and thought instead of the silhouetted figures there could be a picture more representative of the film and the change within the character. The idea that's at the top of the list right now requires photoshop, so Bailey is going to have to work on editing it once we are done taking the pictures needed.

Trailer and Script opened in Pages. This is the example picture we were using for our poster. 

Week 10

11/22/13

Last Friday I was only there for the last part of class. I had gone on a field trip and didn't get back until the end of class. My group said they ran through script while I was gone. I'm not quite sure if they did anything besides that while I was gone. Once I was there we ran through the script again with me there, since I am the main character and have the most creative input. There are a few revisions that could be made to the script but a lot of it needs to take place while filming. We didn't get a chance to really discuss when we could film. All we really talked about was that none of us could film over thanksgiving break. We are still working on contacting the extras and possibly Cole's replacement. We will hopefully get our filming started soon. We could also start working on a movie poster. These are all things we need to discuss once we get back from break.

Week 9

11/15

So in class on Friday Bailey wasn't there but we still managed to get some things done. Most of what we did was discuss things that needed to be done. It was still productive though. I think that everyone is a little more organized now about ideas and dates. We emailed Mr. Trione our script and he printed it and proof read it. This was very helpful to get an opinion about it outside of our group. J.Ben also emailed all of the extras that signed up to be zombies. In the email we didn't specify any shooting dates. I think that it's important that we set some shooting dates so that our extras know when to come and so that we know when we need to film in order to finish. It's really hard to film because somebody is always busy when we need to film and it's hard for me to get up to Fairhope sometimes. We decided that most of our filming will probably take place over Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. Of course J.Ben is going to be out of town for both holidays. Our group discussed it and we think it's best that we get a new actor to play Cole. J.Ben was okay with this and will still being doing the editing for the film. Bailey said she had a friend who was interesting in being in our film a week ago so we thought that he could possibly be our new Cole. Mr. Trione gave us a blank shooting schedule and script brake down. I was going to try and finalize our script, then fill these things out over the weekend and the course of next week. This is my way of helping the group since I won't be there next Friday. We also thought of ideas for our movie poster. We were thinking something kind of vague since we haven't had time to actually take a picture for the poster.

J.Ben and Heidi working

Week 8

11/8

After last weekend's attempt at filming we realized we still had a lot of work that needed to be done. In class this friday we sat down and worked on script, storyboard, and filming equipment/ people. Bailey and I were writing script and trying to finish it up and fine tune somethings. Last weekend some people were having trouble with their lines so we were trying to change them up to make them easier. It also needs a good deal of work done on the ending. We haven't exactly decided how it will end yet. I let Bailey take it home and work on it this weekend. Then, hopefully, she can get it done and I can help revise it for the final draft of our script. While we were doing this J.Ben and Heidi were working on our storyboard. It was brought to our attention that we didn't have one so they were working on that and hopefully we can have it for filming whenever we start. Heidi's brother, Knight, and his friend, Harrison, came and talked to us at the end of class. Knight might have a camera and some equipment that we can use for some of our filming. Harrison offered to help us film but we'll have to plan our filming around his schedule. Overall I think that we made some progress this friday.