Film Opening

 Today I am proud to present... our final project! I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do!

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Creative Critical Reflection

 After almost two months of planning, filming, and executing- I'm finally finished with everything. This is a very bittersweet goodbye, and hopefully, I'll see you guys later.

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Home Stretch

 My entire project is gone.

APRIL FOOLS!

In all seriousness, I have been looking forward to seeing what the final outcome of this entire project would be. Right now, it's looking pretty good. As I finish editing my CCR and reviewing what we need to do with my partner, I'm so excited to get to be able to show the world what we have worked so hard to create. 

As I was editing the video, I encountered a problem with my Premiere Pro in which there is a giant white block across my screen. I tried everything I could to fix it but to no avail. I was lucky in the sense that I had downloaded what I had edited onto my computer previously, but it did mean that I needed to edit on a platform that I wasn't so comfortable with. In the end, I'm extremely happy with the result and I'm sure that Mariana and I will want to make some minor changes before we publish the project tomorrow. We met up on Friday after school to ensure that we were both on the same page when it comes to our plans for the CCR and Phases of The Moon. 

Mysterious white screen in my Premiere Pro

Earlier this week, we met up in groups during class to review what we had going on with our projects. My group and I spoke extensively about the CCR process and what we were going to say and how we were going to do it. My group was very helpful and gave me a few ideas that I have included in my CCR. All in all, this is really the last time I'm going to be extensively writing for this project... a little bit nerve-wracking. I'll see you guys later with my final project!

One of my groupmates and I

CCR Time

 During our meetup, we also talked about how we were going to create our CCRs. The day that Mrs. Stocklosa reviewed the specifics of how to create our CCRs, Mariana wasn't there so I had to send her my notes. I made sure to text it to her, and she said that they were helpful. I really appreciated the compliment on my note-taking skills.  

Anyways, using my notes in person we were able to create a list of points we wanted to talk about when answering the four questions in our CCRs. We created a google doc and wrote down all of our ideas. I'm super excited to start writing the official script! Here's what we wrote down so far.

The Meetup

 As spring break comes to a close, Mariana and I decided that it would be best to meet up and shoot some backup shots as I had previously discussed. The two main issues that we wanted to address were sound and getting a few more shots to include in our introduction.

In the end, we were able to film more cleaning shots and we tried to include different camera angles, as I noticed when beginning editing that most of them were the same. It was very important to us that our camera angles are interesting when possible, to help keep the viewer engaged. 

Additionally, we spoke on sound. After about half an hour of browsing through some non-copyright websites for music to add to the intro... we couldn't find anything that we thought suited it. So, Mariana was able to get out her guitar and play something that we both ended up liking. I'm so excited that we were able to create something original for our video! This whole process was really fun and it was a nice way to end spring break while making some progress on our project!

It has begun!

 I'm so excited to begin this step in editing. I have successfully imported all of the clips that we recorded previously into Adobe Premiere Pro. I love this process as it lets me get really creative with what I create and I can't wait to show more. 

I have yet to be able to get super technical as we're still figuring out what sounds we want, whether it be music or foley noises (most likely both). Once I get home, we're going to get together and discuss these things so I can be sure to finish editing in a timely manner. Regardless, this is my favorite part of this whole process and I'm so happy that it's beginning!

THE FONT IS HERE!

As I was finishing up skiing this afternoon, I checked my phone and I had received a few texts from Mariana, I was so excited because throughout these few days I've been gone, she and I have been texting about the fonts. I thought that this would be a good update. I was right! She had sent me a picture of a few fonts that she had found!

Mariana and I's texts

After looking over the fonts a few times, and trying to picture what each one would look like as our title, I finally decided which one I liked! I told Mariana that I liked the one on the top left, and she agreed and told me the font was called CMU Serif. Although I'm not excited for my vacation to end, at least I have editing to look forward to once I get home next week! I'm super happy with how our font adventures turned out, and I'm getting more and more excited to see the final product!