end/reflection

Hey, so today I finished my trailers and my social media. YAYAYAYAYA! I feel a big weight off my shoulders, and now all I have to do is write my critical reflection. Before I do so, though, I want to explain how I edited the end of my second trailer with the fire. So basically, I searched it up, and I found a YouTube tutorial that explained how to change the opacity of an image. With that, I overlapped both images and faded the fire into the image using the "fade in" transition. Here it is:

I also did a Q&A on my Instagram. I made scrapbook arrangements that are supposed to look like a diary, and I made them as if they were in Blake's diary as an interactive thing with my followers. I captioned the post "A glimpse inside Blake's diary." I also uploaded my trailers and posted some of my thumbnails. With all of my components done, it is time for me to write my critical reflection. I wrote a critical reflection for my midterm grade, so I'm going to reference that really quick before I start writing this one. I also took notes in December about the critical reflection, so I'm going to find those as well.

I referenced my notes and realized that in my planning, I was missing a few things that I needed to include, like specific productions I viewed and ways I could've developed my brand better, so I added that to my Google document. I had forgotten a lot of the things that I had to do, like including multimedia in my reflection and that it was 800-1000 words so I'm glad I referenced these handy dandy notes!! 

Now I will write away and update you later!!

Hey, so it is Sunday (the next day). I am 500 words into my essay, but it is 10:39 PM, and I am really tired. I have until Wednesday to finish my critical reflection, so I will be okay. Again, I already planned out my whole essay, so I should be able to finish the rest very easily. See you soon for my last few blog posts!! (why am I sad)

so close

Hey, I'm having writer's block, but for editing because of the audio. Audio is so important, and I have discussed this before on my blog. I am just having trouble finding music that fits my trailer. So far, I used a copyright-free bell sound effect from Youtube to mimic the school bell and establish the setting, and I found a good song on Artlist to use for the very beginning but I am having trouble figuring out the rest. I am going to update you later. So I filmed the fire shot today. My dad has a blowtorch, and I had some paper bags, so (under adult supervision) I put paper bags in my dad's barbecue, and I lit it on fire with the blow torch. Here is a picture of me doing so:

I don't know how but I am going to find a way to overlap this over the shot of Blake crying but we’ll figure it out.

I FINISHED MY FIRST TRAILER YAY!!! After an hour of searching on Artlist, I found a song called “Himalaya” by Modern Aquatic (it’s copyright free) and “Birthday” by Mika Sade (also copyright free) and I edited the songs by fading different parts of each song together to make the music sound cohesive  and match the visuals. I started editing my second trailer and it’s going well. I plan to finish my second trailer today and write my critical reflection tomorrow.  Today and tomorrow I want to finish posting all of my social media content, and then that’s a wrap! I am thinking of doing a Q&A on my Instagram Story and answer some questions about my film to build anticipation. I am thinking of making another teaser for my Instagram, and adding some more pictures and then posting my trailers. I will see you soon!!

editing

Hey! So I edited my first trailer visually, and I started to edit the beginning with audio, and I like how it is turning out. I’ve been using CapCut to edit because I feel the most comfortable with that software. Here are some pictures from my editing: 

I've filmed all of my remaining shots except the one with fire, which I am filming today, and one of Bea in a graduation gown, which I am doing tomorrow. Since I didn't have those shots while editing, I just used a random clip to fill it in and estimated the amount of time the shot would last. 

Besides editing, I also revised my print component. While speaking to my teacher about the component, I realized that most streaming services don't include a tagline in their thumbnail, so I decided to take that out of the thumbnail, and here is my revised print component:

I feel like now these four are more realistic and fit the conventions of a streaming service way better. I also really like how the four thumbnails are so different from each other and show a different aspect of the movie in each one. It's also important to note that streaming services pick which thumbnail to use based on their audience member, or in other words, they cater each thumbnail to fit the likes of the audience. I think the first two thumbnails would be used to cater to an audience who likes upbeat movies, especially coming-of-age films, and the last two would be used to cater to an audience who likes more personal and intimate movies. The four provide a good representation of the film and can be used to capture a range of audience members. 

Anyways, I am going to keep editing to have everything done by this Sunday. See you soon!