Re-Editing Blog

    Re-editing our film has been a top priority for the past few days. It has been quite a struggle since we could not use the computers at school anymore. Transferring from Pinnacle Studios to Lesly's computer software has been a bit hard because Pinnacle Studios is what we were used to using. This has to be a change though because in the worst scenario Pinnacle Studios would just never load and we did try multiple different computers. When we were lucky and it worked that’s when we were able to edit. We now switch between both Pinnacle studios and Lesly's computer programmed video editor. This is due to the fact that we wanted to start at home and continue because the computers at school would sometimes be slow. So, Lesly imported all the scenes and put them in order of the storyboard. Therefore, we’d only have to split each scene in order to add specific details. For instance the titles design, transitions, and special effects. Since the titles in Pinnacle Studios did not have anything that would go with our theme, we used Lesly's editing software to edit the design of each title. This process was grueling because we had to decide which fonts and styles we wanted to use. Many fonts were very similar and were only different in tiny aspects.

    First, we wanted to find a scary font for the title of the movie, but at first we couldn’t so there was a basic one. We also wanted to fix the rest of the fonts, so it would match well with the title font. Anyeska and I found a scary dripping font which we changed to red and a green background. It looked as though blood was dripping, which helped create spookiness. The other titles were changed also, and the color along with it being red. After this, Britania began looking for transitions to add between each scene. It would be more entertaining and create suspense, and overall improve the smoothness of the film. So we thought about adding them at the beginning, when the girls are playing Frisbee as their title appears, to transitioning to the next person. Another detail we did was special effects. Lesly added a scream in the scene where Britania is separated from the group and sees the entity again before she gets possessed. Lesly and I also added a screeching effect when an eye line match was created between the monster and Claire. Below is a picture of me re-editing the beginning of the film.

Editing Blog: New Software

    Today the group and I re-filmed some more scenes that did not turn out good from before. So, once again we have to dump those scenes from the SD card to the computer. We cut unnecessary parts from each scene and continued to edit. We added titles and decided on a regular font for now. The font is white and does not appeal to our theme, but this will be changed later on. We added all of the titles we needed in the beginning. I added a creepy transition to the title of our movie. This will let the audience know the movie genre is horror. Along with this I added creepy music in the beginning. Lesly and I looked for copyright free music online and found plenty of amazing options.

    I edited the music to lower and completely disappear by the time the characters started with dialogue. Creating suspense from the very beginning. Since we couldn’t use a computer from school due to the Corona Virus epidemic. We decided to use Lesly’s computer editing software. Using his editing software we designed a scary edit to compliment the audience’s watching experience. This technique was found from previous horror films that have been made. This technique was to edit some quick pans of scary objects we filmed. One of the props was a scary doll, spiders, and a broken mirror. For the edit, the filter of the pan was changed. I also changed the color to black and white to adhere to the horror-like theme of the film. Below is a picture of the new editing software on Lesly’s computer that we are using.

Editing Blog: Inserting New Scenes

    At Anyeska’s house the group decided to log into our google drive and find all of the new scenes we filmed. Since we needed to re-film our scenes due to the fact some of the actors' appearances changed. Everything we had previously filmed was no longer good use. Therefore, we needed to start the editing process over again. This process was to ensure our film appeared smooth and appealing to the audience. First, I took the SD card reader provided to us by our teachers. The SD card reader contained all the scenes we filmed previously. We then opened up Pinnacle Studios editing software and dumped all of the scenes into the application. After this, I proceeded to move the scenes into the order of the storyboard. This is to help the film make more sense.

    Lesly created a method to where the group could identify where all scenes should be placed. This method is to number the scenes and then place them corresponding to their number. Before we would do that though each scene needed to have the bad parts cut out. Using the scissors icon we cut everything not needed out. This includes scenes that have the actors laughing or the camera moving out of place. It was important to review each scene more than once. If we did not another actor or cameraman could’ve been in the background of a shot. This would probably confuse the audience or look bad for the film. After each scene was cut I inserted all of the scenes. Due to us filming all day this is all the editing we got to do. The picture below is of us cutting each scene.

Re-Shoot Blog

    On Sunday, my group and I decided to go to Anyeska’s house to re-shoot some of our scenes that needed improvement. The meeting time was 4 o’clock p.m. The last few times we have filmed it only took us about two or three hours, so that’s why we were confident enough to film this later. The only scene we re-shot was the girls’ eating scene. This scene introduces the problem of Britannia's character “Claire” realizing that she forgot her phone. Lesly drove us to Domino’s so we could order and buy pizza. Then, we went back to Anyeska’s house and started filming the scene. Although it took multiple takes, we successfully finished the scene. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to re-shoot the rest of the scenes because it was raining. The following paragraph will explain the rest of the scenes and why we will be re-shooting next weekend.

    There are five scenes my group and I planned on reshooting. One being Anyeska’s scene, where she catches and throws the Frisbee for her title sequence. This scene needs improvement because she looks at the camera. Another scene is my title, where I catch and throw the Frisbee for my title sequence. This scene needs improvement because it is too short and looks staged. After this, we are going to re-shoot the Frisbee accidentally being thrown inside the abandoned house. This is because the viewer can’t see the Frisbee in the air and it looks unrealistic. Following this scene, we want to add a scene of Lesly (the monster) quickly taking the Frisbee that landed inside. The next scene planned is an action match. It will be a scene of the girls walking up to the house, opening the door and then walking in the house, closing the door. We recorded this the last time we filmed, but it got deleted. The picture below is the eating scene we were able to re-shoot.

Peer Review Blog

    During the peer review I enjoyed watching the film a lot. From the beginning, I liked how the name of the movie was red and in a font you would particularly see in scary movies. I also like how there was a transition from a red cup to a red shirt, that was very cool. The acting was good too. There was never a dull moment. A lot of anticipation was built up with the girl renting a room and the psycho. For example, I already knew there was something weird about the renter because she was always holding a knife. I liked how it was creepy and dark while the psycho was chasing the girl with a knife. The story was fluent and made sense. It made me wonder what was going to happen next.
    If I could make a few suggestions it would be the lighting, volume, and motive in the movie. I would make the chasing scene brighter. You can’t really see that well and it kind of makes the viewers lost. I thought the film had messed up or something. I also think that the volume could’ve been higher. You can’t hear the actors talk in most parts of the movie. That’s not good because dialogue is a major part in a movie. I think this could be easily fixed if they just spoke louder or edited this. I also feel as though there should’ve been a motive to the killer. Why does the killer want to kill the girl?