Week Six 2/3

Day two of editing!

Today was a very relieving day along with a productive one. I started my day with an online meeting with my professor in which she was able to help me destress and answer all the questions that I had about my project. This online meeting helped me because I was really worried about where this project was heading. For example, I was worried about how I was going to film if my friends and I aren’t able to leave our homes due to the coronavirus. Overall, the meeting gave me feedback on what I should do to overcome my filming problems. Additionally, today I edited the visual part of the second scene of my film opening. Scroll down to check it out.

As seen above, the second scene starts off with a medium shot of Santiago’s white car. I managed to film this by having a friend drive my car while I was hanging out of my car. We got multiple shots as both cars drove next to each other. Additionally, this shot involved the wide mode of my iPhone camera settings in order to capture the largest possible image without leaving any frame behind. Next up, I placed my camera inside the car as Santiago and his friends were talking. This, along with other similar shots, were used to create the shot counter shot technique that I learned in class. This technique was recreated by having the camera cut back and forth from being inside the car and outside the car. I decided to do this because according to my research, the shot counter shot technique gives the audience a sense of continuous action, making it seem as though the scene they're watching is happening in real-time. Following the sequence of the shot counter shot, a key moment that happens inside Santiago’s car was captured by a two-person shot. This shot captures the moment Santiago realizes that his car is having a malfunction and is therefore forced to pullover. The ending of the second scene is recorded from inside the engine bay of Santiago's car and shows the three friends as they hear a weird sound in which, after a couple of seconds, the camera quickly cuts to black. In final analysis, the second scene has a very good paste and I am happy in the way it turned out, the only problem that I am worried about is the two-minute time limit. Currently, my project is three minutes long and I am still missing two more scenes. My only option is to go back and to cut out any extra parts of each shot which are not essential. But that is a problem for another day, I am currently going to work on getting the entire project together before I worry about deleting any extra shots. Tune in tomorrow for day three of the editing process.