Having to reshoot

In my previous post I talked about how I made a document clarifying where certain things will go so our editor can make a shorter version of the rough cut, which she did.

Here we are rewatching our rough cut, which is now about 5 minutes and 30 seconds. But even after she shorten it, it was still very confusing, things felt out of order, and I don't think any of us were really content with what we had. Like yes, there are some very good shots in there, but it doesn't really into the film. We even showed one of our classmates our rough cut without any context and she basically told us that she sees what we are trying to do, but she doesn't fully understand it.

We were thinking of rearranging the order completely, but even then, with the footage we got, things will still not make sense. This brought us into the idea of reshooting. Yes, it sucks having to reshoot considering our deadline is approaching very fast, but we want to make our film the best it can be. In AS level of Media studies, we are supposed to create the first 2 minutes of a film. And including dialogue is an option, considering they are focusing on visual technique. But in A level in order to get a higher score, we feel as just focusing on the letter being our main narrative isn't a smart choice. We feel like including more elements of audio and technique is something they will be looking at more this time, since we are meant to advance from our last portfolio. 

So, our best bet is reshooting and just get overall better footage. It's one of the only ways for us to show our true and best potential. It was something we were trying to avoid especially this late in the process, but things happen. But we are planning on reshooting at a completely different location that we have more control over. And frankly, I think the new plan we came up will be easier not just for me but also for the rest of our group including actors.  

Trying to organize the film

 

I'm so thankful that my computer has this feature where I can split the screen into four tabs. It helped me so much with this because I didn't have to switch between tabs. But my group ended up showing a rough cut to our class for feedback and to sum it all, things didn't go as planned. Our rough cut was about 16 minutes long. And since the scenes weren't even in order it just made it 10x more confusing. It even left me confused. But I've realized it's because I didn't tell Karnia (our editor) exactly in what order certain shots and scenes were supposed to go. 

So, once she told me about how confused I decided to make a google document narrowing down what each scene is. I specified as much as I can, so it was clear for her. I included little details about what certain shots mean. I wrote everything in order so when she goes back to edit it's easier for her as well. And we decided to rearrange things around because the film was just not making scene. 

Instead of the letter being read later in the film, I thought it would've been better to start right after the first scene and have the voiceover of it playing for the rest of the film. I think it makes more sense since it touches on things that are being shown in the beginning of the film. However, I did have to break up the letter and signify what line will correspondence with what scene. I think this might've taken the most time since I had to keep going back and forth. It was definitely challenging but I was able to do. 

Ran into a problem with Instagram

 

Error message from Instagram

As I tried to make another social media post, this message kept coming up. I tried to reload, exit out the tab and even restart my computer and it just doesn't want to work. At first, I thought it was maybe because of the photos I tried to upload and sizing, so I made it smaller, and it still gave me the same problem. It's frankly annoying but I will try again later and hopefully it works. But as of right now, it doesn't let me post anything. 

Social Post #3

Thankfully Instagram has this wonderful feature where you can upload multiple photos or videos all within the same post. For example, if you want to post some cool pictures you took, instead of just uploading each photo individually, you can upload them all together in the same post. 

For the third social media post I decided to post some pictures that we got on filming day 1. I wanted to give a small insight of what we were doing. And I only posted 4 posts because it's not too little but not too much either. I think it's a good amount. But I posted different pictures with different in different locations. I want to leave it up to people's imagination and let them kind of decipher it. 

Photo from the social media post

Reviewing Footage in Class

Reviewing the footage in class

AND THAT'S A WRAP!!! Since, we are officially done filming we can start editing. But before Karnia and Bailey can start the process of editing, Karnia is going to make a rough cut because our teacher thought it would be best if we show our rough cut to our class so we can get feedback and tips. I like that we are doing this because say if someone catches something us four didn't, we can either fix it or make changes as needed. Also, we never really had the chance to sit down and talk about which clips we are going to use and which ones we are not. We did about three takes per scenes just in case some shots look better than others. 

Re-recording Audio

Rerecording this audio was a little different compared to how we did it last time. Because this time we had to record two separate audios. And these audio recording are going to be used for voiceovers. 

The letter

The first audio that Karnia recorded was the letter. But the way she did it was sort of odd. Since no one was inside the house, there was this bit of echo. So, she had Maria go inside a closet, closed the doors and record it in there. Since the confined space won't have an echo and you can hear the audio clearly and entirely. 

The doctor note

And she pretty much did the same thing for the doctor note. But instead of having a female voice read it, we actually had Brendan read it. We thought it would've been better if he read it since he as more of a clearer and professional voice. Another thing, that helped recording in a confined space is that you won't have an interference with outside or background noise. Suppose she decided to record the audio in the living, there could've a car that passed by or people talking outside. Small things like that would've caused a bit of an issue for her during editing.