Yeyi's Study!

These are my two CCR's! Please click and watch. :) Part one; PowerPoint presentation:  https://youtu.be/NbLyw0gN9as Part two; Director's commentary:  https://youtu.be/6Yx2YQUc6wE

  This is the final version of my video: ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7KMU8udn3c

     When thinking about all the hardships and laughs I've had with my teammates for the past three months, I am quite proud of our film. Although it changed drastically from the original, I believe it still covers the grounds I wanted it to. Things like the audio corrupting and the issues editing really made me take a step back and problem solve myself before asking for help. It was this that helped me grow as the editor and director.     A lot of changes were made throughout the filming of our movie opener. Like renaming Faelon to Tristan, and deleting the entire second scene for time issues, were really discouraging for me since I really worked hard for these elements only for someone to say it wasn't going to be in the film. This was especially tiring when after writing the original script, I then had to rewrite it myself.     I poured my heart and skill into making the best film I could since I hate doing anything without 100%. I learned to rely o...

       Editing this movie opener has been a mission and a half to complete. I've spent 6 hours editing and fine tuning the 2-minute film as well as trying to improve the quality of the audio. My companion that helped me edit was Matej, he spent an hour with the second scene, and I made some adjustments to it to make it cohesive with the rest of the film which took another 2 hours, as I am a novice in editing.     Luckily, we are done filming, and we are on the last stretch of editing before we post the video. I can't properly put into words how jubilant I am to finally finish this video and move on to other projects. I hope you will enjoy the film as much as we have.

  When filming our movie opener, the original scrippy wrote was too short to capture a suitable length for the video. So We used our real life dialogue to base the new script off of. Thing like talking about jellyfish and an abrupt leave were both based on real life information.  Another thing we did was cut away the entire second scene. We eventually realized 4 scenes would make the video too long and we over compensated for when it was too short. We also swapped from a mall to a park entirely or the coffee shop. We also made some character changes. Like renaming Faelon to Tristan and Demetrius to DJ. These minor changes really brought the film to life.

      The lighting in the film is usually very bright and vibrant. The use of natural lighting is seen all throughout the film. This makes the film seem dream-like and slightly delusional. The only time this change is when Tristain has a reality snap to a dark and gloomy lighting to shift the mood to depressing. This is done to show the contrast between his delusions and what is real     I did edit the lighting in the film to seem brighter and to seem with more color. Also, some editing was done to make the delusions seem darker and broodier. I edited lighting for the entirety of the film to really emphasize the contrast of what is real and fake. 

     We are making good progress with our project. Only scene two remains, I have already edited scenes 1 and 3. After we just need our CCR, and we should be done. We have all done what we assigned to each other. I would like to give credit to my little sibling, Robin, who helped us with the camera work in the first and last scene. Also, to my father who helped with props and explained how to edit. I personally found it hard to give my teammates motivation to show up or take initiative, as I have found myself doing a large scale of work like script work and the majority of editing. So, if it seems my team members work seems different than mine, you can assume I did the majority of it. Otherwise, it has all been smooth sailing. 

     To edit sound in our movie opener, Psychosis, we decided to use Capcut. We had to record voice overs in order to properly capture the audio and to properly her what the characters were saying. We also put music in the background and added the ringing and heartbeat sound effect when Tristan had his delusions.       The only 2 non diegetic sounds we put in we're the heartbeat and the background music. They were meant to capture emotions within the movie and to add a filler when there was mot any talking. I personally think the music in the background really adds to the overall feel and vibe of the film.

          I am editing using Capcut to edit the first, last scene, and the title sequence. For effects, I used a color enhancer as well as a light enhancer. For the flashes when Tristan gets a headache are from a transition that glitches the scene, I also added TV static and a shaking effect. This made the scene completely change its tone from happy to fearful. For transitions, I mainly used fades to show Tristan fading away from with delusions.      While editing, I had to input some other clips that did not mix into the other clips and seemed too long/short or made the film seem weird. But I was able to salvage it after trimming/slowing the clips and by cutting them out completely.

       When we were filming, we were doing it in public places, so trying to get good audio was difficult while trying to not disturb other people nearby. There is also an excessive amount of background noise. So, in order to fix this, we have to record a voice over, mute the original sound, and then add my own background noise in proportion to make the voices seem more natural. This is going to require hours of more editing, but it is necessary to elevate the film. Everyone has filled their role, and the film is looking promising.

       I did the majority of the editing for the title sequence and first scene. The title sequence itself was three different clips of the settings in the film fading in and out of each other. In the beginning you can see the name of the film in purple with our industry name, LEMC, underneath. Each of credits for every actor is color coded to be the same color in the script. It has a relaxing and joyful music in the background. This happens until it fades into the film itself.     Making it was rather simple, just adding text and transitions that align with the music. I got the liberty of choosing the title sequence and how to edit the film, as I am the director, so I presented the idea to my group mates and the agreed that this was good. The suggestion I liked from them the most was color-coding the credits.

       During our first day of filming, me and Ericson did come on time, Matej was a little late, and Cornilius couldn't make it. We started by filming scene one, then two, and then four, we had a scene change in scene three that we shot the following week. Nothing was notably difficult, but we will need to add a voice over in to help bring out the lines being said and to lower the background noises. Luckily, we had a tripod and a spare pair of hands to film the scenes. As of now, we have already finished. The video quality is good, but the audio needs some adjustments. Reshoots do not need to be made.