Hey, blog it's Sunday and the project is due in two days AHHHHH!!! I'm really excited to show my final products (from our opening to my CCR videos), I feel like they are all going to come together really well. Yesterday I got a lot done, and today my goals changed throughout the day...
Changes
Originally, I wanted to write my second CCR video, film it, and continue editing the opening (in that order). After talking with Isabel and reviewing the questions I had to answer, I realized that it would be a better idea to focus on getting the opening done, and then answering the more reflective questions of the CCR (#3 and #4) to film my final video.
While embarking on continuing to edit the opening, I began to actually assemble the edited clips in order, and as I was doing so I began to layer on audio that I didn't necessarily think to before. I have always loved to layer audio to get it perfectly fit in place, to fulfill a feeling of continuity and flow. For the file clips in particular, we wanted to focus on making the air fuzzy and for there to be texture, which comes from both the visuals and the audio. For example, I included a VHS hum with static-like noises, with ranging outbursts of more electric pulses. Adapting to the natural sway of the hums, I included a glitch effect (which I had an idea to do either way) to make it seem like there was glitching happening with the older files. This is the video I used that adds the hum/ static noise.
Below is the product:
Other than the VHS hum, I used my first sound effect! I know a big deal! I used an epidemicsound.com sound effect of a computer mouse being clicked to transition from one file clip to another, signifying a type of change, and also that there is more than meets the eye (Someone, aka Doran, is watching the clips). I wanted to ease into the idea that the audience isn't the only one watching the file videos, so the click was a nice introduction to that (considering I'm only giving myself about 30-45 seconds for the file scene).
Here is the click in action:
Also, while listening back to the original clips, we noticed that Isabel's voice as Beth could've been more serious/ intimidating, as Beth needs to be immediately set up as a powerful figure. So, Isabel rerecorded her parts as Beth and sent them to me through WhatsApp where I have been able to screen record them and download the voice messages onto Adobe as MP4 files, adjusting the voices as I need to wherever Beth may sound even just a little too friendly.
For example, here is the very original clip with no editing, raw from filming, versus the edited version with the switched-out audio:
no audio switch
with audio switch
Getting the timing perfect when cutting audio clips and re-entering in the "re-dos" that Isabel sent me has been rather tedious, but worth it because it does truly make an impact on the character of Beth, whom we are introduced to (the audience) through Doran's own experience, a prominent and key way that we are choosing to tell this story.
Helpful Guidance
To continue to get inspiration/ confirmation of my ideas for my CCR, not just on stylistic choices but also on actual content, I decided to look at some student samples that can be found on this website, where my teacher has listed a lot of what have been very helpful resources. Specifically, I reached out to one of my friends who is now a freshman at the University of Florida and who scored an A on her AS project. She approached the film opening with a direct narrative, narrating an extended metaphor and intriguing the audience more with her words as well as relatability. I watched her CCR which gave me clarification, with her video being very informative and giving insight into the process of her Portfolio Project, as well as the meaning behind her opening. She gave me helpful pointers, and it gave us a chance to catch up which I really enjoyed. Getting to look into the minds of people I know, as creepy as that sounds, is really fascinating to me, so exploring her reasoning for choices and the story she wanted to begin to tell in 120 seconds through her CCR was enjoyable and made me realize that I want mine to do the same.
Tomorrow is Monday already so I will continue to edit the opening, try to avoid my perfectionism but also not because it leads to a (hopefully) better final product, and just WORK WORK WORKKKKK!
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