SHE'S FINALLY HERE!

MY VERY LAST BLOGPOST!

It's been so fun and SUPER stressful doing this project, but I appreciate that I was given this opportunity to make something with my own creative freedom!

Without further ado... I present to you, "MARINA"

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EfPt6NXYJ26y_Vo4iAKfpMKQs2fxtnE5/view?usp=sharing

Now time to watch the new season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina!

Thank you for following me on this wild journey! It's been real y'all.

As always,

happy witching hour!

MY CCR !!

Hey y'all! This is my Creative Critical Reflection for my film opening, "MARINA". In my CCR, you will hear all about our process of creating this film opening and more!

Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QVnA-mqfCVY6z3phk8WDDHmSJJcQvOPZ/view?usp=sharing

I can't believe this is my second to last post... next blog is my film opening so stayed tuned!

Happy witching hour!

Thriller! Wait no suspense... wait no dark fantasy too

Helloooooo! I can't believe it's already the last week of the project!

Yesterday, Kaylin and I attempted to start our CCR's in class, but then were hit with the question... "what genre is our film opening?" We originally had the idea that it was a thriller involving witchcraft, but then we eventually narrowed it down to suspense. But then after thinking about it for awhile and doing research on dark fantasy, I texted Kaylin and questioned our choice and insisted that it's dark fantasy as well.

Dark fantasy combines fantasy (witches, magic, summonings) with a sense of dread, and dark atmosphere. In our film opening, we combined the unsettling disappearance of the woman's boyfriend with the eeriness and obscurity of the woman receiving a box full of items alluding to the use of sorcery.

Throughout the opening, the music we choose also hints at a sense of darkness, further enhancing the suspense and dark fantasy elements to it.

My next blogpost is going to be my CCR and film opening so get ready!

Happy witching hour!

MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC UGHH

I've made blogposts about music before, but now I'm REALLY (in depth) looking for music. It is literally the hardest thing ever.

I know background music can either make or break this project and I just need to find the perfect track. I've downloaded one so far, and I thought it was good but there's this one repetitive chord throughout the track that kind of ruins it. I've played it back a few times (over the film opening, by the way, I finished adding all the clips together) and it's not the one... so the search continues!

OKAY UPDATE MID-BLOG (I wrote the paragraph above about an hour ago... but I think I figured it out!) So y'all know that one track I downloaded that was good but had that one chord that sounded like wind chimes that basically ruined it (literally just talked about it). Well since we're going to incorporate diegetic sound into the film opening, I lowered the music right at the part where the freaking wind chimes come in so you can't really hear it.

I'm still going to look for other music, just in case. I'm also going to get input from others to see if the music truly matches the opening.

Happy witching hour!

Season 2 CAOS (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) comes out Friday! Are y'all excited or what?

Finished filming!

Hey y'all! Yesterday we finished filming. Kaylin picked me up and we went to her house before picking up Alexia because we had to experiment with the lighting to make sure it was good. We initially planned on using yellow lighting to look like a normal light for the seance scene, but we thought the red lighting would suit it better, so we changed it.

Testing out the lighting!

Once we picked up Alexia, we literally played with Kaylin's puppies for 30 minutes, then we started filming. Once we started, we soon realized that our shot list is over 2 minutes, which is the limit for the film opening, so we had to take our a few things that helped with the build up to the seance. That was super frustrating, but I still think it'll be okay in our final product. 

These are a few shots from our film opening: 

I've been really busy working everyday and haven't had the time to look into music that much, but I plan on dedicating a good portion of Sunday to just looking for music, so I'll update you guys then! 

Happy witching hour!

Another day filming

HEY Y'ALLLLL! We got together again for filming but honestly... we didn't get much done because we had a MAJOR distraction. That major distraction was pupppieesssssssss! Kaylin fosters dogs so her house is basically one big play pen of dogs. So OBVIOUSLY we couldn't ignore them... we probably spent too much time with them.

Okay anyways, back to the purpose of this blog. FILMING! Yes! As we filmed more today, we adjusted a few shots and movements to incorporate into it and I think it worked out well. For some reason, we had the most difficult time recording the shot where Alexia is pulling into the driveway. We had Kaylin do it because first, it's her mom's car, and second, Alexia can't drive. BUT, it was still so hard to stop at just the right spot because she always got too close to the camera and more importantly, ME. 

Footage of Kaylin nearly killing me! HAHA.

We're going to meet-up Thursday and finally finish filming! Woohoo!

Happy witching hour!

Marina has entered the building

Hey y'all! Today Kaylin, Alexia, and I all met up at Kaylin's house to continue filming. Our intent was to you know... actually film, but that's not what happened! We underestimated the time it would take to assemble the box (placed on the doorstep) and we didn't film. But we spent a lot of time focusing on the mise-en-scene, which is really important.

We focused a lot on the spell-book. To make it more authentic, we added random Latin words and "witchy" symbols and even burned the edges of the pages. We had our actress, Alexia, write most of the latin words and symbols because she can write in calligraphy (we're not paying her enough... or at all actually).

While she was doing that, I was drawing "MARINA" across the box. And after that, Kaylin, AKA A PYROMANIAC, started burning the edges of the pages in the book (again, to give it that authentic, aging look).

Although we didn't film, it was overall a productive day! We have our box wrapped and prepared for the next time we start filming. I'm pretty sure we're filming this Thursday, we're going to attempt to finish... (key word: attempt.) I'll keep y'all updated.

Our completed box!

Happy witching hour!