Film Weekly #2

Well this week we have been just filming and talking about what are we going to do with our group. I am the actor but I hate being it, I suck at acting. But I think Jose is going to be the actor now because the  group doesn't want Jose to edit the film so they rather have me edit it instead. In my opinion of the group, I feel that we are all unorganized. Most of the time the Director and the DP are just winging it as they go along. The Producer and I usually have great ideas in the group when it comes to what shots look good but we can't say anything because we are not DP so we can't really put any input, in other words, it is not our jobs to do it. I kind of want to be Director because I would like to implement the things I have seen in movies and shows countless of times, but then again, the problem with that is that if you mess up, most of the blame goes to you. In other news, we were filming on Wednesday and I say it kind of went pretty decent. Just two minor problems that bite us in the ass when we put it in the computer to see the footage we have. In one scene, it was supposed to be a close-up of my face while I was walking, but the DP wanted to make me walk slower so the camera wouldn't shake a lot, but when we edited that part, the speed of my walking to the speed of that shot didn't match and kind of ruined it. The second thing is we try to emulate it being "Night" time by messing around with the exposure in the camera settings, but of course it was to dark, we barely realized it was to dark when we imported. We actually found a solution by messing around with the colors in Final Cut Pro but then there was an other issue where you can see lens flares coming from the cars so it made it noticeable that we shot it in daylight. I hope we step it up in our production because I just want to at least make this project look decent and not half-assed.

Film Weekly #1

This week we have been organizing a 4-5 minute feature film for our film class. Everybody has a group of six in their production. I am currently with Jose, Brian, Efren, Darien, and Andrew and yet so far it has been going decent. Currently Jose and I are competing for the main actor in the film, yet I hope I actually lose because I hate acting and also I suck at it. I'd rather be the camera man because I am more used to that job, but hey, you don't always get what you want. Efren is the producer of the film and so far he has been doing a pretty good job in handling it. Darien is the director of the film, so I don't know if he is up for it considering I have never seen him direct so I might want to see what he is capable of. Andrew is the camera man so by Darien trust in him, I would presume that Andrew knows how to work the camera. Brian is going to do the foley which at least gives him something to do in the group. Currently two of our locations are a restaurant and a flower shop, which may be hard to get because some places don't like allowing people to film unless they pay to shoot there. So far the script seems alright to me, there is nothing new I have seen in the script that I have seen from other stories. The only problem I am going to have is that maybe, not quite sure yet, if some of the group members are going to be busy at times when we need to record. Other than that we will just have to see what's coming up for next week.

Is the "F-Word" Really That Bad?

We all know that some movies use curse words on a daily basis. Some curse words even add some emotion to the scene itself. Yet some say that movies now a days are using it excessively in movies to the point where it doesn't really mean anything anymore. Like how when you were in elementary and when someone said "stupid" every kid in the class would be astonished because you said that word. Then when you got older and start to mature you start to realize that it is just a simpler meaning of the word unintelligent or mentally challenged. The same goes with this. Sooner or later people as a consumer will start to think it's repetitive and wouldn't really care about the word anymore. Then that would maybe cause some issue because what would happen if the writer intended to use the "F" word to add more intensity to the scene yet other just might feel like he is just using just to say it. This is why writers should lower the curses in films so that future films can use the words as well but not get criticize on using it though.

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