Extraterrestrial Cheat Day Production Project – Session 3

SUMMARY

Role: Editor

Intention (SMART Goal):

By January 28, part of team number 2, I will explore editor by following this tutorial will have used intense editing and transitions and will have created our film as part of our session 3 project

Leader(s) in the Field / Exemplary Work(s)

I chose the editor of Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Christopher Roth.

Training Source(s)

  • 0:24 soap operas have been around since 1949 first broadcasting on nbc
  • 1:08 the camera is soft and lightly blurry with softened edges giving a dreamy look
  • 1:33 the set is all lit at once allowing less takes and actors to move freeling around the set with out stoppoing to set up.
  • 1:33 they are filmed with three cameras and set like a play, wide shot, medium shot and close up.
  • 2:00 film was too costly so they used video tape which gives it a different look than film stock. until 2011
  • 4:14 films are now using the same frame rate as the video tapes higher than 24fps
  • 5:32 the soap opera look is called motion interpolation , the defalt etting on most tvs

Project Timeline

start researching: Dec. 13-17

start pre-production: Jan. 3-7

production: Jan. 10-21

post-production: Jan. 24- Feb. 1

Proposed Budget

1$ for a candy bar, time and prople, other props and equiptment are paid for

PRODUCTION – ACTION

The (FILM, SOUND, or GAME Creation)

Skills Commentary:

I think I was creative while figuring out how to get a story about aliens to have the telonovela feel.

I colmunicated with the director and audio person to make a cohesive film.

I used articles, youtube videos and t.v. shows to figure out what makes telanovelas unique.

POST-PRODUCTION – REFLECTION

21st Century Skills

Ways of Thinking (Creativity, Innovation, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving)

Ways of Working (Communication & Collaboration)

Tools for Working (Info & Media Literacy)

Ways of Living in the World (Life & Career)

Reactions to the Final Version

Self-Evaluation of Final Version

What I Learned and Problems I Solved

Grammar and Spelling

Editor

PUBLISHED BY

WHATEVER’ Film Theory Research

Read about film theories in this article: Research Film Theory

CueNotes
does this piece of art reinforce or challenge homophobia?Queer theory is important when looking at something critically to see how pieces of art either reinforce or challenge homophobia. the queer theory critical lens can be used to expose the negative myths.
How do we differentiate between explicit and implicit homophobia?the larger goal of queer theory is looking and drawing attention to queer works of art.
you can apply queer theory to the rocky horror picture show as we see the lead is described as a sweet transvestite, this film in its first minutes shows a “non-normal” category of sexual expression.
Rocky horror picture show suggests that sexuality exists on a wide spectrum, not a simple heterosexual/homosexual binary.
queer theory can be used to examine male-male working relationships

Summary

Story of Film – Episode 1 – Birth of the Cinema

Introduction

1895-1918: The World Discovers a New Art Form or Birth of the Cinema

1903-1918: The Thrill Becomes Story or The Hollywood Dream

Production Design Resource Notes

Notes

  1. 0.30 https://youtu.be/wNXNEs2eBkg?t=30 Production design is the overall visual look of the presesntation.
  2. 0.34 https://youtu.be/wNXNEs2eBkg?t=34 production design is the set design, prompts, wordrobe.
  3. 0.57 https://youtu.be/wNXNEs2eBkg?t=57 production design is important because it sets the mood, charcter and theme.
  4. 1:03 https://youtu.be/wNXNEs2eBkg?t=63 production design is used to affect feelings.
  5. 1.20 https://youtu.be/wNXNEs2eBkg?t=80 production design should reflect the emotions the audiance and actor are feeling. color tone, wordrobe and set dressing have abig impact on emotion.
  6. 1:58 https://youtu.be/wNXNEs2eBkg?t=118 each element of production design all adds together to create a final product.
  7. 2:36 https://youtu.be/wNXNEs2eBkg?t=156 production design can reflect who a character is on the inside.
  8. 2:37 https://youtu.be/wNXNEs2eBkg?t=157 production design can be used to show how a character has changed over time.
  9. 2:47 https://youtu.be/wNXNEs2eBkg?t=167 production design can show the deeper meaning.
  10. 3:28 https://youtu.be/wNXNEs2eBkg?t=208 a script breakdown will make it easier to set a scene figure out set dressing, wordrobe, props.

production project session 2

SUMMARY

Role:

My role as a screenwriter was to write the script.

Intention (SMART Goal):

My intention was to have a beginning middle and end and write for rhythm. ill be able to know if I’ve achieved this when I look at the final script and am able to identify the beginning, middle, end, and rhythm.

PRE-PRODUCTION – INQUIRY

Leader(s) in the Field / Exemplary Work(s)

Richard Linklater was the writer for Dazed and Confused.

Training Source(s)

Screenwriting 101: 7 Basic Steps to Writing a Screenplay

Project Timeline

  1. pre production
  2. pick roles
  3. research chosen roles
  4. learn tasks for role
  5. create our goal
  6. talk with team about film
  7. write screenplay
  8. finish pre production
  9. start production
  10. film
  11. finish production
  12. start post-production
  13. create blog post
  14. create slideshow
  15. present
  16. reflect
  17. finish post-production

PRODUCTION – ACTION

The FILM Creation

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GBPSFAb1G_58agnoCkQbfFb4-K-IwFzZ/view

POST-PRODUCTION – REFLECTION

21st Century Skills

Ways of Thinking (Creativity, Innovation, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving)

Our team used problem-solving when we were missing someone or had to cut some scenes due to time constraints. I think I used creativity while creating the script, I took the story and added dialogue even it was eventually cut out.

Ways of Working (Communication & Collaboration)

Our team communicated every day at the stand-up Trello meetings and made sure everyone knew what they were doing,

Tools for Working (Info & Media Literacy)

For my role as a screenwriter, I used mostly videos when I wasn’t sure what to do or needed help. In pre-production, I used the videos linked in Schoology to learn how to write a script where I found a link to celtx, where I wrote the script.

Ways of Living in the World (Life & Career)

If I don’t end up doing somethingto do with film production, I’ll be able to take what I’ve learned this session about communication into any job or any situation that needs communication.

Reactions to the Final Version

“should try and incorporate more speaking parts” – Hayden

I agree with them, I did originally, but we ended up cutting them due to time.

Self-Evaluation of Final Version

Our film was simple and suprising with the easy to digest plot with a twist ending

What I Learned and Problems I Solved

I learned what the process and format for a script is. I solved issues like time constarints by cutting some things out of the script.

Grammar and Spelling

Grammarly

editor

Bree