We Finally Recorded

 For the first time, we finally started to record. My group met up at the regional fields and started recording the first part of our script. We met up around 4 o'clock due to that being the time that Julia could meet up. The wind was very heavy that day so in the audio, you could hear the loud wind in the background.

In the photo above Isaac is the one on the left and I am the one on the right Julia took a photo of us discussing the script and what to do improv on. The whole filming process took about an hour to do after many takes of us laughing In the middle of the shot. The whole entire filming day was very fast and easy and I look forward to doing it again.

Preparing for Film Day Tomorrow

 Today in class we decided that we wanted to film earlier. We decided that we wanted to film on Saturday instead of Sunday to some scheduling problems. The reason was that I was busy on Sunday to it being a relative's birthday on Sunday and I would have to spend all day with her on Sunday. I talked with the group and they said that it was ok for them to film a day earlier. We decided on the time 2pm because that was the time when we were all free.

We are going to shoot at regional since that is where the first scene takes place. One of the props that we are going to use is a Soccer ball because Gabriel is going to be practicing his shots on the goal. We would have a goal that Gabriel will be shooting at, and Goalie gloves for someone to shoot at.

Costume Design of our Characters

 For the costume design of our characters, we want them to reflect the type of person that the character is. So for our character Gabriel we want him to wear clothes that are reflective to what his passions are in his life. So we would have him in clothes that one has when playing soccer. So that could be a soccer jersey with athletic shorts and shoes that are meant for soccer like cleats.

For the outfit of the mom we want to use an outfit of a mom that lives in a suburb that is middelclass. So that would include jeans with a blouse and a vest to go on top. With a haircut that is also called a Karen haricut.

For the dad we want a stereotypical white dad that just wants the best for his son. This outfit would include Khakis shorts, white socks that go up to the shins, a polo shirt or a shirt that is a graphic tee and shoes that are new balance.

We are Discussed the our Background Music

 Today Julia and I discussed what type of music we are going to use for the background of our short film. Julia was saying that we have to use non-copyrighted music and I argued that we could use copyrighted music if we just cite the song. So I asked My teacher and she said we needed to get permission from the owner of the song in order to use their song in our portfolio project.

After I heard that my teacher said that we need permission in order to use copyrighted songs I started researching for songs that would fit our short film. I looked up on youtube copyright-free songs and all the songs were mediocre at best, therefore, I have to keep researching for a good copyright-free song that matches the theme of our short film.

We Decided When to Film!

My group Isaac, Julia, and I all came to an agreement that we need to start filming our project soon. We all discussed when we would be busy and when we were  available. We all agreed that we should do it over the weekends because most of us are busy with jobs, sports, and hw over the school week.

We ended up decided that next Sunday would be the best day time start our film. We want to start filming at regional since that is were our intro starts at. Isaac is looking into buying the mic so that it comes before we start filming. 

We also decided that it is best that Isaac should play Gabriel due to the reason that we are going to use Isaac's parents and we felt that he would have better chemistry with his parents than I would. So I am now going to play Daniel instead.

Possible Future Audio Problems

 During the last class, we were discussing when and where we wanted to film and it had me thinking about the difficulty of filming outside in an open environment. I know this because I have filmed outside for previous film classes and the mic on the phone always picks up the wind and it makes it hard to hear people talking. 

For this reason, I proposed to Isaac that we should get a clip-on mic to put on the actors so that the audio would be much better to hear and more clear. After telling Isaac that he was very understanding of the problem and immediately looked up clip-on microphones on Amazon. He wanted to buy one because he also does videos on the side and could use the mic for the film project and for his side hobbies.

When I told Julia she also agreed that filing outside would be very hard to do with just the iPhone and not extra accessories to help the film. She suggested that we all pitch in to buy a clip-on mic from Amazon and we decided to do that.

Changing Storyboard

 Today during class we looked at the storyboard and noticed that it was outdated to what we wanted to do in the Portfolio Project. The storyboard showed what we were first thinking for what our story wanted to be. It showed Gabriel our main character in an actual soccer match shooting against real opponents.

We then started erasing those scenes and start adding scenes where instead of Gabriel playing in a real match he is instead practicing with his best friend Daniel. We decided to do this because we realized that it would be too hard to get a bunch of soccer players to act like there is a match and it would be ten times easier if there were two players shooting instead of a whole match.