AICE Media Studies

Today, I had some concerns regarding my creative visions. Hence why I didn't have too many final shots on this day, as I felt the need to seriously rethink my creative direction. A lot of the goals and things I wanted to achieve in this final project had some limitations in terms of execution. Especially the scene in which there's a parallel between the clock and the girl: the light rotates around her face which replicates the movement of a clock. As I was filming that scene, I find it was incredibly hard to recreate what I had envisioned in mind: It was hard to control the lighting as I was using a flashlight to film the scene. The lighting in that scene wasn't the greatest either. Ultimately, I think I'm going to run into this problem a lot. So, I decided to go back to the drawing board. As of now, I'm creating a new storyboard.  I wanted to be more realistic about my execution. The problems in my storyboard was that there was too much going on in the storyline. T

In my Production Blog: Colors, I didn't talk about my whole process into how I color graded my clips since I was relatively new to working out the program. On this editing day, I got to understand the DaVinci Resolve program and become more familiar with the color grading part. Ever since I've experimented and gotten a good deft of what I wanted to achieve, I can now explain my process in a more standardized way. This blog will explain my process more better.  To start off, before even editing, I transfer my video clips from my SD card to my USB Drive. Then, I import the clips I want to edit onto DaVinci Resolve. I go straight into the color grading section (it's the one highlighted in color at the bottom section). I go to Curves to manipulate the lighting (it's the one that has the RBG settings). I only manipulate the white curves, which just alters the shadows and highlights of the video. I form the curve into a slight S shape to emphasize the shadows and highlights o

On this filming day, I filmed the following clips that corresponded with my storyboard: a close-up shot on a knife, a long shot of the main character walking out of her house, a close-up shot of the main character typing furiously onto her computer, an over-the-shoulder-shot of her washing her hands, a close-up of her bleeding hands, and a close-up when she wakes up from her nightmare.  For the close-up shot of the knife, this had to be filmed at night. So I waited a couple of hours to film in order to produce this shot. I had my brother be the one to hold the knife, and I did the filming. For this clip, we had to be directly under the street lamp that is in front of my house for the light source. All I filmed was my brother holding the knife and only composed the frame with his hand brandishing the knife. This took only 3 takes, and the only problem was making the knife look prominent under dark lighting. However, I will color grade them in the editing process, so I'll rely on adj

On this filming day recorded 6 clips that corresponded with my storyboard: the girl pouring coffee in her mug, pouring milk into her cup, the zoom on the due date of the assignment, zoom on a clock, printing documents, and the shuffling of papers. For the clip of the character pouring coffee, I envisioned to integrate framing into my composition. This gives off a sense of being "watched," as the 'frame' consists of a cracked open door, outlooking the girl. To film this scene, I prepared the props for the composition: the mug and coffee. Then, I place the mug onto the frame.  I  set up my camera and tripod onto a desk and behind the doorway of my kitchen. This was the final shot: For the pouring-of-milk-on-the-mug clip, I set up my tripod and my camera in front of my kitchen island and made sure my coffee mug was in frame. I followed the rule-of-thirds composition and placed my mug along the left side of the line in the composition. The zoom in on the due date of the a

 On this editing day, I prioritized in getting the color right for these clips, and made sure that they look united in terms of aesthetic. From my research, I knew I wanted to incorporate color theory to convey an ominous tone to my film just like other horror movies. Particularly in the movie, The Ring, their coloring is what I wanted to take as inspiration. Although, I made my own adjustments to add my personal style. The Ring's distinctive look is containing very cool and muted colors, primarily using teal and blue to create a monochromatic look. When I was playing around with the color grading, such as curves, contrast, etc. on DaVinci Resolve (I was relatively new to the advanced program), I found that I liked the look of teal shadows and warm highlights. Going off from that, I adjusted the curves of the file (particularly the blue channel and red channel) and manipulated the shades to be a teal/ green color, while the tint would be an orange peachy color.  It definitely negat

On this filming day, I decided to take it easy by filming clips that didn't require the entriety of my face to be seen, or not seen at all. The following clips I filmed took short takes: a girl is holding the needle stained with blood over the toilet, a close-up of the girl's eyes looking to the side, sharpening pencil, an online document typed up, and a burning essay devoured by flames.  To prep for clip of the needle stained with blood, I gathered the necessary props and materials to execute this clip. I used red food coloring for the blood, and smeared it all over my fingers. Then, I hold a sewing needle between my fingers, finishing off the look. This particular scene was in the bathroom, so I filmed the look above my toilet (the character would be puking before this clip). This took two takes to perfect.  The close-up clip of the girl's eyes had difficulty to perfect the lighting rather than the filming itself. First, I turned on and off the necessary lights present in

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 MAE STUDIOS PRESENTS TADHANA PRODUCTIONS MARIEL I. AS GIRL SAKEENA S. AS FRIEND ON PHONE MUSIC BY ...(tba) EDITED BY MARIEL I. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER  MARIEL I. STORY BY MARIEL I. WRITTEN BY MARIEL I. DIRECTED BY MARIEL I. The opening credits that I envision for my film is a retro serif font in all caps. It will appear in a bright peachy or orange color throughout its viewing. It placement will vary depending on the scene; for example, there's a clip in which the character pours milk into her coffee, so the title will appear next to the cup.  Working Title: I'm brainstorming ideas of the film's name. So far I'm thinking, "Killing Time", "Due at 11:59pm", or "Tick-Tok." Titles will just appear in and out of the screen. There's no fades or special effects. Title will disappear in 2 or 3 seconds   The retro serif font look I'm going for: