Final fimling

      Hey guys. Today was a rush everything was absolutly crazy. As you know all the stuff that backed us up last class. We had to film in 30 minutes which was enough to get a lot of good shots. When we got back we checked our files. Everything was gone thankfully we re-shot everything. WE learned our lesson and checked to make sure we had all the right peices and enough battery to film. It was hard to find a camera that had enough battery. We went down and changed back into our clothes and headed for the field. I did the fimling again because the girls are the actresses. Today was better for filming anyways. The sun kept at the same point and it was the same lighting for every shot. We found some different mats to use to make the fall look more real. It worked out well and we were all really happy with the results. Now lets talk about the actual filming processes.
       Fimling in 30 minutes was hard but we did it. We got more angle this time. We got some really cool shots of the gatorade bottle. Its almost like the gatorade bottle was a model. WE got streching shots. And even some footage of the celebration at the end.The girls ran a lot it but i applaud them because they ran each time like it was their first. They were champs. Getting the perfect angle for each shot was pretty hard but i think we made it work. The scene where lily falls it actually looks real. We found this old football mat that was the same size of lilys body. We put it at an angle that you couldnt see the mat but you could see lily fall. Then the angle switches to a crane shot pointing straight down at lily. Then aniyah runs up and tries to help. They had to pretend to be best friends by choice and competetors by choice. I can say they are both very good at acting. We had a lot o fun filimg i like how we knew to be seriour but we werent afraid to have fun and laugh.
       Today we were supposed to come in and start editing. But guess what. THE PROGRAM WASNT WORKING . We have less time to get the project perfect now . In afraid we wont be able to make it as perfect as we wanted. We have one period to get it in. We want it to be really good and clean cut. We dont know exactly when tghe program is gonna be back up but we hope its up soon. Oh and the camera die pretty quick in between periods. I felt bad i felt like it was over heating in the sun. It black so the heat is like attracted to it. Well that all i have time for today . see ya later guys.

filming

          Hey, guys whats ups. Today's blog will be about the filming process of our commercial. We started the day by getting our equipment sign out forms in so we could take out a camera, tripod and sd card. Next, we head to the locker room and change into all of our costumes for filming. Lily and aniyah got into the running clothes and I got into my "coach" outfit. We walk out to the track to film the running. but we get out everything to start we realize that we made the mistake of not checking if we had everything. We didn't have the attechment piece to connect the camera to the tripod. By the way, the field is like a 7-minute walk to and from the AICE media room. Thankfully weren't up in building 21 third floor or we wouldn't have had any time to film anything. 

          You will never guess what happened next. I finally run back to the track to get started with attaching the camera to the tripod. I open the camera to put the sd card in and we film for about 2 minutes and the camera dies! Now we have to completely restart. We had to take the sd card out and detach it from the tripod and this time Lily and anyiah had to run and go get a new camera. They really ran there and ran back so we would have at least 30 minutes to film. So they got back now the gatorade is warm (very gross). we are all sweating because the sun was beaming on us and we had to share the track with other people who had our same idea. We get everything set up we adjust our camera and we finally start shooting. NOw let me tell you about the actual process.

          I was in charge of the shooting of the film. I set the first angle to show the round corner of the track so show the girls running laps. We got some extra footage like showing them stretch. We got some close-ups of the clothes they were wearing kind of like a full-body scan. But the most fun shot was getting the scene where lily has to faint. She used the padding from the track runners to support her fall from the eye-level shot. Then we cut and started again when we got her laying on the track from a crane angle. We shot this part so many times because we really wanted to get it perfect. the girls ran a lot and I felt bad because we kept retaking the scenes and it was so hot. But we were all troopers for getting through that rough start with all the problems hitting us when we were trying to film. We had to rush back to make it in time to be back by 12:45. I had to stay a little late and dump the footage but thankfully everything worked out in the end. ILL see you on Monday byee.

       

storyboard

Hey guys! Today we took the time to storyboard in class today. Though we had already gone over what we wanted in previous classes when we had time. We all really liked the idea we made up. I think I have already explained it but we are also getting our camera angles done. We are working on minimizing the number of shots we are gonna take. I'm really scared for filming and I don't want to just make something "ok" I wanna make something and makes jaw drops when people watch it. Saying "wow I can't believe those girls made something so clean-cut and professional. Filming should be next class we have to sign out a camera and tripod and sd card and make sure everything gets back into the case and nothing gets lost. We have to do this thing called dumping when we finish filming so we can get everything on the computer. Playing around with the editing system is gonna be really fun and I'm super curious to see al the sounds and effects I get to put into the film to make it ten times better.  I think its gonna be really cool to edit all the clips and see what the final project is. Lily anyiah and I have the costumes together I'm pretty sure and it should all come together pretty smoothly. Props are gonna be the bottle and the whistle and i think we are gonna add some extra noises like splashing and running.Wish us luck filming See ya next time bye.

  

                Hey guys, so today is 10-14-19. Wow the end of the quarter is in 3 days. We have completed our idea for the commercial. Today we spent class time learning the editing program. I really like our idea and i think we can make it really good if we all put our best foot forward. We learned some new vocab as well. My favorite being dump. Basically it means to take footage off the sd card and "dump" it onto the computer. I took some really good notes on the whole process. So basically we learned to get the best cleanist cuts we have to let the camera roll for a little bit before we actually start the scene. This is the "background'. I completely forgot to mention that we are using the pinnacle studio to edit. We also learned everything about the way the camera works. We got to see the tripod and the way it extends and tilts. I think we are gonna use a crane angle because the tripods can extend up and tilt down. Lily wasn't here so we didn't get to talk about how we were gonna take every shot but we will facetime later and figure it out.
              For the shooting we are going to be doing it on the track. when lily "faints" the crane shot is gonna work really well because its gonna show her on the ground. Theres gonna be a lot of different takes. We are gonna have a lot of different angles. We dont want a boring eye level commercial the whole time. It gonna be fun fresh and eventful. We are currently working on getting all the props and outfits. I think I almost have everything but the whistle. Im qalso really proud of my notes they are organized by color. All tghe definitions are in red all directions are in blue and the important points are in pink. I made them pretty detailed so i think i got everything i need to properly edit and be sucssesful. I think when i go home im gonna try to practice my lines and maybe some up with some new funny lines. I wanna see if i can get the editing app on my computer so we will see how that goes.
          Being able to edit the shots should come easy to me because i used to film shows of my dolls when i was little and edit on my ipad. I was pretty young and recently i looked back and none of them were saved to my moms desktop. So im really gonna be careful saving and having copies of our project. Its gonna be horrible if we get the whole thing done and it all get deleted if the computer bugs out. The editing process will almost be as fun as the filmig. I know we are gonna laugh at ourselves so hard, Watching all the outtakes. I think taking a lot of takes will be good . Even if we get a perfect shot sometimes its the background that really makes the scene look and sound nice. I think we are gonna make up some funny quote for the end of the commercial kinda like how subway has "eat fresh". Something that goes along with the Gatorade. Today was a pretty calm day i like learning more about the filming and editing process. i think i might be changing my interests. It would be so awesome to be best director. Make movies that bring people together. Some how i always get off topic talking to you guys. anyways hope your day was nice. see ya.

              Hey guys so today we recruited a new member of our team. Lily and I made a new friend and her name is Aniyah. Now we have a crew of three. We watched some commercials yesterday over facetime and we discussed what we wanted our topic to be. We have decided on doing a Gatorade!!!! We came up with a fun concept thanks to the brilliant mind of Aniyah! Lily and I came up with the script ideas and costumes. Now all is left is to put together our storyboard. Our props are pretty simple but we think that our commercial should be really funny to some people. I was hesitant to work with two of my friends but it turns out it works really well because we all bring different assests to the table. We want to go out to the track and have lily and aniyah be the track runners and i will be the coach. I will be yelling at them to run faster and get a better time. All of a sudden lily will pass out from dehydration. We will put the track padding under lily so when she pretends to faint she wont hurt herself. Then the scene will cut to a shot of aniyah picking up the Gatorade and running to lily with a towel to cool her down. Aniyah opens the gatorade and has lily take a sip . From that one sip lily gets a bolt of energy and the scene goes to her running a track compition and winning. Aniyah and I will gift her with a bottle of gatorade after she crosses the finish line.

 PROPS:
Gatorade bottle(blue)
Whistle
towel

COSTUMES:
Two pairs of gym shorts
Two pairs of tee shirts
One coach track suit.
Three pairs of running shoes.

SCHEDULE FOR FILMING DAY:                                                  BACK UP PLAN:
- Before class change into costumes
- Go to class grab camera and tripod                                             If it is to rain we will switch setting
-Head to the field                                                                         to the stair case that leads to the media
- set up camera angles for first scene                                         center. If that spot is taken we will film
-film first scene                                                                         at the stair case inside building 20.
-set up for second scene
-Shoot second scene
-same thing for scene 3-6

Next class schedule:
-write out story board
-write blog and email it


In two classes:
-Bring in props and costumes double
 check and make sure plan is full proof.
- write blog and email it.

In four classes:
-edit film
-write blog and email

  

     Hey, guys, I'm back. Today is October seventh two thousand nineteen. Today was a pretty calm day. The rain always makes things better. We sent in out first blogs today. I've had mine typed up for a while but I didn’t know how to send it. I really enjoy typing about my life. It is like sending a letter about my day to anyone who cares to read it. We got the project last class but I didn’t know it was going to be so exciting. Im actually a little nervous because i dont want to fail and i want it to be really impressive.

     We worked on our project for the first time today. I think its gonna be a lot of fun but I just want to get a good grade. Lily and I looked at commercials from all the topics and all of them have one thing in common. The brand's name is all over the commercial whether its on trucks or banners or shirts or walls. It everywhere to promote themselves. Lily and I still haven't really decided on what topic. We are trying to figure out what we want the vibe or feel of the 30-second commercial. We want to do a topic that isnt gonna be in everyone elses commercial. We want to make our project special in everyway. In a way this project is kinda like our baby and story boarding and planning and plotting it us teaching it to grow.

     We are feeling more excited about shoes and coffee. Coffee would be nice but shoes would consist of more shots and would be a lot more eventful. Coffee commercials really have to be different for them to be good. We want to make a really interesting commercial and make the best ones possible. We don't want it to be like just any commercial. Research hasn’t sparked any really good ideas but hopefully tonight when we facetime we can think of something awesome.Filming will basically be my favorite part of the projects we do this  year . Well  until tomorrow see ya later alligator. 

Introductory

 Im Stephanie, i was born in 2004. That makes me 15 years young. Im pretty mature i like to think. Ive gone through a lot for only living 15 years. i choose to use the hard times and expirences as lessons and live by those lessons for as long as i can . I believe that everything has a purpose, and everything happens for a reason. sounds a little redundant because it kind of is. I really like this idea of blogging. i think in this day and age kids are so brought down by adults all the time we are scared to inform them on how we feel and how are day went. Most adults tell us we are to young to have an opinion or that we dot know any better bu we are a lot more informed in this generation than they were as kids. sorry that was a bit of a rant, lets get back to talking about me. Im trying to do my best in school because i would like to achieve my goal f being a general pediatric surgeon. Lets start off with mt childhood
      All my life i was a dancer ballet and tap and a little gymnastics here and there. i quit about 5 years ago right before i got into middle school. Even though sometimes i do gymnastics for fun because it calms me. Currently im on the lacrosse team for FLHS it is pretty fun but different from what im used to doing. i got into liking the medical field when my sister started watching shows like bones and greys anatomy. me and my sister dont get along to well but we do have love for the field in common. she is currently schooling to be a trauma surgeon. Though greys anatomy is almost nothing like what a actual hospital was like it did give me a passion for waning to make people feel better. Originally i wanted to be a forensic anthropologist because i like the idea of finding out to someone before they died . After realzig my love for taking care of people i realized that i rather take care of people and help them stay alive instead of digging them up and finding out how they died.
     Last thing you should know about me is that im very hardworking and stubborn. I like things done perfectly and if it inst ill redo and keep working till it is. I am somtimes a control freak espeacially over my grades. for most of my life i was a straight A student until the seventh grade. then i started getting B's which killed me but im really trying to get through all my classes in highschool with a grade above an 85. So now that you have learned a little bit about me i should tell you im really excited to be filming the project for aice media. i found a great partner and we dont know eachother to well but we did our powerpoint together and it came out amazing so im really excited to see what we ca create.