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Bedlam, my short film, was created to represent the interworks of mental illness. To be specific, the one we presented was schizophrenia. My film's aim was to present your typical cinema yet identify the intricate qualities of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia can be considered an overlooked mental illness, and our aim was to address how this can be interpreted. In present day, society constantly acknowledges what mental illness is, yet undermines how it affects the average human. In Bedlam, we decided to aim our purpose at the interworking's of these conditions. Throughout our Bedlam film, educating and connecting with viewers about the reality of mental illness was our main concern. In the opening sequence of our film, we showed a first-person perspective of Luna's perspective. This idea was meant to really dived into depth of the visions of what the conscious is of the protagonist. This experience was aimed to really show how the character views her reality. With my character

Final Task

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Here’s our production! Here’s our website! https://franshescaleiva15.wixsite.com/mysite/home Here’s our postcard!  

The end of an era

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   Hello! I am so happy to see you again. I am more then happy to announce that me and my peers are done with filming. After many trials and tribulations, me and my group finally completed an Era. To recap, our production consisted of a girl who couldn't tell the difference between what was real, and what was fake. With me as the main actor, I applied emotion and standards to this film. With many switch-ups, and more than enough trouble, we as a team were able to push through it all. We are so excited to conclude this production, and beyond excited with how it all turned out. With great communication, came a great production. Aside from this, me and my peers made sure to apply all standards, using  a variety of camera angles. We had to goal to make this look as realistic as possible, while also having fun. As an editor, I made some last minute changes. But of course, I ran it by my peers first. For reference, The end of our production was still just a little bit confusing. So, I de

Details Details Details

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Hey! Welcome back to yet ANOTHER blog. The process of making this production has been a series of emotion. Taking on a roller coaster of Stress, Joy, Excitement, anticipation, and so much more. To recap, our production pitch including the creation of a girl, who was incapable of excluding the difference between fiction and reality. These blurred lines did not speak for themselves. In other words, this meant many details, foreshadowing, and certain shots to conclude the overall idea. With this, came the stressful process of not just understanding how to apply these, but also how to do it efficiently. So, on a real note, this meant taking risks. Weather it was last minute time lapses, subtitles, close up shots, or over the shoulder shots, we needed to make sure it all made sense. So, i went past any doubts, and just did what i felt was best. One of my favorite details was one that consisted of the medication scene. In this scene, my character, Luna, takes what appears to be pills. This i

Emphasis and shot types

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 Hey! Its great to see you again. I am happy to announce that filming is officially over, and all processes have went extremely smooth. Just to recap, My group includes me, Harley Hansen, and Franshesca Leiva. During the filming process, I split the camera work with Harley Hansen. I decided I was going to film some clips of Franshesca character, Ellie, stealing from target. In order to do so, I used some close-up shots. Next, I made sure to use some over the shoulder shots to emphasis the texting scenes. Then, we decided it would be a good idea to duplicate the beginning scene. This of which, was a short clip consisting of me opening my eyes. I emphasized this shot, knowing it would add character to our production. Overall, the emphasis of these shots were meant to apply to the structure of the film. Creating a more mystery/ eerie/ thriller approach. Then, when recording the "Bye mom!" scene, we decided to get a close up shot of the note on the fridge. As well as add in subti

Plot Twist

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 Hey! Welcome ack to my so called blog. In the process of filming, we concluded a few major scenes. The same scenes that were applied in the storyboard. After we filmed completely, I added all these scenes into the production, using cap cut. I reviewed the film, reviewed it again, and still felt as if something was off. I knew I had to improvise. So, after discussion with my group, I decided to add an unexpected plot twist. With the goal of portraying the uncovering of a mystery, this plot twist was last minute. It consisted of a very fast time lapse, in which the whole film was recorded. It essentially meant that everything that happened, was fake. My idea was a reach at first, but after putting in this plot twist I was extremely impressed. Not only did it go amazing, but it matched up perfectly with the music. Now, this plot twist came with a little altering. This included the change in time. Which means I had to get rid of some filler shots. It also meant that i had to add in a diff

Editing

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   Hello! Welcome back! After communication, me and my group have decided to use Cap cut. We are familiar with this app, as we've used it in past productions. I am familiar with the set up of this app. I've already applied some of our clips into the app, with the idea of adding on as we go. A few fade-in edits were placed in. As well as a few duplicates. During this process I duplicated the same video 6 times, each time it being a different part of the clip. This was also combined by two other clips that were duplicated. Next, I added an extracted, royalty free, background music into the production. For this, I screen recorded the music and extracted it. I then applied this into several parts of the production. This includes the beginning, and the very last few clips. I decided i was going to lower the exposure, and brightness of the film, feeling it fit more into our realm. Next, i added another sound, a slightly more upbeat, time passing noise. This was applied over the Targe