I'm really sentimental, so reflecting is one of my favorite things to do. I enjoyed filming these. They were relaxed and the question's responses came naturally.
This is the link for "The box interview" where I answer the first two questions:
This is the link for my get ready with me where I answer the second two:
Once again thanks for everything, be back soon.
It's finally done and here is "Haunted." This long road has taught me many things and I'm forever grateful. Thanks for following me along on this journey and reading this whole thing. I can't believe it's over.
Here's the link to the final project:
I know I'm posting this late, but that's life and that's what this project is. These past 8 weeks have probably been some of the hardest of my life. It know it sounds like an excuse, but the reality of the situation is that I've never had this big of a project. All of my teachers give us these "big projects" and they just aren't that hard. Normally I can get them done in one or two days so the reality is they don't need planning or that much effort. A little bit of research here and there and that's all. This project was the opposite and I think that's why I struggled. I knew how important it was and wanted to give it my full attention, but the world didn't really agree with letting me work in peace. March was supposed to be the start and full month of just working on the project. The first day of March my cousins dog died in the most tragic way right in front of me and I have been pretty traumatized from it. I tried to pretend like I was okay, but the reality was that I was so sad. It sent me into a spiral which you can see in the blogs. I just wanted to give up and stay home forever and just be with my family forever. That isn't reality and I still had to show up. I postponed filming as much as possible until I couldn't anymore because I was going to be gone all spring break. I filmed everything in the two days we had off and then prepped my blogs that needed to be posted over break. Being completely honest I would have loved for this to be done already. Break provided an escape but I didn't have the time to work on the project and that frustrated me. I really wanted to work on it like I knew so many people were doing, but I just couldn't. Then this past week flew by so fast it scared me. Life and school have been playing this battle and life's been winning. It's all okay though. The projects done even though I fell so far behind everyone. Life is hard and it's okay to fall down and I learned that through this project. I hope for a better future with these types of projects. Thanks for reading, don't forget about me I'll be back.
My blogger posting scheduling didn’t work so here it is a-little late!
My post production process has been a little bit of a mess so it's documentation has been basically zero. Since this happened I decided this is the best way to take you through my process.
1. My editing choices. There are a lot of quick cuts and that's to build the suspense. Since it's a psychological thriller I wanted it to start quick paced and then cut to her "real life" that isn't as chaotic and almost eerily quiet. Since we are going from her real life and her dream life I wanted to show the struggled the main character is having. These quick edits go away for a little bit before they return right at the end of the opening.
2. Sound. Audio was really important for this film because it's another thing there to build suspense. I struggled with the audio because I didn't have a mic and was scared to yell inside the school I was filming at. For the shots that I took from afar I decided to just add the audio back in later. This also worked out because in the film the speaker is using a microphone. I couldn't turn it on during filming so when I went to add the audio decided to use Tiktok's voice filters. They have a microphone option so I added that to the video and then onto Adobe. I also wanted music in the background because it was a major part of my planning process. I went to YouTube to find copyright free music and was really picky but eventually found some I liked
3. Other Elements. Canva was a really helpful tool for me in this project. It allowed me to create my production logo and look at fonts for my title. It also let me edit the words and make them move or look like they were typing. I wanted to make it look professional and Canva made it really easy.
Was this stressful overall? yes. Was it fun? yes. Would I do It again? yes. It was fun and as stressed as I was It all came together in the end.
I truly never thought this day would come but it has. I am officially done with my A level Media project. Part of me feels so much joy beca...
