Final Submission

For the final draft my partner and I would have re-shot some of the scenes that feel too scripted and did not show that much emotion. We also would have filmed more scenes to make our film longer. We were unable to do this because the Coronavirus made it unable for my partner and I to add scenes to our film.

Creative Critical Reflection Prezi

Creative Critical Reflection Prezi

CCR Question #4 Draft

For filming my partner and I used an iPhone 11. With the iPhone 11 we were able to add lines to the camera screen to see were the thirds are and line it up with our actors. The camera that we used for our reshoot was an iPhone 11. We used the same camera so that my partner and I could still use some of our old shots and not have to worry about the camera quality being different. For editing my partner and I used iMovie. We added filters for the flashbacks and slowed down some film at the end of our opening scene. When we did editing for our reshoots we decided to use Adobe Premiere Pro. Premiere Pro is a better editing software for our project to showcase my partner and mine's editing skills. With Premiere Pro my partner and I used a filter for the flashbacks and where able to move the text where we wanted it unlike iMovie.

CCR Question #3 Draft

My production skills throughout the process of making my partner and mines film. I had no knowledge of working with a camera so it took some trial and error to get familiar with the camera. I have never directed actors before but I understand that sometimes directions that a director give are confusing so I understood when the were confused and tried to help them the best I could. When my partner and I were trying to find locations to use. We already knew what to use for the flashbacks but we needed a location for the interrogation room. We used a location that could be the inside of a police station and help add to the point that the girls were just being asked questions and not under arrest. My partner, our actors, and I have different schedule, so my partner and I had to find the best time for everyone to meet and film for about two hours. We ended up making our scheduled fill dates two weeks in advance so that we could film.

CCR Question #2 Draft

In my partner and mines audience engaging research we learn that movies in our genre use billboard to market their film and that they have social media accounts where they have trailers, merchandise for sale, and updates about things related to the film. Many films including Hell Fest, Final Girls, and It released their trailers onto youtube. Their trailers were also on TV during shows are movies with the same target audience.
 For our marketing plan my partner and I are having ads on TV, billboards, and on social media. Our target audience is from 16-24 years old. We will buy ads spots during TV shows and movies that have the same target audience that our film has. Most of my partner and mines target audience can drive meaning that they could drive past one of our billboards. The majority of social media users are in our target audience. This will be and effect way to advertise for our film. We also can use the hashtag #theunknown to get social media users to help spread awareness of our film.
I learned from my digital distribution research that films will be released into movie theaters for 90 days after that the film is released on DVD, Blu-Ray, and onto streaming platforms. Streaming platforms allow for more people to watch a film. With streaming platforms viewers can watch movies on phones, tablets, TVs, and laptops.
My partner and I are going to release our film into theaters for the tradition 90 days. Then our film is going to be available on DVD, Blu-ray, and on streaming services. We are using streaming services because our film is targeted to teenagers and young adults and they spend most of their free time on their phones. Most streaming services have apps that can be downloaded onto our target audiences' phones allowing viewers to not only be able to watch our film on tv but also on their phone.

CCR Question #1 Draft

The first convention my partner and I used was the font was Viner Hand ITC in the color maroon for the title. The font makes the words look like they could have been handwritten. The maroon text helps the draw the viewers to the text and still make the title easy to read. We used the same font in white for the credits. The second convention is camera shots. During the interrogation scene all of the camera shots are master shots. We wanted to make sure that the viewers are able to see everyones reactions to what was being said and see that atmosphere of the interrogation room at all times. My partner and mines third convention is props to  help make our film more believable. Our filming location for the flashbacks did not have a No Trespassing sign so my partner and I printed one out. We also had the actor playing the detective to wear a badge to add the understanding that she is a member of law enforcement. She also had a tablet to write her notes on from the case. Our forth convention is the filming location. We filmed the interrogation scenes in a studio and the flash backs on location. The flash back location helps add a realness to the scenes. In the film A Quiet Place they filmed the location of where they filmed the scenes added to the story so my partner and I wanted to make sure that the locations were accurate. The fifth convention is that my partner and I used short takes for the flashbacks. The flashbacks are presented out of order in time. This helps the viewers understand that the girls don't understand what happened. In our genre most of the victims are confused as to what is happening or what happend.
The social groups represented are teenagers, adults, and people from rural and urban areas. Teenagers are represented by the three girls that go into the forest. The detective represents adults. Harper and Sarah represent people from rural areas and Mia represents people from urban areas. All of our actors are teeneagers from an urban area.

3rd Quarter Submission

For our first revision my partner and I moved the opening credits from the end to the beginning of the opening scene. We did this to make it not seem like a short film or a trailer. The second revision my partner and I did was re-shooting the scenes with the detective in it because the dialogue did not sound natural and the actors seemed nervous. When we were reshooting we decided to make the detective a girl because we had some difficulties with the detective's make-up. Also we had the actors wear different clothes to help show that the interrogation is a different day. By doing this it helps our film look more natural and make more sense. For my partner and my third revision we changed the title to The Unknown because we felt that No Trespassing as the title did not relate to the film that much. Were as The Unknown gives the idea that the girls do not know what is on the other side of the fence. My partner and I also moved the title to the beginning and off of a black screen to help get rid of the idea that it is a trailer because most opening credits do not use black screens in our genre.