We have been working on our film for 2 months now. At first when we were exchanging our thoughts, we almost had a definite idea what we wanted to do. The main idea is to mix different film movements. We all agreed on this thinking that it is unique. I believe our problem is with the plot line. It has been 2 months and I cannot tell you what our plot line is. The reason for that is we only plan what we are going to film a couple days before the filming. For me, that is the most challenging part because it has to be quick and it has to be impressive so that the film will attract our audience. I learned that you should be planning your plot line, your shot types or anything that is relevant to filming before the actual process takes place. If you are organized, you can do more effective work and you will have more time to edit or perhaps re-shoot some scenes.
IB film lessons provided us new ideas on how to shoot our film. They extended our imagination. We studied some film movements like German Expressionism, French Impressionism, Classical Hollywood, Surrealism and such. We have shot scenes from Classical Hollywood and Surrealism for our film. I believe the Classical Hollywood scene was very successful with the help of drama students. I am concerned that our Surrealism scene will not reach the same level but we are editing the shots with various effects so I think maybe we can manage to create something similar to Surrealism at least.
As a filmmaker, I discovered hidden interests in me. Everyone has the experience of shooting something like a performance, or a historical place you visit in a foreign country. Shooting a film is a lot different than those. You have to choose appropriate shot types, angles and movements accordingly to the scene you will shoot. What I learned about myself is that I prefer close-up shot types, I like zooming in and out and panning. I like sequentially arranged shots. In the group we sometimes have disagreements on how to shoot scene but we usually shot in every way we can then pick the shots
We have not reached the whole post-production process yet. I think it will go as how it went so far. We still need to shoot some scenes but so far we edited most of the time. My task is to create proper music for the scenes. I shared some of my creations but it only covers the beginning scene. So between the shootings, I will work on the music and help my friends when they are editing the scenes.
Here are the pictures of our planning processes.
IB film lessons provided us new ideas on how to shoot our film. They extended our imagination. We studied some film movements like German Expressionism, French Impressionism, Classical Hollywood, Surrealism and such. We have shot scenes from Classical Hollywood and Surrealism for our film. I believe the Classical Hollywood scene was very successful with the help of drama students. I am concerned that our Surrealism scene will not reach the same level but we are editing the shots with various effects so I think maybe we can manage to create something similar to Surrealism at least.
As a filmmaker, I discovered hidden interests in me. Everyone has the experience of shooting something like a performance, or a historical place you visit in a foreign country. Shooting a film is a lot different than those. You have to choose appropriate shot types, angles and movements accordingly to the scene you will shoot. What I learned about myself is that I prefer close-up shot types, I like zooming in and out and panning. I like sequentially arranged shots. In the group we sometimes have disagreements on how to shoot scene but we usually shot in every way we can then pick the shots
We have not reached the whole post-production process yet. I think it will go as how it went so far. We still need to shoot some scenes but so far we edited most of the time. My task is to create proper music for the scenes. I shared some of my creations but it only covers the beginning scene. So between the shootings, I will work on the music and help my friends when they are editing the scenes.
Here are the pictures of our planning processes.