CAP Hollywood Reflection: New Goals

   

      Since we decided that it would not be possible to finish our film and we began to readjust our goals things have been going more smoothly. We have been working on nomination title clips. This process has included filming short clips that represent each category that can be won. These clips have been edited down and placed under a title naming the category. This has gone smoothly and the title clips look great. The next step for us is to collect clips from each film as they begin to get finished and place them into the category that each one is nominated for. Hopefully this step will go as smoothly as the making of the title clips so that we are not coming down to the wire. Once we organize the clips from other films we still plan on making a short "no cell phone" video for before CAP Hollywood,, which we will make outside of class. Right now, not much progress can be made until clips from other films are collected and organized but overall things are looking up and we are much better off than just a couple weeks ago.

CAP Hollywood Reflection

   

     Unfortunately this is where our CAP Hollywood film ends. When my story was picked to be filmed it was exciting and would be the first time that I would truly transfer a story into something visual. Things were going well until I got quite sick. The plan was for me to direct and film our movie but with me stuck at home in bed trying to feel better things became a little complicated. We needed to get something done if we were ever going to finish our film so help was requested.
    Once I heard that someone else would film our movie and we could edit when I came back, relieved some stress but that relaxation was short lived. After seeing the footage and not seeing how it would make the film that I had imagined, I became worried. The shots we needed were not there and I didn't see how the story could still be told. At first we tried to be creative and come up with a way to still finish but it was nearly hopeless. To make it work we would still need to film much more and we simply did not have the time to get it done. That leaves us where we are now, with a new project in mind.
    Although we will not be able to show a film at CAP Hollywood, we will be making the nomination videos and a short "turn off your cell phone" video to show before the event. This allows us to still have a part in the show even if we cannot finish our film. It is disappointing to not see my story come alive visually but it is also a relief after going through the footage and attempting to edit a film that would never live up to what I had wanted. I am sorry that the rest of my group stressed to get the filming done and did their best to get shots but won't have anything to show for it. At least we can now look forward to being creative in a new way and still have something to work on. I have already created a shot list for our nomination videos and hope to begin filming right away. I also have a few ideas for the cell phone video but will likely work on it outside of class. We will still have plenty to do, just not a short film unfortunately.