And finally... the Creative Critical Reflection

This project was certainly an experience that taught me a lot. I had a lot of fun filming both the film introduction AND the CCR. And here's the link to view my Creative Critical Reflection!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rdx_IcgAWh6l0Igj9upStfooucEFdxc2/view?usp=sharing 

Presenting... THE LOVE SHACK

    And after all the hard work, blood, sweat, and tears, our film intro is finally done! Sabrina and I have been working on this for the past month or two and are incredibly proud of the final product. Please click the link below to view it!

Editing Process

    We are using Davinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro in order to edit our project. We both have a basic understanding of each program and will be figuring things out along the way. We are about halfway finished with editing but, since we didn't receive a response from the B-52s, we are going to have to scrap the idea of using the song Love Shack in our opening of a film titled The Love Shack. This puts us a bit behind as we now have to use copyright-free music in our editing.

    Luckily, we are both working very diligently and are almost done with editing. I have also been working very hard on my CCR and that will be done by the end of the weekend. I am very excited to show you all what we have been working on and I hope you like it as much as we do!

    That's all for today!

    -Isa :)

Target Audience

    Our film's genre is romantic comedy. Specifically, a teen romantic comedy. Due to this, the film would be primarily targeted at teens, 13 to 20 years of age. Women tend to like romantic comedies because of their light-hearted nature. Additionally, many teenage girls are in a time in their lives were they are seeking romance. 

    Teen romantic comedies usually have relatable and semi-realistic plot lines. They usually contain realistic characters and character arcs although sometimes many movies can be repetitive of each other when considering the characters' issues and the main plot line. We would be targeting this film at primarily teenagers ages 13 to about 20 or 25. 

    Teenage movies usually have age ranges recommended when they are rated. For example, The Kissing Booth was rated TV-14 while Tall Girl was rated TV-PG and The F**k It List is rated TV-MA. What this means is that there are perhaps some scenes or lines that inappropriate for younger than 13 or 14 (PG-13 or TV-14), younger than 18 (R or TV-MA), or parental guidance is recommended (PG or TV-PG). When taking this into consideration, our film would most likely be in the pG-13/TV-14 rating category as a result of it being aimed towards teenagers and may perhaps use some words that those younger than 13 should not be exposed to.

https://www.slideshare.net/mrawal123/target-audience-for-romcoms

https://mesnedalmisned.com/2020/04/11/audiences-for-different-genres/

http://slides.co\\m/shannonlogan/target-audience 

    Well, that's all for today! Write to you more later :)

    Isa

Shooting Process

    Sophie and I have been friends for years so we were really comfortable with each other and had a great time filming. I had to get creative when I was filming as the only equipment I had was a tripod. Some of the shots were on the storyboard, such as April on her bed, while others were improvised. Sophie was an excellent worker and since she's known me for years, she was not afraid to input her suggestions and opinions while we were filming. 

    The next step in the shooting process would be the beach scenes. Our plan is to go sometime in the near future to the beach with our actors. Near future is most likely going to be this upcoming weekend or the next. I would take Sophie and since our actor for Ricky is Sabrina's brother, it only makes sense that she would take him. In the meantime, I will begin editing the scenes we already have done this week, when I get back from Spring Break.

    That's all for now, write to you later :)

        Isa

Props - Ricky's room

    Sabrina was able to film Ricky's scenes in the last few days and was able to acquire a ton of vinyls, posters, and other props that fit the 80s aesthetic we were aiming towards. She bought a red rotary dial phone so that she could film our actor on the phone. The set design of Ricky's room succeeded in looking like a room straight out of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. 

    She put of posters around the room. Such posters were of movies such as Rocky, Jurassic Park, and Star Wars. She also grabbed books that were published in the 1980s and used them as props around the room. In accordance with Ricky's mood board that we made, Sabrina included skateboards, a desk, and clutter around the room. This worked to support the idea that Ricky maintained a messy room. 

Well, that is all for today! Write to you guys later! 

    Isa :)

Set Process

    One of my best friends was the actress for our film making everything easier. I bike home with her after school. I asked her to film last Monday and she said yes. In case she said no, I had a back up actress in mind but luckily I didn't have to go through the travel of replanning everything. On Tuesday, March 15th, I biked home after school with Sophie (the actress) and told her to come over to my house in about 40 minutes. In those 40 minutes, I had to "unmodernize" my room if you will. By that I mean I had to take out everything that I had in my room that was too modern to fit in with the time period in which our film introduction is set, in other words, the 1980s. 

    While I took stuff out of my room to shoot in it, I also put stuff in my room such as my record player and my vinyls that were of bands and artists that my dad listened to when he was a young adult in the 1980s. Those records are 80s vinyls so they fit in with the aesthetic I was going for. I also had my keyboard in the room as April, the character played the acoustic guitar (which sadly I was not able to acquire to film with) and the keyboard. I took my large collection of scrunchies that I have from a couple years ago (when that trend came back for like a year) and we threw those around the room, basically everywhere. 

  The only piece of furniture that I didn't completely "unmodernize" was my bookshelf because practically every single book on that bookshelf (and it's a tall bookshelf) was published after the year 2000 and I didn't think it would be really realistic for there to be an almost empty bookshelf in the background. 

    Well, that is all for today! Write to you guys later! 

    Isa :)