Evaluate Peer Reviews

Our group received a lot of insightful comments on how to better our film. One part that many groups talked about being confusing was the scenery switch with the main actors and how they got there. Because we could not film at the airport we had to switch locations to make it work. Although we did use some of the footage we took when we were there so the audience knew the main actor was going to an airport. The comments were very uplifting knowing I was the main actor and my acting skills did not completely suck. Some of the comments were little things that can elevate our film even more like changing the font at the beginning of the film. I enjoyed reading the comments and it helped me look at some of the holes in our film and were very uplifting to read. 

Movie Opener First Cut

The Trip
https://youtu.be/FpeANjTZkYo

Editing Week 8

Extended Discussion About Editing
Many problems have arisen during this editing process. Trying to fit the clips together to make all the scenes move smoothly and not feel choppy and cut up was a large issue. Another problem was finding good audio that wasn't copyright and wasn't an overused horror background sound. The group also ran into the issue that the film may not have enough footage at the airport with planes coming in and out because at the time we shot the airport was closed. We have discussed the possibility of going back to the airport to shoot some extra airport shots. A solution to the audio issue would be to talk to the other horror group working on their film and ask them if they have found any good audios that are not copyright.

It took Reese, Nicole, and me over an hour to edit the film. This was because we were trying to decide how we wanted to lay out the clips and we had to decide which was the best shot for the sequence. As Reese has the most experience with editing and I was the main actor we let her take control of the editing process to add the important extra elements. Overall the editing process went quite well and the video is now put together.

People involved with editing Nicole, Reese, and Me

Editing Week 7

This is a photo of Reese's computer while she is editing the clips together. Our group took a lot of different clips at different times because not everyone could make certain times. So we filmed the end at the beginning of filming so she had to rearrange all the shots.
Reese used IMovie and Final Cut Pro to edit the film. Her main job was to edit the film.

Here are the group of us on our way back to Nicole's house to edit the film. The people in the back seat were all the main actors of the film.
Our group has yet to decide the font and titles for the film as we are just starting to put it all together. That might come next week during editing. The group wants the font to be ominous and spooky but not too cheesy. Reese has discussed using the font Chalkduster but we have not completely decided on it. For transitions and audio, we have little transitions but they are used when they are needed and audio we plan on adding a scream at the very last moment to shock the viewers. But as it is the group's first draft we have a lot more things to add later to enhance the film. 

Filming Week 6

This shot is when the husband and wife are driving up to the airport to drop her off for her trip. This is just a scenic shot of the landscape to show that they are arriving at the final destination.

Trying to film at the airport was the most difficult part of the film. As people were coming in and out we had to move the location of the airport entrance to a different building in a different area. Keeping in character and trying to get the right angles for the shots where difficult when filming the driving part of the opener. 

This shot shows the wife walking up to the airport. Because we had to change the locations of the airport terminal and entrance we had to do a lot of the wife walking near the planes to signify that she arrived at the airport. This shot is to show the audience that she is arriving at the airport because there is planes and helicopters in the background.

Filming Week 5

In this shot, the husband of the main character is going back into the airport to give the wife back her bible that she left in the car.

We finished filming this day and shot many different ways to try and get the best possible combination. As I was one of the main actors I had a great time filming. It was a little bit shaky at the beginning trying to compose myself and make it look as real as possible.

These are the two main characters the wife and the husband. In this shot, the husband is reminding the wife to not forget her bible. The wife is packing up her bag for her vacation and the husband is talking to her and making sure she has everything and if she is ready to leave for the airport.