This is sadly my last post :( In the beginning I didn't even want to start this but now I am going to miss posting.
This whole filming process has been great I really enjoyed it and have learned a lot through it. This is my CCR. Thank you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGRL5Ah40nk
This is our film opening I hope you enjoy it!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Isay_INH1o
The title is the most important element to really tie everything together. If you do not have a title then the movie isn't really a movie.
This is why we have taken so long to come up with a title. We had an idea which is the number on the back of our main characters jump suite but the only problem is that we really did not put the back of the suite in the only scene he wears it in.
This brought us back to the drawing board. We had some different ideas and we narrowed it down to "Nameless."
This is because the whole movie is about him escaping from a mental institution where he had no name or anyone who cared for him. He was treated like an experiment and was just a number to everyone. Now even though he has escaped he still has no one which leaves no one to call him by a name, so it is still as if he had no one which he does not.
I have been trying to record the voices and place them in the film, but it was harder than I thought.
First I couldn't figure out how to work with Garage Band. I downloaded it to my Mac but one I had it I tried recording and it would not work. Then all of the filters would move and whatever I recorded changed and it all ended up erasing.
Then I finally got the hang of it. I was able to record everything but I did it with a filter and after listening to it all together I ended up not even liking it.
Now I have to record again and ask my friends to help me which I will finish this weekend and then finally put everything together.
This is what I have so far.
Okay so far we do not have any credits because we were not sure where or how we were going to put them. But we were thinking I class and we thought of putting them in the beginning of the film. Our idea for writing them is to write it them in the dirt.
Now the only problem is that Carlos tried doing it in his backyard and it didn't work because the dirt is too dry. He then tried in another place but the trees roots did not let him carve into the ground. He is going to go to a park today and try to do it there hopefully it works if not we will just need to go somewhere else.
But our idea is to write it in the dirt and then blow it away for it to erase. What we are picturing really matches the theme because all of our film os set outside in the dirt so it will look great out there.
This is what it will look like.
Like I mentioned in my previous post we have finally finished filming!!All thats left if the editing process and the voices, which are an extremely important element to our film. The voices he hears in my opinion are what gives the most meaning and set the perfect mood for the whole film.
So far I am not very sure who will be playing the parts of the voices but I do have some people in mind. By this week I will have them done for sure so that the video can be completely ready. I am also trying to finish editing as much as I can this weekend so that my main focus can be the voices.
The most important factor is that I need at least two people hopefully one male and one female who can really portray the parts of voices whom schizophrenic people actually hear. They need to sound scary while older and serious all at the same time. tomorrow I will talk to my friends who I think will do a great job in this and see if they'll helming me out so that we can wrap the project up.
When we were filming yesterday it did not take us more than 3 hours which I thought was great because I thought it was going to take us day to finish the whole process and its been at most 6 hours of filming all together.
My friend Luis who is our main character has been able to portray the character we are trying o show very well. He has been very cooperative with us and Liliana and I have gotten really inspired by some of his own ideas to help us better the film all together.
We finished filming the last scenes which were pending from last time that we needed to add to be able to tie everything together. Once again the lighting was great even though it looked like it was going to rain and we managed to get all off the footage in great quality.
Because of this we were also able to have time to record all of the folly sounds we needed of him running, his breathing, and any other sounds here or there. This whole filming process has really been great and I have learned a lot. I am now editing all the footage on my computer with some darker filters that still show the beautiful colors of the grass and trees that were in the area. Once we have put it all on order then the editing of the colors will take place and the only thing left will be putting in all of the sounds. If in the process we feel that something is missing then we can all go back and re film or take a completely different shot f anything we feel is missing, but fr now we are good.
