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 Her it is. my final task ccr. i hope you enjoy

  This is my Final Task. Hope you enjoy!!!

 In my last blog, i talked about many struggles that were faced when doing this project. there were also things that were fun. besides filming. there were things that we did while filming that were funny and fun. after filming we usually all went to eat. there were many different actions. one time we went to stores to go look around after. we always had bloopers because we laughed. the best part was definingly the laughs shared. there is a reason we grouped together. we all like the same things. we can all make each other laugh. at the end of the day, there my friends. through the process i got to meet a new friend. besides learning i got to meet new people. there were times we could not film because of availability. when we did film it was great because we could get good filming fast. its not about the end product for me. i liked the things did to get to the end product. i also like the filming locations we picked. if i had to change anything it would have been the weather. i prev...

 I mentioned a lot about my project. there was many steps to it. there were many things i covered. there was also a lot of things i did not talk about. i am going to talk about the things that did not make it into the other blogs. i talked about location in a few of my blogs. there were many problems that i did not mention in other blogs wit weather and location. what exactly were the problems. there were three different times were we had to cancel filming that day because of weather. weather is hard to plan for in south Florida because you never really know when it could rain. there was also a problem one time with someone in the group got sick and we had to cancel. there was also the complication of transportation. all of my groupmates have working parents so they could not get to the place. i decided that i would go and pick them up so that we could film. yep, i picked up everyone. we filmed a total of five times. this was because we saw scenes that we could have done better so ...

This has been a long project. there has been ups and down. when looking back at my project there were issues. the issues have been fixed. i am now done with the project. as long as everything stays the same and nothing major happens. i liked this project that i made. it was very interactive with my life outside of school which was new. i got to do it with my friends. we all had a great time making this film. i have said that editing is my favorite part of the project. filming may be my favorite now. i acted as a director for our film and i felt that i did a good job. my group was great because we all had something for the group that was beneficial. the final change i made was for some of the scenes. i had to re film them because of the way they came out. that was easy because there was only like 2 that needed to be re done. i feel our group's skills have dramatically improved over the year and i know the project will show it. knowing some of the main filming terms helps when you ac...

 We have finished our film. i did say before that i thought it was perfect. looking at it now there are some things that need to be addressed. the editing i did i thought was good. it was not my best but it was good enough. it was not suggested but i do need to edit some things and cut some things out. the music has to be synced a little better. i would like to do some things with the filming to. anything that's not perfect I'm gonna fix. i should be able to look at what i wrote needs fixed and when I'm done everything should be checked off the list. i will be going back to quickly re-film something after it was suggested looking back. it reminds me of doing something like an essay. when you do an essay, you write what you think sounds the absolute best. you may look back at the essay and realize that you have to fix some things even though you thought it was perfect at first. that's exactly what this is. working with others makes it easier on you to. i could have done ...

 i have mentioned how i got the music for the project before. i have never talked about the actual music. in my project. there is a lot of different things that are in the music that go with the film. when looking for music i wanted to find something that i liked. my strategy in my opinion was pretty good. i would look in the genre of the music i thought fit our project. once doing that i would listen to songs. i would mark down the names of songs i liked. after i had about five that i liked i began to vision. i wanted to see what it would look like in my video. there were many different songs that i liked so it took a long time for me to decide. i finally got it down to my top few and then realized something. two of the songs that i really liked for the video were from the same artist. this gave me an idea. that was to ask permission for both of those songs. the process tokk about a week or two. the artist eventually wrote back and would let me use the songs for free. after editin...

  I have mentioned before that i love to edit. while editing this project i really enjoyed the process of making and editing a film. even though it was not long, i still liked it. learning leads to success and after the first few times i really got a hang of it. me and my groupmate Jason really did a good job to make this short part of the film look nice. editing for me is peaceful in many ways. you can relax and listen to music while doing it. you can really work your brain when editing to make things look good. you can do expert level things with just a computer. many people that i know do not like it but i do. i have mentioned before that i like to edit because of my childhood. it is the fun part for me and i really do like to do it. that being said there is still things for me to learn. there are levels to editing. people may just clip things and call it a day but it does get a little deeper then that. you can edit many things like sound and pictures into a raw clip. i did not ...

 now that filming is done the easy part starts. i like editing because of a few reasons. ever since i first got the internet, i have made videos and edited them in some way. i like to watch videos so when i edit it is fun for me. my group has another editor. jason likes to edit because he makes music and makes youtube videos. chad also makes videos but does not like to edit. for the first project i did with my group, i edited the whole thing. jason has said that he would like to edit this time. my group is full of people with certain skills and likings. i volunteered to edit but jason wants to edit too. we will probably split the editing so we are efficient. i would like to go all in for editing this time because i want it to be absolutely perfect. i like to add transitions because when i was young in school and learned how to use powerpoint, i liked the transitions the most. ever since that has been my favorite part. this will be a very good video that we produce because of my gro...

 The process for getting the music was easy. at first, finding music was hard. a lot of the process consisted of finding a good song that fit. there were many genres of music that i thought of using. it was hard to decide because we needed to know how it would fit into the filming. once we found our song we knew. the name of the songs are carnivl of delight and zero gravity. i thought these songs really made our video pop and professional. the hardest part of the project was what i ha to do next. getting permission for a song is something i have never done. at first i did not know what to do. i went and researched how to get permission. apparently song permission is not something new to people that make Youtube videos. this is because anytime they use a song they have to ask to use it. at a level of business, you could get sued for using a song for money purposes. since i am using the songs for a school project, i do not have to worry about being sued. i then proceeded to email the...

 We have finished filming. there were many challenges faced but i got through them. I think that my favorite part of the project is the filming. I like the filming because i get to be like the director and it is fun. I did not think that it would be as fun as it was to direct but i found myself having fun while doing it. after the last time when i filmed the scenes of chad and Jason, it was time to get me and Sebastian into the scenes. i did that by putting chad at the camera when he was not in the shot. because the whole project will be like 2 minutes, we have a lot of extra time that we filmed. this is an easy fix because i can edit it so that the scenes get to the point and don't waste time. after filming i realized i like our filming spot a lot because of the way we were able to film around the conflict and get certain shots. we did have to pick our spots very carefully because it may look weird if the scene is next to something like a playground. that being said we went to the...

  Chad came over to my house on saturday early morning. He brought over a sword and extra clothes just in case. We waited until 1 P.M to pick up Jason so we could film. Sebastian couldn't come because he was sick at the time. Once I drove to Holiday Park, we found a secure location to record. I was the one recording and i first did a tracking shot of Chad walking. Chad told me that we'll have to use my phone to do a voiceover but we never did it. Our next scene was a close-up shot of Chad's pocket going for a call. Jason also needed to record voiceover lines for the phone call so chad talked to himself. Chad said he got a girl to say the line "Drake, help me please!" for us. Its from one of his friends who he asked for. After the phone call, we did a medium shot and showed Chad running out the camera. We went for a close-up shot here to show his hand grabbing the sword. After this Chad finds Jason and they start yelling at each other about their past. This shows t...

Panel 1: Drake starts to monologue in a field of grass (medium long shot) Panel 2: Drake starts to think about how his life has changed for the better Panel 3: Drake's phone starts ringing. (Non-diegetic sound - Phone ringing) Panel 4: Drake answers the phone. Close up-shot Panel 5: Drake is confused from the caller. Medium shot Panel 6: Drake learns the news about his sister. Medium Shot Panel 7: Drake thinks to himself about gearing up and starts running (edited) Panel 8: Drake sees his sword (Over the shoulder shot) Panel 9: Drake takes the sword and runs off (Close up shot) Panel 10: Drake approaches the place Joker called him to. Panel 11: Drake looks around for the caller (over the shoulder shot) Panel 12: Joker finally appears surprising Drake Panel 13: Drake and Joker have a staredown (Two shot) Panel 14: the two start talking to each other Panel 15: The two start arguing with each other Panel 16: Drake yells for his sister back (close up) Panel 17: Joker then taunts Drak...

Roles and Participants: Actors Chad Johnson - Drake Jason Pierre - Joker Ethan Lavelle-Stablein - Akira Sebastian Suarez-Espino - Ren Maria - Filming Ethan Lavelle-Stablein and Sebastian Suarez-Espino Editing Chad Johnson and Jason Pierre Health and Safety: Although we are going to be using prop swords, they will be wooden instead of metal. This way if we accidentally whack each other, the impact wouldn't hurt anybody as badly. Another solution that we considered was attacking with the swords very slowly, then editing the footage to make it look faster. This way, there would be no way to injure anybody while swing the swords. In order to make sure we don't hit anybody else who are bystanders, we plan to record secluded from others so they couldn't be in the background or get caught in an accident. In the worse case scenario, we will place 2 of our phones down in a secure place to be ready to call the police in case someone gets hurt. Schedule 3/4-3/6: We plan to film the f...

  Scene 1 -Drake (V:O) : Hey, my names Drake, and I'm a former gang member of the wire gang. I left because I changed my ways. I realized violence isn't always the answer to everything. Some may call me weak and pathetic and some might even call me a scared loser. However, in my own head, I'm the strongest. The only one to break out the cycle of constant violence and endless regrets. I have a sister who's often kind to me. I remember ever since we were kids she was always the one to stick up to me. She influenced me to change my lifestyle and so now, I'm living a calm peaceful life..... or so I thought... Cell phone rings (Huh... my phones ringing.. anonymous call? Wonder who this could be..) Answers Scene 2 -Drake: Hello. Who's speaking? -Joker: We have her... heartbeat sound Drake: Huh? What're you talking about? Joker: Your sister.. want her back? Drake: What the... Joker: You know where to find me... meet me there in 10 minutes or else....

 name of the studio: jecs name of the production company: gecs actor names: Jason Pierre, Chad Johnson, Ethan Lavalle-Stablein, Sebastion Suarez-Espino Film Title:Ambition Music By:Jamie christopherson edited by: Jason Pierre Producer: Ethan Lavalle-Stablein Executive Producer: Chad Johnson Story By: Chad Johnson Written By Jason Pierre Directed By: Ethan Lavalle-Stablein The title will appear in the setting and fade out. the title is "Ambition". the font that will be used is irregular display. the title will stay on the screen for 5 seconds.

  First Website: https://www.artofthetitle.com/ The first choice for a website to research title sequences was "Art of the Title." This website is an electronic archive dedicated to films, TV shows, and more. This is not an unpopular website too because they have over 400,000 readers a month and over 100,000 social media followers throughout all their accounts. The website is also run by a full time writer who designed newspapers, Lola Landekic. We chose this website because of its credibility and content. This website has information about title sequences and its original locations. It also shows the videos in perfect quality and demonstrates how the title sequences look like. Not only this, but they rank the best ones of the year for readers to see. The explanations behind these chosen title sequences. This involves multiple different genres like thriller or horror, or animation to show many examples of how bigger studios make them. Second Website: https://www.watchthet...

  1. How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones? Directed by Screen play Produced by Executive producer Co-producer Director of photography Production designer Editors Costume designer Visual effects supervisor Visual effects producer Music by Music supervisor Associate producers Casting by Marvel studio presents Captain America The winter Soldier 4 2. What connotations do the images carry? (how do you they make you feel) The images bring a feeling of excitement and thrill. Each scene had a cool visual effect. 3. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? (Can you tell what genre the film is) The silhouettes show a character the audience are familiar of. The genre this film is from is thriller. 4. What conventions are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience? The convention deals with Symbolism. Captain America has to protect as his name suggests.

  1. How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones? The titles start with the title of the movie: "Venom", then continues with Directed by, Screenplay by, Screen Story by, Based on, Produced by, Executive Producers, Director of Photography, Production designer, Edited by, Music by, Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, Reid Scott, Jenny Slate, Melora Walters, Casting by, Music Supervision by, Costume Designer, Visual Effects Designer, and An ... Production. 2. What connotations do the images carry? (how do you they make you feel) There are many pictures of of the protagonist Venom and its painted in a watercolors style where it looks like ink or ooze is dripping through the screen. 3. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? (Can you tell what genre the film is) The symbolism found is the pictures of genes, blood cells, and the protagonist of venom. This represents the bonding betwee...

 1. in the opening sequence, there is about 12 different titles. all were names except the title of the movie. 2. the connotations show thrill and suspense. they make me feel looked upon. 3. it is reinforced by images of a brain and dark imaging. 4. the conventions are used to appeal to the target audience by having very ominous music and dark images.