Thanksgiving week

 This week was hard for me to do anything regarding school. My mum wanted to go see family (yes, during a pandemic) this holiday, so she took the week off and forced me and my brother to go with her. In the chaos of the morning, I forgot to pack my computer to take with me. That being said, I didn't get any homework done, unless I borrowed a family members computer for the five minutes I had to myself. 

This also means that I didn't get to film, since I was away. I would have been able to get most of my shots, if not all of them, this past week, if I had the chance to stay. That being said, I have to plan around it. 

I also have to plan around the fact that my family that we visited is a bunch of rat lickers. (This meaning that they refused to wear a mask and/or social distance. This term was used during the plague when rats were the start of it all. Rat licker being coined as the people who carelessly spread diseases.) 

Now, while I did take my own precautions, wearing a face mask everywhere, even to sleep, and staying as far away from everyone as possible, I did still struggle when it came to meal time. I figured since it was outside and I still had the option to sit farther away from others, it wasn't too bad. 

This pictures of me without a face mask and very close to some family is because my aunt insisted on getting a picture with me in it. She threw a fit about me wearing a face mask the entire time, unless I was eating. She also got mad that I was sitting so far away from everyone, making it hard to get me in pictures. I figured one picture wouldn't hurt.

I am taking further steps into insuring my coworkers safety's by getting testing for the next two weeks as well as self isolating. This won't be hard as I am a hermit anyway and pretty much live in my room, on the other side of the house, away from everyone. 

                                                        

Music Friends Are The Best

 I decided to do the same thing I did last year in terms of music. I was going to ask my friend if he could make my music. He did it last year and he had everything I needed in it. I know to ask him because he, not only puts beats together that work, but he's the best musician I know. I wouldn't trust anyone else with my music I need for my movie. Or any time I needed music, for that matter. 

I listened to a bunch of songs that I thought would work but none of them worked with what I had in mind. I still have to send them to my friend so he can get a feel for what I want. When I first asked him to make music for me, I gave him a very vague meaning for what I was looking for. I said something like I had last year but eerier. He kind of understood what I meant, so I tried to follow up with random words that I thought would describe it better but it did not. We ended up laughing about the words I chose for ten minutes before we both realised I had no idea what I was asking for. 

I'll eventually get around to sending him the music that I want him to work from. I also figured that if the music was made for me, I wouldn't have to spend time looking for music from an artists and it would also save me a few very awkward conversations. Since I hate meeting new people alone, meeting a new person and asking them to use their music would make me feel very uncomfortable. I get to save myself that trouble by asking a friend. He owes me a favour anyway since I helped him with a few lyrics from his other WIPs (Work in progress).

The internet side

 This week we created all of our socials and our website that we would be using for the movie. One thing that my teacher pointed out is that we should just create an email specifically for the movie. I decided I wanted to make up my own production company as well. It took me two seconds to make up a name as I just threw two words together. I later found out that that email was already taken. I also found out that is was a real production company. Since I'm lazy, I decided to slightly change the name and use it. Since it worked, I ran with it. 

It was hard trying to get everything in order. I started with the website but soon realised I needed to have my social media accounts up first. So I went to do that instead. Then, I had to ask my friend about sending a picture of him and a few of my other friends who we're helping me, music and art wise. I needed to have pictures of them on my website and descriptions so people who went onto the website would be able to meet the cast and crew. 

I ended up making a Twitter, instagram, and youtube account to put into my wix site. After I was checking the requirements for the assignment, I realised I also needed a Facebook account. I was so tired after everything that I wanted to just turn in those three accounts. It soon clicked that this is the only class that I liked, and if I got a zero for not uploading a fourth social, it wouldn't be worth it. 

Planning; The Storyboard

 I ended up changing the script around to not only fit the change of characters, but also for the new ideas I had. I realised that I wouldn't fill the time with a simple scene of chasing, because, let's be honest, that scene wasn't going to late two minutes. I decided to change the scene from Ben being chased, to him walking into a bunch of cafe's as the days pass. As well as him doing online school. I wanted have the person who eventually kills him at the end to be in majority of these shots as it will add to suspense I want to build. I also want to change the genre from adventure to thriller, because it will set the mood I'm trying to convey. 

I decided that there might not be a friend, and instead, there will be a twin brother, played by the same actor. This will add to the thriller because it will change the ending, and instead of being a shut and done case, it could leave the viewers wondering what will happen next. 

I decided to make these changes for two reasons. The first one being that as I was filling out a storyboard template for my movie, I saw that there wouldn't be enough scenes to get to the time that I need. The other reason is that when I started the class, I genuinely had no idea what I was going to do for the movie. I threw together the first idea that I had and ran with it for the time being. Over time, after letting it marinade in my mind juices, I realised that there was a better way to come about with this. 

Planning; the basics

 

The picture of the outfit is the main characters first outfit. Ben and I decided it would be best for the main character through trying out the best shirts that we both felt represented the main character. Due to safety reasons, I had to lose my original actor and had to get hold of another person willing to be the main character. Which meant the original costume had to change and the script.

While writing out the planning sheet for the basics of the movie, I ended up editing the information that I already had down from previous work. After I finished writing down the information, I had to take a picture and send it to Ben for him to look over. I wanted to make sure that my main character understood what I was trying to write and understood the character they were playing. I made sure to write down as much as I could to keep everyone as safe possible from the current outbreak of the coronavirus. 

I am aware that the locations may have to change if we are not able to get certain scenes, that's why I wrote in pencil. Easy to erase, easy to edit. The schedule will have to work around what Ben and the creamery owner can do since my brother and I are good for any day. 

Dealing with one schedule was easy enough. I wanted to make sure we had days to negotiate so I had to add days to the calendar. Then I had to clear some of those days, or similar ones with the creamery owner, to make sure we could film at certain times on certain days.

I wanted the costumes to actually mean something in this movie, instead of my previous works where the clothes barely mattered. I wanted to give the costumes a chance to speak for themselves, let the viewers know what the person meant to the movie, from their costume.