Our Film - First Cut

Click here to view the first cut of our film - Carmen! 

Editing- Week 2

On the second day, we focused more on putting our actual film together. We worked on the transitions, the order of each clip, as well as conveying the mood throughout the film.

Instead of merely taking photos throughout our creative  process, we instead filmed a video discussing what we wished to accomplish. We wanted to create a record of our goals, as well as use the video as a matter of accountability to ensure we achieved everything we planned to do.

As you can see, in the first part of the video, we discuss what we've already done. 

The second part of our video, of Creative Director, Mickey, discussed how we could work on ensuring our entire piece remained cohesive throughout the editing process.

In all, I'd say that we accomplished a lot in our two days of editing. I'd say we definitely still have some touch ups (adding music/voice over), but feel extremely proud of our progress thus far!

Editing- Week 1

This week, we started our editing process. Initially, we faced some technical difficulties. The computer we first logged onto was missing Premier Pro, which cut into our editing time away. This difficulty put us under a stricter time constraint for everything we wanted to accomplish on day one.

However, we didn't let this stop us! We logged into a new computer and got working.

On day one, we planned to focus mainly on font and text. We feel that font can help to convey the mood, context, and the purpose of a piece of film. We tried out several fonts before finally choosing one that worked perfect for our piece.

The first font we looked at was definitely not the font we wanted to use. The font was messy and was almost reminiscent of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps font. Our film is more mystery, not creepy, so this didn't fit our vibe, and we tried a new approach.

The second font was a little closer to what we wanted. However, it was still a little too large and too romantic, it was definitely reminiscent of the 20's, but we wanted something more clean-cut. 

Ultimately, we found the perfect font for our film: it was perfectly sized and framed to fit the title of our film Carmen.

I would say our first day of editing was quite successful, regardless of a minor bump in the road. Our group is looking forward to another successful day tomorrow, where we will progress in our editing process.