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As we continue on our course of creating our film opening, there seem to be more and more task we have to do. Grant and I haven't run into any real problems yet, so I am thankful for that. However our process does seem a little slow-going. I initially wasn't expecting this project to involve as much planning as it is. I suppose maybe I was so excited to begin filming and creating that I did't realize the amount of preparation involved. As we slowly continue to plan out our film opening and try to hone in on a specific and solid idea, we are continuing to discover challenges with our time managing skills. For example, both Grant and myself are diligent workers separately, but put us together, and its procrastination city. That is something that I hope we get over as soon as possible because that trait could pose as a huge hindrance for us in the future.
Anyway, what we have been working on, even though it isn't much, is still good stuff. We've begun creating a story line and plot for our film opening. One thing that we found was beneficial to us was to plan the film in it's entirety, that way we would know how to end the film opening in a way that it would properly set up the context for the rest of the film if there were to be one. One youtube had an excellent tutorial post about the best ways to create a story board. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cWVdK5xyTs He talked about the best techniques in sequencing and variations of shots and angles that would make for an interesting picture. One thing we hope to do with our film opening is utilize a large variation in camera shots and angles to create a very intriguing opening.
Our storyboard is underway and coming along slowly but we also were stumped by creating a story board for a story we truly hadn't't created yet; so that was our next step. We went to google to find out what was the best way to get started writing a script and actually creating a story. both of us having limited experience in story writing for the screen, we needed a lot of help. I asked some kids in my drama class if they had any script writing advice and they referred me to this great source https://www.writersstore.com/how-to-write-a-screenplay-a-guide-to-scriptwriting/ . This source ended up just way to detailed and much more in depth than we needed to go, but it did end up being helpful for the aspects of formatting a script and exactly HOW to write a script. It emphasized more about presentation and creation with formatting a script more so than content- so ultimately it ended up being a not so useful source for us specifically, but still a great source overall.
Next class we plan to continue to put our story board together and solidify our story line so that we can plan our filming schedule and the preliminary tasks.
until next time,
Kyleigh.
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