Editing Blog

I walked into class thinking I was going to edit my commercial today but the computers had other plans. I don't know what happened but the computers wouldn't open up Pinnacle Studios. I didn't want to sit around and wait for class time to pass by. I decided to film the scenes I needed. I also re-filmed some scenes I thought were not good. I filled out the camera agreement paper and grabbed a camera. I also grabbed an SD card and my props from the class's closet. Luckily, the girl in my film already finished her commercial so I was able to film. I had to wait for her to dump her footage on the computers before getting started. After she was done, I let her change into the homecoming dress.

Originally, I had planned for a dance with the girl and boy but the boy was not in class today. I had to change that whole scene so that it could make sense for my commercial. I let the girl do the scene by herself. Instead of dancing, I filmed her modeling and repping Macy's clothing. I filmed in many different angles and movements for this scene. I want the audience to really see the dress and the expressions on the girl's face. After filming, I packed up my equipment and grabbed my props. I went back to class and began the dumping process. The computers were starting up really slow so it took me a while to dump. Finally, I imported my clips into my folder on the desktop.

Because we couldn't edit, we were told to transfer our media to a flash drive or to our google drive. My flash drive couldn't be recognized by the computer. I ended up having to transfer them to my google drive. I never done anything like this so I had to ask for help from another student. She came over and explained how to do the transfer. I was told to open up google drive and press 'drop new files'. The desktop folder popped up and I looked for my clips. After finding my clips I selected all and pressed continue. I waited about 5 minutes for it to finish. I successfully finished filming and now I'm waiting on instructions to begin editing.

Filming Blog #2

Past weekend, my group and I did not film. We were all too busy to fit filming in our schedule. One person had to work and I was out of town. Our scenes require everyone to be there. So, if one person can’t make it then we can’t film. We planned to film this weekend in the afternoon. It’s better for all of us since everyone is free until 6pm. We will check out a camera tomorrow since there will be no school for the rest of the week. We are instructed to return the camera next Monday. Unfortunately, we are not able to check out computers.

Because we are not able to check out computers, we will have to dump on Monday. Since everyone in the group lives far from the mall, Chad will meet up at Kaliyah’s house and I'll drive. Chad will then get in her car and they’ll drive to the mall and begin filming. We plan on spending 2 hours at the mall, and 2 hours at the beach. We will each bring a prop that’s needed. We are not wearing makeup in the video so makeup will not be needed. I am the only group member that doesn’t have beach attire so I will be purchasing during our time at the mall. The shopping bag will be part of our prop. After the two hours are up, we will drive to the beach. Additional people are invited to the beach to be apart of our film.

I don't have my own car so I'll have to wait for my mom to get home. She gets off at 1pm which is good because we meet up at 2pm. The mall is about 30 mins from my house. I will be driving to the mall by myself. This is our only chance and day to film. If one member doesn't show up, we plan on just continuing filming and that missing person will just have to film on their own. We cannot miss this filming day as there is no other. By 5pm, we should be wrapping things up as the sun begins to go down. Sunset begins at 5:28pm this weekend. We don't plan on filming when it gets dark.