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Critical Reflection

     This film has many important aspects surrounding the central plot. Although not prominently emphasized in the plot of the film, the main subject, Rachel, is impliedly representative of the LGBTQ+ community. Since she mentions that she has a girlfriend, and is seen on a date with said girlfriend, this idea is definitely evident to the audience. As a lesbian, she may have faced criticism, hatred, and emotional or physical harm in her life which could have led her to have the substance abuse issues that are prevalent in the film. A possible consequence of this could be her estrangement from her family which was mentioned on the informational sheet of paper she reads every morning. Alcoholism is a coping method that many people often use to try to forget about negative things in their life. This and other alcohol-related issues are a leading cause of death in the United States, and while completely preventable, it is an issue that goes mostly uncared for. Eventually, her severe alcoho
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Short Film Package

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Website: https://24featurette.wixsite.com/official-24film Postcard: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFdwpD2EIs/sJRkMIl14EeeXWK8VTOOAA/view Front: Back: Short Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVYNheq0LfA https://vimeo.com/user195753003
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Production Blog: Final Touches

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 Hello, hello, hello! As you are reading here with me today, the group has officially completed the editing of the final project! Today was the day for all touch-ups and small finishing details. My wonderful editor Jordyn was able to take into account all of the critiques received yesterday and fix them or work them into the film. To begin, the group started with the audio aspects. The first critique encountered was the suggestion that the police voice should be muffled. In order to do this, Jordyn quotes that she had to " alter the equalization and as such alter how muffled an inputted audio sounds." Simply put, she says that she had to lower the frequency of the audio in order to make it sound more distant and create that "muffled" sound effect. The next sound aspect of the film was the music, correlating with the suggestion that the volume of the music should be lower. Instead of simply decreasing the volume level, Jordyn suggested splitting the clip into three s
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Production Blog: Time for Critiques!

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 Hello again! Today's blog is quite an interesting one! Now that the film is complete, the group thinks it to be valuable to have other people's opinions on the work. In particular, I interviewed my father as well as my sister and her best friend (pictured below). Although my father is not necessarily a film connoisseur, my sister and her best friend have taken this course before. I was hoping with this experience they could offer me some valuable tips and critiques. As expected, my father did not have any negative commentary. Being as supportive as he is, he could only give compliments and say he would not change anything from the film. As much as I appreciate hearing this, especially after all of the group's hard work, I was hoping my sister would offer me some more unbiased and bluntly honest feedback. Thankfully, she did provide me with some considerable criticism. She suggested first that the group should go back and touch up some of the transitions in between scenes.
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Production Blog: End of Editing

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 Greetings! I am so excited to be with you today as I near the end of the production series! To kick off today's editing, the group began discussing the title sequence. The main issue regarding the title sequence was the font. Jordyn browsed the fonts available on the DaVinci Resolve software, but none of them really appealed to the group. I really wanted to have a font that looks like the number on the alarm clock; a sort of techy font to centralize or work in the idea of the clock, but this was not easy to find. Jordyn ended up finding one just like it on an outside website and was able to download it for free, so I was ecstatic. Jordyn also suggested the idea of having the titles fade in and out to represent the character's unsteady memory, which I liked as well. After deciding on these aspects, the group moved on. The next step in editing was adding the clips that the group filmed yesterday. For the date scene, Jordyn cut the clips to scale and into individual scenes, then
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Production Blog: Filming in the Rain

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 Hello again, it's been a while! I am here to report back to you for the final day of filming, finally! Today was quick, and the group finished up by filming the 3 scenes remaining. The first scene was the date which involved Ashley and me. The group had envisioned this scene being filmed in Ashley's patio area on a small table and chairs, which was a bit of an issue because it was raining. The group decided that once the rain slowed down, it was not noticeable in the videos, and therefore, continued filming. To begin, Ashley curated her drink: a mixture of lime juice, water, and sprite, while I stuck with water. To begin, Jordyn filmed only Ashley's scenes, ensuring that her position matched that of the previous scene. She took one sip of her drink at a time, four times total, then finally drank the rest in one large sip and slammed her glass down on the table. Next, it was my turn. Jordyn positioned me at the same angle and spacing as Ashley was in the camera, and then I
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Production Blog: Editing!

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Hello again! After such a long weekend of filming, the group has now taken on the task of editing. As I have mentioned in previous blogs, Jordyn is the main lead in editing in the group, as she has the most experience and is the most tech-savvy, so she again took the lead here. The main application used was iMovie. This was used to combine the raw takes together, ensuring that the scenes line up, and the transitions are correct, as well as adding a few subtle transitions and hues. This application made it exceptionally easier for the group to see how to line up the shots during filming. After I shot a scene, Jordyn would mash them up together on her phone and make sure the transitions between scenes were as seamless as possible. If these clips were not to the group's liking, the application also allowed for the individual scenes to be cropped, zoomed, pinched out, and moved up or down.  After this rough-draft stage of editing, Jordyn uploaded the clips onto a software called DaVinc
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