AS LEVEL CRITICAL REFLECTION

This is the vlog of my creative critical reflection for my film opening.

AS LEVEL FILM OPENING

This is the finished version of my film opening for the AS level.

Planning for A Level

So now that I have completed the AS portion of my media studies portfolio, I have begun detailing and planning my A portion of the project. I am not completely sure what the subject of my short film will be, as it originally was going to be related to my film opening, but I have set deadlines for myself on when to have certain things done. I will be done filming within a few days and will then spend my time working on editing, while also creating a poster and the short film's website (I will most likely be using weebly for this). After that, I will finally work on the critical reflection.

Editing (the process + reflections)

Today I finally finished editing my film opening. 

For me, this was definitely the hardest part about the entire process because I am not very proficient in editing and it takes me a really long time to get simple things done. I was scared something completely insane would happen like I would lose all of my video or I wouldn't be able to arrange them like I wanted.

When I first began editing earlier this week, I ran into the problem that no computer in my house had editing software, so I had to borrow my dad's laptop. I began editing on iMovie and I started by making a rough edit where I put all the clips I had filmed in order. 

After that, I proceeded to cut them so that they would flow well and added opening credits and the title. 

The hardest part of my editing process was that I had to subtitle my entire opening. Because it is supposed to be a Venezuelan foreign film, all the audio/dialogue was in Spanish. It took me a good few hours to find a font that resembled conventional subtitles (if you're curious, Gill Sans in Bold Italic with a black outline does the trick) and it also was quite the task to time them properly with what the actors were saying. 

I added the background music I got permission to use from Rhye, rerecorded the audio for one of the actors and then added some transitions. 

I came into editing expecting lots of gridlock between me and technology, and even though there were certain setbacks it was overall a really awesome learning process. I feel like all the practice I had with iMovie and editing in general for the film opening will benefit me for my short film. 

Having to rely on myself to edit showed me that I can definitely do it and that it's actually very gratifying and enjoyable once you get the hang of it. I look forward to other editing endeavors in the future :-)