March 31, Saturday
I can confidently say that our pre-production is finished! We both revised our storyboards and have come up with a final copy as well as casted our 4 main characters and 9 extras. I have all of our props ready, and I even added a couple adjustments to our song. Of all the exciting news I have, i'd say this next one takes the cake: one of my good friends works at a gas station and his manager agreed to let us film there! The one thing that really had me worried all worked out, and quite easily too! We planned to film yesterday Friday the 30th, but unfortunately I was out of town and just got back in this morning. So for now we are set to film our 2 scenes next weekend, Friday the 6th. This was a short blog, but I just wanted to update the fans and let them know everything is on track for perfection!
Until next time :)
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Character Development
March 25, Sunday
Rodrigo and I met up yesterday to discuss new ideas for our project. We both agreed that what we had so far probably wouldn't fill the 2 minutes unless we were to make scenes unnecessarily long and drawn out. So in order to avoid this from happening we decided to go more in depth with character development. Considering the 4 characters are the main source of comedy for the majority of the intro we felt they needed to have more to them.
While developing them we discussed character motives, attitudes, hobbies, nicknames, and appearances. Here is a small chart describing each of the 4 characters.
1. Head Honcho:
- Mastermind of the group
- Can be manipulative of his lackeys in order to get his way
- Plans usually end terribly
- Seeks recognition and popularity within his community
2. The Hype Man:
- Sidekick of Head Honcho
- Insecure about self image
- Dresses and acts as close as he can to Head Honcho (Mini-me)
- Seeks a best friend in the head honcho, wants his recognition
3. The Hopeless Romantic
- Always in his feelings
- Obsessed with ex-girlfriend
- Hates her but secretly still loves her
- Seeks an opportunity to make his ex jealous
4. Poindexter
- Obviously nerdy appearance
- Sticks strictly to statistics and logic, never goes on gut feelings
- Unexpectedly sassy
- Seeks a way out of the party
Rodrigo and I met up yesterday to discuss new ideas for our project. We both agreed that what we had so far probably wouldn't fill the 2 minutes unless we were to make scenes unnecessarily long and drawn out. So in order to avoid this from happening we decided to go more in depth with character development. Considering the 4 characters are the main source of comedy for the majority of the intro we felt they needed to have more to them.
While developing them we discussed character motives, attitudes, hobbies, nicknames, and appearances. Here is a small chart describing each of the 4 characters.
1. Head Honcho:
- Mastermind of the group
- Can be manipulative of his lackeys in order to get his way
- Plans usually end terribly
- Seeks recognition and popularity within his community
2. The Hype Man:
- Sidekick of Head Honcho
- Insecure about self image
- Dresses and acts as close as he can to Head Honcho (Mini-me)
- Seeks a best friend in the head honcho, wants his recognition
3. The Hopeless Romantic
- Always in his feelings
- Obsessed with ex-girlfriend
- Hates her but secretly still loves her
- Seeks an opportunity to make his ex jealous
4. Poindexter
- Obviously nerdy appearance
- Sticks strictly to statistics and logic, never goes on gut feelings
- Unexpectedly sassy
- Seeks a way out of the party
Saturday, March 24, 2018
A Quick Restart
March 24, Saturday
Although Rodrigo and I are on a bit of a tight schedule since we kick started a whole new idea for our short film we've been making sure we get stuff done and fast! We have already finished a story board, as well as recorded all our own music for the film. I finished the song last night with some friends, it was a fun time and we were able to capture the exact feeling I was looking to capture. I'm going to attach the song to a side bar link on my blog and if I can't figure out how to do that i'll probably just add it to the bottom of this blog.
Rodrigo and I are planning a meet later today to finalize our cast and physical story board. We are hoping to find a group of 4 kids that each have individual quirks and characteristics that will make them shine in the film introduction. We have a general idea of who we would like to cast. In all honesty the only roadblock ahead that I am worried about is our filming location. We need to find a gas station that is willing to let us film and that will give us access to behind the counter. I'll update you guys later on the filming location. For now heres a link to our song (maybe), and some pictures showing parts of the music production process.
Although Rodrigo and I are on a bit of a tight schedule since we kick started a whole new idea for our short film we've been making sure we get stuff done and fast! We have already finished a story board, as well as recorded all our own music for the film. I finished the song last night with some friends, it was a fun time and we were able to capture the exact feeling I was looking to capture. I'm going to attach the song to a side bar link on my blog and if I can't figure out how to do that i'll probably just add it to the bottom of this blog.
Rodrigo and I are planning a meet later today to finalize our cast and physical story board. We are hoping to find a group of 4 kids that each have individual quirks and characteristics that will make them shine in the film introduction. We have a general idea of who we would like to cast. In all honesty the only roadblock ahead that I am worried about is our filming location. We need to find a gas station that is willing to let us film and that will give us access to behind the counter. I'll update you guys later on the filming location. For now heres a link to our song (maybe), and some pictures showing parts of the music production process.
Friday, March 23, 2018
One Last Set Back
March 23, Friday
Well, it seems we both have finally seen the light! In class yesterday Rodrigo and I realized just how much trouble we got ourselves into when choosing the route of science fiction and clones. Instead, after a long, long time of trying to convince him we are finally doing... A high school comedy! It's something that I actually feel motivated to do, it is also going to be realistic and a million times easier to cast for.
RE-CAST! Now that we have a whole new movie we have to restart our pre-production process, luckily the entire time we were doing the sci-fi project I was brainstorming this project as well (kind of like fantasizing if you will). So we already have all of our props, actors, and story board complete! In my next blog I will post more about what these consist of. Showing pictures of our actors and our props as well as explaining what type of comedy this will be exactly.
Sunday, March 18, 2018
March 18, Sunday
Collaboration!
Friday in class we were put into groups of 4 or 5 in order to help each other by critiquing ideas and giving input for new ideas. I must say it was very fun. Although I feel like during the collaborative work I gave a lot more input than I received, I wouldn't say it was a waste of time. I enjoyed hearing of others progress and helping them it was a great team building activity. After class one of my peers asked me to help her with her magazine, she wanted me to model and help with photography.
We went on Saturday to Miami and had a very successful day, Arriana managed to get all of her shots done and we had a great time! Also, through this, I recruited some more actors for my film that I was in desperate need of. So as of now I have a my full cast, some input from my peers, and new friends! That was all for this week's project progress, hopefully we can begin our filming for next week with all of our actors. Heres a picture of Arriana and I after she finished all of her shots!
Collaboration!
Friday in class we were put into groups of 4 or 5 in order to help each other by critiquing ideas and giving input for new ideas. I must say it was very fun. Although I feel like during the collaborative work I gave a lot more input than I received, I wouldn't say it was a waste of time. I enjoyed hearing of others progress and helping them it was a great team building activity. After class one of my peers asked me to help her with her magazine, she wanted me to model and help with photography.
We went on Saturday to Miami and had a very successful day, Arriana managed to get all of her shots done and we had a great time! Also, through this, I recruited some more actors for my film that I was in desperate need of. So as of now I have a my full cast, some input from my peers, and new friends! That was all for this week's project progress, hopefully we can begin our filming for next week with all of our actors. Heres a picture of Arriana and I after she finished all of her shots!
Friday, March 16, 2018
Friday, March 16
Pre-production wise we are about half way done with the process. We've collected most of our actors (head shots of each actor below), collected almost all props and costume design, as well as story boarded most of our shots. We plan to start production once Rodrigo gets back next week in various locations in Miami.
Research from my last blog really helped me improve my storyboard and gave new concepts for costume design and mise-en-scene. Rodrigo and I have been doing independent research for the most part and will put everything together to finish the pre-production process. The only worry I have is that some of our concepts and opinions will clash, we will just have to work together to figure out how to portray both our visions to the best of our abilities
Secretary
(Extra)
Human Homeless Man
(Extra)
Male-Human
(Antagonist)
Male-Clone
(Protagonist)
Pre-production wise we are about half way done with the process. We've collected most of our actors (head shots of each actor below), collected almost all props and costume design, as well as story boarded most of our shots. We plan to start production once Rodrigo gets back next week in various locations in Miami.
Research from my last blog really helped me improve my storyboard and gave new concepts for costume design and mise-en-scene. Rodrigo and I have been doing independent research for the most part and will put everything together to finish the pre-production process. The only worry I have is that some of our concepts and opinions will clash, we will just have to work together to figure out how to portray both our visions to the best of our abilities
Secretary
(Extra)
Human Homeless Man
(Extra)
Male-Human
(Antagonist)
Male-Clone
(Protagonist)
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Thursday, March 15
Until recently, the world of science-fiction was much smaller to my knowledge. After doing research on what the meaning of Science-fiction genre really is I learned many new things that will help contribute to the pre-production process of our film introduction. A fairly recent article written by author Bruce Sterling, which goes into great detail on the history of the genre itself as well as key components in these films. Going even further into my research I realized the many different and reoccurring themes in the sub-genres of science fiction, and decided which one we will be pursing in our film. We will be pursuing themes of: high technologies, sex and gender, utopias and dystopias and many more. Going along with the sub-genre of Cyberpunk science fiction which focuses on a a combinations of low-life quality and high tech, usually utilizing lighting and heavy editing in order to reach the look and appeal they are trying to reach.
With all this in mind, I want to go back and edit some of my storyboards and use this research to take into consideration my next steps in the pre-production process.
Until next time, Christopher Ryan Lynch
Citation:
Sterling, B. (2018, January 18). Science fiction. Retrieved March 16, 2018, from https://www.britannica.com/art/science-fiction
Until recently, the world of science-fiction was much smaller to my knowledge. After doing research on what the meaning of Science-fiction genre really is I learned many new things that will help contribute to the pre-production process of our film introduction. A fairly recent article written by author Bruce Sterling, which goes into great detail on the history of the genre itself as well as key components in these films. Going even further into my research I realized the many different and reoccurring themes in the sub-genres of science fiction, and decided which one we will be pursing in our film. We will be pursuing themes of: high technologies, sex and gender, utopias and dystopias and many more. Going along with the sub-genre of Cyberpunk science fiction which focuses on a a combinations of low-life quality and high tech, usually utilizing lighting and heavy editing in order to reach the look and appeal they are trying to reach.
With all this in mind, I want to go back and edit some of my storyboards and use this research to take into consideration my next steps in the pre-production process.
Until next time, Christopher Ryan Lynch
Citation:
Sterling, B. (2018, January 18). Science fiction. Retrieved March 16, 2018, from https://www.britannica.com/art/science-fiction
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Sunday, March 11
Rodrigo and I have set up a schedule for when we will have our story boards done by, as well as when we plan on shooting. I've recruited a couple friends onto my team for our acting cast as well as extra camera men, all members are skilled in the position i've placed them in for the best results. As of now Rodrigo is out of town, he plans to return next week on the 19th. By then we need to be sure we are ready to film and get things done!
I've begun my story boarding process and finished a couple scenes already, to my knowledge Rodrigo has begun his story boarding as well. Although at first I was pretty iffy on the whole idea of our introduction, it's grown on me and now i'm constantly brainstorming new scenes and ideas for it. Excessive brainstorming? Could be a good thing, or a bad thing.... We'll just have to wait and see!
arrivederci, Christopher Lynch
P.S. a duster jacket is a necessity in our film
Rodrigo and I have set up a schedule for when we will have our story boards done by, as well as when we plan on shooting. I've recruited a couple friends onto my team for our acting cast as well as extra camera men, all members are skilled in the position i've placed them in for the best results. As of now Rodrigo is out of town, he plans to return next week on the 19th. By then we need to be sure we are ready to film and get things done!
I've begun my story boarding process and finished a couple scenes already, to my knowledge Rodrigo has begun his story boarding as well. Although at first I was pretty iffy on the whole idea of our introduction, it's grown on me and now i'm constantly brainstorming new scenes and ideas for it. Excessive brainstorming? Could be a good thing, or a bad thing.... We'll just have to wait and see!
arrivederci, Christopher Lynch
P.S. a duster jacket is a necessity in our film
Thursday, March 8, 2018
The Breakthrough!
Thursday, March 8
Eureka! Rodrigo and I hit a goldmine while brainstorming today, and we are working collaboratively much better than before. We spoke about possible plots and themes we want to express within our world of Clones v.s. Humans and came to a conclusion. Clones are under heavy predjudice and criticism from real humans, portraying a struggle for equality. These themes relate to current events and audience interests in today’s society catching audience attention right from the start.
We agreed to begin story boarding separately after discussing scene ideas in order to get both of our creative viewpoints on how the scenes should be presented. Once we’ve finished we will choose which shots we want in our final collaborative storyboard. The reason we chose to do separate story boarding is because Rodrigo won't be in class all week, so we figured why not do them independently and once he gets back we can see what new ideas we've come up with. I'll keep you updated with our story boarding process as the week goes by. Can't wait to see what happens next!
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Wednesday, March 7
Yesterday in class, Rodrigo and I were finally able to come to a conclusion on what we'd like to create for our film introduction. Rather than going for a high school TV show kind of vibe with a pregnancy for the plot, I decided that maybe Rodrigo and I really could make a sci-fi based film that we could both work on collaboratively.
We started by brainstorming some new ideas for a plot and how to establish it within the first two minutes. Rodrigo, someone who is skilled and experienced in film photography wants to make the film revolve around visual storytelling. We are trying to make the film revolve around a future where clones are oppressed and abused because they aren't seen as real people. We want to try and make our film original as possible without copying any major aspects from other films. Doing actual research for our film and making sure the topics in our film are accurate are important to making a good sci-fi film.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Thursday, March 1
Although i'm still technically waiting on a response from Rodrigo, I couldn't help myself from brainstorming all day. I've been story boarding a couple of really cool scene ideas that I didn't want to forget, as well as binge watching shows and movies all day that all revolve around the genre vibes I want to represent in our introduction. Shows like "Everything Sucks!" and I had to re-watch "Napoleon Dynamite" since it's been quite a while, luckily I got some new inspiration from both (movie title, graphics, character behavior, etc.).
In "Everything sucks" the show title tends to pop up quite a lot as a different graphics portrayed in quirky and creative ways. Which really got me thinking about how I wanted to portray our movie title, as it is an important aspect of a movie intro (when and if it is shown.). The title will set the mood for the movie and let the audience know what their getting into. As for the new scene ideas i've come up with, you'll just have to wait and see in future blog posts!
(Heres a small example of one of the title portrayals from "Everything Sucks!")
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