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Short Film CR

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  How do your products represent social groups or issues? The social group being represented in this project is a teenage friend group. This is meant to appeal to the current generation and showcase the common relationship between the youth. The genre of the short film allows for some realism of the social group while also maintaining an entertaining element to keep the film exciting and unique. The social issues being represented can be interpreted in many ways. The primary one is miscommunication and neglect among friends. The reason this applies as a social issue is because it’s a common issue nowadays where people leave their friends out on situations, which can distance relationships. This applies to our film “The Unseen” as it’s a metaphor on friends leaving each other in the dark. The script I made shows that the story happens because the teenage friend group hasn’t been paying attention to their friend and something ominous happened because of it. ·         How do the eleme
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Short Film Package for The Unseen

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Website https://withlypierrette.wixsite.com/the-unseen Postcard Short Film https://youtu.be/INiBtzkExcA
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Short Film Concluded

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 I have finally finished my short film! Today I will be discussing my experience with my short film. The short film ended up being more challenging than I expected. Luckily for me, I had good partners to help cover me while I was busy at times. The difficult part came from scheduling our group meetings and transportation. This isn't surprising but has been a struggle this year more than before. I gained experience during the short film production such as improved writing ability for scripts and improvising. This time, I acted in the short film. Everyone had roles in the short film. This was to balance workloads to the best of our abilities. Unfortunately, not everything went according to plan, so some people got different workloads at a time. This was mainly due to people being busy unexpectedly and others having to cover for them. I also helped come up with some ideas for the film. At the start I considered myself to manage/schedule the group as I believed the group needed a sense
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Concluding Editing for Short Film

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Today I will be discussing the editing methods used in the short film. Editing is often an underappreciated topic. The most well-known edit is a simple yet crucial one. This edit is known as cropping. Cropping is the trimming of clips and adjusting them accordingly to the project. This can include making scenes shorter that had extra fluff in them. Another important edit was stitching the scenes together. While this is another simple edit, it is required as the scenes need to flow together smoothly into one another. In addition to this, an important edit is the inclusion of music. Music can often set the tone/atmosphere really well. Music can also help spice the film up rather than dead silence with occasional dialogue. Some films may require silence for tone, but I find that boring most times. Audio mixing is also a job done by the editor(s). This means balancing the audio in the film such as bringing out or lowering someone's voice. As previously mentioned, music can be included
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Editing for Short Film Begins

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 Today we will be starting editing for the short film. Editing begins with software to make changes to the scenes we shot. While I am not experienced in editing, I can still give advice and recommendations on edits. Also, I can discuss what I want to see being edited in the film. Besides that, my group did the editing itself. Due to this, I will be discussing what they did and how I am involved. First of all, my groupmates who edited have experience in editing. This was the reason why they edited the film rather than me. Also, they have experience in different software for editing. Despite this, we ended up staying primarily with iMovie. I suggested iMovie for many reasons. The main reason to use iMovie is that it's free, allowing it to be an affordable option for all. It's also accessible on all devices. iMovie can be found on laptops, phones, and tablets. This makes iMovie the obvious choice for editing the short film. iPhone also has good editing tools in itself, allowing a
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Refilming The Short FIlm

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We decided to refilm based on the critics my group received last time. This was a complex arrangement but it was necessary. I wanted this done as the criticism we received was big enough to warrant some significant changes. My group met back up at the mall to begin filming. This time I was more prepared to film. I had a clearer vision of what I wanted to be done. I also knew what I needed to do in order for the shots to make sense. Firstly, I wanted the dialogue to be cleaner. The scenes we had included poor audio quality that made it hard to follow along. This was an easy change to correct by speaking louder with cleaner articulation. Nextly, I wanted to have smoother transitions for the scenes. As I wasn't the cameraman, I just informed my groupmate to be steady and follow again smoother while we walk. Luckily, this was another simple fix. Lastly, I wanted to add a bit more substance to the film. I decided on improving/correcting some lines that sounded a bit off in the film. My
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Finishing Production Reviews

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Today I will be continuing from where I left off last time. To recap, I asked my sister to review my short film production. This was done to gather criticism to improve any mistakes or flaws in the film. We already discussed the potential audio issues. I relayed this to my teammates and am finding a fix for this. Another issue my sister brought up was the transitions. A lot of the cuts could've been more smoothly put together and shot. Often it looked very choppy during the final result. This can make it disorienting to watch and hard to keep up with. One way to fix this is in post-production editing. I can make the scenes more smooth by using a transition for example. Another way to make it connect better is to find better places to split clips up. Refilming is the last option we can do. It will be hard to gather everyone again but if it's necessary I'm going to need to set it up. If my group were to refilm we could correct all the issues at once. The audio and smoothness
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