Rajveer S

1/24/2018

I am Rajveer S and I am a junior, and I'm in this class because theirs a lot a skills and knowledge you can get out of this class if you put in the effort. In the future I'll either work a low entry job and work my way up or go to college. I am seeking to gain skills such as teamwork, being creative, and solving problems. When you have skills like these and you apply these to real life situation, it tends to make you stand out more when applying for a job and makes it much easier to achieve my goals.

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Rajveer

1/25/2018 10:45:56 am

How do filmmakers develop and convey stories within the mis-en-scène? - - Describe the process of creating your one-shot and multi-shot films... How did you work as a group to develop what shots should be taken? How are you approaching the editing process? What have been some successes and hurdles in these first projects? How do you feel your views on film have changed now that you've had a taste of the work involved?

Response: Filmmakers develop and convey stories within mise en scene by cutting different pieces of film and putting it together. The process of creating a one shot story was brainstorming ideas and putting them together, then put the camera in one position and film. The process of creating a two shot story is you also have to brainstorm and create a story, then you have to film multiple times, and cut those films and put them together. We worked as a group by compromising and taking shots to the best of our abilities and giving each other tips on how we want the scene to be. I am approaching the editing process by creating the compositions first and then cutting the films and then putting them together. The success of the films are they came out how we wanted it to be, hurdles were constantly being inconsistent with which scene we were going to shoot. My view on film has changed because I enjoy the process of making films and can understand why Superbowl Commercials take 4 days to edit, because there are so many components that going into making film.

Rajveer

2/9/2018 10:48:25 am

Consider the shots and camera movements we've defined, shot, and edited. Which is your favorite from those you captured for your commercial and why? Also, which is your least favorite shot/camera move and why? What has learning about all these shots/moves taught you about cinematography?

Response: My favorite shot from the film we captured was the tracking shot and pan, because it required me to cut them up and put them together and when recording pan i had to be quick on moving the camera from the left to the right and when putting those two shots together I got a nice smooth transition. My least favorite shot was the long shot because it was the least manipulative and seemed very boring. Learning about all these shots/moves taught me that cinematography is very hard work, you have to go out and get specific shots but sometimes you get a shot but your team thinks that you can get a better shot and you start to contradict yourself, but in the end when you get those crazy shots or the shots you want it pays off because the audience will be amazed when they see shots in ways they haven't seen it before.

Rajveer

3/2/2018 10:34:41 am

Reflect on the process of creating a TV Show Pilot: Provide the logline for your original screenplay and connect your costume designs and ad campaign to the story you created... why did you design what you designed based on the story? Tell, too, about the TV Show Pilot you filmed and edited with your group... what was it like to work with a script and what types of shot(s) do you feel brought the show to life most?

Response: Logline: A nerd decides to stand up to school bully and has to go through some diversity in order to do so.
The "nerd" wears just an average cotton t shirt and some wrinkled khaki pants, indicates he's the nerd and doesn't fit in. Then the ad relates because it promotes bully awareness but in a way our peers teach us not to do. I designed my story like this, because bullying is a topic that's not acknowledged as much as it needs to be, so I designed it so that it has a realistic plot and climax but not as much realistic ending. It was still complicated filming with a script, because we have issues distinguishing what shots should be for which scenes. The shots I felt like were brought to life were Reaction shot and point of view, because it put you the viewer in suspense with who's the antagonist.

Rajveer

3/15/2018 11:14:53 am

What are some of your biggest psychological barriers when it comes to making films? Share your ups and downs of filmmaking on your blog, and how you plan to continue to grow in the second half of the class.

Response: My biggest psychological barrier when it comes to making films is not making enough narrative content, because the stories I tend to write don't have a good emotional connection with the audience which you want to achieve. Ups are I get to work with a group of people who have a willingness to work and don't give up, another up is getting shots the way I want such as establishing or pan. Some downs I have gone through are films not coming out to the way I wanted them to be, another is procrastinating and wasting too much time on one scene and it doesn't come out good, and my last one is others being disappointing due to the lack of creativity in each film. I plan on growing by going out my procrastinating mind and being much more creative in order to achieve fulfilling films. Also to work with my team by being more collaborative, for example mixing our ideas together into a screen narrative.

Rajveer

4/6/2018 10:29:59 am

Describe your experience shooting this project in the film studio with the added lighting elements. How do you feel the studio time affected your final product quality? Additionally, how did you approach the montage portion of your film. Describe what you chose to cu together and what effect you hope for it to have on your audience.

Response: It was unique to see how lighting can effect emotions in a film such as suspense,anger, and happiness. A way we created suspense was by using the back light and focusing it on the suspect, so the audience pays attention to him instead of detective.It effected us a little bit, because we didn't get all the footage we wanted so I had to use a couple pieces of stock footage. I approached it by just using the studio clips and montaging those. We chose to do a crime film where someone commits a crime but audience already see's what happened before and then flashes from there to interrogation room then to the person ending up in jail. We hoped that the audience would end up enjoying it and maybe getting a laugh about it.

Rajveer

4/20/2018 10:25:08 am

Soon, you'll be pitching an idea for a feature film in this class. What genre do you think you'll focus your creativity on? Why are you drawn to this genre? What do you find most interesting about this genre? What would you hope others would get from your work if you were to create films in this genre?

Response: I think the genre I'll focus is on is cringe comedy. I'm drawn to this genre, because it'll probably be fun to film and there's many ways to be creative with it, while everyone can crack a laugh. What I find most interesting about this genre is how consistent your comedy has to be it, it has to have it normal boring parts but then the comedy brings the life back to it and just getting to laugh when editing and watching it.I would hope for people to just be revealed and have whatever stress, anxiety, and depression that there having to just be put to the side for those couple of minutes and let the film and comedy that comes with it be there escape.

Rajveer

5/4/2018 10:11:14 am

Describe your most recent shoot recording a music video. Which song did you choose and what type of concept or mixture of concepts did you capture. Describe what you the final product looks like and how you'd define it in regard to "documentary," "low concept," &/or "high concept." What are you most proud of with this project?

Response: The song we chose to do was "See you Again" by Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa, the type of concept we captured was a low concept and a little bit of symbolic video because we had three distinct characters and there was somewhat emotion when they split apart in the film. The final concept was a low concept film, because in my version of the film i decided to just put in one characters path instead of all three of theirs. I am most proud of the outcome of the film, because it all came together and I like the transition from a full shot to a tracking shot and the music fits in perfectly.

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