Presenting My First Film

    This week in class my group and I finished filming for our Fascination Project. We got all of our film done within one class period because we already had our plot laid out and knew the scenes we needed to film. Overall, it was an exciting experience making my first film. Like I had mentioned in my previous post, my group decided to do a black and white mystery film. We ended up filming in our college's fieldhouse because being on the volleyball team, my teammates and I know the place pretty well. We took many different clips and then merged them together with transitions to form a continuous plot. 

    On Friday, my group and I presented our film to the class. We were the first group prepared to show our film, so there was pressure on us. However, I think everyone was impressed with how we did. I believe the eerie music in the background throughout the whole film gave it that mystery vibe. Additionally, I think the angles we used and the ability to zoom in on the camera gave us the thriller portion to the film. We used lots of angles from behind the actors' backs to drive up the suspense and create a sense of curiosity from the audience. Throughout this whole process, I now believe directors and producers often times shoot scenes in a way they don't mean to shoot them in the first place. However, it ends up working for the film. For example, there are certain shots we took that in the moment is just how we initially shot the scenes. However, after rewatching the film, the angles and camera shots made the movie more mysterious than we planned. I think this is why some directors are so well-known. They just know how to shoot certain scenes without thinking about it.