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My product aimed to represent the complexities and struggles of being a teenager. The combination of lots of free time and financial incapabilities can put teens in lots of trouble or situations that they don’t think they would end up in. The film aimed to show the stereotypical chaotic teenage boys and struggles they usually encounter. The film emphasizes the issue behind too much free time for teenagers which can get teens into trouble. It is healthy for teenagers to have jobs, hobbies, or play sports. These activities keep teens out of doing risky activities in their free time. Another social group that my film represented was the socioeconomic struggles the teens faced. The socioeconomic struggles the teens faced prevented them from doing things that normal teenagers can do. This caused them to engage in dangerous activity in order to have the opportunity that other teenagers have. The film overall aims to represent the issues that teenagers face and the poor decisions they can ma
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Short Film Package

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Production Blog: Finishing Touches

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  Last time we focused on the audio in our film. Today we did our film review. Each member in the group was required to send our film to one person they know. We wanted to get very honest feedback so we told the people we sent our films to to be brutally honest. Then after we got all our feedback, we discussed together the things that should be changed in our film. I decided to send the film to my uncle. My uncle gave both positives and negatives. On the positive side, he said he found our plot very interesting and creative. He said that it kept him entertained. Another good thing he said was that he thought that we utilized the angles very well in the film. He said the good use of angles made it seem professional. On the downside, he said the lighting in some shots was poor and it was too dark. This is partly my fault due to the fact that I am the cameraman as i could've used certain camera settings to lighten up the shots. Another thing he said was that the background music didn&
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Production Blog: Sound Editing

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  Due to the record organization not responding to our request to borrow their music, we had to settle for some royalty free music. One more effort of editing from me was needed for this project. I was tasked with editing the sound/ music. First, I had to find royalty free music that fit our film. It was very difficult and slightly frustrating because i could not just use any song i wanted to. Eventually i found some intense music to fit with the robbery scene. Next I had to make the music sound just right. I could not make it too loud because then you could not hear what was going in with the dialogue in the film. But i could not make it too quiet either because then the viewer would not feel the impact that the music has on the scene. So, I made it the perfect volume that it brings context to the scene but is also just background music.  
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Production Blog: Music

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  Today my group was on the mission to find music to go with our film. Last time we filmed the first scene of our film so we have an idea of the type of music we want to use. I thought our film would go best with some background music that sounded mysterious to help express the idea of the movie. There are two different routes to obtaining the music for our film. One way is just using Royalty Free Music from YouTube. This is the easier and more simple way to go as we wouldn't need to ask for the rights of the music. The other way is if we aren't using Royalty Free Music, we would have to ask the licensing organization of the song for the permission to use it in our film. In this case,  we found a song we wanted to use in our film and we emailed the licensing organization asking for permission to use the song and explaining that our purpose for using the song was for a school filming project. Just in case the licensing organization does not respond nor give us permission to use
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Production Blog: Color Scales

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 One more effort of editing from me was needed for this project. I was tasked with applying filters to the film.  For many of the clips, I looked through all the filters the editing software had to offer. In most clips I wanted to use a filter that made the picture darker to show the mood in the bank robbery scenes. For some clips it was difficult to find a good filter to express what i wanted to express from the filter into the film. I think I found the right filters though. I believe i utilized them correctly as well. I also had to adjust the color grading in the film. This was a confusing and sophisticated thing I had never done before. So I went to YouTube to learn. After some practice of some other videos, I was able to color grade my film. I strived towards making certain pictures more prominent and bright in the film to bring out the energy and intensity that a action film has to offer. Overall, this was a cool new skill i learned that i am proud of now being familiar with. Now
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Production Blog: Editing

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  Now that our filming was finished, it is time to start the editing portion of the project. I was tasked with assisting in the editing of the project. I got the right editing software that i wanted to use and i was ready to go. The first thing that was done was all the clips we wanted to use were put all together in the correct order. Before putting these clips in we discussed which ones we wanted to use as a group. Then, after that, the real editing started. One of the things that was done was editing of the transitions. Certain different transitions were implemented like jump cuts to transition from one clip to another efficiently. Transitions may look small and subtle, but they play a big role in projecting certain moods to a audience. They also are important because they transition between scenes which is a challenging thing to do. I believe i utilized them correctly as well. Overall, a good start to the editing process of the project. I am excited seeing the film now being put to
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