Editing Day 2 - Audio

 Editing Day 2

Today is our second editing day. We are blurring out addresses and putting audio together.  We are utilizing premiere pro as our main software and built in phone editors. As per the sound effects, we gathered them from pixbay, and recorded our own. We recorded gasping noises, footsteps such as walking on grass, concrete, and running too. We used the door closing sounds that are naturally recorded in our clips. We also downloaded a phone pinging sound effect from pixbay.

   

 Editing Day 1 

Today, we started editing by organizing the footage and, and trimming the unnecessary parts to make the sequence smoother. Since we had to re record most of our clips, trimming them and keeping necessary footage makes adding additional footage/effects easier. It was originally 3 minutes with everything put together so we had a ton to trim off. 

After organizing raw footage, we removed parts of awkward silence, background direction, and retakes. We also added transitions and cuts for better storytelling and make the video flowing. 

Filming

 Filming Day 1

We were supposed to start filming last week , but I got sick from the flu. Then our idea and plot needed some adjustments. So we just filmed everything in 1 day. 

- My project partner plays the role of the curious protagonist. Here, we filmed the shots of the protagonist simply walking around he scans his surroundings while his friend was texting on his phone by a tree.

- This is a back shot of me texting on the phone by a palm tree, completely unaware of my surroundings. 

 - This is a closeup shot of me leaving/forgetting the phone on the garage table. 

Then, we filmed a pov shot of me realizing I forgot the phone, ran outside the door only to find the protagonist trying to grab it. Lastly, we filmed a mid shot of me trying to stop him. 

WATCH THE CLIPS HERE

 

Sound Designing - Production (Week 5 adding to 6)

 Sound Design

In film opening, sounds are as important as visuals. Our film opening is about 2 friends hanging out, while one friend is always texting on his phone, then casually runs away, leaving his phone on the garage table. Since this relies on teenage device privacy invasion, I can incorporate natural Foley sounds, and suspenseful sound effects. 

Here are some sounds that I may incorporate into my Phone Privacy Film Opening. 

• Ambient sounds - it was filmed outside, and in my garage
• Notification/buzzing/ typing sound effects. 
• Doors opening and closing
• Footsteps (Walking/ running on grass and concrete) 
• Cameras in home beeping
• Doors creeking

We could test these by layering the sounds in editing softwares or downloading them from sound libraries such as pixbay/ the YouTube audio library. 

Shot List (Week 5 adding to 6)

Shots 

Before filming, we made a list of our shots. 

INSIDE :

1) Establishing shot of sub community

2) Friend #2 walking around 

3) Close up shot friend#2 eye/ looking at friend#1 

4) Back shot of friend#1 on his phone

5) Long shot of Friend #1 running home after getting a text

6) Mid shot of friend #2 following

7) Closeup shot of phone put on table 

8) Mid shot of friend#1 running in and door closing

9) Closeup shots of friend peeking in garage and hand reaching to grab phone

10) POV shot of friend#1 running out to take phone and stop friend#2

11) Mid shot of friend#2 getting caught by friend#1

Set Design creation

 Set Design Creation

This is my 3rd production post. We haven't started filming yet so we will look at how we can design the look of floors/ set design creation. Set design creation involves creating stage/floors for plays and films. It is the space where the main characters interact with each other.

For our Hello Neighbor film opening, we will look at the neighbor's house and the different hiding spots there.

House

The house is a casual 2 floor blue house with a good looking yard and a car in front. 

There are good hiding spots in the back of the yard, where the main characters can run from the neighbor.

Inside House/ Hiding Spots 

• The Bedroom - The main character can hide from the neighbor under the bed . If he sees you, he can also go under the bed and catch you.
• In the green and reddish brown cupboard. The main characters can hide there. The neighbor, if he sees, can open it up and still catch us.

Character/ Costume Design

COSTUME DESIGN

 In Hello Neighbor, the design of the characters plays a huge part in the story.  The audience should be able to understand, personality, curiosity, and danger by looking at the characters' outfits and behavior. Our film is inspired by this game.

The Neighbor:

The neighbor will mostly look exactly like in the game as the game will be coming to life in our film opening. Orange pants, black gloves, and a blue sweater. He will gasp then chase us really fast, set traps, and throw things at us to slow us down.  I will be playing the role of the neighbor. Ill wear skinny jeans, black hoodie, and gloves. Basically recreate the character

The Protagonist - Teen: My partner will be playing the role of protagonist

• Looks Athletic
• Curious
• Strong
• He likes playing with his ball on the street
• He wears shorts with a golden apple on the left 
• he wears a casual blue shirt
• The older him wears jeans but folded up
• Watch on wrist
• Full sleeves