Re: American Spirit
UPDATE
Filming was completed on November 4 and I had less than two days to finish editing the final cut of the film. We ended up incorporating a different storyline into the film because I felt like the necessary dialogue would cut into the "chase" portion of the film.
I created a small comedy from the situation; a young boy finds his dad's cigarettes and as he picks it up, his father runs after him. They end up running through the entire apartment building and find themselves in an alley. When the father runs out of breath, he sits down to smoke a cigarette. The boy walks back to his father, who now feels guilty for smoking. He puts the cigarette out and walks back home with his son. After we fade out, we end up in a living room where the father and son are sitting. The boy eyes his father's beer and eventually grabs it for himself.
We couldn't get the music ready in time so I had to arrange it myself. I presented and screened it at school today; I was the fifth to go from the ten we saw today.
The first four were not great... they had a lot of mistakes and the professor spent a lot of time pointing them out. Mine was a surprise, I guess, because I seemed to have the best editing. The audience laughed when they were supposed to and was a pretty good feeling. I received many compliments about my cinematography and camera work. The professor welcomed me with a "very nice film, very well done." He told the class "this film is very good, all the shots are nice and the camera work and editing is good."
He only had two suggestions which were I should have used different shots while they were running (close-ups) which I avoided because I don't like them. Also, the ending with the beer is supposed to give the audience one final laugh, which he liked, but felt came in too late. This, too, was intentional, but I guess it's based on preference.
The other five films we saw were fairly nice. One in particular was very nicely done, the storyline was incredible. The others were average, some had good lighting, others had nice shots. Overall, more than half the class didn't turn it in today and will have to present it next week.
I'm hoping my film gets selected for the end of semester screening. We'll have to see, I'll upload this film to YouTube and get a link for you to see.
UPDATE
Filming was completed on November 4 and I had less than two days to finish editing the final cut of the film. We ended up incorporating a different storyline into the film because I felt like the necessary dialogue would cut into the "chase" portion of the film.
I created a small comedy from the situation; a young boy finds his dad's cigarettes and as he picks it up, his father runs after him. They end up running through the entire apartment building and find themselves in an alley. When the father runs out of breath, he sits down to smoke a cigarette. The boy walks back to his father, who now feels guilty for smoking. He puts the cigarette out and walks back home with his son. After we fade out, we end up in a living room where the father and son are sitting. The boy eyes his father's beer and eventually grabs it for himself.
We couldn't get the music ready in time so I had to arrange it myself. I presented and screened it at school today; I was the fifth to go from the ten we saw today.
The first four were not great... they had a lot of mistakes and the professor spent a lot of time pointing them out. Mine was a surprise, I guess, because I seemed to have the best editing. The audience laughed when they were supposed to and was a pretty good feeling. I received many compliments about my cinematography and camera work. The professor welcomed me with a "very nice film, very well done." He told the class "this film is very good, all the shots are nice and the camera work and editing is good."
He only had two suggestions which were I should have used different shots while they were running (close-ups) which I avoided because I don't like them. Also, the ending with the beer is supposed to give the audience one final laugh, which he liked, but felt came in too late. This, too, was intentional, but I guess it's based on preference.
The other five films we saw were fairly nice. One in particular was very nicely done, the storyline was incredible. The others were average, some had good lighting, others had nice shots. Overall, more than half the class didn't turn it in today and will have to present it next week.
I'm hoping my film gets selected for the end of semester screening. We'll have to see, I'll upload this film to YouTube and get a link for you to see.
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