Hi! I continued with the CCR. This post is about question number 3
How did my production skills develop throughout this project?
This project helped me improve my filmmaking, editing, and acting skills. I did the whole project alone, but I received collaboration from my cousin, Daniel, aunt, Natalie, and mom. They helped with camera movements and editing in Final Cut Pro ( I learned about using this software in the basic mode). Also, I improved on using camera angles with a tripod (some clips were filmed while I was acting) Lighting is also a skill that I need to improve on. One of the biggest challenges was maintaining the darkness of a horror film. The LED blue light in my bedrooms helped me achieve the eerie aesthetic. I changed the clips to black and white using Final Cut's coloring tools. The result was different but challenging because my initial lighting was blue and dark, and the shadows were projected differently.However, I kept some clips in "color" to give the opening a different touch. Another use I made of color was with the titles that appear in red, which, according to what we learned in class in the color scheme unit, signifies danger, at least in the horror genre.
The final scene in the bathroom was one of the most thoughtful because I had to use a makeup product to make it look like blood on the floor. But I had to leave that clip in color to be noticeable. So, I divided it and was able to generate the effect. This may be one of the criticisms that those who have seen the film have made of me: Why that scene in particular? It looks "divided," but I wanted the blood to be noticeable in its real color.
One of the parts that gave me the most work (besides acting, which I had never done before) was post-production... I had a lot of material, and compressing it into 2 minutes while trying to preserve the original script was difficult, but not in vain; many experts describe this part of the process as magic. I was reading some blogs, and, for example, Kim Sarnoff published her point of view on this phase of cinematography in 7 Wonders cinema (2022), saying "that it's about synthesizing all the elements that have been gathered, created or designed during the whole filmmaking process". In addition, she mentioned that all the team members were involved in sound editing, special effects, color correction, grading, and editing.
So, the editing part was the biggest challenge, and I learned, among other things, that you need a lot of order and structure in what you are doing from day one to succeed in your final delivery. I enjoyed the sound design part. I used Foley to hint at the presence of something unseen and added effects from Final Cut's sound library, which is great. I also used music that I downloaded from no-copyright websites such as Pixabay and BenSound.
I am thankful to my cousin, Daniel Velazquez, and my aunt, Nathalie, who helped me throughout the process. Compared to my previous projects, Glitch required a more intentional approach to pacing and atmosphere, which helped me grow.
Sources:
Kim Sarnoff (2022) What Is Post-Production & Why It Matters.
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