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Critical Reflection

  Critical Reflection Questions How do your products represent social groups or issues? Our film, “Deception” lays into the ideas of complicity in our society. We all seem to just go along with everything around us without challenging anything. In our film, Alex and I wanted to make the audience step back, and think about how they are living their lives. Are they just playing into the illusion of control like our main character, Elle, or are they breaking boundaries and trying to go the extra step to living a unique life. At the end of our film, it is shown that Elle’s whole life was just a simulation being run by scientists, which is how Alex and I feel people are going about their lives now. How do the elements of your production work together to create a sense of ‘branding’? All of our methods of promotion, such as the website, social media, flyers, and poster all come together to capture and deliver the overall mood of the short film. Deception is a mysterious movie with a twist at
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Props and Costumes

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 For this entry, I will be explaining the props and costumes for each scene within Emma and I's short film. For the opening scene, we did not have to purchase anything new due to the simplicity of the scene. Kayla will be seen wearing a navy blue sundress and sneakers, while Elle will be seen wearing blue jeans, a white top, and sneakers as well. The only props within this scene are backpacks and a cell phone, both of which we already had in possession. The same applies or scene number 2, as Elle will be seen in the same clothing only this time in a car. We will be utilizing my personal car for this scene, which is sensible because I will be playing the role of Elle. In scene 3, Elle returns back to her home. The props utilized are basic household items, which are already furnished within the location we have chosen to film. In the following scene, two new props are introduced to the film. These two items are a bottle of melatonin pills, and flowers in a vase. We were able to purch
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Social Media Blog

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 For our short film, Emma and I created several social media accounts in order to promote our film. First, we created a new email through Gmail in order to keep our new accounts objective to our film. The email we created is deceptionthefilm@gmail.com. We then got to create these new accounts. First, we created a Facebook page. However, we were having difficulty trying to figure out how to change the name presented on the page. As a result, the page currently shows up as my name instead of the film name. We were more successful with the additional accounts. We created a Twitter account under the user "@FilmDeception." Each account had to use a different user due to the fact some names were taken on some platforms while others were not. We also created a Youtube page under "Deception the Film." The most difficult page for us to create was the Instagram page. For some reason, each time we tried to create an account via the new email we received a notice that the accou
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Daytime Filming

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 We decided to begin filming our short film. In order to make the best use of our time, we decided to film the scenes that took place during the day first. Because there's only so much daylight time, we had to be careful about how we used this time. We also had to make sure the amount of light aligned with the time of day each scene took place. The first scenes we filmed were those that took place in the parking lot. We chose these first because, in the film, they take place in the afternoon when there is the brightest level of light. These were also some of the simplest scenes to film because the camera work utilized was very basic and short. After completing these scenes, we went to our friend Ella's house to film the scenes that take place in Elle's home. Although this location was inside, the natural light coming through the windows has an effect on the filming and shows a sign of the time of day it is. Therefore, we still had to film these scenes pretty early in the da
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Locations

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 There are several locations in which we filmed. For each new location established, we compiled several different camera shots for variation. Some were shown by drone footage, while others by our normal camera. For the first couple of scenes, we had to find a parking lot in which we could film. We decided to go to a public lot close to my house that belongs to the public beach. There, we were able to film freely and there were enough cars around to make it look believable. For safe measure, we made sure to not capture any license plates during filming. We also only took off our masks when there was nobody else in the lot due to the current pandemic. Next, we had to find a house to film in that matched the layout in our script, and where we could have consent to film by the owners. Luckily, our friend Ella had the perfect house and did not mind us filming. What we loved about her house is that she had her initials on the wall of her bedroom. Since both Ella and the main character of our
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Storyboard for short film

 This week, Emma and I created the storyboard for our short film. We created one page per scene, with the exception of the final two. The final two scenes were combined into the last scene of the storyboard. Emma and I decided to split up the script in order to create the storyboard. Emma completed scenes 1-5, while I completed 6-11.  Before creating the storyboard, Emma and I met up to discuss how we wanted to go about developing it. We knew we wanted to use it as an outline for the film itself, without packing every little detail into it. This way, we knew generally how we want the short film to be filmed, but also leaving room for creative freedom once we actually begin the filming process. We also knew we wanted to include variation regarding certain angles and shots so that the audience would not get bored. Within the storyboard, we sketched out different aspects of each scene to integrate into our short film. We included descriptions of each camera shot/angle, and how it applied
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Planning for Short Film

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Short Film Planning: Filming will start on 11/5 Schedule/ Location  SUNDAY 11/15 GOAL: 5 Afternoon scenes, 1 nighttime scene 1:00pm film Parking lot/ car afternoon scenes; Scenes 1,2,8     - Scenes 1&2; Fort Lauderdale High parking lot (Afternoon)     - Scene 8; Sidewalk by Fort Lauderdale High parking lot (Afternoon) 2:00pm Move location to house and film Afternoon Driveway and Home; Scenes 3,4     - Scene 3; Driveway of house, moves to Inside the home (living room)     - Scene 4; Bedroom 7:00pm Film nighttime bedroom scenes; scenes 5     - Scene 5; Bedroom THURSDAY 11/19 - Start editing and putting together scenes into Imovie   SUNDAY 11/22 GOAL: 1 morning scene, 1 afternoon scene 8:00am Film Morning room scene filmed; scene 6     - Scene 6; Bedroom 1:00pm Classroom scene; scene 7     - Scene 7; Makeshift classroom setup SUNDAY 11/29 GOAL: Finish the last 3 scenes 5:00pm Film evening car scene in pickup truck; scene 9     - Scene 9; Pickup truck at Birch State Park 7:00pm Film sc
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