3/26

     Another topic I'm making final decisions for is the music I would use in my opening. I still plan on using some up beat music in the beginning to not immediately set the mood to that but to build up to it. My plan was to switch up the music right after the first repeat happens. After the repeat happens then I'd obviously change it to build up that kind of suspense. Only problem is how long the song would play for because I don't want that much suspense i just want enough for the person to realize that something bad is happening. So that would be me idea for the music for the whole opening.

3/24

     So today I want to discuss my editing that I wanna do for my opening. I want to do like a dip to black opening of me waking up and getting out of bed. I don't know if I want to do jump cuts or smooth transitions that fade in between to make it seem like a slow morning. For my lighting I don't have to worry since I'll have natural lighting from the window and since the time I will record will provide a lot of lighting. For my credits I don't know if I want to roll them out at the end or throughout the beginning of the opening. I feel like it would be better if I rolled them out during the beginning and at the end of the opening I fade to black and have the word "Repeat" in bold letters in the middle of the screen to obviously show the title and just to add to the dramatic affect. All in all it should be about 1:30 so it should be just good enough for the time limit. 

3/22

     We've decided to stop in Orlando to split our trip up. This break will give me time to get connection and make a new post for this week. So while I was in the car I downloaded the movie Interstellar on my phone to rewatch it and see what I can incorporate from that movie into my opening. In the opening I saw some of the nice shots they had of inside the house when they were all describing how they lived with the sand storms and all of that. The only problem I have is the camera quality I have, I can set it to 4K but that doesn't make it the best when recording. I want to add some blurred shots in the opening when I'm doing my establishing shot to start the opening off. With the iPhone it's pretty hard to do it because you'd have to do it manually, but I can add it in the editing stage so that problem isn't a big problem. I'll also have to see what kind of edits I want in my opening. I'll discuss this in my next blog post so I have more empty space to write it.

3/19

    I wanted to write this blog post because I don't think i'll have any connection at my grandparents since it's more on the country side of Florida in Lake City. They're more traditional and don't need internet where they are. So this gives me the perfect chance to really think of how I want to make my opening better before I officially record. This extra time will not be spent on recording so I'm closing my window for recording greatly but once I record I'll have a plan ready to record seemingly. 

3/18

    With spring break approaching I have to make my final decisions before I leave for a week up to my grandparents. At my grandparents I plan on figuring out my schedule a more and I plan to have it official by the end of next week. I want to think of ways to make my project look better visually and camera shot wise. Since I'll be using my phone to record my opening, the quality won't be as good as I want it to be but I'll have to use it to the best of my abilities. My phone is an iPhone X and I can change the quality of the video but it isn't like a dolby professional camera but it is what it is. I'm still sticking with my evening schedule and while I'm gone I plan on asking my family how they feel about my project and how they think I can improve on it and make it the best possible. 

3/16

     I have more of an understand when I want to record now and I plan on recording around the evening time because that is the time that resembles the morning the most with the sun setting. It also works because I can be more awake for me to understand what I'm doing and for me not to mess up any little thing in the recording. I still plan on using my water bottle and blanket idea to help show the viewer when the time repeats. With this new evening schedule I'll also have to resemble everything like it's morning. For example the establishing shot I want to get at the beginning has to resemble the morning but that shouldn't be bad since the evening best resembles the early in the morning. 

3/14

     Today I plan on setting a final schedule for my recording since I have plans for spring break. I plan on recording after spring break happens so that I can plan more over my spring break and what I want to do. I plan on getting some feed back from my family since I'm going to be with my family over spring break. After the week is over and I return home, I want to work over the week before Easter and maybe on good Friday on April 2nd. I've had to change my shooting schedule to the afternoon time because it's more convenient and I have more time to record and set everything up as opposed to the morning time when I originally had it set. The afternoon brings the only issue of the sunlight effect I want to have because it would be around the middle of the day. I'll have to figure that out later in the week but for now I'm still planning recording schedules.