Call from our Teacher

Hello, guys, I hope everyone is safe and staying at home.

So I have some news, on Thursday 19,2020 my class and I had a group online meeting with our teacher. She kept us updated on the current situation and what we can do, She told us that for the moment being we will start our online school on March 30th and that our school is offering to distribute computers for kids who need them. She also told us that Cambridge has allowed us to extend the date of the project, this truly helps us a lot because event though the extend it not that big it gives us more time to prepare.

 Right now, everyone's problem is that we can't film because we can't go out, this means that we might have to change our idea and think of something new and if we are working in groups we can start doing it alone. My group and I talked and we will continue to work together. Now, the only issue is that we have to change our idea of something we can do at home. We will try to do a group FaceTime on Sunday to brainstorm ideas. We have to still work on the project under the circumstances we are in.

I will keep you updated on the changes we made but this is all for today please stay safe!

xoxo
-Pao

COVID-19 and How It's Affecting Us

Hello guys,

I hope everyone is staying safe during this time, as we all know Covid-19 is spreading faster and faster than ever. To prevent spreading we have to stay in quarantine, this is a smart idea but it does affect my group because we can't go out to film and many places are closing due to the virus. although this isn't the worst thing, I know that we can't be doing stuff late because we don't have time, with the virus closing schools up and having us do online school we lose time.

We still have our blogs to finish, the CCR'S, and editing to do. To this point, we can't even meet up to discuss ideas. here's a map with where the spread is:



To not get the virus, we all have to stay inside and avoid contact with people because we never know who might have it, many doctors recommend distancing from people, washing hands all the time, and use as much hand sanitizer.I'll leave a link with instructions on how to protect yourselves

I hope every one stay safe and PLEASE stay inside and avoid contact with people this is the easiest way to prevent anymore spreads.

xoxo
-Pao
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/prevention.html

Target Audience

Hello peeps!

My competition went really good and well we WON! but that's not what I came to talk about, right now I'm on the bus working on this blog. Today I want to talk to you about the target audience we are going for, as you all know our film is under the action genre and this is a genre that is very hard to work with due to the number of action scenes and suspenseful scenes. This genre is very tricky just like any other genre it requires proper research, the target audience is young males aged around 16-25 years old. This is because most action films have large amounts of fast-paced scenes, violence and sexual content which would be the gratifications this audience will look for.


This genre has a lot of impact and the reason why many people see it it's because of the stunts, explosions, and in certain occasions car chases. Such examples are what make the action genre, for our film we are trying to make a film that is liked equally to both men and women.

the chart above shows us the age in which these types of films are watched more, you can tell that the range is bigger in teens.

this chart shows us what makes an action film and the biggest thing is the story lie=ne without it there's no proper film that will be liked by many.

Action films have a big role and many people expect the adrenaline from this certain film and it is a challenge we are going to face in order to keep our audience entertained.

well this is it loves, I hope you liked this post now I'm going to take a fat nap
xoxo
-Paola

Meeting up

Hello guys,

So, I'm going to say this again, we still haven't met up, I know I know, right now it's hard and impossible for the three of us to meet up because at the moment being I'm in Orlando for a french competition and I don't get back till Saturday. We did agree to meet up on Wednesdays of next week.

Our meet up is to do final planning of the techniques we want to use in order to film and finalized the scenes. This is going to be a big part and my whole group and I will prioritize this meeting in order to make this film successful. So far I'm working from here in finding the music and working on the script I'm doing as much work as possible during the time I'm not competing.

I'm sitting at a Starbucks coffee shop and working as hard as possible in order to not be left behind and being able to be at the same pace as my group. I'm constantly communicating with them, and giving ideas.

well, I have to leave you now, I have to compete and I don't know how long it will take!

xoxo
-Paola

We didn't get the song 😭💔

Hey guys, so it has been a few weeks into our project and we never got an email back form universal saying that they approve us to use the song, this means that we have to find other music as a backup.

Not having the song we wanted is disappointing but we can't let that bother us, we have to look for other songs that fit the image of our film, which is going to be hard but we'll find it. So far, none of the songs I've looked into have caught my attention they are all so repetitive and sound the same. The song we want has to carry on the film and have an impact, the song is a big part of our film just like set-design costume design, scripts, actors, and camera movements the song play the big part.

I know I'm gonna be spending the next few days trying to find the right song and when I do I'll let you guys know! This is a big obstacle in the development of our film but I know that I can let this stop me from paying attention to the other roles in the film.

For those curious, the song we wanted was "Holy moly donut shop" by Blueface.

well loves that's it for today I'll keep you updated if I find any songs that we like!
xoxo
-Paola

Distributing our film!?

Hello, guys, I hope everyone is having a great Wednesdays!!!!

I'm excited to comment that these next few posts will be better than ever! Today I want to talk about the distribution of our film and the platforms that we want to use in order to promote it. Now, this is not an easy task, distributing our film isn't as easy as it might seem in movies or in ads. There are many platforms to be used for distributing films but not all of them are easy and won't accept you for the first time.

One of these platforms would be Youtube, this is the #1 distributor platform and it's used by many people by putting our film on Youtube we have a great chance to attract a certain audience that's interested in out film genre. But with youtube, we also run the chance for our movie to take long recognition because not many people are going to see it in their youtube.

Either way, we plan to distribute this film the best way we can without spending too much money due to us being Highschool students. Putting our film out there gives us a chance to get recognized for our work and this is one of the steps into signing with a company which won't happen so fast it will take time and we would have to make more projects in order for us to be recognized by a pic film company.

Another platform we could use is Twitch which has the same functions as Youtube and allows our product to be put out there. This platform also makes tons of money and with putting our film we could get lots of money to further out continue the film.


well loves that's it for today's blogs can't wait to see you on the next blog
xoxo
-Paola

Equipment!?

Helloooooooooooo!

I got good news, we have our equipment to start filming our openings and it's the most exciting thing ever!! Juli one of my group members is bringing the equipment such as a Steadicam and lighting.

Light

Steadicam



I have a tripod so I'll be bringing one for the camera we are using.


Val will be bringing a canon camera, so far these all the equipment we need for the moment being. Since we have our equipment like mentioned before now we have to find time to film because we need to have enough time to edit and do our CCR.

That is all for today, I'll continue to keep you guys updated if anything changes
xoxo
-Paola