New Characters !

Hi guys!!!!!

My group and I just finished our character list for our new film opening and we put a lot of thinking on this list because we wanted to create a baseline with our characters back story.


Kali: Demon

• Despite her status as a demon, she wants to help out Aria by keeping her family out of danger
• Good demon; she does not want to hurt humans

Aria Costales: The main female character

• Only child
• Reserved
• Cares about her family and those close to her

Giulia Costales: Mom

• Works a lot
• Businesswoman
• Although she is very busy and appears to be absent, she cares a lot about her family and her child

Lorenzo Costales:

• Businessman
• Travels a lot
• Very absent from his child’s life, but still cares

Changing our Idea!💔😭😡

Hi guy!!

I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe and inside their houses, right now I'm enjoying a simple family day at home. So, what we all came here for, we have decided to change our story it was a hard decision because we were so determined to continue with our original film opening ideas but with everything that's happening we can't. So our group discussed for several days what we could do and it wasn't easy, many of the ideas we have been hard to film because most places are closed. Well, I'm sad that we can't do our idea but things happen for a reason and I'm excited to develop this one.

Now, you are all probably wondering what our idea is...

Our new story is about a goddess who appears when our main character gets sleep paralysis, the reason why the goddess appears is that she is trying to warn the girl of the dangers her family is facing. We change our action story to a more thriller genre. and I believe it will now be easier to film with our current situation I will keep you updated on our filming progress Oh! and CCR's are coming soon!

XOXO
-Paola

COVID-19

Hello guys,

Today's blog I wanna talk about the spread of the virus and the current cases, as we all know this is a virus that was established in China but then started spreading through Europe and then it spread through the U.S. The first case in the U.S was in Washington, from there on the virus kept spreading. This virus had killed thousands of people, the symptoms for such virus are fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties. This virus affects all ages, which doesn't mean just because you are a certain age you won't get it because you will.

This virus is not to be taken lightly, many people thought it was a joke at first but it never was due to this virus schools have closed down and many businesses are forced to closed down, businesses such as Kohl's, Starbucks, Burlington Coat Factory, Ashley Steward, and many. According to the New York Times "Greg Daco, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, says the economy is assured of a recession — at least two consecutive quarters of economic decline — with output falling 0.4 percent in the first quarter and 12 percent in the second."  Our economy is not doing good at all, with the spread of the virus our economy could really fall.

This is some quick information I wanted to give, I said it before but I have to say it again please stay at home especially if you are sick, I'll leave some links down below for more information.




XOXO
-Pao
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/inaugural-who-partners-forum/coronavirus-poster-english-srilanka.pdf?sfvrsn=289dedc3_0

https://www.businessinsider.com/13-retailers-announce-temporarily-store-closures-to-fight-coronavirus-2020-3#ashley-stewart-3

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/business/economy/coronavirus-recession.html

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