CCR

So below I have my creative critical reflection. I hope you enjoy and learn a bit from what we did as a group.

This has been Joaquin Pacheco and Baba Studios. It has truly been a pleasure.

-JP

GOOGLE DRIVE LINK

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-jb3i4QCNuHSjkxdWxzUzRSZ2s

Final Project

So here is our final two minute opening that we have been working on for a countless amount of hours. My group and I are seemingly delighted with our final product. Hope you enjoy!

GOOGLE DRIVE LINK

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-jb3i4QCNuHa2dTY0E5Z2s4UlE

Editing and CCR

We are now very near the end of this project. As our initial editing is done, we still have a bit of specific editing and finishing touches to add to our film. As we have used non-diegetic sound, our song will just be playing in the background. Consequently, our sound is non-diegetic but it does go in tune with some of the cuts we use (when the 3rd trumpet sounds we always did quick cuts to another shot). As the video below is one of my friends video and it is completely irrelevant in terms of genre and what not, the technique he uses by incorporating the cuts with the music is where I got the inspiration of making the cuts in this specific way. I have also started to write the script for my CCR. I will try to make it very descriptive and try to establish how representation and everything else was established. Editing for this video was a bit intense and time consuming. I realized that something that I thought would not be doable was able to be done with the effort me and my group put in. The feedback my group gave me and the feedback we gave each other really tried to fix the flaws that we saw in our video.

Heres the video I mentioned above.

Music Rights

As we have yet to receive an answer from the label company and all people who have rights to the song, I was able to get in touch with a vinyl store that one of the artists on the song we are using owns. As our artist was not the one who answered, the manager that I spoke with did tell me that he was in touch with Statik Selektah and that he would reach out to him for me as soon as possible as he would be in the store soon. I am very optimistic about this because the manager told me that he would be in the store sometime this week/weekend. As emailing both artist's has taken a great deal of time, I almost sure that it has all paid off.

UPDATE: APRIL 9
We got the rights to use the song!!!!

Everything happens for a reason

So as we started our opening in Miami we wanted to end it there so the mise-en-scene could be understandable and accurate. As the initial cuts we show are the skyline of Miami, the opening ends with the whole skyline of Miami viewable in the background. Inclusively, we included a taxi scene that was a bit hard to recreate because of our lack of lighting and control over what was happening around us, but from my POV it came out nice. On top of that, I tried to tie some of the lyrics of the song with what was being shown. When it said "boulevard of dreams" I showed a graffiti of a child's face on a boulevard. These were just little thing we did, but these little touches are what add originality to our opening. Below I have attached a part of our storyboard that show the amount of angles we tried to go for when we were in the taxi. As we thought the footage in the taxi was going the be very cool because we could create something that looked semi-professional, we thought out the angles and composition of the shots thoroughly. Everything in our opening happens for a reason. We'll see if you all can decipher what things we did and for what specific reasons we did them.





This scene from Deadpool is also where some of our inspiration came from, but we added a twist to it.

Filming and Storyboard

We have now started to film. As we are making great progress, there a very small things that we need to change to reach a perfect opening and most importantly reach our vision. As we filmed the most complicated part already, we have to now go to Miami and create a whole new scene to be combined with the one we created on the isolated road. Below is our storyboard for our scene on the road which truly sets the foundation for opening. The beginning is what we know will completely intrigue the audience because they will know that this movie is going to be a rollercoaster ride. Our filming this week will conclude our filming for our opening. Once we are done filming, we will begin heavy editing for our opening and talk amongst each other on what we should change and what we like. Patience is key.

Song rights and permission

So we found a song that would sort of complement the gangster vibe that we are going for. The song is called Miss Fordham Road 86' 87' 88' by Action Bronson. It has a really nice tune that is sure to get the crowd a bit hyped up. We found this song because Carlos listens to a great variety of genres of music so we knew he had the perfect song. Below are the emails I have sent to the manager, record label, and booking agency. We are still awaiting an answer.