Project_2_Update _Jonathan_Diaz

 

I'm working with film transitions right now, how every scene will transition into the next, proximity and length of the scene, and the order of where it will all fit on the timeline. The sound effects I am adding are to support the film and getting rid of unnecessary/ unwanted noise from the original audio. These are lengthy and time consuming so i'm making those things priority right now. 

Probably not going to use this for the main movie, but I'm experimenting with mirror and blend modes in the effect controls to make it look distorted and have a clone effect. Drag the mirror effect onto the scene you'd like to distort and change its position in the x y axis and change the blend settings to 'lighten'.

Titles are important. 

Color corrected in this scene and the other cut scenes to have a more orange hue on top of them to create a sense of spookiness and eerie effect. I found areas around campus that made perfect silhouettes when you set the camera at the right angle. I found a bush and decided to creep up on it to have random images, kina like how when we dream we dream random scenes in our minds. These scenes were taken at night and the light was already orange-ish but I made it a stronger hue for its effect. 

In deciding what footage best fits the overall theme of my short film, I took a step back and remembered the overall message of it all. The short film is about a boy who studies hard every day, he begins to walk on a journey back home not knowing the dangers that lie in the shadows, the invisible creatures growl and snare and roar, these noises are interpretations of inner demons, stress, and anxiety. The boy runs trying to outrun the sound but he can not shake them off because they follow where he goes because its all in his head. He wakes to realize he has been in the library the whole time and again begins to get ready to leave. I titled this film the sleepwalker because sometimes we walk in fear but many times that fear is only images in our own heads and maybe all we need to do is wake from our nightmare, start all over again, and begin to walk differently and awake.