Filming + Realization moments

 There’s always an order in everything in life. In this case I plan, I film, and then I edit. Yet, no one really talks about the failures. Maybe people just want to show the perfect track to get to the outcome…, but I think failing is the most important part where you learn from and can see what one can correct or not.

For filming, my brother, my mom, and me drove to the location described in the last post. There I showed my brother how he was supposed to act. I must say that we were in a hurry because he was very sleepy but he put the effort in and I am thankful for that. Yet, it was harder because as I was editing a little after to see the whole picture, and I noticed that there was some colors changed in the background as the shots got closer. I took a lot of extra shots because I was worried that these would happen but still not all of them worked. So I have two options; taking the shots again, or editing them with filters and exposure. I find the first option more complicated so I was editing it and here are some changes and options of colors that I was seeing, meaning the process, so you can check it out. 

Another thing that I noticed and I am proud of everyone that helped me out with it, was that the bullying and fighting scenes were perfectly produced. They fit into the bad memories as I directed my brother to kind of look down at the end so that this shot is compared with the one where Dani is looking down while his parents are arguing.  This editing technique compares moments from present and past to convey the idea that even though he is not in the same time, the feelings always stay there ones heart

One part where I was also struggling a lot was the part between filming and editing, sending the videos my laptop, and then to my phone. There storage in Dropbox is not that big compared to all the videos that I wanted to use to check which one fit better. So had to erase some videos, send a part first and then another checking all the time the colors, movements, positions, emotions, etc.

To add, I am so proud of how I did when editing the fight scene to make the voices and actions match as like I said on a post, I took shots from different angles and I was worried that the words were not the same. Yet, most of the words where and sounded exactly the same so I was able to match each one with their next shot. You can see below how the loudness of the voice can be seen in the blue line.

I must add the fact that I had fun while doing this project as at first it was really hard to stop laughing while filming as I had to see my brother really serious and he is a super happy and positive person (not counting when he’s mad of course). I am so proud of everyones job in this project, as it was hard to control everything at first, but I can see myself progressing each time more, learning from my mistakes, and finding solutions to each problem. Lets hope to see more of this, so keep up with my posts!!