Today in class, I had a meeting with other group members from other groups. We all presented our ideas to each other and gave each other feedback. I wanted to have feedback on what I could do better on the plot of my film. The people I talked to said that I had a pretty good plot, but I could make the ending better. One idea that my classmates gave me was that right after the main character crashes his bike and cuts to the title screen with the big crash sound effect playing, I could slowly introduce a muffled beeping sound and have a ringing sound effect that plays usually after someone gets hit by a flash grenade. This could then transition into the sound of the unmuffled beeping of the heart rate monitor and the character could open his eyes as his ears stop ringing. This could also be paired with a blurred effect right as he wakes up. I thought these were some good ideas that I could implement. I could have the heartrate monitor muffled as a sort of sound bridge to introduce the new location.
Another idea that my classmates had was that I could use a graphic match right after the title screen and before the hospital scene. Here's how it would go. Right after the crash and the title screen, the friend character could be shaking the main character in a POV shot from the main character. The friend would be covering the light of the sun making a nice lighting effect. Then, the friend could move out of the way of the sun, creating a big beam of overexposed light. This could then transition into the light of the hospital room. This would be a nice transition with a graphic match to get from the crash to the hospital room.
Next, my teacher, Mrs. Stoklosa, called me up to talk to me. She was concerned about my physical wellbeing, since I wanted to do a realistic looking bike crash. She asked me about how I was going to make the film so that I wouldn't kill myself in the process. I told her that I would use a rotoscoping shot of me in the air with my bike tilting forwards, then use a POV shot of me getting closer to the floor, and then a close up of my head almost colliding with the floor, and then cut to the title screen and just have a loud crash sound. My teacher told me that editing would be my best friend and this was good. However, she told me that one thing was incorrect. Rotoscoping is a method of animation, and not a method of putting an object in a film on a different background. This was a thing that I had mistaken when I was researching. When I was doing some research, I saw videos on animation rotoscoping and I also saw videos that were taking objects and putting them on different backgrounds. This was also titled as rotoscoping, so I got confused.
I thought this was a funny experience since my teacher was actually concerned for my wellbeing, and at first it looked like she wanted me to reconsider my idea. However, she let me go with this idea after I explained the editing that I would use to create this bike crash. I really want to go through with this idea as it would teach me a lot of editing, and I would get to implement a cool effect.
This day was important as it corrected my misconceptions, and it was a day to get important feedback from my peers. It really helped me understand how I would create my project and make it better. I think next time I blog, it will be about filming. Well, until next time. See ya!
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