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Production Blog #5 - Final Task

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  Hey welcome Back to my next blog, last blog we went over the start of the filming process between the House due to it being a bit shaky and the film quality not as good due to cuts that looked very lack luster as well as unprofessional ism with the lighting we had decided to re due the House scene. So we had scheduled for another day to record the film. We ended up using a better camera quality, used better props, as well as make sure that we had our dialogue down to the tee. We wanted to make sure that the House scene was perfection as that was the hook, line, and sinker. We spent extra time practicing our lines, so the dialogue would flow perfectly. We even rehearsed our movements, so everything looked natural. We wanted to make sure that the house scene was absolutely perfect, because it’s the scene that really grabs the audience's attention. We also paid close attention to the lighting, experimenting with different setups to create the exact mood we wanted. It was a lot of ha...

Production Blog #4 - Final Task

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  Hey guys welcome back to another blog. Today me and gabe began the filming for our project. We began by filming all of the scenes that take place during the day. It just makes more sense that way. First we went to downtown Fort Lauderdale to film the scenes where the hit man is on the phone. These scenes were easy to film because it was mostly dialogue and in this scene gabe could use any mannerisms he wants to convey his character. Then we shot the scenes where the police are present. This went smoothly because we were in a relatively quiet neighborhood so we could work without interruptions. Then we began to shoot the scenes inside of the house. This proved to be more challenging at times. We spent a while figuring out all of the lighting we were going to use. It was between using the lights the house already has or setting up our own. We also have to be very careful when filming scenes with lots of movement since we were indoors we ran the risk of knocking something over or tr...

Production Blog #3 - Final Task

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  H ey guys welcome back to the next production blog for my film! We have already discussed the locations we've scouted and why we chose to film where we did. We have also already discussed the props and their meaning. Now it is time to discuss the actors that will be in my film. Casting the right actors is obviously essential to any film, actors are the backbone of any film. That applies to our film, we wanted actors that would perfectly fit the roles we needed: a hit man. a business man, a cop, etc. We ran into some issues regarding our actors and their availability. Because of this we're going to have to work with only 3 or 4 actors instead of the originally planned 5.  At first there was supposed to be: the Original businessman, the CFO, The hitman, and two police cops. This totals as 5 actors however due to some of the actors not being able to make it this led us to improvising. As Gabriel will be acting as the hitman and as a "cop" that's disguised and I wi...

Production Blog #2 - Final Task

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  Hey guys welcome back to another blog. Today we'll be going over the props and costumes we decided to use for our film. Our story centers around a regular everyday office worker and the hitman that is attempting to kill him. We wanted the costumes to reflect that. For our protagonist we decided on a very unassuming look. Kaki pants and a collared checkered sweater. We want him to look like a completely normal person and the soft colors and clothes will give him a softer more innocent vibe. A classic protagonist. For the hitman he'll be wearing an all black suit and a mask. The dark colors of his suit contrast with the light colors of the main character. it also helps give him a menacing vibe. We'll also have an investigator at the crime scenes at the end. For props we have a prop gun with a silencer, prop knife, caution tape, and fake blood. The silenced gun is for the hitman. The prop knife will play a very important role in the story since there will be a struggle scene...

Production Blog #1 - Final Task

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  Hey guys welcome back I'm excited to bring you guys back to my first production blog for my short film. This blog will be going over the locations we looked at when deciding were to shoot scenes for our film. We first looked at down town Fort Lauderdale at night. We think this is a great location to film because it has a metropolitan look giving our film a feeling of being alive. We looked at other locations in the greater Fort Lauderdale area such as Lauderdale by the sea but we agreed the beach/summery vibe is not what we need for this film. We also went to down town Miami, but we ended up deciding to film the city scenes of our film in down town Fort Lauderdale. We feel like down town Fort Lauderdale is perfect because it has the perfect city life vibe while also not being too flashy and bright. It has a sort of intimate darkness to it due to all the warm lighting. Next for the indoor scenes we decided on my partner Gabe's house. There's plenty of space and his house h...

Storyboard for "The Hit"

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Planning Blogs - Script Final

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  Characters: Gabriel Blandon = (Mr. Steven Brown) Jordy Guzman = (Police #1) Kohl Braverman = (Police #2) Lance Reyes = (Hitman) Gabriel Blandon = (CFO) Script *MR. BROWN'S HOUSE - NIGHT (RAINY)* Mr. Brown is shown Working at office *KNOCK AT DOOR* Mr Brown - "Hmm?" *Mr Brown goes to door* Hitman (Dressed as a businessman) - "Hello, I was wondering if I could seek refuge for a while as its storming pretty badly outside" Mr Brown - "uhhh, sure" *They both walk to the kitchen* Mr Brown - "So what do you do as work" *As he's walking down to the kitchen* Hitman - " Well I am a contractor if that's what you would call it" Mr Brown - " Do you work for any company?" Hitman - "I am more Free-lance, y'know solo" Mr Brown - " That's cool, would you like a glass of water?" Hitman - "sure" * Mr Brown hands the hitman a glass of water than turns to wash the dishes* Mr Brown - "So what...