save the dramatics

 Monday morning, my phone was stolen- which had all the film and clips edited together and ready for today's publish. I had bet my life that the 2 minute film would of saved to the cloud and waited till i got my new phone yesterday. for whatever reason, unknown to me- god or whatever deity that rules my life decided that no. The 2 minute short film... and weeks of filming and editing... were completely gone.  Instead of freaking out and honestly- crying i decided to get my act together. If I were to become a filmmaker- stuff like this happens. That night i jumped into action. I was able to retrieve some of the few clips, mainly the ones with my friend Daniela from the cloud. However the short film is completely lost and gone. So, I got to work. ~ 1. I first re-filmed all what was lost in one night. I got my makeup on, redid my hair, and ran around my house and outside at night while my parents were NOT home. If I were being honest, I  could of sworn I saw the real hat man...

 Here is the process of 3D modeling The Hatman, for a CGI shot in my movie ! (my reference) 1.  First I start with 3D modeling the face, using the method of "polygonal modeling." This method is ideal when it comes to sculpting humans and animals, and is great for maintaining a low poly count and later animation and rigging.   2 After a couple nights of hard work, I finish the hat mans face. There are some flaws, but they will become unnoticeable later. I purposely tried to give him some noticeable wrinkles, and creepy eyes,  3 I then went ahead and quickly modeled the hat, this only took a couple minutes since the hat is  a pretty simple design,  4 then I 3D modeled the body, this took longer then the hat, but shorter amount of time then the face.  5 So after about 4-5 hours of 3D modeling, the Hat man is done! He will appear in one of my shots as a short jump scare. I will have him edited in seamlessly using some you tube tutorials. 

 Held a get-together where I had made some video clips for the film with my friend Daniela!  Here are a few of the clips (that blogger would allow me to export here.)  I need to do one more get-together with my friends to film the final parts of the film needed. I also must redo a couple shots that turned out poorly. Then I can begin with editing, which includes adding in sound, editing colors, cuts and transitions. 

Update on what has been done so far 1/10/24 - finalized script and sent to actors  1/11/24 - Commissioned friend for promo art + Thrifted some props  1/19/24 - first promo art completed (not the commissioned work) 2/17-19/24 - prop prep and final preparations + first marketing post + started 3D modeling for cgi 2/19/24 - Filmed 2 scenes, began testing out chosen editing software  Future plans,  2/24/24 - re-shoot one scene and film the rest of the other scenes, continue editing  other marketing promo  Possibly make original music for the short film  - So far I have spent 60~ dollars on the production of the film. The editing software i have picked is capcut (a free software available on windows). The camera used is Iphone but I may borrow a free camera. My actors are my friends, who have agreed to act in the film for free, as long as they are credited.  We have one scene completely done and the filming process has been pretty smooth. However we ha...

  I created this storyboard by writing out a bit of the script and then translating it to a storyboard. I then also used procreate to draw a bit of my story to also be more visible. This story board is able to flow since I simply list in order the events that will take place in the short film and how/why they happen. (along with camera angles, sound, etc.)