Week 7 Post 1: omg another group meeting!!!

 Ok so I know im behind but I'm actually not. I have pretty much everything planned out extensively and Im super goated. I couldn't film anything yesterday cuz the weather was genuinely terrible. I'm gonna detail everything I'm doing this week in chronological order now

So on monday (today) I'm driving up to BECON TV to pick up a green screen and a DSLR camera to use for chapter 2 and 3 of the social media. Since I've got a lot of testing n stuff today through wednesday I won't be doing much production wise but I will plan out stuff. 

Thursday I don't know exactly yet, once I get people's schedules I'll write more here.

Same for friday

Saturday and Sunday depend on what happens thursday and friday

I'm also gonna work on 

I've got a backup plan for if the tiki bar place isn't available to film there. If they say no we'll have the two friends walking down the street talking about the same stuff that they do in the scene. The tiki bar isn't really necessary i just wanted that night time lighting with some lights. I'm thinking about it right now and I think we might film it at that park that's on the big trash mound. If we can go there at night it would look pretty cool

I'm also thinking about cutting the drive thru scene, it's not entirely necessary but i think its funny and i'd like to keep it but it might make it too long. 

i'm gonna be posed up like this on the social media

For chapter 2 of the social media I wanna do a "meet the cast" post and a "meet the crew" post. Since i'm doing most of the crew things i'm gonna make up names like "John Editor" and "John Cinematographer". For all the photos of me im gonna have my face taped over pictures of bodybuilders. I think the only crew member that isn't me is my boy Pedro, the equipment manager.

 For the "meet the cast" post I'm gonna have all the actors in tuff poses. I want the poses to reference poses from comic books and anime n stuff

For the other side of the postcard I wanna have it be tennis guy looking through a hole in a tennis racket. Cuz cooper has a busted up tennis racket and we're gonna use it a scene and I think it's cool symbolism for his character. I also wanna use that imagery for the profile picture for the social media once we get to chapter 2. 

Week 6 Post 3: editing and filming at the same time ooooh yeaa💥

me rn

 theres one shot at the end of the doorstep scene that is slightly out of focus and i might end it all. Other than that, the editing of the doorstep scene is coming along well. I should probably tell you guys about my brilliant plan. So I was thinking about how the filming is spread across several days and I realized I can edit the project bit by bit as we film more and more scenes. So thats what Im doing!!!! 

Here's a better mockup for the front of the postcard, 

Today we're gonna film the tournament scene and then maybe one other scene depending on how we do in terms of time.

 That's all for today I'll write more here after shooting.

Okay we didnt end up filming on thursday cuz people were busy and no one can film friday so were gonna do stuff over the weekend

Week 6 Post 2: we did some social media😎

 alright i'm writing this paragraph on tuesday and so far in terms of scheduling were doing the markham park scene and the car scenes on friday. And If Democratus is available for thursday we can do the tournament scene.

ok so chapter 1 of the social media went well. We got all ten posts done and they all fit the character. the instagram username is @topspin.epic.movie go follow right now. As me and cooper went around getting the posts done we discussed the characterization of tennis guy. We determined that his drink of choice is a blue raspberry C4. 

I'm gonna write about my plans for shooting this week here

Alright so shot-wise the car scene will be pretty simple. The bulk of it will be doing the car dialogue a couple of times, with different shots. and then getting the drive thru scene we'll have the shot of the talking box and then the two guys in the car. 

Week 6 Post 1: ive got a plan😎

 okay so today Im gonna get with Cooper (tennis guy) and we're gonna get a bunch of the posts done. here's the outline.

so the instagram is going to be split into 3 chapters

CHAPTER 1: The Illusion

So these 10 posts will be made as if its the main character's instagram, and then at the last post of the segment he's gonna be like "i tricked you guys i'm a movie character" and he waves around the script. 

CHAPTER 2: The Big Leagues

So he's gonna go around town promoting the movie in silly funny ways, I'm also going to sprinkle in some sneak peeks at scenes. Not too much of that though since I don't wanna spoil the whole darn thing. 

CHAPTER 3: The Red Carpet

Were gonna use a green screen and pretend Cooper is on the red carpet signing things and taking pictures. And then he's gonna get into a fight with the paparazzi and go to jail. And it's gonna end with a post from the production company saying that they no longer associate with Cooper. 

here's a rough draft of what the final post would look like

also the script is done------------> click on me!!!

Week 5 Post 3: AAAAAH I HAVE TO DO A SOCIAL MEDIA

 Okay so my plan for the social media is for it to start out with it looking like tennis guy's personal instagram page, and then there's gonna be a post where he's like woah it's all a movie. 

Im gonna do all the stuff where its his instagram the day we film the scenes in markham park. 

Also.................................................................................. i got my camera mount to stick to a cabinet door.

this is what the instagram will look like

it for today

Week 5 Post 2: were NOT filming today

 Ok so we're not filming today cuz pedro my equipment guy is not available. I wrote a scene in the movie where tennis guy argues with a guy in a fast food drive thru. uhhhhhhh what else. Im thinking about changing the title of the movie to Superstar, but idk. yesterday I helped mateo with his aftershock segment. yea thats it for today

Week 5 Post 1: wow its week 5 already

 Alright, as I'm writing this its tuesday, Were shooting the first scene tomorrow sometime after 1:00. Pedro my equipment guy has his BECON TV interview and he'll pick up the boom mic then. Pedro's camera might be over 11 pounds which is the max weight for the suction mount. The mount can stick to my belly. If Pedro's camera doesn't work I'll borrow Nikita's camera. Were shooting the car scene tomorrow btw. Thats it for today

Alright now its the 18th of wednesday and its also my girlfriends birthday yaaaaayayaa!!!! So to begin today I went out to best buy to get an sd card. But when I went there they were all a bagillion gigabytes and all a bagillion dollars so I left and went to walmart. At walmart they had reasonably priced ones so I bought those and went home. I finished editing a video of my little brothers youtube channel which you should watch and subscribe LINK LINK LINK.I think the thumbnail of the video alone is enough to get you to watch.

And then I gathered up the crew and we all went to Cooper's house to shoot the scene where tennis guy confronts evil tennis guy. Also we couldn't do the car scene cuz my actor for the friend couldn't make it. Cooper shaved his head last night so I guess my main character is bald now. I don't think it detracts from the film. I actually want to incorporate it into the opening credits. I want him to have "A Robert G. Collings Film" written on the back of his head. now that is a good idea. Pedro's camera is very good, blogger wont let me put in any videos so you guys are gonna have to trust me. but yea thats it for today stay tuned for more blog posts.