CCR!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABpWP3fGNAg&feature=youtu.be

GRIN

Grin (2020)
Directed by Gus Lanz
Written by Jules Fuentes

https://youtu.be/asVK7SLdEVc


website: grinmovie2020.weebly.com


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Reflection

This portfolio project has been such a rollercoaster. From being able to switch partners to finally feeling confidant in a project to the corona virus, this project has had a lot of up and downs. Gus and I started off really strong. We we were seeing eye to eye on almost everything and everything seemed to be going our way.  We were (dare I say it) over prepared; planning to film a week or two earlier than other groups. Luckily, being over prepared saved us when the corona virus shut everything down. Everything was put in place to film but the biggest issue we ran into was finding actors. With everyone worried about getting the virus, we would find an actor who would back out a few days later leading to a two week blog post hiatus. Not because we didn't want to work, no one wanted to work for us. Since my mom wasn't letting me out of the house, we came up with the plan that Gus would film and edit the film and I would do everything else (the website, postcard, teaser trailer, and film poster), of course giving each other critiques along the way. After we got over the rotating actors situation, everything started going really well.  While the outcome is not exactly what we envisioned, its pretty close and I'm proud of what we accomplished.

Teaser Trailer

The other thing I did to supplement the film is make a teaser trailer. A big theme in our film's branding is "you gotta watch it to know what its about" so a lot of our content goes along with that idea and our teaser trailer is no exception!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb21K3MpScQ

Movie poster

To make up for the lack of blog posts I decided to make a few extra components that I feel compliment the film really well. I really liked making the movie poster for the last short film project so I decided to make another one. I was inspired by a film poster I saw in class that was completely digital so while scouring canva, I found this cartoon which I thought looked really cool and worked well with our film. I slapped the cartoon on a yellow background and was really pleased with the outcome. I've always wanted to make a completely digital poster and thought this was the perfect time to do so after I was having no luck with using stills from our film.

I lied

So as you can tell it was not one last bad blog post but it was my last blog post for a while. Due to the coronavirus my partner had a lot of trouble filming as he had to switch actors a lot due to restrictions being put in place. With the current plan we thought out, I couldn't do my part until he did his which led to a temporary hiatus but a few days ago, he and i reconvened and we got back on track. With the changes that had to be made due to the coronavirus, it made it really hard to do my part (or anything) without seeing the actual film. The second he sent me it, the wheels started turning and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the project. Yes, I made a mistake but I also remedied that mistake and got back in contact with my partner and back on track and I'm really proud of the pieces I've created!

One last bad blog post

This will be the last bad blog post you get from me I promise. I just don't have anything to update you you on. We were planning to film on the 15th but then everything got crazier and crazier. I'm sorry thus is all I can give you.

Until next time...