How The Heart Decides screenwriter Film Post-Production Journal

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Summary

During post production, I reflected with my team on our film & how we thought we did. I also helped my team gather screenshots for evidence in our slideshow.

Evidence of Further Input

In this scene, the actors were given opportunities to improvise, because in “Jenna”s case, she was supposed to panic & make up excuses.
Improvisation was used during the West Bay scene
On set, we decided to not use the last few lines of them driving off. Instead we filmed an alternate ending with new dialogue. we all gave input on how the story should end.

Evaluation of Script

Artistic:

The story I wrote is a basic romantic comedy, but the use of moving locations, lighting choices, & a longer script to add depth to our characters makes it feel like a complete satisfying story, rather than a short video about a scenario.

Technical:

The script was made slightly different from our other ones. We left a lot of room for improvisation, especially when all 3 actors were on set.

How I Could Have Improved The Film

I could’ve added more scenes of Jerry feeling guilty for not going with Jared. I can show him visibly not wanting to be on the date with Jenna while it’s happening. I also could’ve had him leave early for dramatic effect. Just more scenes to show what happened with Jerry’s date.

What I Learned

I learned to take better care of equipment, & how to communicate with my team & improvise when some people are not present. I also learned how to make my dialogue sound more natural. While filming, some lines sounded weird so my team & I made on set changes.

5/8 – 5/12 Weekly Work Log

Session Number:5
Week Number: 7
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week: 4.5 hrs
What is/was your overall goal for this week? Finish film, work on production blog post, start slideshow.

Work Tasks 

Date Task Description Time Spent Was / Were your choices and work Best Practices? Why? 
5/8Working on summary part of production blog post50 mins Yes, with our film just needing to be edited, I had time to work on my blog post.
5/9Working on production blog post, starting post production50 mins Yes, I needed to grab my evidence for my production so I worked on that.
 5/10Getting more evidence for production & working on post-production. 45 mins Yes, My blog post was not finished & needed more evidence
 5/11 Watching our films 50 mins Yes, it was time to show our work
 5/12 Working on Post-production 50 mins Yes, with production pretty much done, I just had to work on post production stuff.

Personal Comments (Optional) 

Remember reflecting on your own choices and work can help you improve both. Are there any other comments you would like to include for your own reflection? If so, please enter them here: 

5/1 – 5/5/23 Weekly Work Log

Session Number:5
Week Number:6
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week: 5 hrs
What is/was your overall goal for this week? Plan reshoot & change script slightly.

Work Tasks 

Date Task Description Time Spent Was / Were your choices and work Best Practices? Why? 
5/1Planning when to reshoot, calling places that could fix SD card.50 mins Yes, We wanted to see if we could fix the broken SD card, but just in case we planned to reshoot.
5/2Reshoot planning, communicating with team on day thats best for everyone to reshoot50 mins Yes, the SD card couldn’t be fixed so we had to plan on another day.
 5/3 Looking at scenes from rom-coms to see if we can improve our dialogue in the film., 30 mins Yes, since we have lots of spare time, we can research to add more to our film.
 5/4 Collaborating with director on shot list & finishing plans for Saturday shooting. 50mins Yes, establishing our plans for the weekend is important to minimize team confusion. We also might use different shots than the ones we lost.
 5/5 Planning meet time for tomorrow & planning for weather. 50 mins Yes, because the forecast had high chance of rain, & that could affect the camera & wardrobe.

Personal Comments (Optional) 

Remember reflecting on your own choices and work can help you improve both. Are there any other comments you would like to include for your own reflection? If so, please enter them here: