Hrs 1 and 2 Entertainment Semester 1 Final

This is my short film called Redacted and was written and directed by Malik Alexander.  It took us about 2 months to get everything done with pre-production to post production.  The biggest challenge that me and my group faced with this project was actors.  Our main actor dropped on us twice so we were forced to film last minute and had to film it all in one night because that was the only time our actors could do it when we were available.




This is my commercial that me and my group did for snickers.  It took us about a month do get everything done.  Some of the challenges we faced were deciding what we should do for our commercial and what to do with it when we figured out what we would use.  The feedback we got was that it was a good idea and the flashback transition was a cool idea.  We also were told that it would have made a little more sense if we actually showed the kid fall instead of cutting it when he trips.




This is my camera assignment 1 which is a PSA on profanity.  It took us about a month to get it all done.  The challenges we faced were figuring out and idea on what we should do and then what days we could film.  Some feedback we got that it was cheesy (which is what we were going for and it was said as a good thing), it was humorous and that the beeps were to loud.  What we changed were the beeps so they weren't to loud as they were before.


I used my time in class as best as I could.  I worked on what I needed to and if I couldn't work on anything then I made sure I didn't have anything I needed to get done before I did anything else.  Especially with my short film I had a lot of free time since our main actor dropped on us twice I tried my best to find actors and figure out when we would be filming.  I enhance my work outside of class by working on projects on adobe premiere pro or just exploring premiere.

My area of strengths are definitely in editing.  I am naturally talented in editing and I am mostly self taught by just exploring the different parts of adobe premiere pro.  I have found that I love editing and find it quite enjoyable.  I now know that I want to pursue a career in film editing and hopefully work for a big company like Universal or Dreamworks one day.  What I can improve on is trying others roles as well and try to be able to help film since I haven't been able to because of work.

What I learned from our guest speakers is that we are truly lucky that we have a program like E-communication and should never take it for granted.  I have also learned that just because I am from Kansas doesn't mean that I can't make it big in Hollywood.  I have also learned that I should always make a good first impression so I can use that person as a contact or they could use me for a contact.

My production role in our feature film is colorist and editor.  What I'll bring to our film is my skills in editing and passion for it.  I will do the best I can for this film and I'm very excited to work on a film of this proportion.

What I loved about this semester is all the people I have gotten to meet and all the films I have gotten to work on.