Creative Critical Reflection

Film Opening: The Tale of Valespire

     Hello world, I am now writing my creative critical reflection, and I think it is coming along well. I plan to do a director commentary for my video, this is where I would play my video as I speak over it. I think this is the most effective way to reflect upon my project, so when I say something specific I can show you exactly what I mean. As I am writing it I am realizing everything that is weird about my film (You will see what I mean). So far writing my reflection has helped me see everything that I can do to improve in the future. This weekend I am going to post my film and Critical reflection so you can see everything I am talking about.

     Hey everyone, So i finished editing my film opening today! WOO! When I first put all of my footage together in the correct order it seemed like something was missing, so I deiced to get so royalty free music to put in for the background of the world. I didn't realize it when I was filming,but some of my shots in the castle still have modern items in them. I can't really change that because I don't have time to re-shoot those scenes. So that sucks. Another thing that I had to do was get an establishing shot of the castle so the viewer would know the scene is in a castle. I had to create a scale version of a castle then I put it in the grass in front of some trees to try to make it look big.

This is what the castle looks like. In the film there is a dark effect over the whole shot so viewers wont see the drastic color change in the bricks.

The film turned out good, although it was not ny original vision. But the acting is still pretty bad. So now I have to do my creative critical reflection. That will be posted later in the week. Yeah so tthat's all for now.

     Whats up everyone, I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO FILM TODAY!!!! My scheduled and my friends all lined up, so it was a pretty good day. We had to film everything in the film today because I am very behind  in the project. There was one small problem about today though... Markham Park was closed due to Rock fest. It was terrible, we drove down there, but there was a police blockade. So We settled for the Tequesta Trace park. We found a spot that had lots of trees so it worked fine. The second part of my opening takes place in a castle so I rigged my bedroom to have a throne and I covered all of my 21st century stuff with sheets and posters. As you know I didn't have a budget for this film so the castle scene looks really cheesy and homemade, that was a bummer, but there was no way around it. The crown that the king wears is paper and the acting is not the best, but that is what I get for doing this at the last minuet.
    Also Yesterday I slightly changed the script. The opening scene in the Forrest is now a POV (point of view) shot from the perspective of the royal Valespirian spies. The characters cannot be heard but it is implied that they are talking about the amulet because Arthur's mentor gives it to him. The scene in the castle now includes an interaction of the king with the spy and then with Merek. The spy tells him that the amulet is with Arthur and then the king gives Merek the quest to retrieve it for his own evil plans. It is also all day time, nothing is at night. The costumes are OK but not  fantastic as well.

This is an image of the first scene of the film From the point of view of the spy looking at Arthur and his mentor. (Mentor- Right, Arthur-Left)

This is the Title card that I created for the film. I think it captures the video game theme that my story is structured upon and shows you the amulet in the "A" of Tale.

That's all for now... Tomorrow if editing day!