Creative Critical Reflection

Here is my CCR

The Making of "Mine"

Opening Fan Mail!

Officially done! 

Film Opening

Our project is finished! I honestly can't believe it. 

MINE 

Enjoy! 

Homestretch!

 CCR:

-Draw My Life: questions 1 and 2

I took inspiration from a youtube trend from a while back where people would draw their life stories and I thought this would be a really cute way to display my project! I already have some digital art experience from before and this just made it easier to do. Plus drawing my story was actually a lot of fun since it's a very eventful story. I used the app PicsArt to draw and it has a feature to record the drawing which was super helpful. I also was able to speed it up so that you wouldn't be able to tell that I was drawing slowly. then I just put the drawing clips together on iMovie!

FanMail: questions 3 and 4

This is a common celerity interview type of video. I watched harry styles and I was inspired by that video. i made some fake envelopes from fake fans and then just opened them on camera and answered the questions. This was really easy to do. 

The CCR was actually my favorite part of this whole project and it was so satisfying to see it come together and it made me feel accomplished and very proud of morgan and me. 

Filming day 2

close up of Elke with bruise. 

We filmed a lot! We got the bulk of our scene done and are pleased with the results, considering we barely had a plan. We took a lot of takes.

Morgan doing makeup. 

 We had my sister there so we could film the kidnapped conversations and she did great and her makeup was done by Morgan. This was so easy to do since my sister had a really big eyeshadow palette that we could use and my dad provided us with the chair, the duck tape, and the rope! 

We also had another friend there that we could ask for opinions and show her the takes which was really helpful. 

I had to do the scenes many times because I am a very awkward person. BUT we persevered and the scenes worked out really well and we were happy with the results. There might be some parts that we could refilm but honestly, the takes we have are pretty good. 

Next, we have to film the actual rambling scenes. we left those for another day because we both know that I am going to need many retakes for that amount of craziness. 

Overall it was a pretty successful day and on Sunday we will finish it hopefully. The rest of our focus will go toward editing and starting our CCR. We are almost done! 

Filming! Day 1 Review!

We filmed the phone scene and all that's left to do is do the voice-over part with morgan's voice. 

We did many many retakes today. This was mostly a planning day. We just wanted to see how the scenes would look and where my placement would look best. We also got most of the shots of the details today. The close-ups of stuffed animals, dolls, the shrine, and more feminine things around my room. 

We filmed many little details on my walls. Pictures of scarlet and i, the shrine, flowers, dolls, stuffed animals, post its on the wall and more to emphasize the setting. we will also include some of the hostage when we film with my sister.

Reflection of Melanie's Mind

We created a playlist! All of these songs were carefully examined and chosen specifically to fit the vibe of our film opening. We think this makes it easier to visualize what we want our final project to embody. This also helps us understand our character more. we will listen to this playlist while we film to help get us in the mindset of the characters and the story. 

these are lyrics that inspired us and that we think fit best for our character and story. 

"She's mine you stay away from her"- pierce the veil 

"they made you blind, messed up your mind but I will help see" -meant to be yours from heathers the musical

"all for you. never not for you" manta rays chloe moriondo

"don't blame me, love made me crazy"- don't blame me taylor swift 

The Devil's in the Details

This was our first-day filming and we really focused on testing shots for the first part of our scene and getting as many shots of my walls and props as possible. We made sure to focus on the little details. 

 We made sure to get consent to use my friend's pictures for the shrine of Alyssa.

Shrine! 

Choosing the pictures of scarlet from memories was fairly simple. I have been friends with her for a while so I have A LOT of pictures with her. It just looks crazy when you put them all together at the same time. The scrapbooks were actual gifts from Scarlet and I just changed the names to fit. This helps add to the obsession. The dried flowers also signify that this has been an ongoing obsession for a very long time. There are many polaroids and pictures around, a little stuffed animal, and just overall many things that show she's really in love.  

 

We carefully selected books we wanted in the frame and meticulously selected small details to include in the shrine. Things such as concert tickets, amusement park and fair passes, and notes from Sarah to Melanie were added to the shrine. 
Changed the phone case to include details since it would be in the shot. A picture with Scarlet, a hand-made gum wrapper heart, and a fortune that reads "Love because it is the only true adventure". These items add to Melanie's love for Alyssa and the lengths she'll go to for this "adventure".