Friendship is great, let me tell ya. My friends are beyond intelligent about the film industry! My friend Sebastian Fish Mathurin, who's also enrolled in this course, gave me a brilliant idea to substitute for the headline scene of the opening. We were on our way to visit our other friend Xamir when I had told him my idea for Brainless Babe. He put his creative mind to work and gave me a great idea!
This is Sebastian, AKA "Fish":
I love stills!! Stills taken within any movie can make people feel things words cannot. I remember always looking on Instagram and seeing many directors, writers, actors, actresses, extras, and more, post stills from the film they worked on! Just recently, Jacob Elordi, amongst many others, posted stills to certain film greatly appreciated by the masses.
Everything captured within these stills is impeccable! I cannot wait to see more!
The stills from Brainless Babe feel like they need to be viewed as Instagram pictures; something you would post. I paused the video at parts where I thought Giselle looked best in, here's what I took:
The schedule has been set back!!! I took a trip to Bokeelia for spring break and I had no time to edit anything or film any additional pieces. Unfortunately, this week I'll have to double the work. I guess you could say I reversed the "work hard, play hard" thing everyone always says! It was my first time in Bokeelia (had no idea it existed before we went)! I went with five other girls and it was a lot of fun! Here are some pics:
Filming ended... I hope! Honestly, I feel very relieved knowing I have most of what I planned to shoot, which was Giselle's photoshoot, but I'm not sure if I should continue with the rest of it (the school part). I got feedback from my friends and they think I have enough footage to just do the photoshoot, and I agree, but I also think it would look more like a music video then a film.
My friend, Mia Batista, is very creative and knows a lot about all aspects of film. I trust her when she says things that could improve my video. I showed her the footage I have and she said that I could place the video shown below at the beginning of my film and before I walk in, I could place the title in the white space and then follow with credits throughout the montage.
Today in class, we had our first group meeting! Group meetings are when groups of 6 students meet and discuss each other's project. We give each other advice and help each other defeat an obstacles we might encounter. The most common issue was music. Finding royalty free music was very hard for all of us, one of us even gave up and added dialogue instead.
I showed them my videos and told them my whole plan/idea and they really liked it! I also really liked everyone else's idea too. I think my project was the one we spent the most time discussing! They opened up YouTube in their laptops and attempted to find me the right song since the one I want isn't royalty free and I still have yet to hear from the owners.
I really hope the next group meeting is just as productive. Wishing everyone's project has run as planned since we met!
FILLLMMMM DDDAAYYYYYYYYYYY PICSSSSSSSSSS
I had so much fun filming/shooting for Brainless Babe, you have no idea. I told my friends I would even rent out the studio again so we could all do it together for fun! We got there around 1pm because we had the studio from 1-5pm, however, my photographer was shooting with a model and went overtime by an hour. This was okay considering I paid less and didn't need all five hours; plus, I with my friends. We went up at 2 and started setting up. We ended around 4:45pm and cleaned for the last 15 minutes.
I got everything I needed and more! My friends had some time in between looks for Giselle so they got their own pictures for their social media which I thought was neat! I only changed twice because I got a lot of footage getting ready. I did my own makeup and hair, but my friends were there to play the part of the extras: MUAs, Photographers, Stylists, etc. It was a great day! Below are some BTS pics for you to seeeee! :)
