All good things must come to an end

So guys... I guess it is time to say goodbye, but the good news is that after all our hard work and after all your waiting, Carlos and I finally present to you guys our film opening, "Getting that Guy." Enjoy:))

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sMtoxHG4bEi6REu4mgi0kz0CP4R2uSmW/view?usp=s

Here it is on youtube just in case!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9nIJhXZqvU

CCR

 So after making you guys wait forever.... here is my...CCR, LOL you guys thought it was going to be my video, didn't you? But hey come on,  my CCR is good don't worry, it will be worth it!!

TA DAAAA HERE IT IS:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c3CFV0qRhxS3-Wg1Pkaf67wj6bdALbIh/view?usp=sharing 


Here it is on Youtube just in case!!
https://youtu.be/C228-pqlJa0

XoXo
SP

Our last Friday:(

Welcome back, guys! I didn't really want to start off with “Happy Friyay” because I'm not happy due to the fact that this is our last Friday blog as we are coming towards the end of our journey:( I want to take this time to thank you all for coming with me on this adventure and I promise that all this teasing and waiting will all be over really soon as Carlos and I are finally completely done with our video. To update you guys, our video ended up being too long, like an estimate of 3 minutes, which is why we had to cut out a bunch of the scenes. To have more time, we speeded some videos up like for example the scene of Valeria changing into different outfits which shouldn't come as a surprise to many of you as I had told you guys before I was going to try to do this. We had to literally cut out the entire conversation that Valeria and her Mom had in the kitchen about college because it just took up too much time. The last scenes we had to omit was at the very end when Valeria was supposed to walk back into the house and realize that her makeup is running and ruined. It made me really sad that we had to cut out these scenes, but hey the video still turned out great!

We also had to do some tighter editing as some scenes just had jumps that made our video look messy. After this LONG process, we finally finished and our video reached exactly 2 minutes and not to brag or anything, but it is really good!!! We spread the credits all around the beginning of our video and decided to go with the title that I had told you guys about before, “Getting That Guy.” Overall, I can’t believe that Carlos and I are almost done with our project like OMG these past few months have flown by. We are not 100% done though as we still need to do a CCR which by the way is going to be up tomorrow, so make sure to check it out! I made a script for my CCR so that it would sound more organized and so that I wouldn't forget what I was going to say because, to be honest, I’m not really good at winging it. I actually really enjoyed this project because although it was time-consuming, it was fun. When the cast had to meet up to film, we all didn't really mind because as we got our work done, we laughed, smiled, made jokes, and just had a good time.

Here are some behind the scenes pictures of us having fun!!

P.S. I’m going to miss you guys!

XoXo
SP

It's always a blast, when you introduce the cast!

Hellooo!!! Welcome back guys, it’s your favorite blogger here and ready to give you guys amazing news!! So I know that I keep saying that each blog is special, but this one…… is more than special as you guys are going to…….MEET THE CAST!! I want you guys to know that revealing the cast was super hard for me as I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do it because I thought I was giving too much away, but Carlos convinced me so thank him! Every cast member that you guys are going to see down below played a huge part in our project and I can’t thank them enough for all their efforts!!

To start off let’s introduce our main actress, most of which you guys already know since I’ve mentioned her like 100 times but everyone give a round of applause to….. VALERIA!!!


Real name: Valeria Parra
Character name: Valeria Garcia
Role: Teenage girl who’s obsessed with a guy
Age: 17 years old
Hobbies: dance and sleeping

Next, we have the snobbish guy next door…..CARLOS!!


Real name: Carlos Gimon
Character: Chris Whiteman (doesn’t really say the name in the opening)
Role: the popular guy that Valeria has a crush on
Age: 17 years old
Hobbies: soccer and partying

Next, we have the funny, the annoying…...FELIPE!!


Real name: Felipe Marchan
Character: Timothy Garcia
Role: annoying little brother
Age: 17 years old
Hobbies: soccer 

Next, we have the amazing, beautiful…… GLADYS


Real name: Gladys Serrano
Character: Kristina Garcia
Role: pushy mother
Age: 50 years old
Hobbies: being a mother 

lastly, we have…...MEEE


Real name: Sophia Pieschacon
Character: Isabella Rodriguez (doesn't say the name in the opening)
Role: popular cheerleader
Age: 17 years old
Hobbies: soccer 

Now that you guys have seen the entire cast, doesn't it make you want to watch the film like right now? SORRY! You guys will just have to wait until the end to see the whole thing, which by the way is really close. I also want to say that I’ve formed really close relationships with many of the cast members as we've been seeing a lot of each other HAHAHA! We couldn't have done it without them!

THANK YOU CAST!!!

XoXo
SP

It's time to get wet!

Happy Friday guys!! Before we start off with today's blog, I wanna refresh everyone’s memory by recapping a few things about our project! To break it down for you guys, Carlos and I are completely done filming as we met up one more time during spring break to reshoot some scenes that needed work! We’ve been editing all spring break and let me tell you guys that it really is time-consuming! We’re still not done yet as we have to make a few tweaks here and there, but surprisingly, I really do feel like we’ve been productive this whole break! Today I wanna talk about a specific scene that really made Carlos and I do a lot of thinking. This was the scene of when Carlos and his cool girlfriend drive away and wet Valeria on purpose with their car. Carlos and I had no idea how we were going to shoot this scene because it was really hard trying to get the car to wet Valeria since it hasn’t rained all break which means that there were no puddles!

Here’s the funny story, so Carlos, Valeria, and I grabbed a hose and started spraying it all over the street so that it would form a puddle, but as soon as we had to film, the water would go down the sewer. This is why we had to get another friend to help which was Valeria’s next neighbor, Nick. Nick had to spray the hose, while I drove the car, and Carlos filmed it. Overall, it worked….kind of. We still need to look over the scene to see if it actually looks realistic and if it doesn’t, well then we still have time to fix it!

Here’s a behind the scenes picture of Nick practicing with a bucket:

Here’s a picture of Valeria during the video when she got soaked!



XoXo
SP

It's vital to have a title!

What’s up my people!! Today’s blog is HUGE as I might have possibly come up with a title for our film opening!! The title is super important when it comes to our opening because since the audience is not going to take a look at the entire film, the opening is what convinces them to stop or continuing watching. In better words, I guess you could say that the title takes part in storytelling due to the fact that it could say so much about the film, but yet so little. I think that coming up with the title was really hard for Carlos and I as we wanted to give away some hints so people know what they are in for, but not spoil the entire thing! Like all film openings, what Carlos and I are aiming for is to keep the audience intrigued and on their feet! So due to the fact that our opening has to do with a teenage girl and how she has a huge crush on a guy, Carlos and I came up with the title…….. “Getting that guy!” We really think that this title could work as our opening basically demonstrates the lengths the girl is willing to go just for her crush to notice her. Like for example, her indecisiveness of which outfit to wear and the excessive makeup choice.

The title is definitely one of the last things we are going to focus on, but I just wanted to share the idea I had. What do you guys think?? Any suggestions?? The thing is that I really want our title to be appealing so that just by reading our title, the audience will wanna know what it’s about. Let’s say I want to watch a movie and I’m just scrolling down a bunch of options, I don’t know about your guys but the title is a huge deal breaker for me because if the title is bad, there is more of a chance I won't select that movie. I know we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but sorry this is an opening, not a book! Carlos and I will obviously give you guys a heads up if we decide to change our title or even just stick with it!

                                   

Peace and love!!

XoXo
SP

Call me Pinocchio

Me again!! Welcome back, guys! I really can’t explain why I’m all of a sudden starting to get such great new ideas, but I’m loving it!! So once again I need you guys to refer back to my storyboard as today’s blog is going to be about some scenes early on throughout our opening which is of Valeria. The scenes I’m referring to is of Valeria getting out of bed and changing into a whole bunch of different outfits. If you guys didn’t already know, the reason for this scene is to show her insecurities as she can’t make up her mind on which outfit is the right one. This could also be a stereotype and many teenagers are insecure about themselves and just want to “fit in.” As you guys can tell, Carlos and I put a lot of thought into the scenes we chose because, in the end, it all goes together to represent a typical teenage life. So now I wanna share the new idea I have in my head which is for the scenes of Valeria changing. So I was looking back at all the scenes and realized that the scenes were really slow and boring as Valeria was doing the exact same thing which was trying on a new outfit. Sooooooo the idea I have is to reshoot these scenes, that way we can have Valeria change a whole bunch of times like before but this time we would make the video a little fast pace to create excitement. This would create excitement for the audience as they would be curious to know what Valeria ended up wearing. In my storyboard, I had thought about just filming Valeria looking at the mirror after she had picked an outfit, but now I have the idea of filming her from different angles as well so that the audience can see her whole look. This would mostly consist of me filming her from the front as it would be the best angle.

So what does this mean exactly? This basically means that we just have to have more shots of Valeria from different angles (insert shots). We’re probably still going to use the first shots we took in the second meeting, only this time there is going to be more to see. Like for example, in our second meeting we didn’t really have Valeria change completely into all her outfit options, instead, she just held them over her, but now we’re actually gonna need Valeria to change completely(sorry Valeria)!

So I guess I kind of lied to you guys when I said in one of my blogs that we had finished filming… but hey, think about this way… our opening is going to be epiccc!




XoXo

SP