Dare to Thrill CCR- Daniel Garzon

Dare to Thrill Film Opening Daniel Garzon

Changing my Title and it's done!

So after very deep consideration and thought, I decided to change my title from "Shadows in Plain Sight" to "Dare to Thrill". This is because many of the things I had storyboarded did not go as planned and after editing, I saw my mistake and felt that a new name was entitled. This led me to brainstorm about the essence of my film and basically took the whole plot and came up with the "Dare to Thrill" since it best represents my target audience and will progress my work the best.


This was the last change and I AM NOW DONE!!!!! All that is left is uploading my film opening and my CCR!!

Script for my CCR

So for this blog post, I am putting pictures of my script for my CCR. It is not my final copy but it is very close to what I recorded and edited. This is a simple yet critical blog post.

Editing

So today was a pure editing day and I managed to edit all of the video with the help of Rodrigo and I managed to do everything and I only had one issue where I exported my opening and the part of the car going over the speedbump got bass boosted and I had to figure out how to lower the master volume so it wouldn't sound as loud. At this point I consulted Rodrigo and Anish for help until we solved the issue.  Editing is done and ready to export and upload!

Here I will attatch a picture of them helping me out:

Crew and Equipmenr

This blog post is informational and necessary because this is when I will give credit to where credit is due.

Some of the most influential external factors in my film are as follows:


Videographer : Rodrigo Diaz
Behind the scenes footage: Blake Repp
Actors: Anish Ghosh, Adam Silberfeld, Ana Araiza, Isabel Villeda and Giovanna Miranda.

The equipment I used to film and will use to edit were provided by Rodrigo Diaz, here is what I used:

Canon T5i, Shotgun Rode Mic, Rode boom mic, and the Ronin. To edit I will use Adobe Premier Pro and Aftereffects

Another stakeholder is the YouTube channel "NoCopyrightSounds"  for providing royalty free music.

These are the components and assets I recieved

A Song!

Okay so for this post, I have finally found a song to use which is royalty free and of course I will still give credit to the rightful owner and creator.

The song I have chosen is: "Thrill is Gone by Kovan ft. Mark Borino (NCS Version)"


This song I feel has all the components I like to fit my film opening, as the constant beat drops allow for quick cuts and edits that will enhance the ability to capture the scenes for my target audience, utilizing all of my shots of little yet important components. Examples of this are the volume knob, the dashboard and the exhaust of the car.

Filming update

So this blog post is a second part to the previous one since this consists of the external shots of the car.

With the external shots, I filmed with Rodrigo Diaz and Anish Ghosh where we drove in 2 cars, I drove mine and Anish drove his while Rodrigo was recording him while driving to the parking garage we had shot at the day before for continuity purposes.

After revision of that footage, I am very content with the results I got. Now I need to get enough shots to match it up with  the sound during the editing portion.

Filming

Ok so for this blog post I am updating all of you that I shot everything I needed my actors for, leaving all the external shots of the car for another day.

When filming all my internal shots of the car, I had my videographer, Rodrigo Diaz sit in the front seat to capture the shots for the back of the car and vice versa.

After reviewing the film for that day, I al very pleased with how it all turned out except for my scenes with the blood on the dead body, which I am filming just in case I  decide to put it in the final cut or not.

Logo

A key component to the credits are the logo. So for this blog post I will put a picture of the logo I created for my production company. I went down the simple route and went with an image that is easy to grasp and blends film and my own name to it. I chose black and white to get a more retro feel to the company as a whole and decided to keep its simple for the most part, yet making it bold enough to be able to maintain those simple elements. I went with an uppercase G because of my last name, Garzon, as it is more professional than inserting a D for my first name. The film reel just adds the whole element of the blend between me and the films. Below is the image I created and will use. Whether i can animate this or not, I will see, but it all depends on how well it looks. If I do decide to animate it, i would have the film reel project the lights and then "Garzon Productions" would appear below it.

Component Failure

To start off this post, I had a setback regarding the incorporation of the credits in the actual shots like I had intended to. Below I will attatch some pictures of my attempt to incorporate mis-en-scene into the actual scene. After getting some shots, I felt it would drag the quality of the video down, as it was not aesthetically pleasing in my eyes. I feel like incorporating the credits when editing will be more beneficial to the piece as a whole. I also came to a conclusion that animating the credits might be very compatible with the fast cuts within the scene and would compliment each other very well. So yeah, here is my attempt for the credits being involved in the scene directly.

Storyboard

Ok so for this post, I will attacth the storyboard I used to shoot my film opening. It is a rough estimate of the main shots taken during the actual filming.