My Film Intro

 Here is the link to my film intro! Thank you for coming on this journey with me and I hope you enjoy it!

My CCR

 Here is the link to my CCR! I hope you enjoy!

Reflection

 Well, it's the end of my project. The editing portion of my project took longer than I thought it would- I've been editing both my film intro and CCR since Friday and I just finished editing. It was an exhausting and aggravating process, but looking at the finished project now, I am so proud with how it turned out. I have a whole new respect for film producers, writers and editors now that create movies, since now I know how hard and challenging it is to make. Things such as how long the audio is, how to make the audio and scenes match up, and how to fix the lighting and coloring in clips that need it. 

Because I have been literally all of my free time to edit my project, I have not been able too post any updates on here that I've made recently. For example, I picked the music that I was going to use for my film. While listening to music while editing, I realized that the song that I was listening to was not copyrighted, and could be used anywhere. To test out how it would look, I played the song on my laptop while playing my film on my other computer I was editing on and it was strangely on beat so much it looked like I moved my clips to be on beat with it. I put the song in my song in the project and it was perfect. The song is Jubilee Line by Wilbur Soot.

Using After Effects, I modified the coloring in the clips on my intro so that it was brighter and more vibrant, and I showed that in my CCR by putting a clip side by side, but one with the coloring and one without.  

I talked about many different things in my CCR, such as the genre research I did for my film, how it challenges conventions, the production techniques I used such as sound and how I filmed some scenes and the technology that I used in the making of it and how I used it.

I am really proud of how my project came out and I am excited to finally share it with everyone!

Representation

 Representation is very important in media these days. It is important for the audience to see different types of character in films and not just the same type of person in every film. There are so many different and diverse types of people, whether it is race, religion, sexual orientation, disabilities, or anything else, it is important for audiences, especially younger audiences, to see characters that they can look up to that are like them or look like them, making them inspired and want to be like them.

My film deals with representation by having two young females as the main characters. Even though recently we have seen more female lead films, such as The Hunger Games, Ocean's Eight, Captain Marvel, Hidden Figures and Lady Bird, only 40% of all films have a female lead. This number needs to go up because it is important for women and young girls to see more strong female leads on their screens. The more that we see strength and power described as a feminine trait, we will see women be treated more equally amongst men. Women and young girls will also want to be like these strong female characters, and be inspired to be as smart, strong and successful as these characters. 

My film also has representation because the main character is not only a young girl, but she is more introverted and quiet, while her best friend is the loud and outspoken one. This is good representation because there are not many films where the lead character is not outspoken and is more withdrawn, especially in adventure movies. This can show people that are similar and are quiet like her can still do good and take on things just as big as people that are very extroverted and outgoing can.