The first time my teacher mentioned to us about this challenge I didn't think that Perth Amboy was to be one of the schools that were selected. We've been involved with the All American High School Film Festival for two years. Thus this making it our second year. For the invitational we were given two actors, a mentor, two locations, and editing location, and four prompts to choose from. We had first come up with an idea over the summer about a lawyer who comes across a boy holding signs that reflect towards her everyday busy life. When we skyped with our mentor, he totally put down the whole idea. Yet, his reasoning towrds it had a point. It was too slow paced and we knew nothing about being a lawyer. So a few of the crew members gathered together and created a whole new story. Thus relating to the fourth prompt," I left it all behind...Now i am here." This time the story was far more fast paced and got to the idea quickly. They had decided that the story is based on a girl who left her cult and is now realizing that her past is coming back to haunt her. This man from her cult happens to be in all of her photographs. This meaning that she is a free lance photographer in the city of NY. Every where she went, he was there just standing there, watching her. Here we come to realize that this was a sign why he was there. All of this story was thought processed over our summer break and the first week of school. We were well prepared where we had a Plan B for anything that could have gone wrong. Once we got to NY, we knew we only had two days to shoot this 8-10 minute film. We also only had one whole day credited towards editing but the deadline was at 6PM that Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. Overall, the filming went great in both locations that were given to us and any extra ones we added in. The locations including; Washington Square Park and Grand Central Terminal. We were able to finish the video on time even if there was a little tension with the studio. There are times when we need to stay focused and we need the privacy and space for ourselves to better concentrate. When the video was finally over, everyone of us in the crew were able to see the final product of our film. Which we had named as "Aberration."
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AuthorMy name is Adriana, and I have been working with film for 6 years now. I am currently continuing my film career as a Communications major in the field of media productions,with a minor in Sports Management at William Paterson University. All my work began with just a class in high school and then through it all, I've learned to love it, and continue my work. I will continue to pursue more with film making and make many more of my ideas come to life. I hope to share my growth as well as my experience with the world. Archives
November 2015
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