Zenith

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Here is my presentation for my Zenith project. All of the episodes I created can be found below.

 

Introduction

Google defines the word zenith as “the time at which something is most powerful or successful.” So, essentially, this Zenith Project meant that this would be the most professional product in our two years at Freestyle Academy, using the peak of everything we have learned in our Elective classes.

For me, that meant putting together videos that consisted of tips targeting Freestyle Film seniors that are just starting their Senior Narrative project. The Senior Narrative project is one that required us Film students to create a cohesive narrative film with dialogue. This was the Freestyle project I learned the most from, and there were so many things that I wish I knew that would have helped me throughout the process of making it. Therefore I thought I would use the opportunity of Zenith to compile everything I’ve learned about film into a series of videos.

In the end, I created 4 videos, the first being the introduction, and the next three detailing the three stages of production in any given film: Pre-production, production, and post-production. Of course, the process of making these videos also required elements of each of those stages. Below are the final four videos I was able to produce, and after the videos, I have detailed my process through each stage of production.

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Pre-Production

With filming four episodes, that meant I had to write four scripts. I had decided beforehand that I wanted to include Joe in my writing (haha), so that involved a lot of thought into what we were both going to say to each other to entertain the audience while at the same time trying to inform them with film tips. After I was done writing and revising, I color coded each of our lines to help with keeping track with what we were saying while filming. It also helped to discern how many inserts and cutaways I needed to get after filming the main dialogue parts.

EricR-Zenith Introduction Script

EricR-Zenith Pre-Production Script

EricR-Zenith Production Script

EricR-Zenith Post-Production Script

 

Production

Filming this was a lot more challenging than I anticipated. I had to film consecutively long video clips where I could not move the camera to make sure Joe could appear next to me. I also had to make sure that the lighting conditions stayed the same for both myself and Joe, which is the primary reason why I had to reshoot the last two episodes in my backyard. TWICE. It was pretty painful, but I was able to get through it. I used my camera and tripod to film, Mr. T’s film equipment occasionally, and a LAV microphone attached to my shirt which gave crisp audio quality.

Before I shot, I also went location scouting because I knew I wanted a good background for my episodes that was not to boring and not too distracting. Here are some of the shots I took for that purpose:

The last one is the one I ended up going with.

 

Post-Production

This was the longest part of my process. On top of including Joe in my edits, their were soooooo many other cuts I had to make, and graphics, titles, b-roll, and music I had to add to each and every episode. Below are screenshots of all of my timelines, three of which lasted close to 5 minutes.

 

Reflection

 

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