Critical Creative Reflection

    Here is my Critical Creative Reflection. After weeks and weeks of work my project is finally done and so is my beautiful CCR. 

CCR - Gabriella McMillan

~ENJOY~

Portfolio Project

     The long wait is over. The film opening for "I Remember Nothing" is here. After WEEKS of planning, researching, and filming, our project is finally done. 

    We believe we have reached the goal of an opening: capture the audience's attention. And without further ado, here is the link.

"I Remember Nothing"

Portfolio Project - Gaby McMillan and Eric Diaz

~hope you like it~

We Got Our Title!!!!!!!!

 FINALLY. WE HAVE OUR TITLE.

    After weeks and weeks and weeks of deliberation, our title has been chosen. After revamping our film's opening ending and overall direction, we ditched our old title. We did a lot of brainstorming and decided to get some inspiration from songs. 

    We listened to Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures" *click me to listen* and were inspired by the song I Remember Nothing's lyrics, especially "Get weak all the time, may just pass the time". This speaks to our main character's weak mental state in the face of his family issues and depression spiral. Therefore, we chose the title, "I Remember Nothing", since the main character is trying to forget life around him as he lets his art consume him. 

   

One Last Bump in the Road

    Since my partner and I did not get another chance to discuss the project over Spring Break after the shooting days since we were both out of town, I am currently sitting at my desk trying to settle on the order of the footage as well as the title. 

    Before my partner and I changed the trajectory of the opening, we had a title picked out. However, the title "Another Chance" no longer resonates with us. We have class on Tuesday and will more in-depth discuss this then and pick out the title as soon as possible since we need to edit the project this week.

 

Figuring out the B-roll

  

    Above is a still from one of the shots we will be using at the very beginning of the opening as the credits roll. We are currently still deliberating on what fonts to use and such. But, with the shooting we did yesterday in the garage and the B-roll we got in Las Olas, we are pretty much-done filming and are very happy with the content we have gotten. 

    However, shooting was the easy part and now we must think about the order in which we will edit the different scenes and where we will begin the credits.

   

 

Painting is Fun

     With some help from my boyfriend who is also partaking on a portfolio project of his own, my partner and I painted and drew a bunch of artworks that Jack will be contemplating and working on in the opening. 

    While painting we had one objective in mind: make each painting look abstract or eery. We reached this objective 10000%. After painting in the garage we decided that the garage could also double as a shooting spot for the parts where Jack is concentrating on his artwork and isolating himself. 

    Since we liked how the garage looked in the test footage, we decided to use the footage we got last week in Las Olas as B-roll footage while the voicemail plays in the background. 

Location Scouting

    Today my partner and I went to Las Olas Ft. Lauderdale to location scout and better visualize our project and how it would fit the narrative etc.

    We decided Las Olas was perfect especially since there is a lot of construction going on right now on the roads. The construction added to the sort of somber industrial look we were looking for to put in our opening. We walked around for an hour and picked out locations. We were going to film today but my partner's outfit did not really fit the idea we had in mind for Jack and since he will be playing Jack we postponed filming the main parts for next week!