AICE Media Studies AS- Traba, M

On Tuesday I was able to email the footage manager at USA swimming and ask for approval to use some of their footage from the Phillip 66 nationals in 2019, when Emma posted one of the fastest times in the world for the 400 IM. I’m still waiting on an email back, but I’m hoping I will get approval soon. In the meantime, I am beginning filming with Emma and were going to try and get all of the swim shots out of the way now so I can start editing and see how much more I need, and what I should cut out. Over break I’m thinking I will shoot her interview sequence for the movie and then add it into editing, but we'll see when we get there.

  Overall story boarding was a fun experience for me. Seeing the beginnings of this movie come together is only getting me more excited to start shooting. The things that I felt were the most challenging were getting everything in for the Mise-en-scene, while also having to draw out these scenes from my head. I have never been the best artist, so most of my drawings reflect the barebones of the scenes that I envisioned. I was going to film this as a narrative the last time I updated; however, I’ve decided that I’m going back to my original idea of a documentary. This switch happened as I was story boarding and drawing out the scenes. The style that I was filming in my head lined up better with a documentary style film. In the article "Filmmaking across the curriculum: a beginner's guide" it states that “Good films are the direct result of good ideas, good planning and good preparation.” I feel like my creativity has flowed much more easily and I have become excited about ...