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          After many problems occurred and revisions were made throughout this process, we can present the final draft of the film The High School Jock. With this film, I have learned how to communicate emotions and events through a variety of angles, mise en scene, dialogue, editing, music, and characters. I am very proud of our improvement from the first film to the final, and hope you enjoy! The High School Jock  (link will bring you to Youtube.com and play film automatically) **Music is provided from  https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/2

           Skylar and I began reshooting the second take of our film on Monday. We planned this process to take 2 days, allowing us to have enough time to assure the clips were ideal and went together smoothly. The first day of filming we began by filming the scenes in the hallways and in the classroom. We shot each scene a few times in order to have options for clips we could use while editing, and made sure to hit different angles to capture various emotions. Because the first day of filming took place during one of our class periods, we had limited time to use the classroom. We wrapped up the first day of filming by filming the scene with the teacher and discussed coming back to film again the next day.      Day two of filming began after school on Tuesday. We revisited the classroom and filmed the last scene of the film, where Troy walks through the door. The girl actors had to change back into the same clothes they had on the day before ...

           After finalizing the idea of redoing our film, Skylar and I have to begin selecting the changes we need to make. To start, we need to go through our script and change some dialogue to make our plot stronger. Adding a conversation about Troy first thing when the girls get to school adds to the fact that they are excited to see him, hinting at the fact that they all like him. Also, we have changed some filming settings in order to make the school aspect of the film more realistic. We decided the opening of the film should be the school parking lot, to show that they are arriving and walking into school. There are also scenes of the girls walking through the hallways and into a classroom to show they are making their way into first period. We found an actual teacher who was able to participate in the film and let us film in her room. We were very happy to have found a classroom and teacher to add to the film because that is one of the main mise en s...

     Last week as a class, we started presenting our films and magazine projects in order to receive feedback and some critical criticism from our teacher and peers. Skylar and I volunteered to show our film first and took notes on the criticism we received. Overall, most the class didn’t have anything too harsh to say. It was commonly stated that it was hard to hear the actors, specifically the teacher in the theater scene, due to having to wear masks and not having a professional microphone. Their advice was to lower the background music or to in cooperate subtitles to let the audience know what is being said clearly. Some other suggestions brought to our attention were to use less transitions, fix lighting in some scenes, as well as including a larger variety of camera angles. On the other hand, someone had many more comments to present. My group and I were very disappointed to hear her comments, as she critiqued almost every element of our project. She stated that s...

    After encountering many bumps in the road, we can present the first draft of our film The High School Jock. A fun and comedic take on high school drama is a perfect watch for people of all ages.