Honestly, my biggest accomplishment this year has been rest, but we’ll get into that more later. Right now, I would like to talk about my first ever short film. Looking back at it now, although it was filmed and edited between June and July, I already want to do it over. I have grown and learned so much since making it, BUT I am so proud of myself and what I have created. To take the leap and go to film school, to write an original script, to do my own hair and makeup, to battle grief, to have been wholly unhinged, living through a pandemic, mixing my own audio, doing all my own hair and costuming, lighting (my biggest struggle but now I understand where it went wrong and yet I am still happy with it), DIRECTING MYSELF, and creating the vision from thin air has been such a rewarding task and I love it.
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“DO OR…. DIE?” by Shae.Carrey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm0UY4Zk0No
Hey, y’all, hey!
So this is my first ever short film. It was a school project. I wasn’t going to post it at first because, honestly, I’m terrified, lmao
DESCRIPTION:
This short film is a bit of comedy and a bit of drama that centers around 1 woman’s 3 conscious orders:
Will You? – The self-righteous, I want no parts of this, but then again I do.
Should I? – The fallback plan who seems always to need a boost of confidence.
Shouldn’t I? – The overly confident and dominant one who does not mind being seen and chosen at all times.
And their fight to come out on top during a stressful homework session.
I purposely color-corrected all three characters so that it reflects their personalities. One is more faded and dark, one is slightly lighter but muted, and the other is bright and out there. I was quite honestly done for and slightly embarrassed between me having to refilm 3 times, a family death, filming myself and my skin breaking out, and being extremely oily due to a new dermatology treatment. But hey, you live, and you learn!
I am excited, and I hope you guys enjoy it!!!
If you have any tips or online resources (ESPECIALLY FOR AUDIO AND COLOR CORRECTION), please share. Everything was filmed on a Sony FS5 and edited with Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere Pro, Rush, Audition, Media Encoder, Lightroom, Lightroom Pro, and Photoshop).
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