Misdirection

We called this film Misdirection. It is about a street magician named Will, who's mother is ill. She lives in a nursing home and is facing serious debt problems. Will is overwhelmed by the situate and decides to steal the wallet of a volunteer during his magic trick. Relief rushed over him until later that night. The volunteer (Matt) confronted him, accusing him of stealing the wallet. Will was frightened and quickly started running. Matt chases Will into an alley and all you hear is the sound of two gun shots. The final shot is a mysterious hand putting a stack of cash on the nightstand of the mother's bed.



This film came together very well in the end. When coming up with a story, we had to make sure it included a water bottle, a hat, a light source, and the phrase "Light's Out". The scope of the project was to combined all that we've learned this year and make it into a video.

 My group wanted to make a more serious film to challenge ourselves. We spent the first few days coming up with the plot and writing the script. Then, we assigned jobs for everyone to do. I was in charge of storyboarding out all the scenes. In class we would write down locations to shoot our film. It was difficult because our story couldn't be shot during school hours. While other groups were filming their stories, we were gathering around a table figuring out the locations, the storyboard, the script, and the cast.

Once we figured out everything, my group was ready to start filming. After school on Friday, May 8th, We met up at Corey Eaton's house to shoot the first scene. We decided that Lucas Scott and Kaleb Axe will be our two leads. We asked Graham Petter's mom to play the mother in this production. Everything went well for scene 1.
The director of Photography (Corey), got a lot of close up shots that helped with the intro to our story. He also recorded scene 1 in various angles so later in the editing process we would have multiple shots to work with. After scene one was completely recorded, we headed to downtown Lenexa where we shot the rest of the footage.
One of the problems with shooting at sundown is that you have to film quickly, otherwise, your lighting for the scene goes away. However, we did manage to get all the shots needed for this scene and it ended up looking really cool!

Editing this film was a trouble for me because I was sick and had to miss school for two days. I stayed after school for a couple days trying to catch up on work. Luckily, I managed to finish it in the nick of time.
After reviewing each of my groups videos, I noticed how differently everyone edited theirs. For example I used flashbacks and sound effects in my video while others in my group used music to go with the serious tone. However, all of them turned out great. I am very proud of my group for pulling together.

I have learned a lot about video for the past year. It has impacted me and made me closer to my goal in life. Overall it has been a fun year and I wouldn't change a thing(: