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Critical Reflection

      • How do your products represent social groups or issues? My product represents the social issue of stalking. In a way the concept of following and keeping up with people has increased heavily since the emergence of social media. It’s not unusual now for people to obsess over others they see online. This was even hinted at I’m one of the scenes when the friend group talks about how Rachel, the stalker, would’ve known anything about Chloe. The product also touches on the issue of double personalities / life with social media. Not everybody is as they seem online and the plot twist in the movie is used to show this point. It’s not expected for Chloe to even confront  stalker but ends up killing her. This goes to show you should really be careful with obsessing over people because most people are not what they may seem like from an outside point of view. There are also several social groups represented in the film. One group represented was teen girls. The entire friend group was a
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Short Film Package

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In Pursuit Website: https://inpursuitfilm.wixsite.com/in-pursuit-film In Pursuit Postcard: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFdeU6sNic/iMHuA5HlcZyjzwwITHFQTg/view?utm_content=DAFdeU6sNic&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink#1 And Finally our very own In Pursuit Film: https://youtu.be/PrfYt3Mh4dI
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Film review

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  The film is done!!  I am so happy my group has completed this task. In my opinion the improvement from last year to this year is very evident. Lili, Angie, Hannah, and I have all grown together and had a great time filming. Now onto the reviews of this film. My mom was the first person I showed the film to. I was kind of worried about showing it to her because I didn’t know if I could trust her opinion. My mom is a great person but she loves almost everything I do. I really needed critics for the film though which is why I wasn’t sure about asking her. After I sat my mom down and told her I needed a lot of opinions on this both good and bad I showed her the film. The first thing she said was that the film was very interesting. She liked the plot switch and didn’t really expect it. I was happy with this comment as that was the entire point. She also enjoyed the fight scene and thought it looked real. I made sure to tell Hannah that since the group wouldn’t have been able to pull it of
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Production Blog- Sound Editing

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 Personally, I think that sound is one of the most important aspects of a film. I talked about this in my other sound blog too. So far my standpoint has not changed. Sound has the power to make or break a film especially one like a thriller. Sound in thrillers are so important for building up the suspense they’re famous for. Due to my opinions on sound my group decided I should be the one to edit the sound. I really wasn’t against the idea originally. In fact I was kind of happy. To me it’s much better then having to blend the clips. However, as much as I love sound I do realize that my task won’t be necessarily easy. A lot of our scenes were filmed in different places. This means there’s a wide range of background noises going on throughout our entire film. This isn’t a bad thing but I personally don’t like it. In a way it kind of makes the film look messy. I really wish there was a way to just mute all the background sound you don’t want. Unfortunately the only way I know how to do t
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Production Blog- Editing Clips

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I’m so happy that filming is finally done. For a short time I wondered if we would ever get it done. Since filming is done it’s now time to move onto our final stage of production. My relationship with editing is very love/hate. I like seeing the film come together and seeing the vision come to life. On the other hand the work to actually get to that part is a little frustrating. Trying to smoothly align the clips has never been an easy task for me. Especially when there’s so many different scenes. A lot of the problems I run into is with the different elements in each scene. Some are kinda dark but others were filmed outside so they’re really bright. Some have a lot of background noise while others are silent outside of dialogue. There’s also the transitions from scene to scene. That’s not too bad but a seamless transition does take time. Thankfully I don’t have to do all of that. Today was just an intro to editing in a way. This means that all the takes of all the scenes were sent. T
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Production Blog- We’re Done!

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 YAYYY! Today this very long film journey is basically at its end. As I’m writing this blog all the scenes have been filmed. This means editing can finally take place very soon. The last scenes we filmed were the fight scene and the fire by the car scene. The fight scene was so much fun to film. But before anyone could film that scene everyone had to go through safety precautions. Hannah is the only one of us who does martial arts. I’m pretty sure she does judo. This means that the moves used in the fight scene were most likely judo moves. Hannah had to teach Lili how to throw her properly. And while the throwing was happening she also had to reassure us no body was actually getting hurt. It was pretty funny to see them practice the fight. It was just a good 20 minutes of them throwing each other on the floor. I’m very happy with how it turned out though. All the practice and Hannah being a martial artist add the scene look very realistic. I did feel bad for Hannah though because the g
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Production Blog- Almost Last Day of Filming

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AAAAH! I’m so happy right now. The group is very, very close to being done with filming. Before filming most recently it seemed like the movie would never get done. Being on Spring Break doesn’t make it any easier. Especially since I’m leaving soon. There were about 7 scenes left to do before filming this time. It sounds like a lot but it honestly didn’t feel that bad. I think it’s because most of the scenes were short. Either way it was a very long day of filming. Like usual everyone met at Lili’s house and Angie drove us to the mall. There was a quick Starbucks stop for props and then it was to the food court. This was the scene where Chloe tells her friends about her suspected stalker. This scene was a lot harder to film than any of us thought it would be. Unfortunately food courts play music and that caused two problems. One the music was loud and two we didn’t want to get copyrighted. It worked out though since you can’t really hear the music when the clips are played back. There
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