Beginning to Edit

This week, we started our editing process. Before we ever officially began filming, we faced some technical difficulties. The computer we first logged onto was missing Premier Pro, and it took away some of our editing time away. This difficulty put us under a stricter time constraint for everything we wanted to accomplish on day one.

Photo taken moments after experiencing technical difficulty

However, we didn't let the issue stop us from getting work done!

Cooper and I working to figure out the nuances of Premier Pro

We wanted to work on of the fonts and color themes for our video on day one. Here's my teammate Cooper explaining what we aimed to accomplish:

One of the main things that we focused on was the font choice. While font may at first seem unsubstantial, font can help convey mood, context, and the purpose of a piece of film. We tried out several fonts before we decided upon one that worked perfect for our piece.

One of the first fonts we looked at was definitely not the font we wanted to use. The font was messy and was almost reminiscent of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps font. Our film is not horror, or creepy, so this was wrong for the vibe we were going for.

The second font was a little closer to what we wanted. However, it was still a little too large and too fanciful. We were going for something clean cut, easy to read, but still conveying a sense of interest in this name, Carmen, in order to create overall interest for the rest of the film opening.

Finally, we decided on this font for our film. It was exactly what we were looking for.

Overall, today's filming focused on some of the smaller details of the opening, but details that would largely influence the overall mood created by the film opening. Despite facing a minor bump in the road, we were still able to accomplish everything we wanted to.