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Location #1: Christine's House (Driveway) (close-up)- a still shot of the basketball bouncing in and out of the shot (mid-shot)- hand-held shot of Jaxson dribbling and shooting a basket (close-up)- hand-held shot of Jaxson hearing and looking towards the sound he hears (wide-shot)- a still shot (tripod) Jaxson walking and running to behind the house and towards the sound (mid-shot)- a hand-held shot of Jaxson running towards and through the gate (mid-shot)- over the shoulder hand-held shot of Jaxson running through thick brush (mid-shot)- over the shoulder of Jaxson walking to a thicker part of the brush (wide-shot)- over the shoulder of Jaxson seeing the "being" in the brush (mid-shot)- of Jaxson walking towards the "being" and a pan to the being (mid-shot)- of the "being" reaching out towards Jaxson (mid-shot)- of the of Jaxson reaching towards the "being" (close-up)- still of the "being" (close-up)- of Jaxson looking...

Christine and I felt like our film didn't really hit its mark when we showed it to our classes, so we revised it and completely changed it. Some people said that it was really slow in the forest scenes and the plot line had a huge gap in it. Soon the new script, the audience will actually be seeing the monster and see it capture and "eat" its prey. MISSING ACT 1 A BASKETBALL IS BOUNCING AND JAXOSN AND PLAYING BASKETBALL. Whisper* JAXSON LOOKS OVER BEHIND THE HOUSE TOWARDS THE SOUND AND RUNS TOWARDS IT. Whisper* JAXSON CONTINUES TO FOLLOW THE SOUND Whisper* JAXSON SEES THE DEMONIC BEING AND SOWLEY WALKS UP TO IT. THE BEING PUTS ITS HAND OUT AND BECKONS JAXSON CLOSER. JAXSON REACHES HIS HAND TO THE BEING. Jaxson Screams JAXSON CRAWLS ON THE GROUND, AS IF HE IS BEING DRAGGED.  ACT 2 (MUFFLED CHATTER IN THE HALLWAY OF A HIGH SCHOOL) A GROUP OF HIGHSCHOOL GIRLS ARE WALKING AND TALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY. THE...

          After hearing the suggestions from each of our classes we originally decided to merge our old film and our new film. Our new film was only one minute and forty seconds, and as the time restriction was two minutes, we needed more footage. We thought adding the films together would add to plot and the time, as the story itself was short. But while editing we found that the filming of each film was drastically different. The original film was shakier and was not professionally filmed. There were a few shots that worked but it just wasn't enough footage to act as another scene to our film. I attempted to use transitions and many other editing techniques but found that the two films were just too different to look cohesive together. Therefore, we decided to keep our 3rd Quarter Submission for our final and just make some minor changes to our credits and sound.      For our credits, I had to add a credit for the ambient sound t...

   For this submission,  we got much more positive comments on the film. Both classes loved the monster and the thrill that it added to the film. Additionally, our lighting was much more natural and affectively appealed to the plot line of our film; we started with the dark/dusk scenes with the monster and ended in the bright lights of the high school. Moreover, the integration of the "missing posters" added a large professional acutest to our film, our audiences really could clearly see the time and work we put into many of our shots. Our film overall, produced a more professional appeal this time, some people even said that it was the best film for this project they have seen.     There were a negatives to this film as well. For example, the film itself was only one minute and forty seconds long, and we got many comments on how short it was. Furthermore, the were a few shots that our main actor seemed too happy to be about to "die". During filming, it ...