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Group Or Solo?

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Hello A Level It’s me Renato Corrales.In this blog I’ll be talking about my group for this year. If you guys don’t remember last year I was part of a group of 4. And I would say it was pretty fun. But this year, I am undertaking my project solo. I realized many benefits from being with that group. However, I want try out how it will look if I were to do it by myself this time. For example, it’s great to be able to do whatever I wish with my thoughts. I can do that in an instant without having to check with anyone else. Nevertheless, I use the teamwork skills I have learned from doing these group works. I personally feel as though I have everything in my life under my own control and am capable of managing everything on my own efficiently. It is me who is filming, editing, and planning, and I don’t have to worry about anyone else managing it. It’s  definitely more than double the work, but I accept the challenge. I realize too thought by working alone, it makes one have to be organi...
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A Level Return

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 Hi my name is Renato Corrales. This means I managed to make it to A LEVEL, and I am stoked about continuing from where I left off last year. Last year, I gained an appreciation of just how much work is involved in film-making beyond just filming. I discovered the importance, not only of the final shot, but also such processes as planning, collaboration, and editing. I would like to challenge myself creatively and technically this year and Im particularly interested in mastering my ability to narrate pictures. I can feel more confident going into this class because I know the expectations. On the other hand, I recognize there is still much I have yet to learn. So what I want to do in the coming year is make my work feel more intentional and refined. I look forward to trying out some different camera shots and editing methods. I also want to improve my ability to meet deadlines and I understand the importance of meeting deadlines in any. Making movies is one of my favorite pastimes ...
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CCR

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 Here is my CCR, this took way too long. But see you next year Cambridge!
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Final Task

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It’s me Renato Corrales back another blog. This is our final task, we put a lot of effort into this so we hope you enjoy!
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Final Revision

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 Hello, it's Renato Corrales back with another blog. Today my group completed a few changes to finalize our final task. In our peer review, our peer made a few criticisms of our film. We took this as an opportunity to take this and improve our film. All of us in the group wanted to make this film as best as it could be. One critic that was commented on was the acting. Our peer said that our acting could've better to help captivate our audience better. So we decided to do just that and refilm some dialogue scenes. We refilmed the scenes of me and Isahiah on the phone right away. We attempted many takes wanting to perfect the acting. Both I and Isahiah kept in mind the emotion of sadness and frustration that our character felt. We tried to portray this best with our acting and after several attempts, we were satisfied with our new scenes. We had Conner and Finn as well as our friend look at our new footage and review it. We as a group thought the new scenes were better and also h...
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Peer Review

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After days of editing, our film was ready for peer review. A fellow classmate joined us for the screening. Their reaction said a lot of things. We eagerly awaited their feedback. They praised our editing and stunning visuals. However, they also offered some constructive criticism. Their suggestions for reshooting scenes connected with us. The peer review challenged us to push see things from a new perspective. We took in their feedback for improvement. We saw this as getting closer our ideal boxing film . The review made us strive for perfection. We reflected on this criticism, and decided to come up with a plan. With a new mindset, we wanted to have higher standards. The peer review was an overall learning experience for our group. We were thankful to our classmate for taking the time to review and put some thought into our film. They ended up saying we could’ve done better in the scenes such as the news reports and dialogue scenes. For our news report, our peer said we could’ve have ...
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Finishing Editing

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Hello, it's Renato Corrales back with another blog. Today, I'll be talking about wrapping up editing for our "The Zoo" culture club gym. Using Adobe Premiere Pro, we had tons of tools and features at our disposal. Being mentioned before, with the tons of footage we had, importing them into the Adobe timeline feature was the first step to creating our story with now all of our footage. We used Adobe's collaborative tools,  sharing project files and exchanging feedback in real-time. As we trimmed, cut, and rearranged clips, Adobe's interface only motivated our group to focus on as many details as possible. Transitions were important to us and utilizing Adobe's effects helped enhance our storytelling. The audio aspect of Adobe Audition allows us to as well play with the level of sounds from our dialogue to sound backgrounds. With Adobe After Effects,  adding our titles with our fonts and special effects helped our film really stand out. As the editing process...
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