Its happening...

        I have confirmed the attendance of every actor in the thriller. Even though it's a horror-thriller with suspense I have decided that it will be a good idea to start the movie with a super hyped and happy energy since this girls' trip is supposed to be fun, but it eventually turns out into something scary for the characters and the viewers.

        The movie will start with the girls loading all their things into the back of the car all of them wearing swimming suits, shorts, tank tops, and sandals since they will be at the lake. Charlie will be driving, Annie in the front seat, Maddie and Emma in the back. They are going to be playing loud music and they are going to be enjoying themselves talking about everything.

        For the first scene when they are loading all their things, I am going to shoot a solo shot for every character so it presents them in a very subtle way representing each of their personalities. 

        Maggie: Maggie will be fighting with her ex-boyfriend love the phone when Charlie and Emma take her phone away hang up and she and Emma start helping carry the luggage into the car.

        Charlie: Charlie is very driven so she will be the one driving. In her solo show, she will be doing homework next to the car, and Annie will close her laptop and tell her to take a rest this weekend Charlie smiles and takes the advice puts her laptop away, and sits in the driver's seat.

        Annie: She will be carrying a soccer ball, she'll be wearing a hat. Her personal shot will be her doing tricks with a soccer ball and it will be interrupted when her friends call her so she can help them carry some stuff.

        Emma: Emma will be hyping everyone up and planning all the activities they are going to do. As she's considered the 'leader' since she planned this trip for her and her friends.

        After each of them has their solo shot I will film a shot of them driving away, 

I am thinking of this aesthetic for the film:

Change of plans

        After a lot of consideration, I decided to change the story a little bit. I will only be having female characters from now on. Emma, Annie, and Maggie are going to be the main characters in this movie. The three of them are best friends and are going to go camp by themselves since they want to prove to the rest of their friend group that they can survive by themselves after losing a bet. However, as they dig in themselves more into the woods and the night gets nearer what started as a short girls' trip turns into them trying to escape from the woods that seems to consume them in a way that they can't possibly get out and they don't know why or how this is happening to them.

I decided to convert Charlie into a girl since I want my movie to represent not these girls into the stereotypical female character that is in trouble and is saved by men. I want these girls to save themselves with no help that's why no one can come into the woods, and why when they try to call for help it doesn't work.

        I have decided that for my cast I am going to use Carolina Merino as Maggie, Miranda Leon as Annie, Ana Handal as Emma, and Sofia Mendoza as Charlie. We are going to start recording this week on Thursday and is going to be recorded in Markham Park.

I have come up with the film title, the horror thriller movie is going to be called Night in the woods. 

The new character & sinopsis

 I decided that for the new character I am going to do Charlie's funny best friend.

Nick

Nick has been Charlie's best friend since they were like three years old. I'm still not sure how Nick will look but I decided that he is going to be the typical movie funny best friend who gets along with everyone. He is close with everyone in the group and during camp, he and Charlie are the ones that help set up everything with Annie's contribution.

In the next blog post, I will be talking about the final synopsis of the movie, for now, I have a rough draft, so what I have in mind is that:

(Wednesday) 

Maggie broke up with her boyfriend and was super sad. Emma was just rejected from her dream school. Annie was having trouble with her parents at home. So they collectively decided that it would be a good idea to distract themselves for president's day weekend, and wanted to go camping but Emma wanted to invite Charlie since she didn't want to go with only girls due to security reasons, and then Charlie invited Nick.

(Thursday)

Maggie, Annie, Emma, Nick, and Charlie went together grocery shopping and bought a bunch of stuff from the store, bought the camping tent, sleeping bags, and the gaslight they were going to use during the night, also coal and wood for the fire. They all made their bags and Charlie put gas on his car for tomorrow.

I will continue more tomorrow I am too tired.

Continuation

 As of now I only have three characters Annie, Emma, and Maggie and I was thinking of doing the other three today as well:

Charlie

Charlie is an athletic and sporty 5'5 guy, even though he is not extremely tall he still manages to be the captain of the soccer team and loves outdoor activities so much. He has dark features such as dark hair, thick dark eyebrows, dark eyes, but he's very attractive and has this unbothered attitude that makes girls want him even more.

I was thinking of creating another character for the story but then I thought it was going to be a lot of people, so I realized that if I wanted to include a new character I would have to find the connection each character has with each other to see if a new one was needed or if it was just me wanting to use all of my close friends for my film.

Charlie and Emma have been best friends since forever. Emma and Maggie have been best friends since they were young. Charlie, Emma, and Maggie were the three of them best friends. Then Emma met Annie and became super close with her and she drifted a little bit from Maggie since she was stuck in a toxic relationship and drifted from both her and Charlie. Annie and Emma are now super close Maggie, and Maggie started liking Charlie.

Writing that simple summary I feel like I am missing a character. But I don't know what kind of character I am missing like a funny one, or another girl for the girl friend group. I'll have an answer tomorrow...

Digging into horror...

 Hey, I am back! I did tell you guys I was going to write soon enough.

        In the last post, I updated you guys regarding my initial plans. I agreed with myself and we decided to stick with horror just to spice things up a little bit. Basically, my idea is to use a group of teenagers who go camping and there's an assassin in the woods. As for now, I have in my mind either a group of five girls or three girls and two guys. For my cast I am thinking of:

Annie

    Annie is that friend who everyone loves, who lights up a room with her radiant energy. She has dark hair and dark eyes, there's nothing exciting about her physical appearance but her personality is what attracts people to her. During this film she's part of the group of teenagers who go camping, she knows a lot about camping because she used to camp with her dad when she was younger. She also plays soccer so she's fast which will come in handy later on.

Emma

    Emma or how people call her 'Em'. She has a very strong personality, she likes things done her way, but she's sweet and kind but you don't want to cross her. Emma is best friends with Maggie since they were little and had just met Annie not long ago. Her and Charlie have been super close friends since elementary school also but they have drifted a lot since high school started and Emma got a boyfriend who was jealous of their frienship.

Maggie 

    Maggie has just gotten out of a toxic relationship, she stopped talking to her friends because of her toxic boyfriend, but she's been best friends with Emma since they were five so they invited her to their trip because she was sad and Emma wanted to distract her from her misery for at least one weekend. Maggie has hazel eyes and a soft brunette color in her hair. She is super feminine and doesn't like any activities outdoor but she also has a crush on Charlie and Charlie loves outdoor activities so she hopped in.

This is all I have in mind right now, my creativeness is off now I just got off work and I am exhausted. I will update you guys tomorrow when my brain is alive again.

Love you all!

The beginning of the end...

        The process for the final project for the class has begun. I am so excited to be working on this film production by myself since I have total control of every detail and creative decision. I know it's going to be hard since it is a big project and there's a lot to do, but I am beyond excited.

        As of right now, I have just been brainstorming ideas. What I have in mind is a horror-thriller since it's the genre that intrigues me the most and the one I find more fascinating. I have done previous research about this genre that I am going to link down below:

https://jimenezpavone.blogspot.com/2021/11/media-studies-portfolio.html

        I am thinking of maybe doing either a story about a possessed doll from a girl's childhood that starts hunting her. Or I also liked the idea of doing the story of a girl whose friends start disappearing as she dreams about them. I am still brainstorming ideas since I need to find a cool location, and start thinking about what can I do with what I have. 

        My next step is plan both ideas and do a step by step walk through of what I have in my mind and then see which one I like better, and which one I think will turnout better. I am excited to start all the planning and I will be posting behind the scenes when we start filming, and I will also be updating you guys in the planning process. Lastly, I am going to leave my phone number below so you guys can send me any ideas you guys may have, things I should include, who I should cast, etc. 

My phone number: (754)248-1263 😁

Peace out, talk to you guys soon!

Music Marketing Project Reflection

What could've gone better...

    The time has come when the music marketing project has come to an end. During this whole process I learned a lot of important features that I will apply for the rest of my life, and some I will not apply. While I like working individually because I have full creative freedom it was exciting to work with new people. This project has helped me so much to grow as a future marketing manager since I learned a lot about different marketing strategies when doing the research for our artists and music video. 

    The process our team decided to follow was to first create a group chat will all the members so we could communicate efficiently when we were not together in person. Then each class we would divide our tasks and each member would do what they needed to do individually however if we had any questions we would talk to each other. Also, we decided to brainstorm in class about what marketing strategies to use and which ones wouldn't work with our goals and ideas. 

    When the time to record arrived we decided that my house would be the best since my room has a view of the streets and we wanted to incorporate a shot of a couple walking down the street. Gabriel as our artist was the main actor, Sami and myself were extras and helped with lighting, setting, composition, etc, and Nicole recorded and edited the video. 

    When we were doing the presentation we divided each section into each member. I was in charge of merch and the final statements. Here's where I could've done so much more, even though I did my research and knew what I had to say, I could've prepared so much more since I studied the night before and the next morning I just forgot everything and had to improvise. During this whole process, I learned about compromise and stage fright, I now know I don't want ever to feel the way I felt when I was presenting: unprepared. 

    Some positive things I learned from this process were how to manage lighting with a camera, also how to record with a professional camera, since there were some shots I had to record. These aspects will be extremely helpful when developing my Cambridge portfolio. Also, I learned a lot about marketing strategies and different ways of advertising that will be helpful someday. Overall, what I learned the most was to be prepared and not leave everything for the last minute.