Set design!

Hi so I know I mentioned a while ago I would be going off of what the set looked like in the show Euphoria. I have luckily been able to watch it with my new Hulu prescription to get a better feel for what is going on. For fonts, filters, and editing, I want everything to be simple and casual.

I am also gonna show you guys tonight a sneak peek of some raw footage!
Enjoy...

It may not make sense now but it will when you see the final product.

Thanks!
Lina

Website Creation

Hi so I created my website today!
Of course as I have mentioned in the past I would be using wix.

So it did take me a couple hours to figure out the whole website especially the font situation along with the colors because they had to match the poster and the trailer.

My website will have a lay out where I will use the picture from the movie poster but without any words on it, then when you scroll down you will be able to view the two trailers. The last component to the website is a little blurb of information about the production of the film including a link to this blog! Below I will include a couple of sneak peaks regarding the website in addition to the small blurb that I included about the production! It will look as follows:

Last Dance Behind the Scenes Blog

lina3711.blogspot.com

Last Dance is a beautiful and meaningful production. It was shot to depict a young senior in high school who has been devastatingly effected by the Corona Virus pandemic. Explore our site to get some behind the scenes look and view both trailers before this film comes to theaters on May 7th, 2020. For more inside looks, check out the link posted above for a blog created during production of Last Dance.


Thank you for tuning in!
Lina

Editing

I am luckily beginning to remember what gives me the most motivation, that is actually spending time in the editing process hearing the music and editing! So that is exactly what I have been doing. Here are some little sneak peeks of my work within the editor. :)

Hopefully this gives you guys a better idea of where I am at:) 

Also music update!!! I have finally solidified music for my project. The name of the music that I will be using for my first trailer is, "Run Until Your Wings Grow." I found this tune on youtube audio library with free royalty free music. (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music?nv=1)

Doin' better!

Lina

Desperate times call for...

As we all know, being quarantined has thrown a knife into all of our backs and made it very difficult to continue the creative process. Today I am sharing with you guys a picture of me during filming where I had to set up my camera on top of some items to film myself in the mirror since I am the actor and my tripod was too high up for what I wanted in this shot. This was pretty much my only option, I do like the final product of this shot but it is unfortunate that I can't be with my cousin right now who was supposed to be the main character of my trailers.

Today's struggle that I am trying to come to terms with is that within my trailer, I am going to have to be acting. I hate my voice and I certainly hate acting so this should be fun.

Stay tuned,
Lina

Filming Frenzy!

I was able to begin my filming process!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next blog post, once I have cleared the storage on my computer so that I can upload my footage, I will be sharing some raw takes with you guys!

In the mean time, I am going to share my concept for the second trailer that I have come up with and my concept for the movie poster that I would like to share.

Side note: I would like to carry through my trailer a Euphoria inspired vibe because it really appeals to my age group. (Luckily I just bought a Hulu account so now I can actually watch Euphoria and gain inspiration from the series!)


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8772296/?ref_=vp_back

SO for my cover I want it to be a picture of me sitting against a wall holding my phone. I will photoshop it to look like you can see the texts I am getting from my love interest River. I also want to be able to include a warning label to stay inside or not go outside somewhere on the poster but I may add that to my tagline. Additionally, I want to look pretty casual and not dressed up at all and with makeup all over my face a little bit.

Next for the second trailer I was thinking that instead of having the audio being my voice over and my love interest River's voice I would but the same visuals with a heavier reliance on title slides and music instead of voice overs.

Keeping ya up to date,
Lina

Title Time

Since we have cleared the air with our plot situation, finally I can buckle down and create a title and a tagline that will be put onto the poster! This may change as my plot develops.

Standing Title: Last Dance


Standing Tagline: Unclear as of now... Somewhere along the lines of "taking control of your fate."

Also I wanted to include a quick update:
I will also be utilizing short excerpts from the time that I had been able to spend within rehearsal with my team. These videos will be very short and also very blurry because in the way I will be using them they should be representing the characters dream.

I also have good news because as we know, we are on strict lockdown orders, I am unable to leave the house most of the time. Unfortunately, my camera has been at my brothers house since this whole thing started (since he has been staying with us during quarantine at my parents house).  Thankfully today we were able to take a drive over to his home about 30 minutes away and retrieve the camera so I am able to commence filming!

The timing is working out and I feel confident.

Keeping you updated,
Lina

Finally a breakthrough

I finally got a load of inspiration today to fix my plot.

So as I recently described my situation of not having access to literally any actors, I was forced to recreate a new plot for my film and reorganize the whole thing in my head. Of course, it pretty much had to be related to the current situation related to COVID-19 and quarantine. I did want to avoid relating it to this but I really did not have much of an option. Anyway, let us get right into the explanation to my new plot. I tried really hard to avoid the whole cliche love interest situation so enjoy.

I am going to be the main actress because I don't really have a choice here since I am very adamant about the target audience being my age group.

Therefore I see it fitting to introduce you guys to a picture of me!

Here is my senior picture!

So moving on,
My plot is relating to a girl (me) who has been a dancer her whole life.
She is a senior in high school so this is her last year of eligibility to be a dancer at her studio. She sees on the news that we are on lockdown and she realizes that her whole rest of her last year is canceled and therefore her last show is now going to be canceled. She is not sure what to do but she decides that she has to create her own last dance in order to get the closure that she needs to part ways with the art that she loves so much.

Stay tuned,
Lina