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Final Project: Vuoto

Vuoto

After all the suffering and hard work, this is my final product for the film: Vuoto. It was tough but I think the end product was worth it. Enjoy!

Music Copyright:

"Scherzo No 1 Chopin'"
(freemusicpublicdomain.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Stress

Now, I've been going through the videos I took for the editing, but I still have about 20 minutes of video to sift through and it seems that I will take some new shots to get the feel of the introduction I envisioned. Unfortunately, I have to complete this part before around 5 tomorrow, according to my schedule, so that I can get to the creation reflection. However, the rest of my life doesn't seem to agree because I have a competition to complete for my computer science class by tomorrow at 11:59.

Since I've always been aware that I don't plan things well when it comes to my academic life, I did try and space this project out as much as possible so that I would have enough time to do it. Yet, here I am, suffering today and the next three days just to turn everything else on time. SO: here's my seemingly daily life lesson for anyone that may be thinking about following a schedule like mine- DON'T. It will not end well for your personal health and you will be stuck inside during your spring break as you hear about your friends going on trips and basically living life to the fullest. I am having a WONDERFUL TIME in my household working for school.

To sum it up, to whomever this may concern, pretty please with sugar on top, plan ahead for your projects and think of me, your friendly neighborhood blogger, whenever you think about slacking off. I'm off to work. Wish me luck!


Picture:
"Redirect Notice." Redirect Notice. N.p., n.d. Web. <https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjMpNHd3ZjTAhXD5SYKHc2NDgkQjxwIAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencemag.org%2Fcareers%2F2014%2F07%2Fstressed-out-postdoc&psig=AFQjCNE7tXMQQueg7Di88eqUhS1qnIGudw&ust=1491873937632297>.

Shoppin' for Chopin

Now, the premise of this film introduction is for it to be centered around a piano player and a an accident that leaves his hands permanently damaged, inhibiting him from playing piano ever again. So, because of the theme and tone of the introduction, I knew I had to have a rather somber piano song playing throughout. So who else has sadder music than Chopin himself?

Now, I used to play piano myself for a while, and I always preferred classical music than modern, popularized songs. Because of this, I got the opportunity to play Chopin quite a bit, and whenever I did, I'd almost always find myself tearing up. So, I had originally planned to have my old Piano teacher, Mrs. Carreño(Much Love), play a piece for me, which I would record and then add to the video. However, due to various circumstances, she was unable to play for me. Because of this, I set forth on a quest to find a non-copy-written version of Chopin's songs.

After some time searching, I came across this website , which had one of my favorite pieces by Chopin and what do you know? It's a ROYALTY FREE PIANO SOLO. So, I will be using the song and crediting it either in the actual video or the blog post including the video. Either way, I'm all set for the music in the introduction.

Picture:

"Chopin." ClassicalRadio.com. N.p., n.d. Web.

Music:

"Royalty Free Classical Music." Free Music Public Domain. N.p., n.d. Web.

First Day of Film + Future Plans

During this week, I plan on looking over the past footage of the day. From what I have seen so far, there seems to be small inconsistencies in lighting, something that can easily be fixed through filming some extra scenes later in the week as well as editing through them.

Besides the film itself, I still need to find a possible recording of music to use throughout the beginning of the introduction. According to this site, classical music does still have copyright infringement, usually by the players of composers. Therefore, I have to find a solution to this problem, and fast. I'm still weighing my options, but I believe if I record a friend of mine playing a song created before the 1900's, I should be in the clear and not have to follow any of the common rules of copy written music.

(Picture of Piano)

Simply Piano by Joytunes. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.joytunes.com/simply-piano

What's that called again?

I wanted to make this a believable story in order to fit itself into the Drama genre, which is known for revolving around real world topics which, in this case, revolved around medical case.

Because of this need to make the introduction seem realistic, I searched for terms and medical terminology for when a nerve is damaged, but not to the extent of being rendered useless. Eventually, I came across Ulnar Nerve Palsy.

Finally, I had reached the exact term I wanted. In this disorder, severe trauma to the Ulnar Nerve renders various hand and arm movement useless, particularly finer movements. Therefore, if a piano player were to be unfortunate enough to contract this, he would mostly likely have to cease to play the piano, due to the fact that it is an intricate art form, require both basic and fine movement.

(Medical Site)
Medically Reviewed by William A Morrison MD on December 21, 2015 — Written by Rachel Nall and Lauren Reed-Guy. (2015, December 21). Ulnar Nerve Palsy (Dysfunction). Retrieved from http://www.healthline.com/health/ulnar-nerve-dysfunction#overview1

(Picture)
Cyclist's palsy. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.physio-pedia.com/Cyclist%27s_palsy

Filming Self-Instructions

Since I decided to film for the first time on Sunday, April 2nd, I laid out a scene organization for how I currently imagine a scene in my mind: 

• ·       Begins with high angle shot of the piano
• ·       Cut to an angle behind the piano, you can see through the back
• ·       Pianist enters shot from left
• ·       Extreme close-up of finger turning on the piano
• ·       High angle shot of hands playing on piano
• ·       Cut to low angle shot off to the left of the piano
• ·       Feet move slowly along with the rhythm
• ·       Shot of trophy emphasizing the skill in piano playing
• ·       Close-up from left of hands playing song
• ·       Continuation of High angle shot of hands playing on piano
• ·       Same high angle shot, this time without the hands playing piano music fades away
• ·       Mid shot of piano from in front of it
• ·       Over the shoulder shot with a focus pull from the piano to the person
• ·       Close-up of doctor saying his condition (no audio/very distorted)
• ·       Pianist still looking at piano, turns to face the doctor when his name is spoken
• ·       Over the shoulder shot of doctor “Do you understand your condition sir?”
• ·       With an Expressionless face: “Yes, Ulnar Nerve Palsy. My nerves are permanently damaged. My fingers are practically useless now.”
• ·       Doctor: “Well not exactly- you just won’t be able to use them for any fine movements. No typing, no texting, no…”
• ·       “piano…I know”
• ·       Pianist Turns to look at piano with contempt
• ·       Doctor turns to leave the room
• ·       Pianist is still looking at the piano when you hear the door close and a black screen comes up along with it, with the title screen within it

Hopefully, if all goes to plan, my filming should include some, if not all of these ideas.

(Picture)

FILMING WITH CHILDREN. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://mullaproductions.com/filming-with-children/