Week Five: Sound Research and Film Reflection for Second Filming Portion

Hi all, today we are going to talk about the sound that we are planning to use for the second portion of the filming that we did this past weekend, as well as a short reflection on our experience for it. 

Let's start with the sound research. We want this first song that is playing in Claire's ears to be a sad song, as this teenage portion of her life is full of sadness, and it turns into anger as she enters into adulthood. We have a list of songs that we are thinking of using which each portray a sad, melancholy tone that properly matches the mood we want her to give off:

1. "Sober" by Demi Lovato

2. "Moon River" by Frank Ocean

3. "Can't We Pretend" by Sorcha Richerdson

4. "Growing Pains" by Alessia Cara

5. "Head Above Water" by Avril Lavigne

6. "Lie To Me" by 5 Seconds of Summer

7. "Ashes" by Celine Dion

8. "Bitter" by Chappell Roan

9. "Self-Destructive Mind" by Ninet

10. "The Broken-Hearts Club" by Gnash

All of these songs were created around 2018 (the current year in this specific scene). They all have similar slow tunes with depressed lyrics. These choices were found from the article titled, "The Saddest Songs to Come Out in 2018," published by Popsugar. This article gave a list of 50 songs, and we listened to a short part of each song and came up with our top 10 list. We will continue to listen to these songs carefully throughout the week to pick our top 3, which we will reveal soon, and then finally will get our top choice right before the beginning of Week 7 (editing starts). 

Now that we're done with sound, let's shift towards our filming experience this weekend! Overall, it went great! We didn't find any major difficulties, although we did film the clips a couple of time with different lighting. For some videos, we closed the window completely and compared it when the window was open. Here is an example of our comparison:

We are still analyzing both options, but think that the closed window is better because it makes the video seem dark, but not extremely dark and leaves a lot of room for growth for the next filming portion (ultimate darkness).

Well, that about sums it up for today! Next time we will look into the costume design, props, set design, and other planning factors for our third and last filming portion, as well as create the shot list for our last filming portion!! It's coming along!!!

As always,

Natalia Ballinas

Research Link:

https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/photo-gallery/44684533/embed/45490087/Broken-Hearts-Club-Gnash