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Hey everyone this is Hunter Pangia back at it with another blog and I hope everyone is having a tubular Thursday.Today I have been doing some finishing touches on the opening sequence for my amazing short film. I have mainly been using the software capcut for my editing and it's working pretty well. Since it is a free platform it's not as advanced as I would like it to be. It's mainly used for a lot of small tiktokers to edit their videos but it works for me. I've been debating on the shade of color my film should be in and I was thinking of some options. I thought a grainy filter would be nice to fit the beginning of the film. After editing for a while I got hungry and went to Chipotle. I got me a good burrito bowl to charge me up for my continued efforts on my project. I was discussing with my peers and all of us agreed that the music used will probably be some corny soundtrack. I want to capture the comedy in the film so using a humorous song is important. I have bee...

 Hey everyone this is Hunter Pangia back with another blog and welcome back ! Last blog I discussed that I have  a date set. With that being said it's important to note everything that will be done this Sunday . First I made sure with the group that a camera is available to film. Without a camera what could possibly be done ? That was a rhetorical question, nothing can be done . I first searched up the best cameras to use for films and they are pretty expensive. I thought that it would be smart to film on one of the phones my group and I had available. Phones are a perfect alternative. The newer cameras today especially can film in 4k resolution at 60 pristine frames per second. To me it's crazy how much technology has evolved  over the years . I have also confirmed that I will be using my father's bee pollen as the prop for fake drugs. They are safe to consume and it represents the drugs effectively. I was considering using some gummies to mimic THC gummies but that didn...

 Hey everyone this is Hunter Pangia back with another blog and welcome back! After some careful planning and discussion with my group, a date to continue filming is set. The entire group came to a general consensus that tho is upcoming Sunday is the best time for all of us to continue filming. The goal is to knock out most of the film that day so I can get to editing and touching up the short film as needed. I also have to work with my group and establish social media pages and flyers to promote our film. My philosophy is that if no one knows about our film then how will the audience watch it. Furthermore, if no one watches the film, then what was the point in giving effort to generate this amazing short film. I don't make films because I want to enjoy them. The main reason for me wanting to produce media projects is for the audiences' enjoyment. I'm all for then fans and if the fans are happy then I'm happy. Moving on, in the time I haven't been working on this pro...

 Hey everyone and welcome back to my blog. It was a rough weekend of little filming but I was finally able to film some more of the final task with my group today. Before all of this, I was making sure my projects would be visible to Cambridge, which is where I'm submitting my final task. It didn't t take much time to be honest and after I had some discussions with my team. Naura, Kaz, and I wanted to see if it was possible to get some filming in after school today. Little did all of us know, filming was possible today! Boom!  After school, I drove Kaz and Naura to where the main part of the filming would be done. This place would be my home. The weather was nice and cool so all of us filmed some nice scenes in my backyard. I was able to get the scenes where Kazmin and I are flourishing in the illegal business of selling drugs that were in. I used some of my Dad's bee pollen to mimic what a drug may look like because obviously there aren't any real drugs in the film. Th...

 Hey everyone this is Hunter Pangia back with another blog and welcome back. I've been busy all day with lots of work and I'm just here to blog for you guys. As I said in my previous blog my group and I could not film this weekend. Kazmin, a key group member, is going camping and brought no technology. He did this because his family wanted to disconnect from technology and spend time together. It makes sense to spend quality time together as a family so I understand. Unfortunately, I can not communicate with him but I hope he has a nice time. I didn't even reckon it was a three-day weekend so I thought Monday would have been a great day to film. The problem is that Kazmin gets back on Monday so there would be no time. I haven't been in wrestling practice recently because I was discovered to have a staph infection. This also means I haven't been around my group members because I didn't want to infect them. After about a week. However, my staph is finally going aw...

 Hey everyone this is Hunter Pangia back with another blog and welcome back to another blog. Recently I competed in a district tournament for wrestling and ended up qualifying for regionals. This ultimately means I won't be able to film next weekend. I can film this weekend and continue my team's work, but there's an issue. Kazmin, the other actor in the film is going on vacation this weekend. He said he was going to Orlando and he wouldn't be back till the following  Monday. This is unfortunate because I was able to film this weekend. Usually, I have wrestling tournaments on the weekends but this week it was on a Tuesday so I was free. My other group member, Noura, is pretty flexible with her schedule so she came up with a solution. She said that filming should be done in shorter pieces throughout the week. This way I will ultimately be able to have more of an open schedule and film as needed. In the meantime of not filming, I've been working on other things. Since...

 Hey everyone this is Hunter Pangia back with another blog and I hope you all are having a great Sunday as you know I am. Today is the Super Bowl, so I will be watching it with family, but I wanted to update everyone on my progress. The props have been purchased and my group and I started filming yesterday. I got through the first opening sequence with them and it's relatively easy because I did one last year as my final task. It is more hard making it shorter as I only have five minutes to film this entire process but I am up for the challenge. Me and Kazmin have similar acting styles so it was easy to have that comradery. I got some good shots of myself plotting with Kaz with Noura filming. I was in my room with Kaz and I was able to get the part filmed where I was plotting how Kaz and I are going to make money.  This process took almost two hours which is pretty long. Considering only a minute of the film was filmed yesterday, this process will take a while. I'm happy to sa...

Hey everyone this is Hunter Pangia through the thick and thin, clear and smog and welcome back to another blog. On this journey to begin the creation of this amazing film I will be documenting my personal progression along with what my group is doing. It is already February and I am a little behind on the plan with my group. My group and I have a story set and what it is all of us want to use for the short film. One issue that I have noticed is that I haven't purchased or created any props yet. Without props I ultimately can't begin the filming process. In the meantime I have been plotting my ultimate methods to succeed in the greatest film in the history of short films. I have had a hard time getting my work done which has delayed the filming process. I have been involved in wrestling and my days have been filled. On weekends when I want to start filming I always have some other type of school work to do. Nonetheless I am so excited to see what I am capable of doing with my fi...