Fiona has successfully submitted her movie script idea to a writing contest on figment.com. In order to be considered, she had to submit a summary of the script. We worked on crafting an attention-getting summary that was detailed but under 300 words. All we do now is hope for the best! Good luck Fiona!

Today we worked more on our trailer..which we have officially named “The Witch on the Corner.” We started out by finding the perfect image of “the witch” character–who is very creepy. We also worked on cutting on parts of the film that we didn’t want, like background noise, and Emily laughing. We discovered all sorts of new audio and clip effects. We’re really excited to show it to you all on May 1st!!!

Many thanks to Amanda and Izzy for lending their fabulous acting skills to our movie trailer project. We were able to finish our filming today, so we are right on schedule. We have chosen to create our movie trailer using iMovie, which has been both fun and frustrating. Neither Fiona nor I have a lot of experience using iMovie, so we’re learning as we go. The process of movie editing certainly requires a lot of patience! Next week we aim to finish splicing the clips and then add some cool special effects, mysterious music, and final touches.

After finally finishing our stellar movie script last class, Fiona and I had to confront the issue of filming the whole movie. While we were both up for the challenge of filming and editing, we had to admit that there simply is not enough time left in the semester to undertake the project in its entirety. Our solution? A movie trailer! By creating a trailer, we are still able to produce a visual project without having to worry about running out of time! We first viewed some of our favorite movie trailers to get to know the components of a trailer. We then started filming the first few scenes and made plans to finish the filming next class. Here are a few examples of our favorite trailers!

The Hunger Games: 

The Lorax: 

We finally finished the first draft of our script! It is seven pages long and full of awesomeness. While we still need to edit and make some changes, we have decided to begin filming a few of the scenes over spring break. These are the scenes without any monologues or dialogues. The scenes are flashbacks, so we’ll film the action and then record the voiceovers once the script is edited. We’re both excited to begin filming. We know that the writing process is just the first out of many steps to making a movie, so we’re ready and eager to move on!

http://figment.com/

This website is a portal for all kinds of readers and writers. It has everything from essay contests to book previews. Anyone over the age of 13 can sign up to be a member–and its free! Once you’ve created an account, you can submit your work to contests, order the latest recommended books, read other members’ work, and more! Fiona likes the website because she can find all different kinds of books that she likes. She just types in a genre and receives entire lists of recommended books. There are also tons of opportunities for her to share her work and read other members’ essays, stories, film screenplays, and poems! Check it out!