John’s passion for film is unmatched compared to anyone I know. Me and John have worked together on the production of multiple short films. He always has such intricate visions that he is able to shape into realities. He’ll work so hard to complete a good film that he’s stayed up for hours editing a film to meet a deadline. John would be a great person to work any job, film or not, due to his drive and motivation to make something great.
Day in My Life
Summary
For this project I created a short film about a day in my life. I worked on my planning skills and my time management in order to get the large task of completing a film done. This was difficult as it was my first solo film bit I’m still glad I did it.
Font


Color Palette


Pie Chart

Script
Music for the first two shots.
Hi my name is Carlson and this is a day in my life. After I wake up I immediately get ready for school by eating breakfast, brushing my teeth, etc. My friend picks me up and we head to school. At school I have math, history, a 10 minute break in between where I hang out with my friend Delilah, and film all before lunch. I then get a much needed break and get to hang out with my friends at lunch. After,I have science, Spanish 2, and English before I get to be done with school. From there I carpool to the climbing gym where I’ll be for the next few hours. I do some homework and read on my phone a bit before climbing team practice starts! It’s always a lot of fun even though it’s difficult. After that I head home and sit down on the couch and eat dinner while watching tv. Finally I relax for a bit by playing some video games before getting into bed. I read my book for 30 minutes in bed and fall asleep. This project helped me see how I use my own time and what I could do to better manage it. This was my day in a life. Film and music fades out.
Audio Editing

Storyboard


Video Editing

The Documentary
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QZ599cFusoB9orGBDd1BqV4fQ1W_qyHS/view?usp=sharing
What I learned and Problems I Solved
The most important thing I learned from this project was how difficult it is to make a film with only one person and how necessary it is to have a team to help and have ideas.
I solved the problem of how to make a pie chart when it said I had too many groups in Adobe illustrator bye editing the pie chart to be multiple and has grayed out sections, instead of one chart.
I solved multiple problems with figuring out how to film alone bye using mounts, things to hold up my phone, and moving shots.
Citation
Soundtrap Vertigo-Rhythmic Synth Chords 01 A
Abberation Cinematographer Post-production Journal
Summary
My involvement in the post-production process was vast through multiple post-production fascists. This includes finishing working on Sound Design with Emerson and Tyler. I also helped Tyler with knowing where the shots should be placed in the final edit.
Evidence of Further Contribution
Evidence of Further Contribution with Director:

Evidence of Continued Contribution with the Editor:

Scheduling Re-Shoots as a result of the Editing Process: We didn’t do any reshoots.
Other Contributions: Finishing making the soundtrack on Soundtrap.
How I Could Have Improved The Film
Examples of Suggested Cinematography: The wide shot could have been wider to establish more aloneness. The advisors thought that we could have a shot establishing who the text was from.
Other Recommended Changes to the Film: Establishing who the text was from by having Emereson pick up her phone before replying to the text.
What I Learned
Throughout Aberration’s production, I learned that we should trust the filming process even when it didn’t appear as if the film was going to turn out well. This film proved this as it turned out relatively good even when production was troubled.
5/8 – 5/12 Weekly Work
Session Number: | 5 |
Week Number: | 7 |
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week: | 4 30 |
What is/was your overall goal for this week? | To finish and present the film. |
Work Tasks
Date | Task Description | Time Spent | Was / Were your choices and work Best Practices? Why? |
5/8 | Worked on Sound | 1 hour | It was best practice because we finished the soundtrack. |
5/9 | Finished blog Post | 1 hour | It was best practice because I finished my blog post. |
5/10 | Helped Tyler w/t editing. | 30 min | Yes as it made sure we finished the film. |
5/11 | Watched Films | 1 hour | Yes since we were required to. |
5/12 | edited Blog Post | 1 hour | yes because it made it more understandable. |
Aberration Cinematographer Production Journal
Summary:
My involvement in the production process was a lot as I composed the shots and uploaded the footage.
Camera Evidence:
Evidence of Camera Preparation:

Evidence of Camera Movement :
Evidence of Camera Angles:

Evidence of Camera Shot Design:

Shot Choice Justification
In the shot where Emerson is standing up and it is revealed that the friend is gone we used a wide shot to symbolize the loneliness Emerson feels in that moment.
This helped the scene feel more impactful.

Lighting Design
Evidence of How Lighting Design Created Mood: Somber Mood
Evidence of How Lighting Design Created Atmosphere: Sad and depressing atmosphere.

Evidence of How Lighting Design Created genre: Evidence of drama genre through how there was conflict.

Consultation with Editor
Me and Tyler worked to make sure all of the shots were included in the film and that nothing was missing.
Alternative Shots
Evidence of Alternative Shots:

Why you chose the shot you used in the film: We chose this shot as doing a circular 180 as we had originally proposed didn’t fit our film and our timeline.
Camera Work and Lighting Evaluation
Evaluate the artistic level: On an artistic level, I think our film excelled due to its close-to-home themes and dark lighting.
Evaluate the technical level: On a technical level, I believe our film lacked due to the changing in our decisions often and time constraints.
Influences from Films
Name Cinematographer:Linus Sandgren
Name some films they worked on: La La Land
They influenced the work throughout the film by using Emerson’s yellow shirt. Its bright yellow resembles La La Lands outfits that represent fakeness/fake happiness. This contrasts with the friend’s more laid-back outfit being a more true route to happiness, unlike the yellow shirt’s symbolism of fake happiness.
What I Learned and Problems I Solved
I learned more about how to convey a story from your mind to a real film and how to improve on this in a future film. One problem we solved was we needed an extra person to turn on a light and to do that we got Gavin.
Grammar: Grammarly
Weekly Log 6
DATE GOES HERE Weekly Work Log TEMPLATE v.2
Session Number: | 5 |
Week Number: | 6 |
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week: | 4.30 |
What is/was your overall goal for this week? | Finish Filming. |
Work Tasks
Date | Task Description | Time Spent | Was / Were your choices and work Best Practices? Why? |
5/1 | Filmed | 1 hour | Yes as it got us closer to our goal of finishing out film. |
5/2 | Filmed Closing Shot | 1 hour | They were because we completed 2 of the most difficult shots to film. |
5/3 | Worked on Blog Post | 30 min | Yes, because it is due on Friday. |
5/4 | Finished Filming! | 1 hour | Yes because we completed filming and can move onto post propductuction. |
5/5 | Worked on sound. | 1 hour | Yes because we were able to complete more of our soundtrack. |
Weekly Log
Session Number 5 | |
Week Number 5 | |
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week: | |
What was your overall goal for this week? | |
Work Tasks
Date | Task Description | Time Spent | Was this a Best Practice? |
4/18 | Filmed Montage scene. | 1 hour | Yes, we finished the shot. |
4/19 | Filmed friend shot. | 1 hour | Yes, we finished the shot. |
4/20 | Worked on music/sound effects. | 30 min | Yes, but we might have to rerecord some audio. |
4/21 | Filmed intro to second character scene. | 1 hour | Yes, we finished the shot. |
4/22 |
Personal Comments (Optional)
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Week 4 Log
Session Number 5 | |
Week Number 4 | |
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week:5 | |
What was your overall goal for this week? Begin production. | |
Work Tasks
Date | Task Description | Time Spent | Was this a Best Practice? |
4/18 | Filmed practice | 1 hour | kind of |
4/19 | Watched films | 1 hour | yes |
4/20 | Filmed practice of montage. | 1 hour | yes |
4/21 | Made a live storyboard | 1 hour | yes |
4/22 | Work on Sound and music | 1 hour | yes |
Personal Comments (Optional)
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Weekly Log
Session Number 5 | |
Week Number 3 | |
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week:4 | |
What was your overall goal for this week? Finish pre-production | |
Work Tasks
Date | Task Description | Time Spent | Was this a Best Practice? |
4/10 | Set up props. | 30 min | yes |
4/11 | Worked on sound effects and music. | 1 hour | yes |
4/12 | Pre-production blog post | 30 min | yes |
4/13 | Finish Blog Post | 1 hour | yes |
4/15 | Finish Blog Post | 1 hour | yes |
Personal Comments (Optional)
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Mon Mar 27th Weekly Work
Session Number 5 | |
Week Number 2 | |
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week: 4 hour 45 minutes | |
What was your overall goal for this week? Film a Practice Shoot. |
Work Tasks
Date | Task Description | Time Spent | Was this a Best Practice? |
3/27 | Storyboard and Blog Post | 1 hour | yes |
3/28 | Blog Post summary | 1 hour | yes |
3/29 | Story Board and Wrok on Blog Post Summary | 1 hour | yes |
3/30 | Filmed practice Shoot | 1 hour | yes |
3/31 | Filmed Practice Shoot | 45 min | yes |
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