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New Word: Package!

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 Welcome back! Now that the finished product is complete, We wanted to provide you with all the details of the movie. I've provided links to the website, postcard, and the real YouTube video below. I am so excited for you all to witness the result of our labor of love, "Echoes of Awakening," as it has been such a pleasure to create and produce! I appreciate your support during this road, and I hope you enjoy! Website:    https://exantusmarvin28.wixsite.com/echoesofawakening Postcard:  https://www.canva.com/design/DAF_NmWluIk/5yRNb5x1Os-vpGYC3hE4ZQ/view?utm_content=DAF_NmWluIk&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=701517aDz_4

New Word: Additions

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 Welcome Back! As we explained a few days ago the last time we spoke we had about a minute of content we needed to add to our film. We had decided to solve this challenge by filming a second day and give more content to put in the film. What content you may ask? Well we decided to add an additional minute of contextualizing where the main character is. We began with an establishing shot of the house where Marvin pulls in through the driveway. We divided it into 2 shots to provide variety and also give more opportunities for title cards as it was essential to include those. We then showed a pan shot of Marvin walking to the house and entering it, and cut to a shot from inside the house. We realized in the initial film Marvin has on an apron yet we never show how he got it, so in the last remaining additional scenes, we added 2 things. Firstly, we added a suit up scene. Here we had a shot of Marvin grabbing the apron and walking away. Next, we had a close up scene of Marvin putting on th

New Word: Filming

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Welcome back! Today we finally were able to start filming! We decided to meet specifically on Friday to give ourselves the weekend to get through the editing process. While the initial plan was to get an uber together, lucky for us because of the new date Kyra's mother was actually available and could take us instead. Before we arrived to the production set however, we had to make a few necessary pitstops. Firstly we went to go purchase a few props we would need to enhance to film. We bought two things, the first being food coloring. In our final scene we have the protagonist bleeding, however due to obvious safety concerns, we couldn't have Marvin actually bleed. So instead, we opted to get the closest we could to fake blood. We did this through getting the red food dye, but also throwing in some black food dye to make it look more realistic and darker. The second purchase made was medical tubes. While we originally intended to use headphones as the tubes to portray a hospital