Short Film CR! (Ultimate Finale)

 

Greetings and Salutations!

Welcome to Media TL;DR the series where I break down my greatest projects so you can easily dive in and understand my original ideas. I'm your host Jaydon Smith! And Today's final topic is on my CR!

The CR

Here is the link to my CR! It's very important as I answer a few questions about our film, Knock On Wood!

CR

That's All...Forever? For Real this time

That's it for this CR everyone... Thank you for reading! But I have some news from you... I know I said this last year, but now I can confirm that I'm no longer making any more films. I'm off to college, and my major isn't a film one. I'm going to retire. This isn't a fake out, or a "maybe I'll return." This is it. Everything else I said last time still holds up, I love all of you. Everyone who's been keeping up with my blogs, all of you. You're not just numbers, you're not just monetization, you're not just merch sales. What you have done for me, EVERYTHING, it's special. It's special...  I just wanted to entertain the world. It didn't have to be big, it didn't have to be Hollywood, but I just wanted to make an impact, just because I was there. So, I'm gonna sign off now, and I'm going to return to the woods, thinking about life and about what I've done. Then I'm off to college and the workforce. I'm going to miss this, everything. What we had. Thank you all again. Thank you so so SO much! And with that, I'll say, for the final time: That's it for this Blog everyone! I hope I made at least most of my descriptions clear. Thank you for reading! And for the final time, stay cool and attractive ya'll. Always remember, stay cool and attractive. Goodbye!

Short Film Package!

Greetings and Salutations!

Welcome to Media TL;DR the series where I break down my greatest projects so you can easily dive in and understand my original ideas. I'm your host Jaydon Smith! And this is the showing of Knock On Wood!

The Card

Here's the card made by our very Talented Soto! Leash did the Logo for our film too!

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The Site

And here is our website! Made by yours truly! https://perrypool90.wixsite.com/knock-on-wood

That's All!

That's it for this blog, everyone. I hope you enjoy our film: Knock On Wood! Thank you for reading! And until next time, stay cool and attractive. 

Production Blog: Filming!

Greetings and Salutations!

Welcome to Media TL;DR the series where I break down my greatest projects so you can easily dive in and understand my original ideas. I'm your host Jaydon Smith! And Today's topic is on filming!

Scratch Off!

We have to get things done, and get them done right! So we pay attention to the rubric and scratch things off! We have to cover very specific angles, or else we may fail!? It's a dangerous life living as a high school student, sadly. But we won't let these parameters discourage us! For we are already on the scene. We have some footage already, and there is a variety of angles! Some medium shots, birds eye, and a grand establishing! But we do not know what we are keeping or scrapping yet! So take everything I say with a grain of salt! We are scratching off all the requirements like lotteryier! But as we reach our conclusion, I am excited to share our film!

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That's All!

That's it for this last Production Blog everyone! I hope I made at least most of my descriptions and intentions clear. Thank you for reading! And until next time, stay cool and attractive.

Production Blog: Delegation

Greetings and Salutations!

Welcome to Media TL;DR the series where I break down my greatest projects so you can easily dive in and understand my original ideas. I'm your host Jaydon Smith! And Today's topic is on group work delegation.

The Leash

Holding up the reins of this operation, we have my comrade "AN ALYSSE  MCCOMIE-WATERMAN," aka Leash! She has so much passion for this film, and was the one to bring forth the pitch! She is in charge of the music directory and is technically the director? I suppose she is! She is also the actor playing Lucky!

The Mac

The brains and discipline of this Film is my other comrade "ALEXANDRA SOTO," shortened down to just Mac. Mac is kinda our broker, they are the first to talk to our teacher, and also keep us on track. Mac is also a brilliant artist! Way better than I am now. So Mac was also the one to cook up our storyboards! Mac is also the actor of Charmy!

The TL;DR

Now here comes me! Your host, Jaydon Smith! I will not be an actor in the film itself, but I run behind the scenes. I work on my Media TL;DR series, keeping you all updated on the behind the scenes and inner workings of our Short Film! I am also the head editor of the film, so I have the important work of making everything look good! It's an honor to be here!

That's All!

That's it for this Production Blog everyone! I hope I made at least most of my descriptions and intentions clear. Thank you for reading! And until next time, stay cool and attractive.

Production Blog: Music & Mood

Greetings and Salutations!

Welcome to Media TL;DR the series where I break down my greatest projects so you can easily dive in and understand my original ideas. I'm your host Jaydon Smith! And Today's topic is on music!

The Mood

My wonderful comrade Leash was in charge of music, and she has returned with results! She is loving the characters, so she wanted the music to be in relevance to them. I'm sure it was a real stressful process! According to her, she started with around 40 songs, and narrowed it all down to one! Isn't that impressive! My teammates have been working so hard, and since I can't show up to in person filming, I really have to shine with my editing! Regardless, back to the songs. Leash looked into the script and storyboards to really see which song would fit. She really put a lot of effort landing on the mood. And so, there was one song left.

The Song

We did not want to run into any copyright problems, so we had to go to some royalty free websites to obtain our tunes! The first 2 she ended up choosing were "Seize the Day" and "The Pop", which are both by the same artist. However, as the time came and concluded, the final song chosen for our film was!!!

"Today is the Day", as Leash judged that it would work well on a scene by scene basis! She did a great job here, kudos to her!

That's All!

That's it for this Production Blog everyone! I hope I made at least most of my descriptions and intentions clear. Thank you for reading! And until next time, stay cool and attractive.

Production Blog: Wrath of Wix

Greetings and Salutations!

Welcome to Media TL;DR the series where I break down my greatest projects so you can easily dive in and understand my original ideas. I'm your host Jaydon Smith! And Today's topic is on website difficulties.

The Site

I require a website for our Short Film, Knock on Wood, so what better task to do than go on a website... to make my website! So what I used was Wix, as I see many Youtubers get sponsored by them, so I figured that they'd be great to have. So, I went ahead with Wix! The UI is great! And it is simple to use! But my favorite part was the automatic template feature! Wix uses an AI that puts a script into a website! So I was able to create my Movie Site in short time! Or so I thought.

The Wrath

See, Wix has a special paid plan, as most businesses do, so naturally, they want to push it! Unfortunately, they pushed me too hard and ended up confusing me badly. See, I really tried to get the website domain, but it kept saying I had to pay for it? I was so confused and had no clue as to why! Wix promoted itself as a "free website creator," yet I was still prompted to pay for its services. This stumped me greatly.

The Winning Solution

So I pulled up a YouTube video on how to make a Wix website, and I saw a comment talking about how they wasted all their time designing, only for them to have to pay for a special premium feature, so I decided to get designing, and that's when I saw it, the golden chalice: The publish button. It was there the whole time!? I was just happy that it worked! So battabing battaboom! I have my Wix website now!

That's All!

That's it for this Production Blog everyone! I hope I made at least most of my descriptions and intentions clear. Thank you for reading! And until next time, stay cool and attractive.

Production Blog: Group Synergy

Greetings and Salutations!

Welcome to Media TL;DR the series where I break down my greatest projects so you can easily dive in and understand my original ideas. I'm your host Jaydon Smith! And Today's topic is on group synergy.

The Key

What is the key to a great film? What separates it from just an average film? Is it the sound, the editing? While those are great after production, there is something more impactful before that. I'll give you the answer: it's those around you. The most important thing in a film is the actors; you have to make sure to have great synergy. Without that, disputes are sure to sprout up.

The "Wright" Way To Do Things

A filmmaker who takes advantage of this is someone I've mentioned before: Mr. Edgar Wright. While some actors are displeased with certain film aspects, like filming with greenscreens, Edgar Wright ensures that everyone is having a great time. Many actors in his films stated that they actually looked forward to the next video shoot. So the actors had a great joy filming with Edgar Wright, so with our group here, I wish for us to be friends and close, so we can make filming exciting and fun! We are already friends, but there's always a possible closeness for us! Cheers to this short film and our friendship!

That's All!

That's it for this Production Blog everyone! I hope I made at least most of my descriptions and intentions clear. Thank you for reading! And until next time, stay cool and attractive.