Throughout the festival I was able to film and capture all the footage I needed. Of course I haven't began editing yet so I can't say for certain that I will not be missing any footage, but just looking over everything I captured, I'm fairly confident that I will have more than enough for my piece to come together. The only thing I still want to film are a few more interviews with members from my troupe just for the sake of sound bridges and being able to flawlessly move forward my story through the voice of others. Once those view interviews are over, which I will take care of today and tomorrow, that will be a wrap for all of my filming!!!
Staying true to the schedule I created for myself at the beginning of the entire project, this week will be completely dedicated to editing. Because I have a Windows laptop, I don't have access to iMovie other than the limited version that is provided on iPhones and iPads, and I absolutely do not want to use MovieMaker because as I've learned from experience, that's not the best, so for editing, I plan to try out Filmora, which has been requested by many of my peers, or look into other editing software.
I plan to edit this week mostly at home and especially during the weekend when I can dedicate my entire day to this endeavor and throw myself in full force, so to not waste time, while I have the opportunity to work on my documentary in school this week, I plan to begin research on and exploring the best ways to create a promotional picture for my project. Already I found a great article from the New York Film Academy's website discussing tips and guidelines for creating promotional posters and giving examples for creators to possibly gain ideas ad get inspired. They list a set of questions and ideas creators should initially consider before attempting to create a poster, these being them along with my personal responses:
- If you haven’t already, create a mind-map of your target audience and the message you want to send out... My target audience is young adults to adults in the artistic community who I'm trying to impact with the message of how theater builds relationships and community.
- With the above in mind, think of some layout designs i.e. fonts, images, colors etc. that make your poster really pop... As for as color schemes, that will be dependent on whatever images I end up choosing and font is something I will also consider later. I'm mainly concerned right now with what image will be on my poster. Right now I have three images I took in Tampa that I'm drawing inspiration from, however, I'm not sure If I will end up using any of them in the final product, I may have to recreate something.
I love the idea of something like this because it is simple with only a few colors and I think would look very clean and pleasing to the eye. Not only that, but most importantly, it conveys the sense of a human bond established in the theater and a sense of emotion felt just before going on stage. I love the silhouettes because it sort of masks the identity of those featured in the picture and allows the audience to put their face to the emotion felt by the picture. If anything, I think I could edit it a bit and this image would be great to use. The only thing is, even though there are actually four people hugging in the picture, it seems like only two, so this may seem to convey a smaller scale relationship than the one I'm showing. The good thing about this is that my school has a pretty nice theater where I have access to that a shot like this would be relatively simple to orchestrate; I just love this stage because it is backstage of the Straz Theater which is so much larger and more professional than our armature theater at school, but with angles and editing, I think I would be able to make the smaller theater look just as impressive.
This is a shot of our entire troupe at States in front of our hotel. I don't know that I would be inclined to use this image, simply because my troupe, though the center of my documentary, is more of a case study for much greater themes and a much larger message. It's also a very simple picture that to me doesn't seem very professional or intriguing for a poster that may be the first impression of my final piece, but again, it will serve me for inspiration and reminder of the story I am trying to get across.
This is the marquee outside the Tampa Theater, one of the top venues for the Florida Thespian State festival, and one of BBC's top "10 most beautiful cinemas in the world." The theater is a beauty not only on the outside, but also on the inside with intricate and exquisite design capturing the true power of a different form of art. I think also with the clean background this is a pleasing imagine to look at overall, however, it doesn't scream Florida Thespian State Festival!!! It really just says, hey look it's the Tampa Theater. Unless you knew about the location of States you would not necessarily relate this theater to the festival, but, I don't know, I guess I just like the image, the lights, and the message of "Welcome To The Show!", perhaps I will be able to make some use of it.
- Research, research, research! The Internet is a wonderful thing and can give you an endless amount of information on different color schemes, font sizes or image placement and what they connote in order to send the right message... more work on this will come when its time to actually focus on the poster and website. Until then, these are just some off my brain storms!
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