Blog 14: Independent Component 1

• Literal
• I, Micah Chambers, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 37 hours and 16 minutes of work. 
• Works Cited
• Lee, Spike. " Do The Right Thing: A Companion Volume to the Universal Pictures Film." New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Print.
• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse. Dir. George Hickenlooper. Perf. Francis Ford Coppola. 1991. Film.
• Link To Updated Hours 
• I worked on four out of the five stages of production. I used material from other films that have already been created in order to learn from and attempted to improve upon my own work by using examples from other works. 
• Interpretive 
• Through analyzing these stages of film production, I wrote my own outlines and scripts, planned out their production, watched documentaries and read a book on production while filming my own footage, and edited other works. Each thing I completed was relevant to the stages of production. 
• Applied
• Since I analyzed other people's works as well as my own, I was able to practice production and have a thorough lesson in each stage even though it was conducted by myself. This occurred specifically during production and post-production, when I was on an actual set and when I edited portions of other films, which gave valid insights on these stages. 

***Link to Independent Component Document 

Evidence: Edited Portions of Films 

The following videos are some edits I did for the post-production aspect of my independent component.

1. Breakfast at Tiffany's--When I searched for scenes to edit for this movie, I came across a comment on Youtube that said actor George Peppard's monologue was overshadowed by the juxtaposition between his face and Audrey Hepburn's face. I decided to enhance that by focusing on Audrey Hepburn throughout the entire speech, then suddenly adding Peppard at the end. I also changed the audio so that his voice seemed like it was echoing, which made his tone seem more reprimanding.

2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button--I personally love the original scene that this is edited on, and I find that Brad Pitt's narration adds a lot of emotional impact, so I decided to see if scrapping the audio and simply replacing it with the song from the orginal score would evoke similar feelings. It obviously doesn't, but it helps create a different, explorative tone to the scene, especially because of the images shown.

3. The Graduate--When I first watched this film, I thought the original scene in which Elaine and Benjamin flee the church after Elaine's wedding would feature music, and I found it awkward that it didn't, so I added a Simon & Garfunkel song--which is featured earlier in the movie-- and decided to enhance the movie's bitter ending by adding another somber Simon & Garfunkel song.