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This is the end :( So long until the next big thing in town arrives! Bai bai for now~

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." -Dr. Seuss
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Reflection

This is a post reflecting on how we did as a group.

Positive aspects:

• We spaced out the project through a calendar. We were willing to spend our weekends filming, and did not wait until the last minute. 👌 
• We all kept good communication through email. 👊 
• We did not argue. 
• Every one of our member roles was fitting, given everyone's strengths.
• We kept the cost of all materials pretty low. Breakdown of cost:
• MATERIALS COST
  • Scrapbook Paper- 2 packs ($15): Erin & Erika bought
  • Scrapbook Portfolio ($18): Meghan bought
  • Pictures [Home printing]
  • Movie Poster ($1.50): Erika bought
  • Conan bowtie on portfolio cover ($7): Meghan bought
  • Portfolio white collared shirt ($6): Meghan bought
• Total $ spent (approximate) : $50 (The above materials add up to exactly $47.50 as of right now); Per person: ~$7 (Or $6.79)

Things we could have possibly done better/things we should have worked on:

• We all had busy schedules and did our best, but we often changed dates and probably should've been more firm with some dates. 
• We could have split up the workload better. Some did a lot more work than others, which was not fair to them :(
  

Digital Portfolio Complete

Remember how I shared our digital portfolio with y'all awhile back? If you don't recall, it's okay; now you know! Digital portfolio is no longer a work-in-progress. We have finished uploading all deliverables, pictures, and character descriptions. Check it out at http://totsashrewinscarlet.weebly.com/!!!

The Last Few Days

Hi everyone!
It's been almost two months since I started this blog, and I'm sad to see it end! I really enjoyed this blogging experience since it's the first blog I've made. I certainly learned a lot (like how to change fonts and colors on a pre-made template). Thank you all for reading my posts :')

As of today: Meghan added bloopers to our video; the length of the video is 22 minutes. She spent more than 15 hours editing the video and adding subtitles (dedication right there!!) She also did our portfolio cover, which is a white collared shirt bought from Goodwill with a red bow tie to represent Conan. In the shirt pocket, there is a handkerchief with the title of our film on it. We have already given the flash drive with the film to Scout Chung, but Meghan plans to adjust a few more things before tomorrow.

4/29/16: Video and portfolio turned in to Scout Chung, completely finalized.
5/4/16: Scout Chung will be airing the film to our class.

Recap:
4/25/16, Monday & 4/26/16, Tuesday: After school we met in the library to cut and glue the titles, character descriptions, & other miscellaneous papers into the portfolio. We also chose fonts for the portfolio. The titles that were not character names were 1 general font (except scene sketches). The general font was sophisticated but not too fancy. Each character has their own unique font that matches them. For example, Katherine's font was a fancy cursive-y font. Meghan worked on the video using IMovie during this time (which lagged more and more as our video was given more and more elements).

4/26/16, Wednesday: We met in Mr. Chung's room to continue cutting and gluing the titles, character descriptions, & other miscellaneous papers into the portfolio. Essays were all printed and turned in.

Korilakkuma, cheerful/relieved that we're done!

A Sampling of the Finalized Poster

The highly awaited poster is finally here! Created by Erika Kim~

The physical poster was very high quality at very low cost (only costed $1.50 and printed by Kinkos).

"Four suitors. One girl. There's more to them than meets the eye."

4/23 Candids of Group Members

Meghan is editing our video on her computer.

Erin is cutting out backgrounds for our portfolio using her nice scrapbook scissors.

Jin is editing her psychologist essay.

Emily is working on her computer while Sally is drawing.

Erika is drawing little cartoons for our flip-the-pages scene.

Meghan editing the video while Emily is cutting.

Jin still working.

Emily tracing.

Terrific twins picture (:

~Photos taken by your personal blogger/photographer Verna~

4/23 Film Shots

To better our video, we refilmed some scenes and filmed a few more that somehow got lost in the filming process. Here are a few pictures/clips!

Jin staring at a Sherlock Holmes book :)

4/23 Recap

Lots of progress was made today! The video was edited and updated a bunch by Meghan; it is now approximately 20 minutes. Sally finished all her character and scene sketches and they look amazing! Photos and decorations were added to embellish our lovely portfolio~ It was a very good work day and we got a lot done- in fact, we had so much to do that we were at Meghan's house till 6:00 PM- an extra hour than planned previously. Attached are some portfolio pictures displaying our work.

Teacher cameo page of the portfolio - 4 teachers!!

Sally's character sketches look ah-mazing!

These are the wonderful clothes Erin made for our portfolio!

Sally is drawing a scene sketch - Shakespearean era.

Mr. Shenton's Teacher Cameo Experience 4/21

Hello! Today, we filmed Mr. Shenton's cameo after school. It was very quick and painless, and we had a visitor (cough, intruder :P just kidding), Ryan Hon, who wanted to watch our fantastic scene (✦✦He is proof to how good our video is- so eager to watch filming before it's even released, so please come out to watch our film when it actually is released!!✦✦)

One issue we had with filming this cameo was that we could not agree on a date and time; thus, we kept putting it off, which was why this cameo was filmed so late compared to the other cameos, but it's okay, we got it done eventually today.

╰☆╮Mr. Shenton preparing to say his lines╰☆╮

★☆Mr. Shenton's role as cameo is to give Conan (Jin) his watch and bowtie☆★ 

❆ Mr. Shenton's warning: don't dare post his cameo clip on YouTube, or our grades are doomed! Heh heh...

4/23 Last Meet-Up

More details on our last meet-up to film missing scenes/refilm scenes that could be better, compile portfolio, complete voiceovers, etc. (aka final prep session and BIG work day!)

Who: all members as always
What: Costumes, scripts, film equipment 📷📹, laptops to work on deliverables 💻, essays (hopefully final draft), arts and crafts materials (ie, stickers, cardstock paper/ paper, etc. ) for the portfolio decorating
Where: Meghan's house
When: April 23rd, 2016 (Saturday) from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Why: Complete the project!

We're almost there! Just a few more pieces of the puzzle left! Let's go, team!

Movie Poster Update

Erika has completed a draft of the movie poster. We are planning to add a completely original, witty quote to sum up what Detective Conan, ToTS, and our film are about :)

Very nice, wouldn't you agree? Subtle and simple, but with a bold message!

We are modeling our poster after this Conan poster.

Extra, extra announcements! Read all about it~

Our project will officially premiere on Friday, April 29th, 2016. We have a title...Detective Conan in: A Shrew in Scarlet! Look forward to seeing it! Thank you to all supporters of this blog up till now. I hope you guys continue to support our film; we couldn't have done this film without all of our fans' support! :)

There will be another Checkpoint tomorrow, April 22nd (Friday). We will be bringing mostly final drafts of our essays for Scout Chung to inspect 🔎

Movie Poster

Hello everyone! As the film project is wrapping up and coming to a near end, we are premiering our first movie poster soon! Created by Erika, we hope y'all will enjoy it~

After Checkpoint 1

Friday, April 15, 2016: Scout Chung designated class time as a working period. He did not get to check up on our film group, but we got some important discussions going on. In order to successfully complete the project, we have declared a final preparation session on April 23rd afternoon. We will be assembling our portfolio at Meghan's house from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

A few of our discussion points:

Asking our director, the lovely Erin, how are we doing on the project?
"I would say...around 70% at this moment."

Meghan, our hardworking producer, has edited about half of the film so far. Currently, without the last act, the film is approximately 8 minutes.

Erika, our efficient writer, has her deliverable essay complete.

Sally has finished her character drawings. She just needs to do the scene sketches.

Emily is planning on sending her soundtracks to Meghan to incorporate a few of her song selections into our production. I heard there may be some Whitney Houston music, for all Houston fans ;)

Digital portfolio is still up and running! Erika and Erin have been working hard to make it look nice, so be sure to check it out! It's still a work-in-progress but a work of art!

Day 3 Pictures

Meghan in action!

Sally posing ☮ ✌

Jin (Conan) using her bow tie to speak as Detective Moore.

Voice-overs

As Conan, the main character, Jin probably had one of the most parts out of us. However, most of her parts were actually voice-overs. From the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, a voice-over is "the voice of a visible character (as in a motion picture) expressing unspoken thoughts" (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voice%E2%80%93over).

What's unique about voice-overs is that Conan is filmed thinking, not actually saying the part, but in the film we can hear what is considered his "thoughts". This is a difficult production technique to film because if Jin didn't speak and we recorded her speaking later, the film might not match with sound. Thus, we decided to film her speaking, then afterwards Meghan will edit the video to make it look like she's thinking what she's saying. Check out this unedited video of Jin (with a slight blooper at the beginning).

Epilogue Preview! (Unedited)

I think nothing needs to be said about how nice the ending is :)
This was taken with my Canon camera (better quality than last time I hope)

Digital Portfolio

Hi everyone! Erin and Erika have created a digital portfolio after suggestion by Scout Chung. Here is the link: http://totsashrewinscarlet.weebly.com/
Right now, it is a work-in-progress. They will be updating and working on it as much as possible!

ToTS Family

Our first group picture together! <3

Thank You for the Support

After 3 times of filming, I wanted to dedicate this post to Sally's family. Thank you so much for letting us use your house to film! We really appreciated it. Additionally, thank you Helen for being a cameo! :)

Sally and her sister are so cute!

Filming, Day 3

Today, we all worked hard and finished producing Act 3. Day 3 has concluded all of our filming! We finished!

One thing I think we all learned is that it actually takes more time to set up for a scene (ie, set up the background, get into our costumes, find props if needed) than to film it.

Some tips for future film groups:
1) Never choose a scene that's supposed to occur at midnight and film it in the afternoon where sunlight is nice and bright.

2) Always split acts into smaller sections or actors/actresses will struggle to remember their lines. It really helps!

3) From Conan himself :) "This is just a LA project, not a professional filming class or job so take it easy and have fun!"

Updated

Scout Chung has leveled up one of our members! He has introduced a special role, and one of our members is up to the challenge! Jin has decided to take on role of psychologist instead of helper, demonstrating thorough research pertaining to the trends and social structures on the roles of men and women during Elizabethan England and the 1990's! She will be working closely with Erika, our historian (sociologist), and Erin, our director (both twins). As the only one out of our film production groups with this role, we are all looking forward to reading her work!

Jin randomly holding up a camera during our outdoor scene from Act 2 #photogenic(:

Learning about Shakespeare's Act 3 Scene 1, Conan episode, and our film

This is a short summary that I took off of Shmoop for everyone to easily grasp the meaning of the act:

• At Baptista's place, Hortensio (as Licio) and Lucentio (as Cambio) bicker over who gets to tutor Bianca first. Bianca interjects and tells the men that she, not them, decides when, what, and how she will learn. Licio will tune his instrument while Cambio finishes his Latin language lesson.

• During the Latin lesson, Lucentio (as Cambio) reads from a Latin text and pretends to translate the words into English. He reveals (apparently, not for the first time) his true identity and his plan to win Bianca.

• Instead of telling on Lucentio, Bianca plays coy and says she can't promise him anything because she doesn't yet trust him.

• Hortensio (as Licio) takes over and begins his fake music lesson. He gives Bianca a love letter (disguised as a set of music instructions) while Lucentio (as Cambio) watches and worries that Bianca will like the music tutor instead of him.

• A messenger arrives with news that Bianca has to help Kate prepare for the wedding, so she leaves. 

Works Cited (so that this is not plagiarism):
Shmoop Editorial Team. "The Taming of the Shrew Act 3, Scene 1 Summary."Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc., 2008. Web. 30 Mar. 2016.

Basically, Bianca is being courted by numerous suitors. In our film, we have taken this simple plot and added many twists from Conan episode 39-40, “Wealthy Daughter Murder Case”. However, instead of Bianca being courted, our film shows Katherine being wooed. If you want to see the original Conan episode, this is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc8I7TN8aAA

Also, for our film we have split it up into 3 sections: Acts 1, 2, and 3 (which is why we have 3 filming days, one for each part).

Another Preview!

This is Erika playing the piano for her "glorious moment" in Act 1. She is playing George, one of Katherine's suitors. In order to woo his love, George plays the piano (badly) as a funny attempt to get Katherine to appreciate him. Even though Erika deliberately played "badly" as her role of George, it sounds to me like a great, sophisticated contemporary piece! (In reality, Erika plays the piano really well :) )

Mr. Truong's Teacher Cameo Experience 3/25

Hello! Today we successfully filmed Mr. Truong's part of the script! Here are the pictures (: Special thanks to Mr. Truong for only collaborating with us.

Mr. Truong, reading over his lines and getting ready to film his part. He is Katherine's father, who doesn't show up on her birthday. Instead, he calls (apologetically) to say he can' t make it to Katherine's party.

This "glare" of Mr. Truong's is golden :P

A Little Film Crashing?

After school today, we encountered another film group working on their project. Hope these pictures bring a little bit of laughter to your life! (Special thanks to Alexander, Ethan, Shalin, Eddy, Ashwin, and Spencer for letting us crash into your filming heh...and sorry if we disrupted you guys for some time)

Mr. Parker's Teacher Cameo Experience 3/23

These are pictures from Mr. Parker's cameo today!

Mr. Parker posing for his close-up! :P

Mr. Parker excited to hit Jin (Conan) on the head with a Precalc textbook! Mwahaha (No worries, he did not actually hit Jin)

Mr. Parker "hitting" Conan afterschool with Meghan filming.

Teacher Cameos!

Hi everyone! Lately, we have been going to teachers to ask if they were willing to be a cameo and got a few teachers to say yes! On our cast as extras we have gotten Mr. Myovich, Mr. Parker, Mr. Truong, and Mr. Shenton to agree to do small parts for us. On Monday, March 21, we filmed Mr. Myovich's cameo. Unfortunately, the sound on the camera did not work for some odd reason, so we refilmed it on Tuesday, March 22, after school in Mr. Myovich's classroom. On Wednesday, March 23rd (today), we filmed Mr. Parker's cameo after school. Tomorrow, March 24th, we are planning to film Mr. Truong's part. This is a chart of the cameos we have as of now:

Cameo Chart

Character Name:	Role:	Person to be the Cameo:
1. Katherine’s dad  - Mr. Baptista	On the phone w/ Katherine	Mr. Truong
2. Random servant/maid	Discovers that the tires of some cars have been punctured	Helen (Sally's sister)
3. Bianca	No lines Makes appearance in Backstory 2 - falls in water	Undecided
4. Professor Brown	Gives Conan his watch & bowtie in Backstory 1	Mr. Shenton
5. News Reporter	During the TV scene in Act 2 Scene 5, will be the reporter on screen talking about the fall of USSR	Mr. Myovich
6. Man in Black	During Backstory, comes up behind big Conan & hits him on the head	Mr. Parker

Filming, Day 2 Pictures

Sorry this was posted a little later than I had hoped!

Jin, Sally, and Emily discussing the scene before filming.

Emily playing on her DS while relaxing on the sofa during our short breaks.

Meghan taking videos during our outdoor scene!

Meghan (Harry) doing "push-ups" to woo Katherine. (This is a refilm from Act 1 because we wanted to make Act 1 more funny with the glorious moments of the suitors)

Sally (Detective Moore) reviewing her lines.

Erika (Rachel) looking for sugar to put in tea during our filming of Act 2, Scene 2.

Jin (Conan) holding the teacups (she looks like a waiter haha).

Sally, Erin, and Jin posing during our outdoor scene.