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1st Draft

  https://youtu.be/bXCNR3MyBec

Production 3

       The editing process was a very smooth and easy process and I give complete credit to YouTube for making it that way. There was a noticeable growth curve when it came to learning how to use Premier Pro, but I was able to become comfortable with the software.   I started the whole process by putting every clip into the software and trimming them down to when a clip should start and when one should end making sure that the clips flow together. Then, I started an extensive search on YouTube for royalty-free sound effects. I ended up getting sound effects like background music to be used before an action happens for suspense, loud sounds to be used when our jump-scare occurs as well as for when Muhammad gets possessed.    Speaking of the scene where Muhammad gets possessed, in my last blog I talked about the process we used to film that scene but filming it is only half the battle. To get the effect of the ghost appearing we took the clip where Muham...

Production 2

       Now we finished our second day of filming and we have completed filming every scene. The same friend of ours who helped us last time graciously decided to help us out again. Not only did he help film ,  but ended up playing the ghost for us.    The second half of the film was definitely more challenging but that is most likely due to the last half of our film having more complex scenes requiring more than just saying your lines and acting the emotions.    The later scenes also require multiple camera angles so we had to decide where we would make our jump cuts to the different angles.  Another thing that was challenging was getting the ghost to appear out of nowhere but to make it look smooth.    We had Muhammad go to grab his phone then as soon as he turns around the ghost appears so, once Nathan picked up the phone and turned towards the door Nathan froze and stood completely still. Then I stopped the recording and the...