Post-Production Editing 1

 Welcome back ladies and gentlemen!

Today I will be talking about our post-production/ editing process for our film opening.

On this post I want to focus on the music that me and my teammates chose for our two big scenes.

I have mentioned previously in past posts that we want to implement classic action based music for the chase scene between Agent Vienna and Binzy. We are mainly going to use music and sounds from Epidemic Sound since we can't use any licensed tracks.

The first song we chose is a cool chase scene song that feels familiar to audiences.

I'm having a few doubts about this song and me and my teammates are trying to see how it looks edited in order to see if we want to change it or not.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19WhY52bF1FmvipYhQbzfq03t55x4vP4S/view?usp=sharing

The next song is a more laid back song. It is a jazz song that gives some suspense but still has those elements of spy like nature.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fdPNFgyBCzSp5cVkcpioagj6a4pjeC5r/view?usp=sharing

 

CCR Question #1

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen!

Today I will be answering my first CCR question that I have researched over the past couple of days.

The first question is...

How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

Well, our film opening uses many of the action comedy conventions. We use traditional elements that help bring that familiarity of a classic action movie to our target audience. For example, we implemented the classic audience favorite characters: the badass yet funny protagonist and the evil, brute antagonist. Some of that inspiration came from fan favorites such as Guardians of the Galaxy and Bullet Train. Our two main scenes (the exchange scene and the chase scene) that we have implemented in our film opening also uses those classic conventions of a good action comedy.

Nonetheless, we have challenged one convention in our film opening and that was with our protagonist.

It is very rare to see a leading lady in an action comedy movie. Usually the protagonist is the stereotypical goofy dude that outsmarts the evil boss. According to the website Stat Significant, about 50% of females are cast as protagonists in Romance films but only 11% of them are cast as protagonists in an action films and 30% in comedy movies.

Nonetheless, me and my teammates decided to challenge this narrative and have a woman lead the story. Agent Vienna is a badass character but she also brings comedic relief to the tension that is created between her and Binzy. We took some inspiration from the film Ocean's 8, an action comedy with a cast of leading ladies who drive the story of a crazy heist. 

 

I guess it is safe to say that our film opening represents the social issue of underestimating women's ability to execute jobs as this. Although times have changed, and we are in 2026, there is still much prejudice on women. I believe that women are underestimated on the daily because we are believed to not be able to take much... however we have proven throughout history that we are capable of doing a lot, from saving the economy of a country to pulling off a big heist, we are capable of much more than most believe. 

Script:

CCR Question #1→

Camera turns on

I am trying to settle the camera into a firm spot

Fix my hair and sit down 

Me: Hello, my name is Kiarmary Roman and today I will be answering my first two CCR questions

I look down 

High-angle mid-shot of my lap opening folder

The folder is empty

Me: Uh… where did my questions go?

Look up at camera

Me: There seems to be-

A door opens and distracts me

Walking into frame comes Agent 1

He is all dressed up with black sunglasses

He hands me the paper

Agent 1: Don’t leave your stuff lying around next time

Me: Yeah that’s become an issue hasn’t it

I chuckle but he has no expression in his face

Me: Alright, question #1

How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

Well, our film opening uses many of the action comedy conventions. We use traditional elements that help bring that familiarity of a classic action movie to our target audience. For example, we implemented the classic fan favorite characters: the badass yet funny protagonist and the evil, brute antagonist. We have also implemented classic scenes: an exchange and a chase scene. 

We have also challenged a convention with our main character. It is very rare to see a leading lady in an action comedy movie. Usually the protagonist is the stereotypical goofy dude that outsmarts the evil boss. According to the website Stat Significant, about 50% of females are cast as protagonists in Romance films but only 11% of them are cast as protagonists in an action films and 30% in comedy movies.

I guess it is safe to say that our film opening represents the social issue of underestimating women's ability to execute jobs as this. Although times have changed, and we are in 2026, there is still much prejudice on women. However we have proven throughout history that we are capable of doing a lot, from saving the economy of a country to pulling off a big heist, we are capable of much more than most believe. 

Message pops up on watch.

Message: There is a package waiting for you. Meet me at the lake.

Me: Oh

Breaking 4th wall

I stand up and open the garage door

Me: Damn it uhh

The garage door finally opens

I grab the camera

Me: We’re going on a little field trip.

Citations:

"Gender Representation in the Film Industry: A Statistical Analysis," authored by StatSignificant (Daniel Parris)"

Production- BTS of Agent Vienna

Ladies and Gentlemen, the moment we have al been waiting for...

The Behind the Scenes of our film opening Agent Vienna!!!

This Tuesday my teammates and I had the chance to film most of our 2 minute film opening called Agent Vienna. 

Now I will update you on a few things that have changed about our mise-en-scene.

First is location

At first me and my teammates Bella and Gus wanted to film at a diner. However, the two locations that we had in mind were not cooperating to us and we never heard back from them. So we came up with Plan C. Our initial plan was to film the chase scene at the Weston Town Center. There are many great restaurants there so we made a few calls. La Birria Bar, an award winning burger joint, was kind enough to allow us to film in their restaurant. It still matched our vibe of an action movie with their super cool neon sign and their modern interior design. We really enjoyed filming there and we also got to enjoy some awesome food after our long evening of production.

The other thing that changed was costume, but just slightly. Our actors used what they had available to them and it still stuck to the theme as well. Our henchman Rigo and our evil boss Binzy (we finally changed the name), played by the super talented Gabe Rivas both had the more modernized version of the concept that we had in mind. 

Both actors had never had any acting experience before and they struggled a bit at first. However, they did a fabulous job and we could tell that they were having a lot of fun.

Agent Vienna, played by our lovely talented Bella Giampaolo, also had a change of clothes.

At first our idea was to have Agent Vienna wear more darker colors like red and black. A leather jacket and a long sleeve burgundy top. But... Bella didn't own any of those and I couldn't get some of my clothes to her. Either way, she came up with an outfit that still matched Agent Vienna's persona. I believe that Bella and Agent Vienna both have lots of similarities, thus the reason she is playing this wonderful, badass character.

Now, let's talk props!

 The briefcases for both Vienna and Binzy were acquired successfully. Bella brought in her vintage blue briefcase, while Gus brought in his briefcase where he carries his camera. Bella had these super cool glasses that really match Agent Vienna's vibe. We do not have an earpiece but we came up with the idea that the glasses would be where Vienna listens to Jolly and her commands.

My favorite part about our production process was filming the chase scene with Bella and Gabe.

 It was super fun seeing them run around and have fun. I also enjoyed the part where the car passes in front of Bella. Unfortunately, I did not catch this part of the production process since I was on call with Rigo, who was driving the car, in order to give him the cue on when to pass. This scene was very calculated and we put lots of effort in it in order to execute the perfect shot.

The last scene we are missing are the last few second with Jolly and Agent Vienna in the car. This we will film next week as my teammates are in a very important field trip.

Overall, I had a lot of fun capturing these moments and being able to produce the film opening. 

This was a really fun day and I hope to continue to do productions like this in the future.

Group Meeting #2

Welcome Back!

Today my class and I had our second group meeting to discuss our ideas and our production process with each other. We also had the chance to start talking about our CCR ideas.

The group I worked wit in class today was Julian, Alejandro, Paula, and Lina

We first started talking about Lina's film opening idea. 

Lina has this brilliant idea about a girl who is really anti-social. She day-dreams of a better version of herself where she is popular and more social. This different persona sort of comes to life and she can see her through the mirror. Everything is different about this other persona including the colors and the world around her. This film opening's genre is coming of age. She's had a few setbacks for her production process. Her main actor decided that they didn't want to be in the film opening and quit, so she has to re-cast her main character. She also had to change her script because her initial idea was to hallucinate but she thought it would be a better idea to day dream. 

Her CCR idea is to have the better version of herself asking her the questions that she needs to answer in the same format as the film opening.

Lina's production logo

Next we talked about Alejandro's film opening.

Alejandro's film opening is a Fast and Furious inspired action comedy about two characters, Jay and Paulie. Paulie and Jay have to acquire an illegal car part from Mr. Clutch for their race. They are in a really dark alleyway behind a movie theater. I really liked the concept that he was going for but I was worried on how he would execute it. However, the way he explained how they would execute the scenes relieved the doubt. The only setback that he and his team have had is trying to find a good day to film since Alejandro's other two members work but luckily they will start filming today. 

Alejandro's CCR is to do an interview format with a host asking him the questions.

We then proceeded to talk about Paula's film opening.

Paula's film opening is a girl who has a mental disease where she has hallucinations and needs to be medicated for it. Her parents died when she was 16 years old so she has been used to living on her own for a fairly long time. One day after visiting her psychologist she realizes she doesn't have the right dosage for her disease and her hallucinations start to bother her. I really liked the idea that Paula has and the way she wants to only focus on diegetic sounds in order to make it more eerie. One of the only setbacks that Paula has had is that she has been too busy to start filming. However, she is also starting to film today.

Paula's CCR idea is to do a live and have the fans ask the questions.

Paula's Production Logo

Finally, we discussed Julian's film opening.

Julian's film opening is about this 18 year old soccer player who has been trying to go pro for a long time but he hasn't been able to. On his birthday, his mom gives him letter as a gift from a professional team that is interested in him trying out the next day. When he wakes up the next day he realizes that he is really late for his try out and misses his chance. I like the idea that Julian has for his film opening but he has a lot more to work on.

 

Production Logo- RGB

 

Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you RGB Productions.

RGB productions is the combination of all of me and my teammates initials. We wanted to maintain the same theme of a production company that would have an action movie. We wanted it to be simple yet still have some cool visuals that match our vibe.

We first started by brainstorming some ideas on how we wanted out production logo to look like.

We were inspired by Legendary Production's logo design and their into sequence.

https://youtu.be/HU3MZq2oTLc?si=B6ulV0FXYpzYV1p8

We wanted to create something similar but to give it our own modern twist as well to make it our own.

My partner Gustavo created the logo on Adobe Premier and after effects. it didn't take him too long to create this logo. he did an amazing job and both Bella and I were super impressed and super grateful. 

I really like our production logo and I can't wait to implement it into our film opening for people to see.

Planning Post: Searching for Props

 Props are very important for our film opening. My teammates and I have acquired a few of them but are still in the search for a few others.

Agent Vienna's briefcase

Agent Vienna's trick note

Mr. Evhaul's Briefcase

We are still searching for a few more props such as the earpiece, however we have about most of our props lost complete. 

Planning Post- Location scouting

My teammates wanted to have good locations that fit our story and that can conveniently be close to our home's.

The first location we've had in mind is the diner Lester's in Sunrise.

This Diner definitely fits the vibe that we are going for our film opening. We have called the diner but they still haven't given us an answer on whether we can film there or not. This is our plan A.

Our plan B, if we are not allowed to film there, is the Weston Diner.

This Diner doesn't really fit the vibe that we are going for but it is definitely something we can work with. I have some connections there and they said we might be able to film there so it gives us a second option.

Lastly, we want to film our chase scene in the Weston Town Center.

These are some areas where we can film.

Weston Town Center is free in space. I believe it is the perfect place to film this chase scene because of the amount of space that we can play with and manipulate. This is one of my favorite scenes that I can't wait to film so I am excited to bring it to life.

Planning Post- Costumes

Costumes for our film opening are fairly simple. 

I have been searching for some pieces for the characters and i have found a few in both my closet and my dad's closet as well. 

Agent Vienna:

top and pants

Leather jacket that will be used

Mr. Evhaul:

Henchmen:

These pieces might change due to some details but this is the overall look we are going for right now. I really enjoy the fact that not a lot of money has to come out of the pocket in order to bring these characters to life through the costumes. I really enjoyed putting these pieces together and I believe they will look great on our actors.

 

Audio

Most of the audio for the film opening will be diegetic. However there will be some non-diegetic

For example, the scenes where Jolly will be communicating with Agent Vienna are going to be voiceovers. Also, music is going to be a big part of the opening as well. 

For music we are aiming in using some classic heist/spy movie sounds. This non-diegetic sound will help with the rush and the pace of the chase sequence. It will add to the thrill and the excitement of the scene and the film opening.

https://youtu.be/Uaz2MPzBQps?si=XZrj41tJ9DuoTBGf

https://youtu.be/wSavwX4C240?si=JKUlCOmKYemQl_9T

The audio recorded for the actors will be done with wireless microphones. 

I'm really excited to implement all of these things into our film opening and I can't wait to start filming soon.

Character Development

Agent Vienna is a combination of funny and serious. Something me and my teammates wanted from the beginning. We wanted our main character to have a balance between both in order to keep audiences entertained. Although Agent Vienna is known for making some mistakes in her missions, she is still a very respected and talented spy... she just let's a few things slip, and she always gets the job done.

 Our main character's development for this story is fairly simple.

Agent Vienna is first seen as a serious character when approaching the tables and when sitting down. Her walk is confident and her outfit is classic. Once she starts talking to Mr. Evhaul, the audience can start to see that she is a funny character. Vienna is clumsy and a bit of a smartass. She uses her wits in order to gain Mr. Evhaul's trust... and his package. Towards the end of the opening, when she is escaping her enemies, audiences can see that she is really good at her job and a really fast runner. In this part you can see how much training she has gone through and that she is very serious about her job and her very important package.

 

Mise-en-scene- Props

 Agent Vienna has her right hand man Jolly, who helps her during her missions. He gives her instructions and reminds her to stick to the plan. In order to communicate during missions, Agent Vienna carries an earpiece with on every mission. She listens to Jolly as they give orders.

Briefcase are an essential part of an exchange. In our film opening, the briefcases are really important to our characters, each containing what the other asked for. This set of props are what drives the story and what causes Vienna to run away with a very important package. These pieces are what I look forward to implementing the most in our film opening.

Each briefcase represents the two main characters personalities. The classic black briefcase represents Mr. Evhaul's seriousness towards his job.

While the vibrant blue briefcase represents Agent Vienna's silly personality while showing that she is legit about her job.

 This prop is the cause of Mr. Evhaul's anger towards Agent Vienna. This is the prank that Vienna plants on the evil boss in order to get away with the important package that she ahs taken from him. As you can see, she doesn't exactly give him what he wanted and makes a little joke out of it... per usual. This is another important piece that drives the story of the film opening. 

                                                                                              

Mise-en-scene- Costume

 

Agent Vienna is a badass yet clumsy character at times. She is good at what she does and she tries her hardest to complete a job without making too many mistakes... that is something she is yet to improve.

The costume idea for Agent Vienna is your simple spy look. 

A black leather jacket with a dark red top. 

The red in her outfit is supposed to represent her dare-devil/ adrenaline junkie side. Agent Vienna is always the one disposed to throw herself into action packed mission. The black leather jacket is part of her classic spy look. Some accessories might be a classic watch, but this hasn't been discussed just yet. Agent Vienna's hair will be down to represent her care-free, laidback personality. The shoes will most likely be a pair of classic Converse. 

This outfit is a very classy look yet it is efficient for running and getting away from villains.

Mr. Evhaul is a very ambitious and dangerous man. He is very experienced in his line of work. He does not like to play games and wants to get to business as soon as possible. If you pull any tricks on him, he will make sure to make you pay.

The dark blue in Mr. Evhaul's outfit represents that he is a a serious character. It also represents that he is a smart man and that he is older than Agent Vienna. The classy, old fashioned look also emphasizes the man's experience and status in his line of work. It shows that he is the boss and that he is to be respected.

A classic business look that is great for package exhanges.

The henchmen are Mr. Evhaul's right hand men. they serve their boss and they protect their boss. They are willing to do anything that Mr. Evhaul orders them to do. This is a bit too fancy but the henchmen would be wearing something similar to this. An all black outfit that represents their seriousness and malice as well. The outfit is one color only which represents that they have one job. They both wear the same outfit because it is uniform and it shows that they both do the same amount of work.

These outfits might be changed around but this is out main plan and inspiration for the outfit of the characters in our film opening.

Team Meeting #1

This week my classmates and I had our first team meeting where we all talked about our film opening ideas and gave each other some advice on things we should or shouldn't do in our openings.

My group was very nice and they all gave me some really good advice on how to implement a few things on my opening. The biggest one that resonated with me was including a sort of voiceover for clarification that our main character is a spy. A voice over of her helper Jolly for example to tell her some instructions or a reminder when she goes in to the diner.

Overall, my teammates liked the idea that I put to the table and they enjoyed it.

We first talk about Madison's film opening. Madison had a really nice idea for her drama scene. I rea;;y liked the story that she is trying to execute. She wants to create an introduction to a story of two sisters that have grown apart and aren't as close than they used to be. There are a few things she could improve to sort of show that the sisters have grown apart like showing the sister in the scene for example. Overall, the idea is a very nice and I can't wait to see what she comes up with.

We then talked about Alejandro's film opening. I really like the idea that he had in mind for his sequence. He wants to do a film opening similar to a Fast and Furious movie. He is going to have some pretty sick cars. I think his film opening is going to be executed really well. I only had a bit of doubt on whether the cars he wants to use in the scene but he and his team seem to have that figured out.

Next we moved on to Jacob. Jacob had a really nice idea of creating a sports drama heavily inspired by the movie Rocky. I really liked the idea because it sounds familiar however it is different with the way he wants to film it. There is one thing that really confused me and it is what the backflash scenes will show. I know that Jacob wants to show backflashes of the fighter during a match but I'm still not sure how he is going to execute it and how it will look. However, I believe this film opening has a really nice story.

After that we talked about Oliver's film opening. Oliver has a few things he needs to work on but he has an overall idea of what he wants to film. He wants to do an action film about to people exchanging something in an empty parking lot. However, one of the guys dies. He is still trying to see how he will execute it but me and my teammates gave him a few ideas on how he can execute it. We all really enjoyed his idea. 

Finally, we talked about Alessandra's idea. She has a really nice idea of creating a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi film opening. She wants this story to be about two friends who try to survive together but one of the friend's doesn't make it. She still is thinking about how she is going to execute this and where she wants to film. My teammates and I also gave her a few ideas on how she should film the opening. 

Ideas Ideas...

For my 2 minute film opening I will be working with two amazingly talented students: Gustavo Zorrilla and Bella Jimenez. We have been brainstorming some ideas but we have one that we are finally fixed on...

A heist opening!

But how are you guys going to do it? How will this be executed?

Relax... we it is not a crazy heist scene however it will be entertaining and it will keep you on the edge of your seat. You're going to laugh and freak out at the same time.

 

Our big idea is not to have your traditional funny guy but your non-traditional badass and smartass girl spy.

This character will be portrayed by Bella Jimenez.

In our film opening we will have our main character Agent Vienna and a very intimidating, ruthless criminal boss Mr. Evhaul (the name is subject to change). They are both going to meet up at a diner where Agent Vienna will be exchanging an important object with the antagonist. However, it is a trick package, it isn't the real thing!

DUN! DUN! DUN!

Agent Vienna is going run off and there will be a chase sequence. Characters running side to side and bumping into the rest of the public. She finally gets away and they are across the street from each other.

Mr. Evhvaul (subject to change) is angry and he says "You're dead... Agent Vienna". A car crosses in front of Vienna and suddenly she is gone. Movie title pops up and then we have a few seconds where she is in that same car that made her disappear with her helper Jolly. Jolly asks if she has it and she shows him/her the object.

We have 2 film locations: Lester's and Weston Town Center

We have a plan to start filming on Monday.... hopefully

Anyways, we are really excited to start filming and working on this sequence and we believe it is going to be a really amazing.

See you all in the next one! 

Media Theory- Propp's Character Theory

 A media theory I would like to implement to my film opening would be Vladimir Propp's Character theory. This theory talks about the seven traditional characters that are show in fantasy stories. Let's jump right in.

Vladimir Propp states that characters can be classified into specific roles. he argues that there are seven types of characters:

1) Hero- protagonists

2) Villain- antagonist

3) Dispatcher- character show sends the protagonist on their journey

4) Helper- character who aids protagonist 

5) Donor- character that provides the protagonist with something that will help them succeed.

6) Princess- reward or motivation for protagonist

7) False hero- character who may not be initially set up as a villain but who works to prevent the protagonist from succeeding.

Some examples for these characters (these are not from the same movie):

1) Batman- The Dark Knight

2) Joker- The Dark Knight

3) Nick Fury- Avengers

4) Happy- Spider-Man

5) Katniss' donors- The Hunger Games

6) Princess Peach- Super Mario Brothers

7) Mysterio- Spider-Man: Far from Home

The reason I would like to implement this theory to my opening is because it essential to the story. We would use the first 4 of these characters in our opening. Without this theory the idea of our heist sequence wouldn't make sense. I believe this theory is essential to every story since it helps drive the story forward. I believe this is already implemented in the script and the way that our sequence is going to go.

Script!

 Dialogue 

Aevuhl is waiting with hench men (shot of him looking at them)

(Cu of watch)

Gud comes in dropps thingy: got it

aevuhl looks at gud (no emotions)

Gud: so how was your day

Aevuhl: Give me what you promised

Gud: oh right (hands it)

Aevuhl: why so blue

Gud: me?

Aevuhl: No the case, jackass.

Gud shrugs: less noticeable

(Aevuh shakes his head and whispers to hench man)

Aevuhl: come to papa

(he tries to open it but gud puts his hand over the case)

Gud: WOAH, woah, woah not here man. Around all these people, you kidding?

Aevuhl: I do as I please, now go.

Gud does a little fast walk

(shot outside then camera pans from gud to evil)

Evil: HEY! 

(run and stuff)

(shots back and forth of both good and evil)

Evil: your dead.. Agent vienna 

TITLE: Agent vienna

(gets in car)

Vianna: Jolly

Jolly: Agent vianna, how was the heist

Vianna; Pretty fun.

Binzy Doodooeye