LAst year during school, we had a project: We had to take a chapter or
two out of a pathetic book called "Pig heart Boy" and act it out in
front of the class. Now I convinced my group that we could make it into
a film and after recently discovering windows movie maker I thought
that it would turn out brilliantly. I adapted two chapters from the
book, assigned the cast and crew with one small digital camera and we
shot the film in an old friend of mine's house and in his neighbourhood
for establishing shots. I put the film together on Movie Maker and
edited it, adding titles, music, etc. It took forever to edit and was sometimes stressful but a lot of fun
and from then on I thought "This is what I want to do for the rest of
my life!"
Honestly, the acting was lame, the pace terrible, the sound just as bad
and it just wasn't that interesting. After all, it was based on a
horrendously boring book and I was working with amatuers who were my class mates and we had one little digital camera with video compatibility! But nonetheless it was fun. My group got full
marks! Everyone who watched the film loved it because it seemed so
professional with Windows Movie Maker. I had so much fun doing the
title credits, scene transitions and end credits! People loved it!
I'm really looking forward to doing this with my script one day. I thought that it could be performed by my drama class but I'm not so sure anymore as it might require proffessional acting ability and plenty of effects which we don't have :'(
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