Rationale- With this film Waris, Kevin, and I wanted to create a story that shows a boy who goes through his everyday life with little or no change to it. A girl he ends up loving proves to be the motivator to change his boring ways for a happier life with other things to look forward to beside routine events. We added comedy to our film to add to the romance in the film and to create something without just the typical romantic outlook. We thought this would be a good idea because some romantic films are a little "cliche" and add no other element to it besides love and romance with certain scenes in our film like the fight scene and the dream sequence we incorporated it to add a comedic aspect to it because we thought it would be more appealing and interesting. Our intended audience was the film class and our own personal preferences in movies we tried to incorporate what we like, because a lot of teenagers have the same or similar interests. 
Commentary- My role that i shared in the film was primarily the leading actor, but shared the role as a director and helped edit the treatment to develop our script as well as edited my own version of the film. Some problems we faced were lighting issues in some scenes like the one we shot outside for our dream sequence with just the streetlight as our light source. The shot came out darker than expected as well as a little fuzzy but constant retakes and camera angles helped create it as clear as possible. Another issue was a crucial scene in the film when i was reciting the main audio of our film how to find one's true self while drifting off to sleep the audio was turned off or not plugged in all the way so we hear nothing there. Since we already finished filming and time was already short we decided to go on without the audio and thought the scene still worked with my facial expressions helping the viewers to understand whats going on. Another problem was keeping the camera steady during action scenes where the tripod was incapable of capturing the constant movement because the movement made the image less clear and made the shots seem more unprofessional. We fixed this problem by doing shots over and over again until it was as steady as possible and it was still clear. Acting was the last problem because no one wanted to act and finding reliable actors to fit in our schedule was tough so I decided to take the role as lead actor and asked Anissa to help, as the girl, even though she was reluctant, she pulled through. Daniel a person we originally casted turned out to be a no show so Kevin had to fill in as the ex-stalker boyfriend who did his part as well as he could even though his image didn't portray what we originally planned.
Narrative/Script- The beginning of our film is presented well with the boring and routine lifestyle of the boy shown, but certain transitions seemed awkward like going right to the school from there without showing how the boy gets to school and it just drops into this one key aspect of him in school. This school sequence was significant to the whole film because it presented the theme to our film and the catalyst that drives the boy to change his boring ways. The boy realizes through this theme and prompt that he's been wasting away his life going after nothing so decides he needs change. The middle of the film leading to the fight scene shows a transition in the boys character as as the film goes on we effectively see him gaining more confidence. The dream sequence incorporated in the script was for comedic purposes and didn't seem realistic if it was real life. The dialogue we used supported and allowed our plot to advance in an effective manner.
Casting and Acting- Casting was sort of a hassle because finding actors that were dedicated and had lenient schedules would be hard so I casted myself as well as Anissa. The ex-stalker boyfriend we had to change because Daniel our original actor couldn't make it so Kevin replaced him. Our actors ultimately fit our film because it was a romance and conveniently enough Anissa and I are together so the boy and girl fitted perfectly. The ex-stalker though we originally planned as bigger and more intimidating then me but Kevin wasn't that but instead used the wardrobe he had to make his image look meaner and tougher. I had a hard role to portray as the shy boy because I'm used to being more out going and on camera I had to be a lot calmer than off the camera. Anissa an outgoing person also didn't like the idea of acting at all, but we had no one else so decided to pull through for us and used her outgoing character to add comedy to our film as well as romance. Kevin unaccustomed to being a ghetto, scary, tough guy used his knowledge of those types of guys and his creativeness to imitate something he was the farthest from. Some facial expressions and scenes seemed rushed and unrealistic because of the limited amount of time we could have all actors present at once and because the images we were trying to portray weren't really us. It played out nicely though because the scene where I was rushing because I ad fallen asleep while doing homework happened before, but to further portray that i added a shocked, stunned expression when i saw the time on my phone. Other awkward scenes like the fight scene were hard to catch because Kevin punched over me instead of through me to make it seem unrealistic. The scene was fast though so didn't seem to noticeable and was hard to catch. Overall acting was difficult, time consuming, and tiring repeating scenes, doing scenes, but we the actors, used our own characteristics and personalities to depict our own respective characters as well as possible and each person did the best they can and were thankful for having what we had. 
Staging/Props/Lighting- Our props we used were very limited like school work things for the classroom scene we used a book and for when I went home to work on my homework I had a pen in hand and paper. The staging was also good for the shots that needed a home we used mine to portray a routine lifestyle, the classroom we had other students working to depict an actual class, and for the chase sequence we showed different streets to get to the park where the climax took place all relevant. Also to add comedy to the staging I used my sisters room as where I got up and used her pink blankets to further add some comedy to our film. The major difficulty of staging was outside the temperature was scorching hot and it added to impatience and a restlessness that caused even more takes to be needed because of constant minor miscues. Another difficulty was filming at night for the dream sequence where Anissa and I were skipping the only lighting was the street lights so it was hard to get a clear focused shot. Most of the shots were taken outdoors in the daylight or indoor so we had a lot clearer shots than the one night scene.
Sound/Music/Camera Op- The sound for the film was good for the first time use we used a boom mike most of the time but didn't place the mic directly at the speaking actors mouth so it resulted in a varying volume that sounded less professional. Only a few times did actors voice seem lower than in other scenes because of background noise as well as the mic positioning. For the dialogue it was appropriate to have it at the times needed because it advanced the plot and one time we had a miscue with the audio where we didn't have any dialogue where I was supposed to be reciting the prompt Ms. Tuite provided but the mic wasn't turned on or not plugged in fully. The music was appropriate throughout the film because it added to the scenes at hand and created anticipation for the following scenes. The camera operation was okay for the first time except for certain scenes where we couldn't use the tripod, so the camera wasn't steady. Like the scene where I was running out of the house the shot was a little shaky due to unsteady hands. Some jump cuts were hard to avoid because we didn't keep the camera running the whole time and cut after each scene so it didn't flow as well. 
Titles/Credits/Editing- For my title I used motion but my framing was off because I didn't have it set accurately so the opening Title is off but the rest fits well. The credits I rushed and made super bland due to a shortage of time and more detail and time spent on tiring to get motion to work because I was fascinated by the program. For my edit of the film I thought I accurately portrayed transitions really well but didn't add as many filters because I thought too many would be over bearing I wanted to keep the film more simple with detail spent on the shots and whats going on in the film instead of a filter. I felt filters over exaggerate things and by adding too many your taking away from the original movie you created. The filters I thought that helped the film instead of took away from it was first the one I added in the classroom shot where I look over to Anissa I added a glow because that's the first time I eye her and make any notion of interest to her. Another filter was the dream sequence one where I made it all black and white and added white soft edges to make it more dreamy and unrealistic looking. The last one I made was a glow effect in the ending where Anissa and I are holding hands to close the film and show how far the boy has gone from everyday routine events to holding a girl he likes and stood up for. Overall I'm happy with my first film I have little technology knowledge, but seeing how far I've advanced already through one film is exciting.
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