Currently, we've passed the planning phase of the project. We have uploaded our opening shots into Premiere Pro and are actively shooting b-roll that are needed. Due to scheduling issues, we are a little behind than we expected to be at this point. The interviews and voiceovers are being placed according to the storyline or rather timeline that we wish to follow. We have a few sets of music Royalty-Free tracks that fit with the clips we already have placed and any future clips we place. We wish to go for an authentic feel to the film. I've added 6 new clips of a dark street to the folder and 3 clips of surrounding streets in Mexico.

This week I ended writing part one of what was said in Itzel's mom's interview and Itzel and I agreed that it would be best to start with her mom's life in Mexico before she came to the U.S. I marked the time so the clips are easier to find and it's easier to see what we want to put together. We have an issue with the audio in Itzel's mom's b-roll. We were thinking about possibly recording audio that matches the b-roll. We have talked to Ms. Macchia and she said that she'd reach out to us when she sees what's wrong.

This is part two of itzel's mom's interview and the order that we are putting the story in is her life in Mexico before crossing the border was a thought, then the process and the reason for taking the leap towards the U.S. Then how her mom got to where she is today. Some of the clips are still missing audio, Ms. Macchia converted some of the MOV files to Mpg files so we could see if the way the video was exported had caused an error. Turns out Ms. Macchia, Itzel, and I could not hear any audio on all of our own devices so we asked Ms. Macchia if she could send us over our original footage. She's looking into that.

I wrote out the interview that I took from my dad, it's the side interview with added information. Ms. Macchia contacted the principal to see if she could get into the building for our SD card so we still have the sound issue but we are in contact with Ms. Macchia. I spoke to Ms. Macchia about the translation and software that could help translate it. Itzel said that she would send me the new interview clip from her mom so I'm waiting on that. I'm still actively working with our advisor, I've already received the Mpg files that I needed so we are good on that.

This is my draft of Project 2 for the cover of the documentary. I combined both images of the Jersey City skyline and the Mexico City skyline. I found a font that would fit with the image I am going for. I might put the credits at the bottom of the image, something like "Produced and Directed by Itezel Sanchez and Monica Ramirez." and "Edited by Monica Ramirez"

This is my final draft of the Capstone Project #2. At first I wanted to add more like "Edited by" or "Directed by" but this is going to be the main cover for the documentary so I didn't want to add too much which would be difficult to read. I originally had planned to put the flags but it didn't fit quite right nor did it look natural. I might need to add something that shows that the picture on the left is Mexico city because there is nothing there stating so. I think it's pretty obvious that the right side is Jersey city but it might be interpreted to be NYC. Overall, this will be the cover I will be putting on my documentary.