C320 Films

Why C320?

C320 is the dorm room at SUNY Purchase where I first fell in love with filmmaking. One guy owned a hi-8 camera, so we made movies. Sure, it was just a bunch of college freshman remaking Reservoir Dogs, but it was a blast. That's where I knew that this is what I wanted to do. I decided to name the production company after that dorm room, as a reminder of why I was originally inspired to come to this strange and exotic land called Los Angeles.

Aspiring: The Series will be the first production of C320 Films.

Here's the closing logo for C320 Films. As I've previously mentioned, I want to include everyone in the process of putting Aspiring together. In keeping with that, here's how I put together the logo.

First, I did a predesign, deciding on factors like font, color scheme, and placement.

Next, using ScreenFlow, a program used to capture video of your computer monitor, I recorded as I put everything together in Adobe Photoshop. Because I knew I was shooting hi-def, I chose a layout that was equivalent to 16x9, getting as close as possible to 1920 x 1080 pixels, (1080p), without getting obstructed by Photoshop palettes.

In Adobe Premiere, I sped up the 3 minute video by about 4000%, to get it down to 5 seconds.

Then, utilizing Voice Memo on my iPhone, I recorded the dialog, and sent it to my email.

Finally, after I saved the audio and imported it into Premier, I applied it to the video, and exported the whole thing.

And that is how you get a homemade production logo in just one night.

- Chris