AICE Media Studies Blog

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Hey today was finally the end of this long journey. It was week in and week out where we were communicating on WhatsApp to find out what we wanted to make to finally making the final task blog. My group mates have been the best honestly. They all understood each other's schedule which was a really good trait for this mix of people. Also, this group was very patience I feel like as a group we all believed in the saying, 'Trust the process" and we did and eventually finish. In my opinion I think the film turned out great. The acting looked pretty well. The editing ideas were placed pretty well also. Overall, I think everything turned out great. I hope you can see our work in the  film. 

 Hey everyone, we finally finished editing. This was a very long journey, but we made it close to the end. My groupmate and I have worked really heard these last two weeks to crunch the time we lost but now we are here. To start off the film starts off with the establishing scene. In film, an establishing shot establishes the context for a scene by demonstrating the relationship between its key figures and objects. It is usually a long or extremely long shot at the start of a scene that indicates where, and sometimes when, the rest of the scene takes place. Next scene is a medium shot Character details, location, and scale are all captured in a single frame. These shots can provide context for characters by placing them within the context of the film. Improving body language. These shots show enough of a character's body to show gestures while remaining close enough to reveal subtle movements. Transitioning to other shots is done smoothly. Medium shots are frequently used between w...

 Hey today was our last fay of editing. Finally nearing the end for school everything has been crashing down. Assignments been being assigned more frequently because of the upcoming tests. I'm glad that me and my group mates have been working a lot to make up for the missing days. But now it's time to explain what me and my groups mates were working on for the final edit. So, to edit Airel had to make an unlisted YouTube video for us to view and copy because the file was way too big for the communications app we were using. Secondly, we were all having a conversation on how to embed the video the tips were: Step 1: Make a YouTube channel and post your video there. Step 2: Play the video and then select Share, then Embed. Step 3: Click Show more and, if necessary, customize the player. Step 4: Copy the embed code provided by the site and paste it into your web page. Once we got all of that settled with our groups we could continue on with editing  Airel suggested to Kayla at th...

 hey today was our first editing day. Me and my group mates discussed all of the editing tools like iMovie, Photoshop express, and Picart. Also, our main editor Airel finished putting all the files together and chopped up all the clips. Airel also suggested us to watch videos on how to utilize open shots. So as suggested I researched and found: Activate Openshot Click File>New Project in the upper left corner of the screen. To add videos and photos to your project, drag files from your file explorer into the OpenShot project files section, or choose file>Import Files and then import the files that you require. Locate the images or videos you want to include in your movie and click open. The video/picture will be displayed in the center of the screen. This is your schedule. The slider is located above the timeline. Moving the slider to the left expands the video/pictures on your timeline, making it easier to edit smaller segments of your project. Simply click and drag the vide...

 hey guys today was a very convenient film session for us with time. Well to explain today was a personal study day which meant we got out of school early. During this day my group mates were very serious on filming today because of the advantages we had. The advantages were time, we had so much time since dismissal was 11:40. Another advantage was the availabilities, every one was here it was amazing early afternoon filming was a blast. Me and my group mates decided to film my parts the next day. They only filmed last scene of the opening sequence. Even though it doesn't sound like we accomplished anything today my group mates definitely did , also the day nothing went wrong everything was going right except the day was a bit hot but it was manageable. While we were out there we realized some things we had to mortify. Nothing dramatic we aren't changing the idea we just seen a creative angle we wanted to change it to. We noticed that we could shift of the camera angle to more ...

Hey guys today I wanted to discuss how we filmed. First,  I wanted to talk about how we finally got to film   together. It’s  been weeks where we have been trying to plan filming day. We’ve never gotten a full group to film. Other  then the two others that filmed a little bit nobody else has filmed. Due to the recent rainy weather and our film being an  outside film we had no choice but to wait.Since that’s out the way now we discuss the preparation of the night before and the day of. Well to start me and my group mates showed each other’s schedule to see what we all had to do for the week if we were busy or not.Bad thing for me is I’m apart of the volleyball team and football team and I had volleyball games every other day and practice practically every single day if I don’t have a game.And I’m playing a important role in the film so I kind of have to be there. It’s been rough trying to work around or even through my schedule either missing half a hour or ...

  Hey today I wanted to talk about the recants updates we’ve received from our artist and what this means for our future plans. To start of Ariel one of my group mates emailed “Beas,Diana,RCA records” and we actually got a response. This was the response, “Hey Ariel - thanks for providing the information you have thus far. Kindly note that Sony's policy is not to grant any music for free, so I will be charging an amount...although it will be nominal. If you could, please answer the below questions as it will be helpful in assessing that dollar amount. Also, kindly note I have to go to the artist management camp to also obtain approval. Additionally, you will need to clear publishing (song and lyrics)-and that's where you'll be granted permission by the administrators of the songwriters who wrote the song…and RCA has nothing to do with those permissions-_are you aware of this additional step? THE QUESTIONS • What is the name of the project? Can you give a description ...

Hey everyone, this following week back was very chaotic for me. I was going back and forth all over Broward with my mother so I couldn’t film with my group mates again. Even though I wasn’t able to film i had trust in my group to perform some Filming. While my groupmates were filming, they were giving me updates on The WhatsApp. WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform instant messaging application that allows iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia smartphone users to exchange text, image, video and audio messages for free. With this app is super easy contacting each other regardless the brand of phone and it’s free. My Group mates where informing about the place they went, what time they went, and what they were filming. Also, my group mate Kayla just got a GoPro. With this GoPro we can more clear shots and allows the action shots to be shot more in depth. With school being open this is going to open up a lot more opportunities to actually get the full team to o film so I’...

 Hey guys today I'm going to be talking about what's been going on for this week with our group. This week's weather has been so bad. It's been windy and raining all week. Trying to film has been really rough. Clothes flying, props flying, even us kind of blowing away. Very funny watching everything get ruined. But that only means we have to account for that and work around. To start scheduling is rough. With it being spring break, you would expect everyone would be free right? no everyone's busy doing family stuff, school stuff, everything else that can disable us to film for the first week. Well, I'm the one busy I'm on a college tour trip for student athletes. Me and some teammates with 3.5 gpa's and above. basically, this trip is to get us exposed to the ivy league college athletic wise and academic wise. The colleges we are visiting  are: Dartmouth , Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Penn, Brown, and Cornell are institutions who have confirmed our...

  Filming day number 2 unfortenly  I couldn't be there for filming in person. I was texting and giving advice the whole way though. Firstly, I couldn't be there because I had to turn in my books to be able to go on a trip. Secondly, I wanted to show how I helped behind the scenes. During the whole day i was trying to keep in touch with my mates. Understanding where they were going to film and specifically what scenes. With me being absent for this shoot enabled a problem. The main setback was needing an extra filming day to finish with the absents. Also gave a bit of confusion with me being gone this week. So, we discussed what scenes they were going to film it was only a few. Along the way I was giving advice to help make filming easier. advice like suggested camera angles, suggestion on time of day should be filmed. During their filming I tried being involved because I was going to be gone for a week and that sets our schedule back. I've already notified my group about it...

Today me and my groups mates were planning on  filming. We  tried to plan the day prior to get everyone’s guardian on board with a flexible  time. Transportation  scheduling couldn’t be done.2 days before film day I was under the impression of having practice. With  that information I had to plan how can I film with my group mates and make it to practice on time. One  day before filming day one of our group mates couldn’t make it to. With  that new information we had to plan the specific shots with missing one group mate. With one day remaining we had to think about what props to use for specific scenes. We  had to bring basketball and football to shoot the scene with me and another. Also  had to get permission from adults like 7/11 worker police offer at the school. We  got a yes from the police officer to shoot with us. So,  it’s film day and at  the start of the morning I ask everyone what are we wearing? Kayla said athletic...

  So, with my group we discussed about our music choice. We choose a variety of different songs that correlate to the genre or idea of our film. To start off with the song ''I Can't Breathe" by H.E.R.  she wrote in response to the recent spate of police killings of unarmed black citizens and the swell of protests against police brutality and systemic racism. The meaning of this song really correlates with our movie because we are showing the same thing H.E.R is talking about. As she is highlighting what's going on with the world. With our film we our trying to show that also but fighting the justice. Next is "Alright" by Kendrick Lamar. In this song Kendrick Lamar talks about the current system of black people getting shot, but as Kendrick is rapping, he is still giving black people courage by telling them that during this time as black people we are going to be alright and change the world. Next is" the hat...

  Slide 1: An establishing shot of the first character’s house is shown   Slide 2: An establishing shot of the second character’s home.   Slide 3: A medium shot of character 1, texting someone.   Slide 4: A close up shot of the character’s phone so we can see who he is texting, it is shown that he is texting his friend, asking if she wants to go out. She says yes.   Slide 5: A medium-wide shot of the character getting ready.   Slide 6: An insert of the character’s personal items.( Studio Title shown: Free Floating)   Slide 7: A fade to black screen with the production company title.   Slide 8: A long shot of a park, where both characters will be playing.   Slide 9: An over the shoulder shot of a character playing catch with the other.   Slide 10: A medium shot of character two shouting, “You throw horribly.”   Slide 11: A medium shot of character one responding, “Not as badly as you kick.”   Slide 12: A long shot of charact...