COVID Results!!!

 Today all of our team members received their COVID-19 results from the December 23rd scare. Fortunately, the majority of us tested negative for the coronavirus. Unfortunately one of our actors who were not with us earlier, but scheduled for a later scene tested positive for the virus. This news brings us sadness, but we will be sure to keep in touch with her and wish her a speedy recovery. In terms of how to move forward, it seems as if weeks have passed. When in reality it has been about 5 days. As everyone received their results, Jonathon and I started reaching out asking for availability. Unfortunately, a good amount of our team members will be away until the new year. So it seems as if we will have to push back our final film date to the beginning of 2021. This will most definitely push back our entire schedule of events. Luckily, Jonathon and I planned early to have an ambitious start time. This means we should still be able to finish well before needed. As we came to this realization Jonathon and I hopped on a call and made the determination it was safest to not see each other until after break since we were both having heavy interaction with our family members. This is to ensure the absolute safety of everyone on our team as we complete this project. As we move forward with planning we will make sure to add extra safety steps. Likewise, we look forward to finishing filming our one scene in Downtown, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As previously stated we will not be able to do this until the new year now. Until then we wish you a happy new year and a safe one too. Be sure to read our next blog as we hope will be done filming with no more scare surprises. 

Editing day 1

  It has been roughly two days since we got our COVID test and no one on our team has received their results. So, I hopped on a phone call with Jonathon and we talked how we can make the best use of our time in our session as we await our results. We agreed that no one on our team should meet in person until we receive the results. So after brainstorming we decided to start the editing process as best as we can via zoom to ensure a collaborative effort. We started by dumping all the footage. It surprisingly was around 20 gigabytes of footage. As you can imagine this took a while to transfer to the computer. After we got it all we imported it into iMovie and started reviewing the clips. This did become an issue over zoom just because it was a lot for the computer to handle. But, we kept trying to push through it in order to maximize our time. We were able to review quite a bit of the gulf stream footage. Over the zoom platform the slowness was becoming a barrier we realized we cannot get by. Jonathon still decided to try to edit some of the videos by and wait to finalize anything until the next time we see each other. I know we will still have more than enough time to edit, so at this point in time, I am not worried. As we move forward with planning we have to be very cautious. We will just plan everything in a best scenario situation and hope for the best. But, if we test positive we will plan around how we can still get everything done. Anyway, we hope the results will come back soon and negative. Until then we will wait and hope for the best.

Filming day 3- COVID SCARE

 As we all met up to record scenes the final scenes Jonathon received a phone call. He answered just in case it was an emergency, but he soon found out that a close friend of his just tested positive for COVID-19. Now although we were taking precautions as a group we also all ate lunch together. Additionally, additional members of our team were exposed to the same individual. At this point, we were wondering what steps should we take forward to move. Jonathon and I talked it over and decided the safest option was to postpone all filming to a further date. At this point, Jonathon and I felt extremely bad for putting everyone in this position a day before Christmas Eve. Many of us not sure what to do regarding family and testing. So Jonathon and I asked the whole team who wanted to get tested and drove everyone to a testing site in Miami. As we drove everyone to Miami the constant fear of possibly spreading to COVID was in our minds. The last thing we were thinking about last night was media studies or filming. As we started approaching the location we waited in a line and all the members of our team who wanted to get tested got tested. Unfortunately, the results are not rapid it actually takes upwards from 2 to 4 days. As we wait for the results we will be in a constant fear of not knowing what to do. Right now we are hoping no one on our team has COVID and we can move forward with the project. This will push back our anticipated finish date. Nonetheless, I am happy we made that decision as it was the best one to ensure safety for us, our family, and those around us. As we move forward we will be sure to keep in mind how easy the virus can spread. On this Christmas Eve, we are hoping for the best and wishing everyone negative results. 

Filming day 3

Since I was not able to join my team while they filmed on the second day, I was able to join them today! Today was definitely a roller coaster. We filmed in the afternoon a few scenes and planned to film the rest in the night when the sun went down. This blog will be covering the afternoon scenes. We arrived at the 'Abonded house' around 10am to start filming. As we arrived we realized we forgot to bring the photographs we had of Rece to complete the stalker effect. Even though we ran into this hiccup there was an easy solution. We googled the nearest Office Depot and saw it was roughly two miles away. We then made a google doc with the photos of Rece who is playing Leo and emailed it over to the Office Depot printing kiosk. We then all headed over to Office Depot and retrieved the printouts of Rece. Likewise, we went to the cutting station and cut them out as if they were 8 x 10 photos. Although this was an unfortunate error we were able to create a solution rather easily. We then re-setup the house with pictures of Rece and red yarn to appear a stockerish feel to the building. Once this was done we used a folding chair and towing cable to tie Rece - 'Leo' - into the chair for the kidnapping scenes. This all took roughly an hour. Around 11:40am we started to film! All in all the filming went really well. The scene's dialogue was much longer so it took a few takes to capture everything. But, I think the end product is going to come out really well. We are all now going to take a lunch break and meet up at 6pm to film the final scenes of the film. So excited to dump all of the footage and start editing!

Filming day 1

Filming is definitely such a great feeling. We just completed our first day of filming and it had a few twists, but overall went great. Our goal going into today was to film all the scenes at Gulfstream Park and Giache Creepes. We ended up meeting this goal it just did not go as anticipated. But we couldn't imagine it any better. Going into today's filming session Jonathon and I were nervous that the chemistry between our actors and actress would be noticed. We had them run over their lines with each other a few times before, but we were still very nervous. But to our surprise, when they were acting with each other the footage came out perfectly. We started filming today at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. As you remember the park was closed but an official of the park said we would be able to enter to film for our school project.  Unfortunately, after roughly 15 minutes of filming a security officer approached us. We explained why we were there and how we thought we could be here for our school project. After explaining he understood and said we can continue filming. Five minutes after the officer came back and said we could not be there and escorted us outside of the park. Now obviously this was not part of the plan. Jonathon and I game planned and realized we could move to the general area at Gulfstream Park. We moved there and were able to film all of the scenes we originally planned to film there. All in all, it was a blessing in disguise because the background ended up appearing better. After that, we all headed down to Miami to film at Giache Crepes. The filming went smoothly and as anticipated. So excited to have Day 1 of filming in the books and excited to continue filming throughout the week. 

Setting the time and date

 Jonathon and I met up today in in order to discuss the time and dates our team would meet up. The ideal situation would be that we can meet up whenever to film and edit. But sadly it doesn't work that way. Even though we're on break and our film is a big priority, we all have our separate schedules. This is a time for us to relax but this is time has been the busiest I've been. I can't speak on behalf of my team but while making our schedule I could tell that everyone was pretty busy during break. We needed to make sure we were fitting in everyone's schedule. Some of us work and some were going to celebrate the holidays with family. I also think a big factor to making our schedule would try to target our locations at the least amount of foot traffic possible. Due to COVID we want to make sure that everything is as safe as it can be. But in the end, we were able to make a schedule that suited everyone. 

We decided that within three days we would be able to film. Since many of our locations are going to be used for some of the same scenes, travel is not a big factor. Our plan is to change up the Mis en Scene in order for it to look different. We divided the scenes the three days. We made sure that we needed to film scenes that took place near each other. For example, we would film scenes in the southern region of our county one day and then film scenes in the northern region of our county another day. Sunday the 20th we would film scenes 1,2, and 3. We would film from 12pm-3pm in the southern region of our county. Tuesday the 22nd we would film the background scenes with the main character. Wednesday the 23rd is when we would film the majority of our film. Scenes 4,5,6,7 and 8 would be filmed from 11am-to whenever we finish. 

Location scouting

 Today we were able to finally scout out a location for one our scenes. Since we were able to plan everything out, we had some ideas of where we wanted to film our scenes. Of course these are all places that we've visited before so we had an idea of how it would turn out. However, for the scene where the main character gets kidnapped, we didn't have an absolute location where we wanted to film. We asked around to see if any of our friends knew of places that had the description we were looking for. Turns out one of our mutual friends knew of a place that was around 30 minutes away from our houses. We decided that today was a great day to go and see it. Since we need to film at this location, we need to make sure that filming is permitted. We did a little bit of research and found out that it's considered public property so filming was okay. We really wanted this location to work out because it matched the description almost perfectly. 

When we arrived to the location we were disappointed. It turns out that the location no longer exists. Granted, our friend hadn't recently been there so we all expected to see it. This whole time we've been depending on this location because we would be filming the most important scene. The scene would be the climax of the film where the twist of revealing the character's true intentions happens. We didn't think this would happen so we didn't plan to have a second location. We need to think of another location fast. Our deadline is coming up and we want to have as much time as possible to edit our short film. Hopefully in the upcoming days we will have a location to film at. If not, I don't know what we're gonna do. 

Back from break!!

Our Thanksgiving break has officially ended. Sad that it ended but I was able to think about my expectations for the film. I really want all of the aspects to come out as we envision them. The meaning of the scenes, camera angles, and movements. Everything in our film has a purpose. We hope that it can translate towards the audience. During the break we also roughly planned out what the next few weeks will look like. We have an upcoming winter break so we were able to figure out the filming and editing schedule that fits. Even though we don't know exactly when we'd be able to film and edit with our actors but we have a rough idea. 

Throughout the two weeks we plan on filming, editing, and taking care of all the other things. We want to get our filming done within the first week. Of course this all depends on our actors and our crew members but we're aiming for the first week. We don't need to get permission for the rights of any music. We decided that the sound would mostly be diegetic throughout our film. The second week would consist of editing our film. Editing is going to take the most time to finish. With my experience of making media, editing is a very meticulous step. Since our film needs to be five minutes, there is a lot of editing that needs to be done. In the end I know that we'll be able to get our film done the way we want it. 

Plans for the future

 Now that our social media is set up and ready to use, we need to plan other aspects of our film. In order to have our film be a success we need to plan accordingly. Even though we've planned certain things, I feel that there can't be too much planning. We want the film to come out good and for that each little detail needs to be perfect. When I say 'perfect' I mean to our expectations. I don't think that everything will be perfect but I do want our film to be exactly how we want it. Since we have our winter break coming up, Jonathon and I plan to take advantage to film and edit our film. The two weeks that we have off gives us the perfect amount of time to make our film. I think it's important to have ample time so there's no rush. We both agree that it's really important to have fun making our film. Even though it's for a class, it's important to have fun. 

Throughout the two weeks we plan on filming, editing, and taking care of all the other things. We want to get our filming done within the first week. Of course this all depends on our actors and our crew members but we're aiming for the first week. We don't need to get permission for the rights of any music. We decided that the sound would mostly be diegetic throughout our film. The second week would consist of editing our film. Editing is going to take the most time to finish. With my experience of making media, editing is a very meticulous step. Since our film needs to be five minutes, there is a lot of editing that needs to be done. In the end I know that we'll be able to get our film done the way we want it. 

 

Setting up our social media!

 Today my partner and I decided to set up the social media in order to jump start the marketing for our short film. Although we knew that marketing was going to be a big part of our project, I decided to look into why marketing is important to a film. But it's simple. If you don't market your film, there is no way that viewers are going to know about it. For a film to be successful, marketing is an essential part. Jonathon and I wanted to think about which social medias would be most effective to reaching out to our target audience. We think our target audience is going to be older teenagers to people in their late twenties. Even though we want to hit our target audience we also want to reach out to all audiences that would be willing to see the film. We want everyone to have a chance and see our film when it's done. The social medias we want to use are YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. We also opened a Wix website to help promote our film.

First we opened an email account in order to save all the work between me and my partner. Then we opened our Instagram account for our film. There wasn't any trouble with opening the account. The name we wanted for the account wasn't taken, so we were able name it how we wanted. Then we opened our twitter account. There were two platforms that gave us problems with opening accounts. Facebook gave us a hard time opening our account because it required a 'real' name. Since this is for the sole purpose of promoting our film and not an actual account for someone, we had to put the name of our main character. The second platform to give us trouble was Wix. It didn't let me open an account under the email we made. In the end, my partner was able to open an account. 

Storyboard for short film!

 

The time to storyboard is here. We found drawing up the storyboard fairly easy. Since this is our second year in AICE Media, we’ve had practice making storyboards. Last year we had to make a storyboard for a commercial, music video, and movie intro. All that was practice for the storyboard that we had to do this time around. Since each page of our storyboard represents about thirty seconds of our short film, we had to fill eleven pages. Our storyboard consists of the eight scenes in our short film. We wouldn’t consider ourselves art prodigies but we did our best. Since we still need to abide by CDC safety guidelines, we decided to complete our storyboard over FaceTime. Although this was not ideal with the help of google slides we were able to combine our work and upload them to the blogger just like we would if we were in class. As we continue working we will always keep this storyboard in mind. Throughout the next few weeks we plan on completing several tasks. First, we will be shopping and obtaining the necessary props to film. Then, we will be re-visiting each filming location to ensure no obstacles come set filming day. Shortly after we will be hosting a zoom call with all participants going over the script, storyboard, and schedule of events. Likewise, during this call we will be conducting a table read and making any necessary edits. Then it’s time to film! As we go through this process we will be sure to continue blogging. Although we truly believe this storyboard has all necessary elements we will not be surprised if we have to go back and edit our initial thoughts. Even though this is going to be a lengthy journey, we hope to have our final product by early January. In the end, we hope to have an awesome project that we can be proud of, while having fun!

Planning for short film

Short film vs. feature length film

To say that I was impressed with both films would be an understatement. Shane Acker out did himself with both films. With his short film, he was able to have an enticing story fit into seven minutes. With his feature film, Shane was able to expand the story he had into an hour and twenty minutes. I personally felt entertained throughout the whole movie. I think that's a difficult thing to do. Keeping the audience's interest is probably the most nerve racking thing. It decides the future of your film. If it's going to be successful or if it's going to fail. Shane Acker definitely achieved that. 

Both films kept the same plot. A story about a post apocalyptic world with no humans or anything that lived. The audience only knows what's shown which are human-like figures made of burlap. In the short story the audience was to assume what happened and how the burlap creatures are functioning. In the feature film, Shane had elaborated on the backstory to the burlap creatures and why they are there. Since the short film was only seven minutes long it had only one main obstacle, the monster. In the feature film, the main characters had a myriad of obstacles that prevented them from accomplishing their goals. In the short film, there were two characters that the audience grows an attachment to. In the feature film, there are nine characters that grow a relationship with the audience. There's even a love interest for the main character that wasn't shown in the short film. Overall, I think I preferred the feature film over the short film because it was able to include a lot more that felt left out in the short film. 

Research 9, feature film

Time to watch the long version of 9! I'm excited to watch the feature film version because I loved the short

film. I thought the short film was well made. The short film was a total of seven minutes and was able to

include everything needed to make flow. It seemed as if I were watching a full length film. I do wonder how

Shane will be able to make the short he did into a full length film. I would totally be lost and confused on

where to start. I think that having to write out a storyboard where you had to accomplish a whole story

within a short time frame is difficult. Let alone having to expand it into a full length film. After watching the

short, I thought Shane did really well. I'm excited to see what he can do.

The feature film 9 was a story about what seemed like a post apocalyptical world with no humans or

anything that lived. The audience only knows what's shown which is a human-like figure made of burlap.

Of course by human-like I mean the extremities like arms, legs, and a head. Since the audience knows

that it's a post apocalyptic setting, it's safe to assume that these creatures are to embark on some type

of mission in order to discover or save themselves. Like any sensible story, there was the expedition, the

climax, and the resolution. There are many characters throughout the movie to add personal relationships

between the audience and the character's they're watching. The film has multiple obstacles.

The expedition includes 7 characters. Throughout the expedition each character faces an obstacle and

either surpasses it or doesn't. There was a 'fake' climax when the characters assume the journey is over

and they succeeded. The real climax of the story is when the main character realizes the real reason why

they were created and releases the souls of his friends. The resolution is when the main character sees his

friends being released into the sky. The main character's development went from clueless and lost to over

coming and brave. One directorial style I did notice was at the end when it rained over the remaining

characters. Throughout the movie there was no reference to a drought or any shortage of water to where the

rain in the end would hold significance. However, I feel that the director decided to take this approach at the

end because in past films rain is a symbol for 'cleansing'. In this case, the rain is a symbol for a fresh start of

the characters and they are 'cleansed' of everything from the past.

Research 9, the short

Time to watch a short film! I'm really excited to watch a short film because it'll give me

the ability to see how a short film should look. I know that every short film is different and that

there isn't a structure to follow, but I think it'd be nice to see a successful short film. The short film

that I watched was called 9. This short film was directed by Shane Acker. Shane Acker was a student at

University of California, Los Angeles and had submitted one of his projects into a film festival. It's so cool to

watch a film that a student made. Even though I'm not in college and may have the same experience as him,

it shows me that I might have the potential to make something great. Shane Acker took an interesting

approach to make his film animated.

9 was a story about what seemed like a post apocalyptical world with no humans or anything that lived.

The audience only knows what's shown which is a human-like figure made of burlap. Of course by human-

like I mean the extremities like arms, legs, and a head. Since the audience knows that it's a post apocalyptic

setting, it's safe to assume that these creatures are to embark on some type of mission in order to discover or

save themselves. Like any sensible story, there was the expedition, the climax, and the resolution. The

expedition includes the two characters that the audience can tell are friends, go around and find something.

The expedition also includes an obstacle when the main character's friend dies. The climax of the story is

when the main character defeats the monster that killed his friend. The resolution is when the main character

sees the rest of his kind become free. The main character's development went from being afraid to defeating

his fear.

Genre choice for film

 After doing our research we’ve decided it’d be best to choose ‘thriller’ as our genre. The reason we chose thriller as our genre because it best suits the vision we have for the movie. Since our pitch is ‘ A normal day you bump into someone that can change your life, but the fate of your future is out of your hands’, we’ve determined that it would best fit into the thriller genre. The film deals with a stalker that meets her stalkee randomly, hence the ‘A normal day you bump into someone’ part of the pitch. However, the part that fits the thriller genre the most is the ‘but the fate of your future is out of your hands’. Our film will deal with suspense and tension, the main aspects to a thriller film. We think that the researched helped a lot in determining which genre our film fit best in. But the fact that we had the ability to watch different films, the different aspects were really shown to us. Our pitch fits perfect within the thriller genre. There was no need to edit or make any changes at all. While choosing the initial three genres we felt it would be more productive to choose three genres that we could see fit our film in the future. 

My group member and I definitely have our work cut out for us. We both have high expectations for our film. We want to make it the best it can be. And that means working endlessly towards our vision. Since we’re both humans we have our doubts. This is the first time we’re working together, we don’t know if its a perfect match. Even though we came up with our pitch together, we might have different visions for it. We’re trying to keep a positive mentality when it comes to how our film will turn out. But not being able to work with each other in person might affect our film in a negative way. Fingers crossed it turns out great!

Genre research- Thriller, Romance, and Mystery

Genres we would like to research

 On to the next step in making our film! Although we’ve already envisioned what we’d like our film to look like, it’s always important to do the research that’s necessary to make our film the best it can be. We’ve decided that our pitch would best fit into three genres. The genres are thriller, romance, and mystery. We’ve watched countless films that fit into each genre so we feel our pitch matches them. Each genre has different qualities to them that could potentially fit our film. A thriller film is ‘characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. A romance showcases romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theaters and on TV that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. It also shows their journey that their love takes them through dating, courtship or marriage. A mystery is characterized as a story that focuses on a puzzling crime, situation, or circumstance that needs to be solved.

Even though we’ve watched films in these genres and know the definitions, we still need do more research. Research is very important when it comes to the success of our film. Research allows the film to be accurate. We will conduct the necessary amount of research so our film can be the best it can be. In the past, group members have neglected the research aspect of developing our film. I feel that the problems we faced later on could have been avoided with conducting research. I hope with the research that’ll go into this film, we will be able to do better than last year. We want to make sure that we’re doing what we need to, while having fun. It’ll make the experience better and more memorable. 

Pitch time!!!

 A normal day you bump into someone that can change your life, but the fate of your future is out of your hands.

Second time's the charm

 Just like last year, we were given the option to work in groups. Now, the thing is, I would prefer to work by myself. Last year, for the first few projects I had worked with a group. When I was in a group and turned in projects I weren't happy about, I blamed the lack of experience. Yes the lack of experience may have contributed but I think it was because of the difficulties working with a group brought. Finding time to film with all of our different schedules was probably the biggest problem. I liked working with my partners but since they were in their last year of high school, they put in the minimum amount of effort possible. This made my job harder. I was in charge of everything, the editing, the directing, and the filming. I figured that I should just do the last project by myself and take all of the credit. That's what I did. On the last project I worked by myself and I would've been able see out my expectations but the pandemic shut everything down. 

This year, I decided to take a different approach. Instead of stressing myself out my last year of high school, I decided to have a partner. I wanted to give this year my all. In order to do that, I need to think about preventing anything that might spread me out too thin. The final project alone requires a lot of energy. I'm going to put the past behind me and go through this year with a partner. My partner for this year is Jonathon Mungal. Although he might be in a different class period than me, he's still taking the same course I am. I hope I made the right decision in choosing to complete this year with a partner. I think it'll take some weight off of my shoulders. This way, I'll be able to make a project that I'm nothing but proud of. 

Back in business!!!

I'm back! Yes, the rumors are true, we are back in business. Taking the second part of this AICE course is very exciting. Brand new things are coming my way. I was pumped to take the second half AICE media studies because of the sad ending of last year. The pandemic really rained on parade last year. I wasn't able to really fulfill the vision I had for my final project last year. The place where I was filming closed and the actor I needed to film with had to quarantine. It became hard when I was trying to put the scenes I had together. It wouldn't make sense and it didn't match the idea I had in my head. I ended up having to change my storyboard a lot. In the end, I was able to put something together but it wasn't my best work. 

I learned a lot from last year. I know this year will be different. I feel like I'm prepared for anything. If I was able to make my final project with the circumstances the universe threw at me, I can accomplish anything. The final project for this year sounds really interesting. In class today we went over the different aspects to the final project. It's not just a short film. the final project actually has big components. We have to act as a marketing team, a director, and an editor all at the same time. I still have to decide whether or not I want to work alone. I know working in a group will make my life easier. However, working alone allows me to be most creative. Either way I'm super excited for this year. I can't wait to see what I'm capable of doing. 

Audience and Institution Practice essay

1. Assess the importance of marketing in the media area you have studied. 

When evaluating the success of a film, marketing plays a very influential role. Marketing is a strategy that has been used ever since the Victorian Era. No matter the technique of marketing, it is still important to the success of a film. 

Marketing is important to film because of the huge impact it can have on its success. Nowadays, films are considered successful based on the amount of profit they gain.  If marketed well, a film can make hundreds of millions of dollars. Marketing allows for the film to become noticed and gain a following before it even comes out. One of the main forms of marketing includes releasing trailers before the movie comes out in order to intrigue viewers. The film Jurassic World had released four separate trailers that were distributed online months before the release of the film. They had also aired little snippets of the film on tv before and after  the release of the film. This little aspect of marketing has proven to be successful for Jurassic World making it the third largest grossing movie of all time. 

There are different aspects to marketing. Like aforementioned, releasing trailers or snippets of the upcoming film is a small part of marketing. However, films use a myriad of marketing that leads to its success. Films like the live action Beauty and the Beast. While promoting the film, their marketing strategies included releasing trailers, cross promotions, merchandising, and even media convergence. Disney, the distribution company, had cross promoted with different companies that would reach their target audiences. Their target audience probably ranges from ages five to those in their late thirties. This is because Disney had also used the nostalgia of those who watched the animated version decades earlier. Using all of these techniques led to a large outreach which gained viewers. In the end, the film was successful and made almost 1.3 billion dollars. Another film includes Spiderman Homecoming. Just like Beauty and the Beast, Spiderman Homecoming used all kinds of marketing strategies that led to its success. While also using nostalgia as a way to gain an audience, the film used techniques like synergy to market. They had partnered with different companies, like General Mills, in order to promote the film. Spiderman Homecoming was able to make almost 900 million dollars, making it the thirteenth successful movie in it’s category.

Without marketing, a film that may be an amazing piece of art is left unrecognized.  Contrary to popular belief, a film does not need a large marketing team behind it. Marketing can range from word of mouth to setting aside millions of dollars for a marketing team.  Regardless, a film needs marketing in order for it to be successful.

Game of thrones Essay

Throughout this extract, the theme of how money in any form can rule the world was conveyed through various filming and editing techniques that the author used. It doesn’t matter what period in time the world can be in, money is going to be first priority for some individuals and that those in high positions are usually the ones with that mentality. The first scene had many components that support the author’s message. The diegetic sound of the rough waves in the beginning of the scene provides an auditive to establish the rough job that the sailors have in order to survive and earn a living. Towards the end of the scene, the action match of the ‘warrior’ with the main character is to establish and symbolize the authority he has over the other character.. It is shown that it is the equivalent to a great and giant warrior. In the second scene, the dialogue between the two acquaintances is for the audience to hear the discussion and familiarize themselves with where they are and the situation. Costumes used in this scene are used to establish the big difference between the social class and the amount of money each person has. The establishing shot is used to show where the workers are and the large room that they are in to let the audience know they are in some type of palace. The dialogue is continued with the two acquaintances and the head people of the town, this dialogue is used to let the audience know why the sailors are there. Dialogue throughout this scene stayed on the topic of money and its necessity in this world. The head of the town had asked about the food that was needed to feed the sailors crew, he referred to the food as if it were currency. The shot reverse shot is used to keep up with the dialogue and to also remind the audience of the difference between the sailor and the heads of the town. The shot reverse shots were also used to keep each character in their place and where they stood in what social class. The entire extract had different references to money and social classes. The differences between the sailors and the heads of the town. In their clothing, dialogue, and occupations. Even the transition from the first scene and the second scene showed the major difference between the workers' living situation and the heads of town’s living situation. 

Final Project CCR

This is the CCR to my final project. I chose to do a interview with myself in order to answer the questions. It was really fun being able to play a different person. I was by myself for this project so I needed to improvise. I think I did a pretty good job in finding a solution to that. I was lucky enough to have my filming equipment. Since there is a global pandemic going on, being in quarantine allowed me to put all my undivided attention towards my movie. I’m was able to set a good chunk of time aside just for my movie. My sister, Melanie, and my brother, Anthony, had helped me with filming and was a really fun experience. There’s definitely a blooper reel, it may never see the light of day, but I showed it to my family. 
In the CCR I answered the questions how does your product use or challenge conventions AND how does it represent social groups or issues? How does your product engage with audiences AND how would it be distributed as a real media text? How did your production skills develop throughout this project? How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?

Final Project

I can't believe today is the day I post my final project for everyone to see! It was such a journey to get here. Filming this movie was really a fun thing to do. After doing a commercial and a music video, I feel like you really can see the progress I've made. At the beginning of this project I had to right three pitches. I chose "Momma always said “Don’t trust what you see, even salt looks like sugar”. Little did her victims know, their sugar was actually salt". I chose this pitch because it had to deal with people who didn't say who they truly are. The movie is called sugar. Sugar is loosely based off all the typical serial killers that prey on their dates. She is a woman that chooses her victims through social media and dating sites. A psychopath that craves to murder. However, somehow her next victim recognizes her. ‘Sugar’ never shares her real name and hides her life. Her poor dates never see it coming. The reality of meeting people is scary. Meeting people who hide behind a screen is terrifying.

Filming and editing my film was fun and easy. However, my film is missing a very crucial scene but do to the pandemic I was unable to film it. In order to really instill that shock factor, I was suppose to film a scene of the main character meeting her date. This is a somewhat important scene because the majority of the film is the killer killing her victim. If the victim were to come back then it would confuse the audience. Overlooking that, I think the film came out pretty nice. The music in the film is my favorite part. The song is called 'lovefool' it's a slowed down cover of the original song. I chose this song because if you listen to the lyrics you would be able to kinda put together what might happen.

Music Video CCR

This is my CCR for my music video. It goes through all the questions with great detail and picture examples. It basically outlines everything that deals with my music video. The process, the idea behind it, and the different aspects to the filming process.

Music Video

Since we all actually listened to the song we used, it was a fun process to make it. It’s

an upbeat song that we’ve been listening to for years. ‘Kiss Me Thru The Phone’ is a classic

that came out in 2008. Originally, the song is a love song that centers the artist and his love

interest. However, my group and I made the music video to have a plot of a stalker story.

Closely listening to the song and its lyrics we were able to come up with a weird twist. The

main character in the music video will be in love with the other character but it’s in an

obsessive way. The stalkee will be going through the process of not realizing the stalker,

recognizing the stalker, and confronting her. Our expectations weren't high when making

the music video because we knew how much work it would be in order to make it look good.

Aim low and shoot high.

Commercial

This was my commercial that we filmed back in October. It feels like forever ago

that my then group and I filmed. For being the first project that I filmed, it’s not that

bad. It’s crazy to see what my films looked like and then what they look now. I vividly

remember everything that we did that day. I’m speaking as if it were years ago (even

though it feels that way) but in reality it was six months ago. My group and I were excited

to film and play out what we had put on our storyboard. The storyboard had helped a lot

when filming because if we were lost when filming we just looked at the storyboard and

we found our place. During the filming process, I had the role as the director. Even though

we hadn’t necessarily assigned roles in the group, I naturally took the role as the director.

It was fun being able to say whether a certain angle or camera movement should be used.

Not that the others didn’t get a say in the matter, they were able to input anything they

wanted. However, I was the one inputting the most opinion in filming our commercial. 

This commercial exposed me to the world that is the film industry. Of course it’s on a

high school scale, but I still appreciate it. 

Life update during the hysteria :)

Alright, so since my last blog A LOT has happened. Crazy to say how much

can go down in a span of a little more than a week. Where to start? Well, to start,

there’s a global pandemic happening that is forcing everyone to stay indoors for

their safety. Before, no one really thought this virus was going to be as major of a

problem that it’s become. This means no going to and from school or anywhere that

has more than ten people at a time. I hate to say it but I miss school. I became

accustomed to a certain routine for the last 11 years of my life and not following

threw me off. I’ve never experienced anything like this before. I now have to do online

school which comes with it’s perks. Some of these perks include: waking up after the

sun rises rather than at 5:30 in the morning, getting to do exercise before I sit in front

of the computer, and getting to work at my own pace. Online school allows me to do

assignments at my pace (even though they have a due date). However, because of the

virus, completing my project has become a double edged sword.

Being in quarantine allows me to put all my undivided attention towards

my movie. I’m able to set a good chunk of time aside just for my movie. When I had school

and extracurricular activities, my projects would eventually become second class citizens.

I would never really give the amount of attention towards them as I would like. Since we’re

supposed to stay inside I don’t have anything other than my homework to do. My project

gets 100% of my attention, which I like. Yesterday I filmed little snippets of the CCR
interview that’s due soon. I also finished writing the important part of my CCR script
before writing this blog. I’ve been very productive when it comes to my work.
My sister, Melanie, and my brother, Anthony, have been helping me with filming
and it’s actually been a fun experience. There’s definitely going to be a blooper
reel, it may never see the light of day, but I’ll for sure show it to my family.

Re-editing time!

Since everyone is quarantined during the virus outbreak, editing the scenes

I filmed isn’t going to be difficult. I have nothing to do all break because everything

is closed and inaccessible so I am going to put all my energy into editing my movie.

Although I have one minute and 20 seconds of my movie already edited, I need to

re-edit some of it. Since the peer review, I noticed a couple things that can be changed

about my movie. There are a couple aspects to it that can be improved. Improving the

movie is my number one priority. The music can be better, the transitions, and the film

quality. I had a total of 9 out of 14 camera angles, movements, and sound. Some I had

included were an establishing shot, a long shot, a high angle, a low angle, a pan, an

action match, and diegetic sound. I want to re-edit it in order to include all the things

i’m missing.

One big aspect of the opening sequence are the titles. As of now, I have

none. I am going to work on the titles of my movie. I don’t know how many

titles I’m going to include in the opening sequence. I know there are required

titles that I need to include. I also know there is a specific order to the titles. The

order the titles go in is the name of the studio that is distributing the film, the name

of the production company responsible for making the film, production, the

director’s name, cast member’s names, the film title, casting by, music, and

the production designer.