AICE Media Studies

 Hello Blog, how did your day go? It’s almost Friday. The day went by kind of quick. Do you have any plans for the weekend? I work Saturday and Sunday so, that’s what i’ll be doing.  Today was the last day of editing. It took some time but, I am so excited to see how it turns out. There is some bad news that J should probably mention…  So, our third member of the group, Kester might be switching schools. this came out of nowhere. if we had to re-film, we would have to find somebody to play his part. we made memories during this project so it’s kind of sad to see him go. hopefully he’ll go on and do better at his new school.  Some bad news about editing is that we won’t be able to get the texts on the screen. The group and I have to find a font for the peoples names that were part of the film. We tried to find another way to show the viewers the back-and-forth text messages. Jahziah was in charge of doing the text in the film. Jahziah is such a great editor and did a ...

 Hey blog, how did your day go? School has been quite boring. I went out to eat with my dad afterschool at Longhorn. We talked and it was cool.  Today I will be telling you about the final step in editing. All that's left to edit is the last scene. In my opinion, it was way easier to split the scenes up and make the editing blogs by the day. This scene was the hardest to edit because of the length/ time of it and the different components.  As talked about in other blogs, my job was to match the audio and add the music. Jahziahs job was to cut the clips and pick the best out of all takes. Kester's job was to look over it and let us know if there was anything we should change or add.  I watched as Jahziah edited the clips of the third scene. I helped her look over and pick the best takes for scene three. This scene had to be perfect because it was when the main actor was taken and left mystery to the viewers. This part was the biggest part of the film. It was the part ...

 Hello blog , how are you? How did your Monday go? My day was fine. I was just tired and as soon as I got home, I took a long nap.  Today we will be talking about the second day of editing. The group members and I all had an assigned role for day two. Last class we edited scene one, the bedroom scene. Today well be editing scene two, the car scene. Scene one was pretty easy to edit so, I wasn’t expecting any troubles with scene two. Jahziah and I already made the jobs last class for editing. jahziah put the clips in order. I was in charge of matching the audio to the talking of the characters. Kester reviews each scene after it’s done being edited. Scene two is when the girls are on the way to the party. They are in the car, singing and dancing, and having a blast. at first I said there wasn’t gonna be any problems, but then we came into one... After reviewing the clips with jahziah, we picked the best shots. They are different shots of the scene because there are three differ...

 Hello blog, how has your day been? Did you have anything fun planned for the weekend? I have been fine. I worked so, I am really tired.  In today's blog I will be telling you how my first day of editing went. The group and I decided to do all the editing in class together so the work was equally distrusted. We all made sure to share any ideas we had during this process as well.  I wanted to make the editing process easy. So, the scenes were all shot on different days and the scenes would be edited separately as well. It makes things easier for everyone. I use Inshot to edit videos. It is easy and the features are easy to learn. This app has so many cool features to use. I really enjoy the audio effects Inshot has on the app.  The first scene was filmed in Jahziahs bedroom. This scene took a while to edit because Jahziah and I were being very particular about the scenes and how ultimately we wanted it to turn out. Jahziah and I did not end up finishing editing becaus...

 Hello Blog, how are you? How did your Friday go? My Friday was ok, 4/10. I work tomorrow so I am about to go to sleep soon. Have you ate, what are your plans for the weekend?  Its time!! I have been waiting for day three of filming since this process has started. It was the big scene where the lead actor goes missing/ suddenly disappears. Jahziah did not give everyone a set time to be at her house. She just told us not to get there before 5. This was our only scene that had to be filmed in the dark/ nighttime. Jahziah and I decided for this scene to be at night to make the effect feel more mysterious. I feel as if the dim lighting and it actually being night adds that affect and feeling for the viewers. I arrived to Jahziahs house around 5:30-6:00. Most of the other actors were already there. Everyone was just excited as me to see how this was going to come out. So, we started filmed the part of the girls arriving to the party and greeting everyone inside. This was another pa...

 Hello Blog , how did your day go ? My day went fine. I went to church with my family later at night and just got back home.  This is our second day of filming. I was actually very excited to shoot the second scene. The second scene was the car scene. This was after the girls got ready and we’re on the way to the party. It wasn’t our plan to drive on a busy street for safety reasons. The group and I found an empty parking lot and drove around to make the scene look more realistic. I wanted to make sure it looked like there was actually motion happening in the car instead of sitting in the car parked , pretending to drive / pretending the car is moving. It was obvious that the actors were going to be jamming to some music on the way to the party. The group and I had to find some non copyrighted music to play / insert into the film because we didn’t get the rights to use any other artists music. The actors / the girls danced / sang and enjoyed filming this part. There was a lot ...

 Hey Blog, how is everything going ? How has your week been ? My week has been a 3/10 not going to lie. Things just kind of been hard at home but I hope it gets better soon.  It’s time to film ! I have been waiting to film because last project , Jahziah and I had so much fun. We laughed and even got Mcdonald’s ice cream. I woke up at a reasonable time because Jahziah thought we should start feeling around 1-3 pm. Jahziah and I wanted to make sure we got the good lighting for the day shots. I woke up , took a shower , brushed my teeth , and made sure to wear a comfortable outfit for our day of filming. I got to Jahziah’s house and she gave me a tour since it was my first time over. Just like last group assignment , Jahziah and I decided to plan out how we were going to start and what shots we were going to use that day. Jahziah and I made a checklist of what we needed to do to have a successful day of filming. Jahziah and I decided to start filming the first scenes in the bedro...

 Hello blog, I hope all is well. I have been having a tough week and I am honestly so tired but, I have to keep moving.  I have really been excited for this project. I might have dreamt of it ! I like the idea my group and I made up for this project. Even though this project seems easy as pie, there is a lot of planning and setting up needed to be done. I had to talk with my group members and make sure to pick a date that fit all of our schedules. The date was also majorly depending on me since I work Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays which made it more difficult to find a time I was free and everyone was too. I also had to make sure my parents knew about this plan and that one them was home with my group and I and the other parent took my little sisters out for the day so they would not be such a distraction. My parents are very open with allowing friends over but, whoever's friends are coming over is the one who has to clean most of the stuff in the house. For example, if my f...