AICE Media Studies

 Hello blog, how has your week been? It is finally Friday. I got home and was able to sleep a little bit. I work Saturday and Sunday so, I took Friday to rest. I got Chick-Fil-A afterschool. I took my little sister to Starbucks and McDonalds.  I can not wait for everyone to see my final task. I hope you enjoy it!! 

 hello blog, how are you doing? I’m doing OK. Today I’ll be talking about how we had to re-edit for the final task. Two blogs ago I spoke about how Jahziah’s sister peer reviewed our final task and comments and concerns she gave us. Last blog I talked about how we had to reshoot the dancing because of her comments and concerns. I’ll be talking about editing that scene. Jahziah and I decided to edit in class together, so we both were able to add ideas.  First thing we did was make sure the scenes were smooth. We also wanted to make sure the audios were smooth. It is a little hard to explain how to edit it’s more of a hands-on thing. We deleted the original and added the new one. after re-editing the scene, it looked a lot more smoother than before. Another thing she added was that we should’ve put background music in the part where the main actor gets taken. She thought it was a good idea that the audience felt some type of mystery during this part. I decided to add some suspen...

Hello blog, how was your day? I am so tired. I just got off of work. I am somewhat excited for spring break. Today I will be speaking to you about how my group and I had to refilm one of the sciences for the final task.  In the peer review, Jahziah’s sister is the one that watched our final task and gave us comments on it. She said the lighting during the dance scene was bad. She said since it was too light, it didn’t give the feeling that the actors were at a party. After we noticed this mistake, we decided to plan another day to refilm this scene. Around 5 to 6 people made it to the refilming day.  The day we decided to refill most of the people canceled so we had to work with who was there. It was a little upsetting and stressful but we made it work. The main characters were able to attend, but we didn’t have extra people for the dancing scene.  when everyone got to Jahziah’s house, we decided to talk and plan how we were going to to refilm this scene to make it better...

 Hello blog, how has everything been? How has your week gone? It is almost time for spring break. I have been really tired lately especially with he time change. I have also been working a lot.  Everything is almost done! Today, I let my friends sister watch our final task and let my group and I know any concerns or things they thought could be better. I was curious to know what an outsider of the group would think of our final task, how they would perceive it, and if they would understand the message of it.  First, some things she said that could be improved includes that the cuts in the beginning of the film kind of looked choppy. Personally, I agree and it is something Jahziah and I have to fix. Next, she said at the end of the film that we should add some background music because it was quiet. I will go back in and add some background music to bring more feeling and life to the film. Next, one of the major things she did not like were the text bubbles on the screen. I...

 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...