AICE Media Studies

 Hey, blog I'm back. Today I am going to be wrapping up the editing process. I had planned on finishing editing last night but had to do some final touches today. When school finished I planned on going to Starbucks to finish editing. After school ended I drove to Starbucks where I remembered that I needed to finish other work. So I finished that work and began to edit. First I loaded up where I had left off on my computer. I had to add the music we had chosen previously to the Final Task. So I added the music to make sure each scene had it either in the background or louder in certain scenes depending on whether or not it was needed. After I did this I started to make sure the video was under the time limit. After I realized it was at the sweet spot for time. I was happy that every element could be shown in our video. Then I added some final touches. Where I made sure all the transitions were correct. I also had to make sure whether or not the scenes were in order to tell the stor...

 Hey blog, I'm back again. Today I will be finding and choosing the correct music that I believe will fit this project. Yesterday I was able to finish the majority of the editing. This is good because it sets me ahead of schedule. So today I will be choosing what music to use for our project. First I will find something that is copyright free so that we can actually use it. Then I will need to find something that will relate to the horror we are going for. In total, there were 3 songs I found. One was called Justify the Lie but it didn't really fit the theme we're trying to go for. Another one of the songs I found was called The Music Box which is like the generic type of song for a horror movie. I decided that song was not the best one that we could use. The song we ended up picking was Haunted by Ross Bugden. This song perfectly fits our project and our whole group believes we made the right decision. Now all we have to do is add the music into the iMovie. After we do tha...

 Hey blog, I'm back again. Today we are going to resume editing. Unfortunately yesterday I was only able to get a small part done because of baseball. Today I also had another baseball game. But this game was at home so I got home sooner and was able to resume the editing process. When I got home from the game I took a shower. Then after I showered I grabbed all my books and computer and sat down at my desk. I had a Pre-Cal test the next day so first I started studying that. Then after I got to a point where I felt confident in myself I started editing again. First I reopened the document I made previously and opened iMovie. Then I started editing by finishing getting all of the scenes in order. Then from there, I finished applying the transitions. As I was wrapping up this part of the editing I realized it was getting late it was almost 11. After completely finishing this part I decided to call it a night. So for tomorrow I will be adding music other touches to the project. That...

 Hey blog, I'm back. Today we are going to start the editing process. As I said in the previous blog this is the biggest editing project I've ever worked on. During this first phase of editing, I will be piecing the transitions together and connecting them with the other scenes we filmed. I will also be helping make our title. I will iMovie for our editing. We decided to use iMovie because we as a group have more experience with iMovie. We also chose iMovie because we all have Apple devices which helps make this process easier. We have allocated the most amount of time to editing. We did this because we believe that editing is one of the harder aspects of this project and that it requires a lot of time. When I got home from school I started the process. I would've started sooner but I had a baseball game that I had that day. When I got home I downloaded all of the videos that everyone had filmed on their different cameras. Then I made a folder and put all the videos in it. ...

 Hey, blog I'm back. Today I filmed scenes 6-12. Today was my first day being on the other side of the camera. I was very excited and thrilled to be able to get some experience in being in a short film. My role is the killer/stalker of the protagonist. In the first scene, my character is in you see me lurking in the shadows as Rowyn is going on her run through the neighborhood. This scene was hard to film because it was hard to keep composure during this scene. But, we ended up filming this scene and moving on. I appear later on outside of Rowyn's window leaving a mark on her window. This scene was fun to film because we used fake blood and I had to submerge my hand in it. That was a weird experience but I'm glad I've been able to do things like that and try new things such as that. I was able to be very productive today because of collaboration with my group members. I am very proud of my group for being as productive as we were today. Today was by far the most demandi...

Hey, blog I'm back and I'm going to be talking about filming scenes 4-5. Today I filmed scenes 4-5.  With limited time we were only able to complete 2 scenes. But we have been able to plan and figure out we should be able to finish our filming the next time we film. Even though we only filmed 2 scenes I believe this was our most successful day filming so far. I say that because we were able to work more cohesively as a group and we worked more efficiently.  In these scenes, I was the designated filmmaker because I had no screen time in those scenes. I have enjoyed being behind the camera and being able to take a more hands-on way of completing this final task. This has allowed me to gain more experience in being behind the camera.  We have planned it to where even though we have only filmed a little under half of the scenes we still have lots of time leftover for editing. This was key for us to do because it allowed us to have extra time to fall back on if we hadn't finis...

 What's up blog I'm back and ready to resume talking about my final task. Today I filmed scenes 1-3. I was assigned the role of filming. When filming started we were struggling. The group had to continue to redo the scenes because of a lack of seriousness. Even though this was not planned it made the filming process more enjoyable. But eventually, it stopped and focused on the tasks at hand. I began to start the final shootings for these scenes. I have to come to enjoy being behind the camera. Filming the scene and having control of the angle and different types of shots was cooler than I expected. Although I only filmed the first 3 scenes it was good to get a feel for what is to come in the future. From what I have filmed it seems that this movie is on its way to becoming a very good project. I hope as we progress I will be able to take more of a leadership role and make sure the group is on task and proficient in time management. Including myself I need to check myself so I c...

Hey, blog it's been a while.`I am excited to tell you that we have begun to start our final task. Over the past couple of days, we have been trying to plan between our schedules. Between sports, jobs, and our studies finding a time to meet has been a struggle. I have been in charge of planning where we would be filming. Starting a project of this scale is fairly new to me as the only filming projects I've done have been in this class. For the other projects I have only done them by myself and having to coordinate with others has been a new challenge. In this process, I've carefully selected my team members. Ensuring they are supportive and willing to assist me whenever I encounter difficulties. We've decided to shoot the majority of the movie within a week. Allowing us to dedicate ample time to video editing. This can also help us if we have to do reshoots of certain parts of the video. We've prioritized efficiency to avoid procrastination, aiming to maximize our ef...