AICE Media Studies

Production has begun, and it is safe to say that I am ready to get to work! I found that before we can start filming, it is important to pick and establish which songs we are gonna use for our project. Seeing how our theme is thriller/scary it would make the most sense to find suspenseful and eery soundtracks to place behind our music. I also need to include some upbeat songs because there are still some happy scenes throughout the film. The whole concept is two girls having a great reunion with an unexpected spectator. Most of the film would be upbeat, but the eery and creepy soundtrack would be used when the stalker appears. There will be a lot of dialogue throughout the film so the background music will not be too prominent, but it still needs to be heard. It is important to research ahead of time and read the descriptions before using these soundtracks because many of them are copyrighted. In our case, I was able to find suspenseful background music with no words on youtube. It is ...

Hello everyone, as you are probably are aware today is the final day of editing! We ran into an unforeseen issue that caused our editing process to be delayed. Unfortunately, we had recorded far too much footage, which did not match the concept. We had taken this additional film to include new sequences, but it ran over the time restriction, causing our film to be out of sync with the storyboard. The simple option would be to remove these segments, but we felt that they added to the overall quality of our film. As a result, I proposed that we cut several clips to make way for an additional scenario. Our editor Mia agreed with my suggestion and deleted footage to allow for the inclusion of the extra sequence in the final cut. I wanted to maintain our clips in chronological sequence since it adds to the suspense and allows viewers to follow the events of the day. We ended up deleting more sequences that were not essential to the primary plot and altering some of the storyboard elemen...

Hi everyone, we finally finished our two days of filming and are ready to begin editing. Our designated editor is Mia Obraitis, so she will be editing the film with the help of our input and opinions. We will be using iMovie because it has worked well for us in previous projects. Since Mia is a new member, we all are getting used to how she does her work and what her preferences are in editing. iMovie has always been easy to understand which helps us contribute during the editing process. Everyone was excited to give their input because we felt our creativity flow a lot during the filming process. We decided as a group to split the editing into two days so we can pay attention to detail and produce the best quality film. A big issue we will tackle the next time we edit is the music we choose for the film. Everyone picked their own music so we have to evaluate our choices and see what the best fit for the film will be. Our priority was to focus on what footage to cut so we could compile...

Hi everyone, today is our second day of filming! Things progressed greatly during the last time and we are hoping for a productive day. As we were reviewing footage from the previous day, I realized that some scenes could be refilmed to improve quality. We were rushing to get all of the shots yesterday because we had a tight schedule which ultimately impacted the quality of our film. We were able to record about 50% of our film on the first filming day so our goal is to finish the rest today. Our schedule is a little more relaxed because everyone agreed to extend it to 2 hours longer. We pride ourselves on capturing small details and creating the best product for viewers. We were working through some errors in our script and realized we needed to edit some things and improvise while filming. When I wrote the script I was not thinking about how short the actual film was so I ended up writing too much dialogue. This was a simple fix seeing how I was an actor and could improvise as we wen...

We were able to start recording for our short film today! It was difficult finding a time that worked for everyone, but we were finally able to agree on a day after many scheduling errors. We only had 2 hours to film today because each team member had to be picked up by 5:30. Some may have seen this as a setback, but I feel like this allowed us to be more productive and work efficiently because of the timer. We organized ourselves and created a schedule that helped us get things done in an orderly manner. It had rained earlier in the day before we got to the location of the film which was a park near my home and the surrounding neighborhood. We quickly adapted to this change and took advantage of the gloomy effect the rain gave off. I was an actor in this film, and I was pretty excited about that because I have consistently been an actor for all of our projects. I was kind of nervous that I would mess up because we haven't filmed in a while but my groupmates were encouraging and I ...

It was now time to begin the film of our project. The storyboard and script were finished, and planning was done... or so we thought. I had recently gotten a job and band season was beginning for me and another member. This completely ruined our previous recording schedule and it had to be redone entirely. We sat down in class and started to think of the days we could film, it was very limited. Although spring break seems like the best time, I will be in El Salvador the entire time. Weekends were off-limits since that is when band practices are. We all started to announce the days which were unusable. The calendar slowly got more and more filled until finally we all finished. We were left with three days; Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. These three days were back to back which is perfect for refilming and fixing up different mistakes. Now that our schedule was back on track, a new problem arose. We didn't have any transportation. Two of these days landed on a school day so we thoug...

Sheet 1: On this sheet, the scenes at the park are shown. We have an establishing shot, different tracking shots, and insert shots to depict the scene of the park and the first sitting of the film. Throughout this sheet, viewers with being introduced to the protagonists of the film and the antagonist the mysterious stalker. Friend that hasn't seen each other are reunited at last but someone is prepared to ruin their fun. Sheet 2: On this sheet, after reconnecting, running, and catching up on their past they take a break at the playground of the park. Taking their water break at the swingset they can't help but feel exhausted. wanting to go home they have set their mind to go to lucy's house. The mysterious stalker here's this conversation and proceeds to follow them Sheet 3: The protagonist is walking to Lucy's house after a very long day. Getting their workout in on that run they are ready to relax and leave the park. On their way out the mysterious stalker follows...