AICE Media Studies

 The following videos contain my CCR. The first Video contains questions one and four, and the second video contains questions two and three. Enjoy.

  Hey everyone, this is the final product! Please watch and enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MVoJab3ZsA

Hello Everyone! Welcome back to todays blog! Todays topic is going to be focused mainly about tweaking the Final Task in response to a previous peer review.  Upon receiving the review, it became apparent that several adjustments were needed to elevate the sequence to its full potential. Firstly, a emphasized the importance of pacing, suggesting that slowing down transitions between scenes would heighten tension and create a more immersive experience for the audience. In response to this feedback, the sequence was reexamined, refining transitions and allowing key moments to breathe, thereby intensifying the sense of dread and anticipation. But also not too much as to go over the Final Tasks time limit. Typography and title card placement was the next topic addressed. Recommendations to enhance readability and placement of titles. By exploring positions and layouts, I found success in creating  new title cards that were not only striking but also seamlessly integrated into the s...

  Hello Everyone! Welcome back to todays blog! Todays topic is going to be focused mainly about a peer review of the Final Task recently finished. The following text will be takes from a friend of mine who gave his time to watch and critically review my Final Task. " The sequence, while gripping and atmospheric, also presented several areas for improvement.  Firstly, the use of eerie music and sound effects effectively set the proper mood and created a sense of suspense right from the start. The choice of soundtrack greatly enhanced the anticipation, making it a standout element that should definitely be kept.  However, the pacing of the title sequence seemed a bit rushed. Slowing down the transitions between scenes and allowing certain shots to linger could amplify the immersion and build a stronger connection with the audience.  Visually, the use of lighting and shadows was commendable. The interplay of light and dark added depth to the scenes and added to the over...

Hello Everyone! Welcome back to todays blog! Todays topic is going to be focused mainly about selecting the sound effects for the Final Task and finalizing the editing. After I had selected the music that I would be using for the Final Task, all I had left to do was the sound effects and the final editing. So I got quickly started on gathering sounds to be used in this footage. The first thing I did was look for a good site to get royalty free audios from. A good source I usually use is the website, "Audio Jungle" its really reliable and they have good products. I really only needed them for sounds I couldn't recreate on my own, so all I downloaded was a eerie sound and a thriller sound. I quickly added them to my software before I would forget to. The rest of the audios I needed I was going to make myself. The list of sounds I need are as follows; a creaking floorboard, a slamming door, a turning door handle, a girl screaming, and a door squeaking. I started with the doo...

   Hello Everyone! Welcome back to todays blog! Todays topic is going to be focused mainly about selecting the choice of music for the Final Task. After I finished my title design all I had left to do was figure out all the sound dependent stuff before I could work on my final draft. So I started on trying to pick a initial soundtrack or theme for the footage. This was going to be a tough task. There are a lot of things I could do to pick a main theme. I could create a piece of music myself or I could find a piece of royalty free music instead. But neither are guarantied to be good. I choice to give both a shoot, but I personally have no skills in music creation so I reached out to a good friend to give me a hand. He agreed, so while he tried to string some music together I spent my time searching for any good quality royalty free music. After around a few hours of searching I couldn't find anything of value and was a little disappointed. I reached bac...

 Hello Everyone! Welcome back to todays blog! Todays topic is going to be focused mainly about the final touches and details of the main draft for this final task. This will not include the final music choice of the Final Task. I started this week off by finishing up any last minute learning of the after effects software that I would need to make the title design. After I made sure I understood everything I would need to know to make a good title I got straight to work. I opened up the software and put booted up all my footage from my draft. The first things I needed to do was plan out exactly where each title was going to go in the clip. I spent around two hours thinking and plotting points on where everything needed to be. A lot of the titles are scattered randomly around the shoots but a few are placed in a way that makes it look like they are a physical part of the world. I thought that looked cool and that adds some character to the clips. After that was done with I got starte...

  Hello everyone! Welcome back to this weeks blog! This blog is going to be focused on the continuation of my learning process for the after affects software. Last blog I left off with a week long session of trying to learn how to work After Effects. It did not go exactly as planned or as I hoped so I decided to put the title design on hold for now. In place of the title project I decided I would spend some time learning how to edit a fake emergency broadcast for the intro sequence. I figured that if I edited the broadcast in post it would be easier to control than to do it with practical effects. So I spent three to four days on sites like YouTube learning everything I could on how to make an authentic emergency broadcast. After feeling particularly confident in understanding the new software I went to work on the broadcast. The broadcast took around three solid days to be completed and polished for use in the final draft. I was really happy...

 Hello everyone! Welcome back to this weeks blog! This blog is going to be focused around the first few days of editing on this Final Task. Once I had gathered all my footage from the days prior, I made sure to download the clips onto files. After that I quickly made sure everything was safely downloaded onto my computer before I had any chance to lose the downloads. Better safe than sorry, I knew that if I didn't do it immediately I would lose the clips. Once everything was safely on my computer I made sure to open the After Effects software and import the footage. This software is where I am going to be doing all of the title designing. After making sure the footage was imported, I made sure to do the same thing but with Premiere Pro. Before I could do any titles I needed to make sure I had the first Rough edits done. So the spent the next four days splicing and tweaking the footage to get a rough draft of the Final Task. This mostly included getting rid of bloopers and poor qual...

 Hello everybody! Welcome back to this weeks blog! This blog is going to be focused entirely on the process of redoing a huge chunk of the footage from last week. Last week after checking my footage I discovered two problems. One of these problems was that majority of the last scenes footage was blurry, unfocused and hazy. The lenses must not have been as clean as I assumed even after I cleaned them completely. The second problem was that I decided I didn't like the wardrobe I picked for one of the characters. I thought to myself that what the character of Alfred was wearing was not fitting the theme of the genre was much as I hoped. It was too formal of a wardrobe for a horror style film and it didn't sit right with me. So I went right back to the drawing board to figure out a plan to fix these two dilemmas. I spent the first few days trying to figure out a new costume for Alfred that fit the theme. After a decent amount of thinking I decided on something I thought was loads b...

   Hello everyone, welcome back to the blog! This blog is again going to be focused entirely on the process of continuing the remaining filming. Starting with the deciding on the wardrobe of all the remaining characters for the last scenes. I spent my second few days of filming focusing on Sara the main character. For her lower body it was going to be grey socks and PJ pants. This was done as it is a very unrestrictive clothing and comfortable. This makes it safer as it wont hurt blood flow for a long day of filming. For her upper body she would be wearing a simple PJ shirt to fit with the aesthetic of the film. For the choice of clothes for the killer that took a tad longer than for any of the other characters. But decided on a old hockey mask for the face and a blue hoodie for the upper body. His lower body is going to consist of kakis and some hiking boots. This week was incredibly well off with the weather. I was able to get the remainder of my filming finished. The t...

  Hello everyone, welcome back to the blog! This blog is going to be focused entirely on the process of getting the initial filming done. Starting with the planning of the first session. I spent my first few days of prep focusing on making a simple schedule. It came out as good as I expected, it wasn't anything special or groundbreaking but it would get the job done. The past two weeks had been pouring so I had to postpone any filming until the weather was clear. So while I waited for good weather I instead decided that I would start working on getting a working demo for the titles I'm going to be using in the Final Task. I started downloading Adobe After Effects and booted up a few YouTube tutorials. I then spent another couple of days familiarizing myself with the software. After about a week of waiting the weather cleared up and got myself ready to film. Plans to film were made and I got all my gear in one place. The first two pages of the storyboard were filmed first. The ...

Sheet 1: An establishing shot of the home Sara lives in is shown. Followed by a series of shots of a masked figure crawling and running around in the backyard of the house. He hides himself and looks in towards the window of the house. Sheet 2: Sara and her brother are watching TV with one another. They take turns arguing until Alfred her brother gets up and makes his way to the door. He leaves and locks the door. Sara returns to watching her show. Sheet 3: Sara's television program is interrupted by an emergency broadcast announcement. The broadcast frightens her and she quickly struggles to switch it off. She hears an noise and makes her way towards the kitchen. Sheet 4: Sara the main protagonist of the opening credits is shown making her way to the kitchen. As she finds herself in the kitchen she starts to check around the place and takes turns opening cupboards and such. She overhears another noise and leaves the kitchen in an effort to find where the source of the noise is com...

  Schedule:   1/30/24 - 2/4/24   Filming will start, I will be filmed doing scenes 1 and 2 to get the beginning of the story started. We will also be fixing the imperfections to make it go by smoother and easier to understand.   2/6/24 - 2/11/24   Scenes 3,4,5 will be filmed. Sound effects will be filmed for better effects as well as picking out any background music to raise the suspense.   2/12/24 - 2/15/24   The editing will begin and the scenes are going to come together. As well and actually inserting the background noises, special effects, sound effects, and background music.The filming is over and all is left is the editing which leads us to finish our task.     Participants:   Actors   Sophie- Sara (Victim)   Anton- Alfons (Victim + Killer)     Filming   Anton   Sophie     Editing   Anton     Directing   Sophie       Location:   We will be filmi...