AICE media studies

  Here’s my film. Watch now! 

 When showing my film to a friend they recommended that I add more sound effects/ diegetic sound that goes with my film. They also said it resembles a move that I've never heard of; I took that as a complement because maybe I kind of know what I'm doing. This boosted my head up a little and I wanted to add a little extra in my film. I showed it to another friend and they also commented on my sound. This to me says that my sound is the number on thing I need to prioritize for my film to be bottom line okay or great. Another thing commented on was the transition of the second scene and the third scene they said "can you make it into a zoom out?" with this I immediately changed it from a zoom in to a zoom out to see which one I thought looked better for the scene. So far I'm happy for the way my film is turning out and I honestly thought that I was not going to be able to do it; so having this review is really reassuring and gives me confident.

  Today I am in depth editing it's taking a little longer because this is a much longer film. I am happy for the way that it's turning out so far however, I'm a little concerned that my genre of romance may be more of a horror. The original plan was to have a romance genre with a twist of horror. In class we watched an A level film that could potentially help us. The overall film was great. The music was spot on, sounds included voiceovers, diegetic and non diegetic sounds. My favorite take away from the film is that it had a motive. In my film I worry that I'm not going to be able to get the plot across and that the audience will be lost and confused as of what's going on; or I loose their attention early on in the film.

  During the time I was actually supposed to film I went on a trip and that was a very minior hiccup, actually it wasn’t a problem at all it was more of an opportunity to better my film. I was able to go to seven out of eight of the Ivy League schools. Throughout I was able to record and film inside the school and it’s outside facilities. It was amazing to know the facts of each school and how they differ from each other. My favorite part was getting to see their gym it was amazing and although each school is different, They are joint by one common goal and that is education and sports.

 On the second day of editing I have pieced everything together, added all the transitions and special effects. For the flashbacks my main colors are black and white. I feel like that adds depth and mystery into the film 

  Day one of editing and it is so hard. I thought that I didn’t have enough but I may have had too much footage. With all the different parts it was kind of difficult for me to place each scenery and clips in its correct order. I’m so grateful for the storyboard because I have that as a reference to look back on and figure out where everything goes. With the storyboard I can figure out what parts I am missing and what parts I have. Hopefully I have everything so that I don’t have to re-film in some areas. As of editing it is kind of difficult right now but the storyboard made it easier, I am not done however I will get done. It’s cool to see what I was able to capture and when revising the film I was able to capture some unnecessary moments, some accidental moments, and some moments that are really able to turn my film around.