AICE Media Studies

  How does your product use or challenge conventions AND how does it represent social groups or issues? How does your product engage with audiences AND how would it be distributed as a real media text? How did your production skills develop throughout this project? How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project? My product uses the concept of dreams and the state of mind one has to be in. Since dreams are seen as a good and peaceful moment, I made my own twist in it and created a more strange atmosphere to it. I also used a person to represent internal conflict. No matter what you do, your problems will come back and get you, even when your mind is at ease. Once a person realizes and faces their problem, it will send them back into reality, finally aware of their situation. In my project, the ending included a light source, which represents a light of hope or a path for a better future. This represents a majority of people due to everyone’s str...

This is my music video. I hope you enjoy it! It was a lot of fun making this.

Hey pookies, here is my final update relating to my music video. As I recorded and edited this music video, I definitely a sense of accomplishment. From the clean transitions to the different shots I did, I felt proud. Especially since I knew the names of the different angles and shots. It definitely helped me in the long run, being able to know exactly what I wanted to do without searching up anything. Honestly, the way that my teacher made me learn the angles and shots helped me a lot. This is because I need to actually figure it out myself for me to learn things. If my teacher just showed me themself, I would definitely forget it after every class. With that, I ran with it and used it for my music video and the next project I would have to do. Also, it was very fun to record with others, even if I had to do everything myself. Even though all of my friends are in groups, I'm glad I can do it by myself. It would've been hard for me to meet up with them and film. It also wouldn...

 Hey my pookies, here's another update! Firstly, I ran the film over and over to find any errors. However, I could not find anything that needed me to fix or alter in any way. So, I took it as a good sign and asked my sister if I should change some aspects. She also could not find any problems with my editing, so, I will consider that a win in my books. I also tried to get feedback from others, they also said it was cool and that it had the essence of an anime opening. I'm not gonna lie, that's what I was going for, so hearing that made me feel accomplished. Although some may not agree, I will just look at the bright side of things. Honestly, it took way longer than I thought when recording and editing it. It was very difficult to align my schedule to be able to be able to film. Also, on certain days, I would have to pay to be able to enter the park. So, I solely went there on days you could enter for free. Which is on the weekdays, so I had to manage my time with my school...

Hey my lovelies, here is another update with my music video! For filming and redoing any clips, I've fully completed it. As for the editing, I have made it half-way with the major editing. Things such as splicing all of the clips, adding the music, adding sfx, and more. For the important editing phase, I just nee to do the rest of the clips I haven't been able to get to. Now, I need to create/add onto the transitions to make it look more smooth. I would also like to make it seem like a citematic music video by adjustings things like the exposure and saturation of the shots. That way, it could have a dreamy feeling to the first few and ending clips compared to the middle of the end. But, that could just be me and I could be the only one who feels like that about the change of filters. But, I think the different editings of the clips, will enhance the feeling of dullness of reality compared to the craziness of dreams. What I'm going for, is to making it look like there is two...

 Hello my lovely pookies, I'm gonna be talking about my editing phase for this music video. When it came to editing, I used CapCut like all my other projects I did in the past. As you can't already tell, I love using CapCut whenever I can use it. It's just a very reliable app, it is also very easy to use. Anyone can easily understand and know how to operate it right off the bat. The main struggle I encountered has to be finding the right clip that'll fit with both the song and my vision. This is because of how some of the timing of the clips I filmed and liked did not go smoothly in the music video. So, I had to scrap it and redo the scene again. Although it was tedious, it is what it is. It took more time to re-record and make sure it fitted with the song, it would always feel great when I am finally able to get a useable shot. It could be just me, but it was definetly awkard as I tried to avoid people trying to do their own thing. I was worried someone would try to ge...

 Hey, my dear viewers, it has been quite a hectic week. For the past few days, it's been nothing but work, work, work. However, I did manage to film some clips for my music video. For the first shots I made, I decided to just film all of the shots that would be in my house since that was the most efficient. It was convenient since we did not have to walk far compared to TY Park. So, I decided to just use my phone camera, since I do not have any cameras in my house. First shot, I used the desk to film from an angel so it mostly showed the cards and table. The only thing other than that was the hand that would work the cards. So, we timed the shot so we didn't have to film more than we needed to. It took several tries, but we managed to make it work. Second shot, I filmed my sister from behind during the day. It also took a few attempts to make it look like in my vision. After the shot, I marked where my sister's feet were so I could stand there as well. Third shot, I made my...