AICE Media Studies

 Hi! This is my creative critical reflection. I decided to film a video as though it were an instagram live, but I wanted to have a way to include clips and pictures of what I was explaining. After careful thought, I decided to make it as if someone had recorded the live then uploaded a video of it themselves on youtube, but they used behind the scene clips and images to further enhance the live. Enjoy! Video Link:  https://youtu.be/WVZv4qVVmoM

My Movie https://youtu.be/dV1kBvKC-fo  

 So production has finally stopped. I have to say, this has been quite the experience. From choosing my partner to adding the finishing touched to the title sequence, I had fun the whole way through. I'm so happy that I was able to go through this experience with my friend Wren. The filming process was definitely fun, but we had our challenges. Having to go back and re-film scenes was exhausting, but we pulled through. Editing was my biggest challenge. I worked on editing the film for a solid four hours straight one day. Over time I think I grew better at working my software. Being behind the camera,  however, is something that I will always enjoy. It was fun to play around with all the different angles and lighting. My favorite to shoot was for sure the birds-eye view shot. I had to sit on Zeke's shoulders in order to get the shot and fell over! We laughed a lot and a I was very grateful to have fallen on the bed. Directing the shoot was also great. I like being able to have ...

 After hearing all the input that Paola gave, it was time to make some changes. We had to start by re-filming some scenes. We had a lot filmed with day light, and decided to switch it all to the night. With the darker lighting throughout, the film looked much more put together. having to re-film was really tiring but in the end it was definitely worth it. While re-filming the scenes because of lighting, I worked on the shaky ones as well. We all had to work really hard on putting on our serious face for this to work. I was much steadier and you could really tell the difference. I also utilized the stabilization feature on iMovie, helping to stillness a lot. Next, I decided on a song. I never heard an email back so I went to look for music on a royalty free website. I got a song from the site https://artlist.io/category/92&59/dark&soul-rnb/, there was a song called "purify" by roniit and it fit the film very well. I had to cut and edit the song to it would space out co...

From the very beginning of this process I was thin king about music. The scenes came to me in my head and all I could think of was the right way to capture the moment. I searched all over youtube looking at different genres of music to try and get a general feel for what was wanted. Eventually I came up with the fact that I KNEW there needed to be a sense of buildup in the music. This story is about this girls life and the inevitable almost fall of her life. The story itself, from an outside perspective, is to see slow fall and burn once the idea of drugs enter her mind. However, in the girls mind it is evident that the drugs initially enhance her mind with this artificial dopamine immediately upon taking them. Thus, the music to capture her emotion would be great and powerful, like tapping into another part of the universe. I searched for songs with beat drops and heavy vocals, I finally though of Me and Your Mama by Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino). This is a heavy soul and rnb s...

Filming and editing is finally complete! I am so relieved and exited to showcase Wren and I's hard work. I asked my friend Paola to review for me. She has taken this class before and is completing her second course this year. All of her work has been done very well and trust her thoughts and opinions. I knew her insight would help a lot and be very valuable. When she reviewed she said the loved the finished product! However, there were a few things that had to be changed. First off, there was no song, this I knew as I was holding off until a possible email back and just explained that to her. She mentioned that the scenes going right after each other had different lighting so they story line didn't match up that well. We filmed different scenes at different times, causing the film to not seem very consistent. Next, Paola was easily able to see the shakiness of film in some scenes. I think we may have had too much fun filming because I was laughing a lot so my hand wasn't ve...