Week 3

8/26/24

We spent the entire day editing in class. To begin editing, we walked to a computer, but it was incredibly slow and took ten minutes or more to boot up. After that, we spent an additional fifteen minutes downloading and uploading each footage to the editing program. We made the decision to include some sound effects because we had roughly thirty minutes remaining. After a long attempt to record them, we gave up and downloaded them off the internet because of the slow equipment.

8/30/24

I am off to class this Friday morning. I was aware that we would not be able to continue working on our movie. This is because we had a special guest in our class today who came to teach us about various equipment, shots, and films. This was crucial because it gave us a goal and offered us valuable lessons that we could apply to our films. He gave us examples of what to do by showing us several films that had won awards. In addition to showing me several images I would use in future film projects, it was really instructive. He also described how filming in Florida is quite successful.

Week 2

8/20/24

Our teacher assigned the class our first group project of the year. It consisted in a group of four which we all settled on doing a wrestling film. Our film has to consist of two shots that introduces our two main characters. We spent the first day planning everything out, from planning what we were going to do on the film, to where we were going to film the rest of it. I enjoyed being able to communicate with others, and having fun planning out each different shot on a story board.

8/22/24

Today was the day that the group filming began. We were able to go into the green screen room where we filmed the first shots of our film. We were able to include different shots to introduce our main characters. After filming, I sent the videos that we already filmed to the person in out group that was editing the video. Considering that today was our first day filming I believe we did a really good job on our work.

8/26/24

In class today, we spent it mostly on editing, while our computers took some time to load up, we were thinking of how else our film could be improved. When our computers booted up, we started the editing process, from the music, to the background sounds, all they way to voicing the characters, and introducing them. Overall our group did very good in the editing process, and I am sure we all enjoyed the editing process.

Week 1

 My first day in AICE Media studies was fun, the group activity that we had to do was entertaining because of the fact I got to meet new people and learn about their summer. I also liked the fact that it was different from what I did in my other classes, as this class gave me a chance to communicate with others. The fact that everybody had to present in front of the class gave me a chance to learn about others, learn about what they did during their summer, how different everybody is, and how everybody has totally different lives.

My second day of AICE Media studies, although we had a ton of technical issues, was still very enjoyable. We had some technical issues the first half of class as we are learning to use a new platform, but it gave me a chance to communicate with others. I also appreciate the fact that the teacher is letting us work through it and allowing us to help others out, allowing me to me to learn about others, and it even allowed me to make new friends. I have a good feeling about this class, and believe it will be a very enjoyable year.