AICE Media Studies

Finally, all of our hard work has created this project that both Sara and I are incredibly proud of today! I had an amazing time doing this project and grew so many useful skills developed in earlier projects. I am very proud of the final project. Thank you for coming with me on this journey and I hope you enjoy it! 

   Welcome back!          Yesterday, Sara re-edited the scene from before and we just reviewed it! The thing I was most uncertain about was removing the curtain scene, as Sara's father suggested.  In editing, she removed the scene and played it back to me, and honestly, it looked a lot better aesthetically! Including the curtain, the scene caused a bit of confusion and removed some of the apprehension built up in the opening. Eventually, we determined extracting it would be best.     Next, Sara wanted to change the transitions between each clip. Although this was not discussed or suggested prior, it was something we agreed could be improved when scrutinizing the videos repeatedly. As she explained, it would take a good few seconds to pull out the ingredients for the next step. So, although she didn't move anything in the frame, the reflection would change on the glass bowls. This did not bother me personally, and if I had been in charge ...

 Hello again!      Today, I asked my friends and family to review the rough draft of our project! They all had helpful edits on what should and should not be changed, including my parents (who watched together), my brother, and my friend Christina! I picked these people for very specific reasons. Firstly, they offer a wide range of perspectives from age groups to interests!        My parents introduced a slightly older audience which I thought would be radically different than the advice of my own age group, as presented below, but was surprisingly not. My mom's advice was more technical, believing that the areas for most improvement were the lighting changes and music which was definitely helpful! My dad had similar ideas but elaborated that some of the scenes were mismatched which created an odd combination. Both agreed that it had a good concept, but felt the film itself could be improved. Afterward, they were appreciative that Sara's pare...

Hello there again! Sara started the actual editing of the introduction today. She was able to finish connecting all the sequences today. However, regrettably, we didn't look for the music because she ran out of time.  First, we had to decide which elements from the cupcake scene to use. Sara had to choose which scenes she thought would work best because we didn't highlight in the storyboard which particular stages in the process she would use. In an effort to have choices when editing, she recorded each step of making cupcakes which was a smart decision. Although it took some time to choose which takes would be most effective, Sara is confident that she found the best ones.  Every shot was crooked, which was another significant problem encountered. Sara had to start from scratch because she didn't notice this until after importing all the clips into the editing program she was using, iMovie. Sara believes that her tripod became misaligned, and because she didn't check e...

 Hello there!    Today, Sara began editing. From the get-go, we had both agreed that she would be on the one edit due to her greater experience and more interest. Additionally, this would balance out more work that I took on in the planning stage! While I can edit, I edited my last project, I lack the finer skills that are essential in an undertaking such as this. Also, the filming was on Sara's phone which automatically syncs to her computer due to Apple's device sharing. Thus, it is more convenient to do it on her laptop, and further, for her to do it!      While I did not personally edit, we still discussed many of the choices that go into it, and Sara made sure we made each decision together! The first task was to manipulate the lighting, but other lighting had been minimal due to budget constraints. Tools such as lightboxes are fairly expensive and not an expense we were willing to make for their limited use, so instead, we planned for Sara to edit it ...

  Hey, welcome back!      We shot the last few sequences we needed yesterday! The main filming is finished, however, we might go back once others have looked over our work to see what extra we need for a good title sequence.      As we would be employing Sara's parents, performing any scenes with more graphic violence would be uncomfortable, so we sought to keep the scenes as straightforward as possible during the preparation stage. Furthermore, if we asked them to act out serious events, the acts could come out as forced and unrealistic because they are not professional actors. We had a lot better time filming, though, because we toned down everything.      We started with the conflict between the couple because it seemed to be the most straightforward. While we tried to film this, we ran into a few problems. Finding a way to make the voices through the microphone sound less clear and less like the performers were speaking to the microp...