AICE Media Studies Blog

Research Blog     Today was a productive day for me and my group. We as a group first decided on a Christmas genre for our music video. After some research on these types of songs we decided not to do this genre.  We decided on not doing a Christmas song because we thought it would be boring and Christmas is a little too far away to do it.  We looked in another direction. We started looking at pop songs. We liked what we saw. We saw a lot of jump cuts. As well as creative costumes and makeup. Another thing we saw was a lot of close ups and zoom outs while researching the videos. This opens a large catalog of things to do in our video. Many different types of shots. It was very centered around the main character. It also involves a lot of upbeat activities such as parties. We also have a backup plan. We already watched music videos on Christmas song. This means that we can fall back on the Christmas genre if we must. W...

 My group consists of 3 members., Beckett, Sean, and I have been friends for a couple weeks now. Kaya has left our group. We decided to all be together in one group because we knew that we could work collectively to make a good music video. Although we are not experts in the film industry, we have some experience from our commercial. My group also has the same outside group chat where we talk about the Film every day outside of school. I chose to work with them again because I realized we did pretty good together last time. I also didn't want to have to do a music video alone. However, when you are in a group you can tag-team the tasks. I met Beckett last year on a Cambridge testing day. We both realized that we had multiple classes together. I met Sean this year because Beckett introduced me to them. Sean and I get along a little. Beckett and I have similar interests. I believe although we are all friends and make jokes, we can still be productive. This is due to the fact that we ...

  Hello! I am Julianna Haslbeck. I am 15 years old and will turn 16 on November 22, 2005. One thing about me is that I love Cars. My dream car is an r32 GTR or an Rx-7. I also love animals. One day I dream of owning a farm with many animals. I am currently attending Fort Lauderdale Highschool. I am a sophomore and this is my first year in AICE Media Studies. Currently, in Fort Lauderdale High School, I am on the NJROTC Drill Team. In Drill, we learn precision with the military structure. I am looking forward to using my precision skills in AICE Media Studies. I am also looking forward to building new friendships. I have friends that had this class last year and they speak very highly of the class. They are now in the A level. I hope with this class I can learn how to be creative and how to think outside of the box. For now, I will plan accordingly with my future group. My goal is to make an amazing film however, that can also be informative to the curriculum. I hope my future ...

  Julianna  Haslbeck   AICE Media Studies   10/17/21   P.2   Creative Critical Reflection   How does your product  use  or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?   My product represents current issues ,  with  Becketts  clip of the  Film.   Becket t’ s  clip is used to represent a person that is not traditionally in sport or athletic. This represents an issue because some people believe that  the Nike brand  is only for athletic people  and   for  people that are involved in sports. Beck ett  wearing  N ikes represents that anybody could use the brand. No matter what sport or even if you are not involved in  a  sport,  Nike  can be convenient to you no matter what. Nike can be used for  many   reasons,  for example ,  comfortable clothing, comfortable shoes, socks  and  accessories. The ster...

Here it is! The final commercial. I am really happy that we were to finish this project. In the beginning, we questioned if we would be able to be productive even though we are a talkative friend group. We were one of the first groups to finish filming. Editing was a challenge because I was kind of solo. This was because it was on my laptop, and of course, they could not take my laptop home with them. I am glad we were not overdue with our blogs. I am also happy there were major technical difficulties. I do hope if there is ever another group project that we work together. I have never really made a commercial like this so this is new to me. I'm happy I tried this class out.  

 I am so happy that we finished the project successfully! Today we started editing our film on Imovie. It went smooth at first however getting the music into the film was a mission and a half. I was trying to use my apple music account to get the "Eye of the Tiger" song however it was saying that I do not have permission due to copy write issues. We also had to refilm the check on paper because we filmed it verticle the first time. This frustrated me because the bell was about to ring and we had finished. However, I figured out a way to finesse my way into using the song. I played the song on my laptop while using a voiceover method on the Imovie app on the phone. It took a while to get it on beat with the things happening in the Video like Sean kicking the ball. So in 3rd period, I did a little bit more work on my phone while walking to class. I was so focused that I went to the wrong classroom. When I got home today I charged my laptop and got to work. It didn't take to...

 Today's commercial day was very unproductive. I say this because the whole period we were waiting for the software to install. As in software, I mean the app are using to edit our film. We are using the app (imovie). I am familiar with this app, however it was deleted from my laptop so we had to wait for it to redownload. While we were waiting, we cropped some of the clips on our phones. I deleted some of the clips that we are not going to be using. My team and I did get slightly annoyed though. The reason I was annoyed was because my computer was taking too long to download the app. The rest of my team was upset because they has no access to imovie either. I felt like everyone was editing without us. We felt very behind. However, the software did install. My plan is to insert the videos inside the app this weekend. Therefore, on Tuesday we can be ready to edit right away. This will help us not be so behind. I felt a bit guilty because it was my computer that was taking long. I fe...