AICE Media Studies AS Level 2020-21

At first, I had an idea of a plot about regular teens, but that attempt was not the best, so I discarded the idea. (I will go into more detail in another blog post) For my second idea, my friend Elizabeth helped me think of a story that made sense and would be possible to record. She mentioned about the Italian Mafias and how I could center my opening around that. I liked the idea and thought that trying to create an opening with the genre "crime and gangster," would be fun - and it was! So, I wanted the opening to start with an intense scene to catch the audience's attention; and what a better way than to create a kidnapping and fighting scene? In order to do this, I went to my friend Marcos' house and used his car as a major prop. I decided that Marcos would be the bad guy and Elizabeth would be the good guy. It was the only thing that made sense for me because those were the only people I had to work with in such a short time. In the beginning scene, I wanted to sh...

Elizabeth Lopez Female; 17 years old Hispanic (Cuban) Character; Name: Scarlett Lodovico, 22 years old Affiliation: Da Vinci Mafia, ex-spy Abilities: Excellent combat skills, tedious, and intelligent Marcos Millo Male; 17 years old Hispanic (Cuban) Character; Name: Xander Da Vinci, 26 years old Affiliation: Da Vinci Mafia, subordinate Abilities: Tech-savvy, calculative, and negotiation 

For my film opening, the new ideas I thought of was to consider casting new people and using different settings. For instance, I can shoot scenes in a car as well as an empty field or park. As for the editing, I would like to hold off on recording till I get my new laptop soon. The newer model I'm purchasing will have more storage and have better programs to make editing easier and accessible.  A few concerns I have for this project is the global pandemic still at bay. With all the restrictions in place, my scenes would have limited diversity as well as the actors participating. In order to create my opening, I'll need a group of people for some scenes and I'll have to be considerate on everyone's circumstances and situations. Plus, I don't believe I'll be able to record all scenes I need in just one day. If the pandemic and cases become worse later on, it'll become a hindrance to my process, so hopefully it'll become less severe after a certain amount o...

In class we learned about editing techniques from this website: https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/a-beginners-guide-to-film-editing-vocabulary/ Cut - A transition between two shots Cross Cutting - Portraying two storylines to be occurring at the same time by cutting between the two continuously Cutaway - Interrupting a continuous shot with another that has some relation to the former Dissolve - A transition created by the overlapping of one shot onto another Eyeline match - A technique to follow what a character is looking at and cut between the character and the eyeline Jump cuts - An abrupt cut between shots that can miss parts of action Shot-reverse-shot - The alternating shots between characters in over-the-shoulder shots

There's no doubt in the progression of representation of women throughout the years in film. However, there are still issues and challenges women face today regarding this. For instance, genres like action, historical, and fiction still don't represent women how they want to be presented in today's society. Genres that associate with heroes and sci-fi are types of films that can embody empowerment and bring out the best qualities of people. Despite that, not a lot of people, especially women, feel that way according to the chart below. https://www.womensmediacenter.com/reports/bbca-wmc-superpowering-girls

Survey Results: Part 2 So far, the demographic my survey consists of are: - Young adults/teens around the age of 17/18 (mainly women) - Mainly enjoys any genre - Watched movies all the time/sometimes - Mostly likes coming of age and action - Prefers relatability in a character - Mostly listed coming of age genre in free response - Strongly feels representation is important With these results, I can have an outside perspective of what I'd expect when watching a student-produced film. I'd make sure to include relatable characteristics in the main character and figure out how to include representation.  

Survey Results: Part 1

Film Survey On google forms, I need to create a survey asking questions to my peers on their views and preferences on certain genres and other aspects of film. The questions I decided to include in the survey are about:  - Gender - Age - How often they watch movies - Which genre they prefer - What they look for in a character - List movies they personally enjoy I feel as though by asking my peers these types of questions, their answers can help me with the production of my film and what to include/not include and things to generally look for. Although I already have an idea for my film, I can tweak certain details I see fit and grow my target audience and possibly demographic. The results of the survey should be finished accumulating after a certain amount of time, so the next blog post should go over those responses and results. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnKa6cjP9u5bpRBwX372YATiyulS83c8oaVz0IfPV8WPQ6jA/viewform?usp=sf_link