Threatening

WOW! My media class was assigned a project that was truly fun! A definite needed break from the other, less interesting projects being assigned in my other classes :) 

For the One Word Film project, I worked with a student and friend named Annie to visually show our assigned word "threatening" through a short film. We started this project by brainstorming ideas on the "One Word Film" Brainstorming sheet to start developing our shot list and think about some editing techniques, which gave us a reference of what we needed when we were filming to be able to create our piece. 

Our filming location was mostly the school courtyard, using a tripod given to us from our teacher to get steady shots. We vlogged the entire filming process to share with our friends, they all wished they could be in the class! This location had a number of interesting backdrops and natural lighting that helped our story.  

This is my favorite pictures from one of the scenes that we filmed!!

For editing, we used iMovie, where we both individually pieced together and cut the videos to make our own versions of the story. I added filters to show when the scenes were a flashbacks, as well as adding brightness and transitions. Overall, I thought our film achieved conveying the intended emotions and story of the word "threatening" through thoughtful camera angles and sound. Nevertheless, for the future projects, I want to improve our pacing of the edits.

 You can see our final film here: OWF_FREY 

 Hope you guys love it :)))))))))))))

My Media Quiz

The AICE Media Quiz involved shooting a series of thought-out photographs to depict a narrative about an inanimate object. My partner, Annie, and I decided to use a Stanely water bottle to be the subject of our storyline, the storyline follows the Stanley as it begins its day, then it gets dropped and falls on the floor, it then recalls its fondest memories with its owner and with that strength it can "regain consciousness", the owner picks it up, refills it with water, it "comes back to life" and continues to enjoy the rest of its day with its owner and friends. Our goal was to create an interesting piece that conveyed themes of nostalgia revival, and love through the sequence of images.

Annie and I began this assignment by outlining each shot we would take and the scenes we would create to convey the story we had made up. We left our class and went into the halls and the courtyard to capture the images (in a variety of different angles and types of shots) of Stanley's story, we inserted the slides into a PowerPoint and gave a summary of the kind of shot/ angle used as well as a description of why we used that shot/ angle which was usually to create a more dynamic piece and a deeper meaning.

I strongly believe that our team effort created a strong piece and an overall interesting and goofy story. The things that I loved the most about our piece was that the storyline was communicated through the slides, making the stanley's story of falling, reminiscing, and revival easy to follow, as well as each slide conveying the right emotion and understanding through the use of filters and varying brightness's in different photos. However, I do believe we could've maintained a better visual theme and consistency throughout the slides to better unify the images and reinforce the narrative as I do think the images, while focused on the storyline, lacked unity.

My Media Quiz

Echoes Of Me - The Introduction

Hi! My name is Clemence, but my friends call me Clem, and I am taking an AICE media studies course at my school. Part of completing the course is to create a blog and describe the work and effort I put into completing components of the program, specifically the video project. 

I am excited to share this exciting journey with all of you! Hope you enjoy :)