AICE Media Studies

  CCR     My short film (Are The Cameras Still Rolling?) was about a group of teenagers who are actors. After filming Ameila, one of the actors, poses the questio n: Do you ever wonder if were still being recorded? The group dismisses the idea but later finds out she was right. My film mildly addresses the issue of the privac y of celebrities and well-known people. People have always idolized celebrities and over time it has gotten worse with the advancement of technology, the internet , and social media. Videos and pictures are shared between people and what someone records can easily end up online for all to see. My short film represents “famous” individuals and allows audiences to understand that these people see things differently than them and it can be uncomfortable .   For my short film I created a websit e, post card, and Inst a gram to promote and give updates on the film . To fit the theme of being recorded and watched through a device, every ...

Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog! My short film is finished!! It has been a long and wild ride, but I am so proud of the finished product. I hope you enjoy watching as much as I did. https://youtu.be/5FXfjBjDomg?si=NCE-6FVSbNTORM87  https://jahziahadefoe.wixsite.com/are-the-cameras-stil 

Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog! You may be wondering: I thought she finished. Well I did but the entire portion of the park scene was glitchy. I texted my friends in our group chat to see if they could re-film this one scene and we all agreed on today. Then things took a turn. First I wasn't able to find a ride to pick up the food that the kids would need to eat. I also didn't have any money because I spent most of it on the last scene. This didn't upset me too much because I could just grab some of the snacks I have at my house for them to eat. Later my mom came home but by the time she got here everyone started to show up. On our way to the park it started to rain. How about a string of bad luck. I started to get overwhelmed because this is due soon and I don't have the location from before. My sister said we could do it at the dinning room table in our house but it didn't give the same effect to me. In the end, my moms boss let us go back there a...

 Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog. In todays blog I will be telling you the things I did to finish editing my short film. Since I rough cut yesterday I decided to start from the beginning today and then work to the end.  The first thing I did was pick the filter for the first scene. The goal is for it to give Disney Channel sit-com. I wanted something warm but natural. I flipped through a few of the warm looking filters and picked the one I liked most. I then went to the adjust part of my app and fidgeted with the warmth and saturation sliders until the filter looked like how I pictured. The next thing I did was make the time I wanted to filter to stop. It is supposed to be when the director says cut. This is to signal the camera turning off. Timing this didn't take a while. I just ended up splitting and deleting again, flashback from yesterday. I've learned previously to add transitions early on so that it doesn't mess up the timing of the text and music. I ...

 Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog! In todays blog I am going to be telling you about my first day of editing. I decided to take it a little easy and just start by rough cutting. I thought that was going to be easy. In reality I think it took me about an hour and thirty minutes and I didn't take a break. There was a lot of angles and back and forth dialogue. I pulled back out my storyboard to see which lines go with what angle. I will say favoriting the good takes made this process a lot easier. Since I did that I didn't have to go through a bunch of the same videos over and over again because they were already selected. I don't think I ever hit the split and delete button so many times. I cut out all of the long pauses in the beginnings and ends of the clips to get a more accurate depiction of how long my short film was going to be. I originally thought the montage scene was going to be the hardest to cut up but it actually was the most fun. I picked out the ...

 Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog! In todays blog I will be telling you about the process of filming the last scene in my final task. Today I filmed the last scene of my short film. This one was short because it doesn't have any lines. This is also where I got my cameo. Last year when I did my music video and my final task, my partner and I were in the back of at least one scene. I didn't know if I was going to be in one of the scenes this year but yesterday I decided I was going to close off the film with me being the one at the desk. My mom is a perfectionist so she told me to clean off her desk before I filmed anything there. It took a lot of work because she has so many papers and items but I was finally able to get it clean enough for her liking. Before I could film I had to email the video of the kids looking around to my moms computer. Once that was on the computer I changed into all black and then I asked my sister if she could help me film. She said no, ...

 Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog! In todays blog I will be telling you about what I filmed today at the mall. I got all of my work done yesterday so today after school asked my friends to meet me at the mall for 3:30PM. This morning before school I packed the all black outfit for my sister. She didn't want to be in my film this year but I convinced her to be the person who records. Surprisingly everyone got to the mall on time so we got started right away. The first thing I did was explain what this scene was in case they forgot. I have everyone a few minutes to look over the script. After a few tries I recorded the beginning dialogue. The next part was to film the montage part of us hanging out. This was easy because I am normally the one who records and documents the things we do. Basically my friends are used to having a camera on them.  Out of everything I filmed so far in this process, this scene has been my favorite. I love hanging out with my friends and...

 Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog. I do have some bad news to share. I had to cancel on filming today. Normally I would just skip writing a blog and come back when there is something to write about but I felt I had to share the full process. Sometimes the day isn't going to always go as one would hope but I have to learn to adapt. I have been so busy these past few days that I didn't realize how behind I was getting on my work. When I woke up I made my to-do list and there was so much I have to do for tomorrow and I have a chemistry test. I sent out a text to my friends letting them know that I couldn't film today. They were understanding and one of my friends said that he had a bunch of work to do too so this was good. We made a plan to meet up at the mall at 4:00pm tomorrow to do the scene. I spent the rest of the day doing all my work. I didn't finish but I got more done than if I went to the mall and filmed. I did do something today related to my fina...

 Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog. In todays blog I will be telling you what I filmed today for my short film. Today was quick and easy because it was the bedroom scene. Since it's Saturday everyone has a busy schedule so I chose to film the scene were I only need one person. Lucky for me she goes to the same program that I do in the morning because we are going to be in musical together. After rehearsal we self checked out and walked to my moms car. Since we were hungry we got Burger King on the way home but that has nothing to do with the short film. I really wanted head phones that can be put on top of her head instead of airpods so she brought hers from home. For this scene I also grabbed some of my school work to put on the bed for the homework.  Filming this went by quickly because there weren't any distractions. I wanted it to look like she was actually writing something so I had her write about things she eats as a picky eater. There wasn't much on th...

 Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog! In todays video I am going to be telling you about todays filming process. Today was similar to yesterday because I told everyone to get to the park for 3:30pm. I was a little late because I had to pick up the food for the scene. When I got there I had everyone take a few bites of their chosen meal so it looks like they were eating before the camera started. We started filming right after that. Since they are sitting at a table it was easy to have the phone recording the audio on top of the table without it looking out of place. I was very productive because there wasn't a lot of laughing. I was able to get all of my angles in a few takes. It was easy to get done because my friends already have the friendly dynamic. It's not like I was starting with new actors who have to build bonds. Once we finished filming we hung out at the park for a little longer. We don't see each other often so it was great to catch up. We probably s...

 Hello welcome to or welcome back to my blog! In todays blog I am going to tell you about my first day filming. Since today was a school day and we all go to different schools I told my actors to arrive at my moms job for 3:30pm. That gives them enough time to get food and make the commute. Also two of my friends go to a school that ends at 3:00 compared to the rest of us who end at 2:40. While I was waiting for everyone to get there I cleaned up the desk that we are filming at. My moms boss has a cluttered desk which makes sense for a principal but I wanted to take a few things off so it's not too much. By the time everyone got there it was 3:45 so for the most part people were on time. This is good because I had to get home to write this and do some more homework. Filming didn't take too long but we laughed a lot. A big convention in Disney Channel TV shows is the big acting and putting a sort of emphasis on everything. That was my vision for the first scene and I think my fr...

 Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog! In todays blog I will be taking you with me on the process of scouting my locations for my short film. The bedroom scene was easy. There are three bedrooms in my house so I could pick between those. This time I chose my sisters room because it is more preppy and pink than mines. When I picture my actor in the room, I see her in my sisters room more than mines. For the "principals office" I looked at using my moms bosses office. It kind of gives principal, but I mostly like how he has a lot of stuff on his desk and the door. The door is perfect for when William sticks his head through it. For "the picnic table outside of the set" I decided on the easiest place I can use a table: the park. The closest park to my house is called Mills Pond Park. It has a few tables and a lot of grassy area.  For my TBD scene I decided on the mall. There are many reasons like the variety of things to do for the montage and film locations...

Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog! In todays blog you will see the story board for my final task.

Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog!  I todays blog I will be telling you about the title design for my final task. I discuss what the font will look like and the different colors and sizes. The design for my tittle will give the affect of TV static. The font will look italicized and have a mix of the purples, blues and greens. For promotional purposes it will go in front of a turned off old fashioned TV. The size of the text will be about  this big.  For the tittle sequence t he names of the jobs will be smaller than the names of the person so that it stands out. Working Title: I have a few titles I am thinking about. They are " Are The Cameras Rolling", " When the Camera Stops" , and "Is Someone Watching". I'm not fully agreed to any of them but they all make sense according to the story line of the short film Back to the tittle sequence; the titles will inter the screen by the entire thing fading in and they will exit by each letter fad...

Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog. In todays blog I will be telling you some other information about my short film Schedule Sunday, January 26th Sunday, February 2nd Sunday, February 9th Location My moms office Park My bedroom Living room Mall/Beach/Nature walk (whatever the cast is able to get to) Participants Ella Laiel Luken Jaxon Elise Audrey Azanah Jahmiah Johnnie Chloe Fortune Celiana Health and Safety Since there are many different locations than just my house the group of us will need to drive everywhere. To make sure everyone is safe we will have enough cars so everyone is able to sit in a seat belt. My mom will also be with us everywhere we go as supervision and to make sure things are running safely and smoothly. My mom will have a first aid kit and a phone to call 911 if their are any emergencies. Props Items on the desk to make it looks like a principal's Lunch items Homework papers and a computer Phone Costumes All black outfits with paint on the face Re...

Short Film   [Are The Cameras Rolling, When the Camera Stops , Is Someone Watching ]       Scene 1 – The set of a principal's office   Three kids are huddled around one kid typing on a computer     Jack   (Typing )   Passing the motherboard, hacking into the mainframe , and we’re in .     Amelia   It’s about time, I don't want to get caught .     Isabella   We won’t get caught if you stop talking .     *Laughing track*     William   (Walking in frame)   Uh guys, she's coming so we should probably leave now.     Jack   (Pushing up his glasses)   O ne sec, I just need to copy it to the external hard drive .     Amelia   Hurry...     Jack   Okay done     Director   CUT!   (The kids start stretching out a little , makeup and other crew members walk around )   Good work so far, lets take a lunch break. ...