AICE Media Studies AS- Famiglio, J

 Post Production Final 2/28/2021      After months of jotting down ideas, concepts, locations, and after months of shooting and editing i came up with a project I was incredibly proud of. I worked to the best of my abilities the first time around to perfect my film, despite the short duration. Leaving me to still be proud of my work even as it's a few months later.  Although the feedback from all my peers was tremendously helpful and inspiring, at the end of the day I didn't feel like the film needed the "extra scenes" or "different sound effects" that my peers previously suggested.      Going into the initial production of my project I envisioned something with a dark atmosphere all around. Both the lighting and sound quality, considering the genre of horror/ suspense i chose. Which I did my best to implement by my choice of camera angles and movements as well as the different pitches and background noises I included. For instance,...

 Peer Review       After sharing my final project with my peers I got super helpful feedback. As well as a lot of compliments! I appreciated everyones positive and critical comments considering they all helped me look at my film in different point of views, especially as the audience.      To start off one of my peers made a comment about the audio in one of the final scenes of my film. I realized that the audio was a bit busy, considering there was a bit of background noise so I made sure to tone that done in the timeline. As well as another student, who noticed another sound issue. She noted that there had seemed to be an overlapping of sound in the beginning of my film where I had a clock ticking noise playing in order to build suspense. It took be a bit to change what she was referring to because I personally couldn't hear it on my own but after playing with the soundtrack I believe I may have fixed the issue.  Two other st...

Midterm Exam (Final Project) 1/20/2021 Portfolio Project: Film      After I finished all my final touches including the credits & trimming audios I exported and saved my film to my computer. Even with all the conflicts I faced throughout the duration of my project I managed to come out the other end extremely proud and delighted to present you my film.  Below is my final product:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6vpjO7zDBs&feature=youtu.be

 Beginning The Editing Process 1/16/2021      Today I imported all of my footage so I can start editing. My idea is to start off the film with the B-roll shots I got and continue with the characters and dialogue scenes in the second half.  B - roll is  the extra footage captured to enrich the story i plan on telling and to have greater flexibility when editing. Instead of featuring only talking faces on video, having other images you  can  cut away to that  will  add dimension to whatever the desired plot/ story might be. And in my opinion I think B-roll is the absolute best way to do so.      This is my first time using Adobe in about a year so although i'm quite familiar with the program I spent a few hours researching and watching different youtube tutorials with the intent to freshen up my brain on all the different tools and aspects the software has to offer.      With the plot change I made the wh...

     Working With Adobe Premiere Pro 1/17/2021       For the past three or so years, i've been working on and off with Adobe programs, although it's been mainly premiere pro. Thankfully allowing me to have an easier experience with this project, when it comes to post production. Post production is my absolute favorite part of the film-making process. Every aspect of it amazes and interests me so much, and it's actually what I think I might want to do as part of my future career!     According to the website Master Class " Postproduction  is the editing of audio and visual materials to create a  film . An editor assembles footage shot by shot, adds music (either original or licensed), and incorporates other visual and sound effects. These elements are woven together to create a multi-sensory experience we call a  movie ."      Thankfully all the tools I needed to complete the editing process of my film w...

 Working with the actors! 1/15/2021    Fortunately, o ne of my closest friends is an actor and he is in a bunch of different acting groups with his school as well as out of school programs.  So thankfully he had friends willing to help and act in my project! They all are super talented, easy going people- so it was easy for me to work diligently with them.           Considering all of their experience in acting it only took two days in total to shoot all of the clips/ scenes that I needed in order to put together my film.  They all suggested different ideas they thought would create a more suspenseful plot for me, helping me finalize my ideas.      For instance, one of my actors suggested we include over the shoulder shots so the audience could get a better understanding of the plot. By giving the audience shots from different characters POV's. (point of views) (over the shoulder shot example from the 2007 movie ...

Plot Update:  1/13/2021     Originally I had a concept that focused more on one specific family during the plot of the movie, but instead I have made the decision that i'm going to be a bit more general considering it's only the opening scene of the movie and just introduce the main character and his father. Instead of using the opening scene to develop characters i've decided i would rather take the opposite approach and set the plot and atmosphere for the rest of the scene.       The  setting  influences the  plot , which includes the  story's  events. And with that being said, certain actions are more likely to take place in specific environments. Taking the  story's  tone and theme into consideration it generally relies on its  setting . In addition, the  setting  would end up shaping the characters in the long run.      Research has shown that the different  ...