AICE Media Studies

 Hey bloggers and welcome back to the process of creating an opening sequence for a film. Today I will be editing my opening sequence in order to create the best sequence possible. I will be mostly using the feedback I received from my peer review in order to adjust my sequence. The main thing I will be working on is adjusting the volume of various scenes. This is in order to create smooth transitions between scenes and to make it seem more professional. One of the scenes with an extremely high volume was the scene shot in the car with loud music. A scene which contrasts wit this due to its extremely low volume were all of the scenes shot in the woods. The woods scenes were so quiet that it was hard to hear and understand the dialogue between the cast. I had to put the scenes into cap cut and manually adjust the volume of certain scenes in order for them to match. After I did this the sequence seemed much more harmonious and cohesive. The next step in my editing process was darkeni...

 Hey bloggers and welcome back, today I have had one of my friends review all of the scenes we had shot for our opening sequence. My friend Tomas reviewed every single scene we shot at least 3 times. He seemed relatively engaged and entertained by the short film which was a very good sign but he did have some important critique I will use to improve our opening sequence. He criticized the lighting used and some of the various and distinct shots we used. He told me that some of the earlier scenes in my sequence could have been improved upon if I used some more close ups. He also mentioned that the acting was a bit awkward and seemed very cliche at times. The audio in the sequence also varies in volume with some scenes blatantly louder than others. This particular complaint seemed the one he thought was the most detrimental to our opening sequence. He also had some positive comments on the opening sequence as well. He really enjoyed the scene in the car and packing the bags. He said ...

 Hey bloggers and welcome back today we have various things to discuss and look forward to. Just recently we completed the filming for our opening sequence and as of right now I think it looks of high quality. This second filming session was far more challenging compared to the first as we had to make use of weather and time throughout our filming process. Making use of storm clouds and wind was challenging as we had to wait for the weather to be right. Its also very hard to film during these conditions without it looking weird and distorted. As a group we also had to change settings various times and even had to film on the road. I worked towards making sure all of the filming was as safe as possible but also as smooth as possible. Working at night in the woods, we all had a safe word to make sure we were comfortable with the filming. We also made sure to stay within at least 100 meters away from each other in order to not get lost. The camera man would also wear a bright orange t...

 Hey bloggers, todays the day we finally begin filming for our opening sequence. Once again it took quite a bit of time for all of us to schedule a meeting together. We finally came together yesterday afternoon and we filmed the first storyboard of our opening sequence. Speaking about storyboards I had actually updated it a few days prior in order to add more length to our opening sequence and add more personality to our opening sequence. But back to the filming, we all decided to wear stereotypical pajamas with sleepy caps and eye covers. We also had to come up with who would eventually be the main character of our sequence. This decision was also heavily based on who was the most comfortable and natural when the camera was placed on them. We also had faced some climate troubles as it was incredibly windy and cold in Florida during this period. This made it very challenging to leave the house to film as some of our group had also fallen ill during this time. Despite all these chal...

Hey bloggers welcome back and today I will be choosing the music for our thriller opening sequence. This is particularly challenging for me because there's 2 different kinds of music that will be in our opening sequence. In our opening sequence we would have to effectively bridge together these two different types of music. This transition also has to be smooth in order to avoid distraction from the scenes themselves. The two types of music are the happy upbeat familiar music played in a car, teenage music. The other type of music used will be creepy, foreboding, and suspenseful in order to evoke as much emotion in the audience as possible. Due to these types of music being so diverse and different it makes it even more challenging to effectively transition these songs. I've been relooking at the Final Destination opening sequence to see what they did with their music but their music stays relatively similar the entire time. They have strong background noise and sharp beats in ...

  This is the storyboard for our opening sequence. Nothing is quite set in stone yet, but this is the foundation I will work off of to plan out and strategize the production of our opening sequence. Scene 1: alarm clock beeps Scene 2: compilation of cast getting ready Scene 3: breakfast being made on stove Scene 4: On phone confirming field trip while eating breakfast Scene 5: Characters dress up and get ready Scene 6: All the characters pull into driveway of house Scene7: looking out of window cause of a bad storm Scene8: packing their bags Scene9: loading bags in trunk Scene10: them enjoying themselves in the car listening to music Scene11: parked in the middle of the woods  Scene12: setting up a campsite Scene13: Storm starts getting very close Scene14: Leaves and fire start flying around, fire is almost put out Scene15: Thunder and lightning crash and Carlos Eddie and Milana get spooked. Scene16: Run into tents Scene17: They wait out the storm Scene18: They hear a loud yel...

 The participants in our film will be: Enzo Prieto Joao Nunes Constanza Cirgliano Nick Zilberstajen Location:  Some of us live at great distances from each other making it slightly challenging to find a point to collectively meet and film. But we decided to use a local state park Oleta state park.  For the scenes in the car we decided to use some of our school friends' cars and to use roads near patches of woods to add the immersion in the opening sequence. The scenes in the driveway could take place either at Joao's or Constanza's residence. Schedule: By 2/20 we will film our scenes in the driveway which should take no more than one day. By 2/27 we will film our on the road scenes which should also take no more than one day. By 3/5-8 we will film our scenes in the woods which could take various days to film and set up After this we will use the next following weeks to complete editing, plan for the CCR and finally submit both our opening sequence and our Critical Reflec...