AICE Media Studies 2024-25

Hello blog, my group has been working together in order to come up with ideas for our 2 minute video. Here is what we've come up with so far: We want to do an introduction of a story where a group of teens break into a school and find a cursed camera. This camera will cause uncanny things to happen to the group and be one of the main focus points. This short intro film will be a thriller and take place at our school. We plan to have the intro end off with the antagonist being briefly hinted at in order to build some suspense. There will also be a good dynamic with the camera work where we plan to switch back and forth between POV shots using the camera they found, along with other shots and angles. We also plan to add some music to match the setting and context.

 Hey blog! For my planned opening sequence video I've decided to work with the following people: Maya Miller, Zachary Vassil, and Kevin Simms. Zach- Co-director, actor Maya- Co-director, editor, cameraman, actor Kevin- Screenwriter, actor Isaiah- Screenwriter, actor We plan to make the opening of a mystery thriller film. To film we will use our phone cameras, for location we plan to use the school and potentially on of our group member's house. We will film during class and also after school and edit during class along with our free time.

Hey blog, this post is about a practice exam I did to evaluate a excerpt clip of the film Agent Carter. Hope you enjoy!  This extract from Agent Carter holds many technical elements that help contribute to the meaning. There is a clear focus on females in a men run world throughout this excerpt. One of the many ways a technical elements contributes to the meaning of this excerpt is the applications of mise en scene. The colors used during the office scenes lighting stand out to portray meaning. Specifically, the heavy blue lowkey lighting and atmosphere seemed to represent carter's loneliness, sadness, and discontent with her situation. This blue could also represent carter's hurt and feelings of loss after what happened to Rogers. Another significant color used that was tied to meaning was red. During the distress call scene Carter becomes lit up with a strong red glow accompanied by a loud alarm. This red signifies the sense of urgency required and i believe the red also repr...