AICE Media Studies

Short Film: https://youtu.be/WalJcoizmM4?si=V1Ta4nMS5GikVLXH  Postcard: Front Back Website: https://customerservicethe6.wixsite.com/mysite

 It’s Thursday right now and in two days, filming will start. I’m having second thoughts about being in the movie myself. I’ve always been a camera shy person and I’m not confident having my voice recorded since I hate the way it sounds. My self confidence is low especially when it comes to being perceived by other people because well, they almost always perceive me the wrong way. Alright, more sad rants now. Thinking about filming day is stressing me out, I think tomorrow I’m definitely going to talk to my group mate and ask if he’s willing to step in for me in filming. I think it’d be a lot more convenient that way. And to make up for it, I’ll do the website along with the postcard and editing. I don’t know, something else because I feel pretty bad. But I genuinely don’t want to be on camera. It’s giving me a lot of anxiety thinking about it, and it’s going to be awkward when my mom brings me to the location to film. I’d much rather not do this at all. If my group mate steps in f...

 Thankfully, the internet outage in my area has been fixed. Well, this morning when I went on Instagram, the signal was working normally. It was really bad last night, like nothing would work at all. Like I said in the previous blog, it took me almost an hour to submit two assignments because of how HORRID the signal was. I can't live without the internet, what else am I supposed to do? I'm not going to study or do chores, that's lame. Since the wifi is back, it's time for me to start planning the postcard. I think I mentioned in the last blog that Gabe would do the website and I'd do the postcard. This is because I'm the one editing the actual movie, and it's a big role. I already have an idea thankfully. So, I'm probably going to use Canva as suggested, and maybe other apps. I'm going to use the internet to find transparent PNGs of certain things I want. Basically, the postcard is going to represent a broken computer. This is because the whole prem...

 Great news everybody! We made immediate plans to begin our filming! It's going to take place on Saturday, March 1st. This is perfect, since it gives us around 6 days to edit and refine the film. This is more than enough time. I need to start hyping myself up for it and making sure that I don't slack whatsoever. I feel like a weight is lifted off my shoulders now. It's so relieving knowing that the plans are officially being set into motion, and all is well. We also have all the props we need to film, so we're pretty much very prepared. We have an established meeting location, which is great! All we need to do now is meet up and begin filming. Pretty much everything else is taken care of. We have a prototype for the postcard and movie. Gabe is making the social media pages.  I’m in charge of doing the postcard thing, but unfortunately, something has gone wrong. There’s a wifi outage in my area. I’m not surprised, this literally happens all the time. My house always has ...

 Today, I'm going to talk about poster design. Apparently, it's part of the website for the short film. Man, we haven't even started on the website at all. I'm starting to think that we really are cooked, like we don't have any time left for this project. I feel like March 7th is kind of an early day to turn it in. Why not like March 20th instead right before spring break? Time really does pass by way too quickly. This especially applies when you have a big project or something serious. I like to call myself the king of procrastination. I almost always wait until last minute for things. However, this isn't good at all. It causes so much unnecessary stress and it's just not a good habit. This is something I need to overcome, especially before college. I also need to work on being more on top of my work and organizing. Using the reminders widget on my phone has helped quite a bit. It keeps me kind of grounded and having an idea of things I need to get done. An...

 A significant part of a good film is the soundtrack. I just realized we haven’t gotten any music for the final task. I’m sure the same rules from last year apply to now. It has to be royalty or copyright free to avoid any legal issues. That’s pretty annoying, but I guess it makes sense. The good thing is we have an idea of the type of music we want to use. That’s because it’s in the script, which makes finding music easier since we have a description of it. I always thought that finding things on the internet is always super easy, but I thought wrong. Last year, when I needed to find music for my first final task, it proved to be more difficult than what I expected. A lot of videos on YouTube claim to be copyright free, but it’ll end up not actually being that. This is so frustrating, especially when I’ve found a good sound. I really don’t want to have to jump through hoops and email an artist for permission. Most of the time they never even respond or see it at all. One thing I d...