AICE Media Studies

  a Sound:  • Non- Diegetic of the opening music to set the calm setting. Then set to mysterious as racers go through the track. The music playing over the relay driver as he realizes that his friend has died.  • Diegetic: The sound of cars like motors, honking and tools being used to ready the cars. The sound of the crash and attempt of breaking. The fire and the people crying after seeing their loved ones kills due to the crash. • Voice Over of the speech the racing manager for Mercedes was giving while the clip pans over the race track. • Dialogue: as the Mercedes manager speaks to the drivers and makes the plan for the positions. Competitors speak to each other, encouraging one another. b. Common Mis-En-Scene (CLAMPS) in your genre • Costume: Racers are in their uniform while spectators are in business casual attire. • Lighting: Dark as the main group is given their positions.  • Acting: Everyone is either nervous or ser...

 Create a story within your existing resources-a small cast and limited locations. Build setups and payoffs, both in plot and emotion. Do not play safe or include the expected - subvert directly audience expectations. Tone and style must remain consistent throughout, with inspiration being drawn from films of the same genre. Get actors who are willing to totally commit to the roles, and make sure that the sound quality is as high as possible, even if it means reducing dialogue. In post-production, get feedback from others, tighten your pacing, and use low-cost tools for sound design and music. Rule number one: Be aware of your budget and crew-and don't reach for things that go well beyond the realms of possibility. 

Part 1: Watching the Video In this video, La Jetée and 12 Monkeys recount stories by using very different stylistic techniques. La Jetée employs still images along with a voice-over to create a stripped-down, minimalist yet affecting narrative, while 12 Monkeys develops this idea into a more dynamic, linear presentation in a conventional film format. Both explore ideas of time travel, memory, and fate, and and illustrate how unique can be the representation of an account. That said, La Jetée, while presenting a simple story using limited means, emphasizes that the key hes in imagery and theme rather than action. In 12 Monkeys, with much availability of means to enhance visual and character engagement, one develops a solid dimension of layered complexity. That gives an idea of how to build the same concepts together in each of those films and how this can inspire you to work creatively on telling your own story, whatever means may permit. Part 2: Reading the Article This article dr...

Short Film:   I was amazed by Shane Acker's short film 9 for how much it managed to accomplish in such a short space of time. The story is simple, but it felt active and fast-moving actually brought me into the dark post-apocalyptic setting of the film. What I loved about this film was how it relied almost entirely on visuals to tell its tale. There was hardly any dialogue, yet within me pulled such tension and such emotion in every scene. Animation here is shown in a style that is raw, nearly or boldly hand-drawn, and thus accentuates the atmosphere. The wasteland and the mechanical villain were hauntingly and beautifully designed. 9 struck me as resourceful and strong and one with huge guts, even if little character development is possible in the short's limited time. The conventions of the short were tight and focused: every moment served a purpose, and anything seemed unworthy of delivery. It left me pondering upon its themes and the mystery of its world long after it ended...

  Our group has decided to select the action-drama genre for our film due to the pitch we chose. With the selected pitch being a drama and action based story we all agreed on, we realized the whole of the film would need to fit into the genre. We went through many different ideas before landing on it. We each have many different interests, but we reached the conclusion that the genre we all liked in common was action-drama with all the scenes with tension and fear that would make for a great short story. The slight action of our pitch would give some extra impact. It seems to be the best genre we could come up with to make a meaningful film.

Two pitches have been made The first pitch interested us because of the amazing choices we got with settings living in an urban area. The naturally shady lighting of a multitude of places would be perfect for a horror film. Another reason we liked are first pitch is the creative freedoms it gives us for the antagonist. They could be good or bad in the end. They can also come with many shapes or forms that could surprise the audience. A man and his family are driving back home. The journey home was supposed to be peaceful and fun. However, they get hit directly when crossing the street by a couple of wreckless teens coming back from a party who were drinking and driving. The incident ends in a tragedy that struck the hearts of their fellow neighbors. Both of the pitches made differ in a lot, but the second one is the one that floats everyone's boat The second pitch highlights a very real event that happens. Unfortunately, many deaths occur based on teenagers who don't t...

  I am working in a group of four for my blog. My four group members are my friends from my school. I have known them for a very long time. I have worked for them on different projects in the past and we have worked well together. Their names are Tom, Benjamin and Nathaly. I put a photo of the four of us in this blog post. It would be difficult to work with group members I don't know well because meeting up with them would be hard. I also wouldn't know their skills in different subjects. I know what my friends are good at so that will be very helpful later on in the project. I also prefer having group mates that I get along with well. Lastly the reason I decided to work in a group is because I could assign tasks based on group members strengths.