Intro Blog to AICE Media Studies A Level

 My name is Grant Cipollone.  The school I attend is Fort. Lauderdale High School in Fort Lauderdale Florida.  Last year, I took AICE Media Studies AS level.  I enjoyed it very much.  I liked filming with my friends and family and learning about the process.  Because I liked it so much, I chose to take AICE Media Studies A level.  I am interested in doing a more in-depth film project this year.  This year, unlike last year, I will be able to work with more of my friends that chose to take A level media.  Since I love watching movies, learning about film production in AICE Media Studies is very interesting to me.  I have found it fun to learn about the different camera angles and editing practices so far.  I am excited for the creation of the movie since there is a lot of freedom for creativity.

What I have learned so far in AICE Media Studies are different film terms and what they look like in a real application.  These include different types of camera shots, types of sounds, and editing methods.  My favorite type of camera shot is the long take because of the immersion it creates.  I especially like its application in the Movie Children of Men.

My favorite movies are Marvel's Infinity War and Endgame as well as The Truman Show.  I like Infinity War and Endgame because of the huge scale they were made on and the extremely high production value.  I think it makes the movies stand out from other ones.  I enjoyed The Truman Show because of the ending.  I felt it was pleasing to watch and had a unique ending.  Other movies I really enjoyed are dramas like The Dark Knight.

I have heard that the AICE Media Studies film project requires editing.  Even though I can edit, I would prefer to stick to filming.  More specifically, writing and acting.  So, I am hoping my groupmates will be able to help me out with editing.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Planning Storyboard for my Music Video

Image
  These are roughly the 12 "parts" of the music video divided into scenes, all about 5 seconds long each. 1. The video will start with the main character coming out of the front door with his dog on a leash next to him. This will be the instrumental first 4 seconds before the lyrics start. 2. The first scene will cut to a wide shot of the street, panning and following the boy and the dog walking. This second scene will begin right when the lyrics start, and the camera will focus to a shadowy figure in the background. 3. This shadowy figure comes from off screen and grabs the leash from their hands, running away with the dog. They cannot stop this from happening as they are in shock at what happened. 4. This scene is just a zoom in of the main character who mouths "NOOOO" into the sky. At this point the shadowy figure has run off, and it has left him in great despair. 5. The scene fades to a black and white flashback of the dog, doing normal activities such as w...
Read more

Production: Finalizing Scene Plans

Image
 Spring break has just finished for our class and school is starting again after a week break.  Even though there was no school, my partner and I still put work in to our project.  However, we could not start the filming.  Both my partner and I wanted to start filming.  Unfortunately, we couldn't film.  During spring break, my partner, Nicholas, went on a trip with his family and was out of town.  Similarly, our friends who are helping us act were also out of town for a few days.  On the bright side, this gave us more time to iron out all the details.  The extra planning we have done will definitely improve our final product.  Since Nicholas was out of town, we called each other to discuss the filming process.  Specifically, we discussed how we would the more difficult scenes.  The first scene in our intro will be rather complicated.  In it, we will film a close up of a ringing phone and slowly zoom out while tracking some...
Read more

Planning: Storyboard

Image
  There are 7 scenes total in the storyboard. The dialogue between the script and storyboard vary because it is not finalized. There are different directions that we could approach with dialogue. We could make it more general and simplistic, but it might feel too on the nose. Camera angles could also be changed in the future.
Read more