Editing The Commercial

Hey Blog!
  Today, we were going to be editing the footage we filmed last time for our commercial. The one introduced about a couple of blogs ago. Though there were some technical difficulties with the computers we were working with. We logged into them and pinnacle studios the editing software we were going to use took a massive amount of time loading everything. At first, my partner and I thought it was our computer alone that was malfunctioning then, in the background our professor Mrs. Marchionne we heard and saw that she was also having issues with other students computers as well. She went around and tried helping everyone the best way she could but, wasn't making much progress. After, the class realized this wasn't working she had us all remove our footage from our desktops and transfer them to a place where we could still be able to dump them onto a new desktop. Some of us prefer to save it on iCloud, others Google Drive while, my partner Tay and I decided to use Google drive because its way for us and we both can easily access it as to us both having gmail accounts. Throughout the entire time while we were trying to get pinnacle studios to work we worked on our film blogs because that was also due that same day.
  The students in the class started stressing about their grades and all they needed to get done before class was over the technical difficulties weren't making it any better. The computers took all the time in the world to load everything and a lot of us were getting really impatient. Our professor Mrs. Marchionne told us something that was so relieving "Guys I wouldn't ever fail you for something that you physically can't get done." We all started to calm down, and work on our Filming Blogs for the remainder of that class then, everyone at the end of class closed out their desktops and started packing for the rest of the class and we put the issues of the computers to deal with for next class which was today. We walk into class today hoping that everything was resolved and the computers were fixed. Most of the class seemed pretty excited to start editing today, I could tell with all the exciting expressions on their faces. Sadly though, our professor steps up to the front and tells us that the computers remain not working and that we'll be receiving new laptops to start working. We''ll have to wait for them to arrive to start working on the editing process, and move forward with all that has happened. I will include what me and my partner had planned to edit in our commercial that we filmed.
  We wanted to add in a couple of slow motion effects here and there to add in a dramatic effect at the begging of the commercial and alternate between different scenes so it would creatively display all the montages.  The one thing specifically for my group was that we were really excited for though is adding in the music for the commercial. My partner Tay and I both have an admiration for the music genre KPOP and we had an idea of including the instrumentals of not one, but two of our favorite songs as the soundtrack for our commercials. My group was also pretty excited to look at all the footage we took and how good we did and comment on everything. So that's it blog, today didn't go as planned nothing did but see you next time for the next one. Hopefully we'll be editing by then. Byee!!

Luv Dee ♥

Storyboard Blog

Hey everyone 😄!

So today is story boarding day, each slide of our story boards show a six second clip of the full movie or in this case commercial, our commercials are going to be 30 seconds long so we're going to be using five storyboard slides. In the first six seconds we are going to be using a low angle that flows into a tilt. This shot will show us tying up our laces and preparing to jog the track as a warm up. In this scene we'll also be using a jump cut, showing both actors. In scene number two, we will be doing a tracking shot of one actor jogging. With this shot you will be able to see both the right and left side of how the the actor is running. In this we will being using an "eye-level" camera angle. In clip three, you will see a multitude of jump cuts of both of our actors dancing to the chorus of "As If It's Your Last" by BlackPink during scene 3 and 4. The background track will be "Call Me Baby" by EXO instrumental. In the duration of this filming we will being at the track and the soccer field using natural lighting. In clip four, our actors will be walking down the halls of Fort Lauderdale, exhausted after a long morning of perfecting the dance. In our final clip they will sit down in their class, take out a snack and a Gatorade and take a long drink. We will use a fade out and show the NIKE sign.

Editing Class Blog

Hey Blog!! So I'm back with another for you guys,
Today, I'm going to tell you guys everything I've learned about editing. So to start, our class is using Pinnacle software to edit the commercials projects that we're working on. Remember the one we were planning for last time. Our AICE Media Professor showed us the cameras that we were gonna be using and they were pretty interesting. We learned the record button and where to insert the SD card slot which is an opening to the side of the camera. Also, we could get to use tripods our amazing professor showed us how cool, awesome and fun they were. We learned how to attach the camera to them and put them to use but, we are forbidden to carry the tripods while the camera is on them. She gave us some facts about how the camera works and the amount of charge etc.
 Next, our professor gave us some terms to assist us in the use of editing. These terms were: dumping import, export, raw footage, and rendering. Raw Footage is the original file recorded with no edits of any sort,  better known as the draft of your project. Dumping is simply taking footage from the camera and SD card and transferring them to your desktop. Importing is receiving the footage from your desktop and transferring the file which is brought into editing software and in our case Pinnacle Editing Studios. Exporting is removing the footage that you have edited out of the editing software which leads into rendering your footage. Rendering is finalizing your footage completely making you are settled with anything and everything runs smoothly. Our professor went over the different types of tools used in Pinnacle Studios so we'd become more familiar with how to use everything.

Planning Blog to NIKE Commercial

Hiyeee!! Ya gurl is back with another one,

 So today we're gonna talk about how we plan to film our commercial for NIKE. So the first thing we're going to talk about is our PROPS.

We plan common sports props and accessories worn or carried usually.

• Soccer ball
• Volleyball
• Books/school supplies
• Bottled water/Gatorade/Hydro flask
• The next thing is our Costumes/outfits.NIKE leggings
• NIKE shirts
• NIKE shoes (sneakers and flip flops)

To stay organized we're going to follow our class SCHEDULE: 

• Planning Blog: 10/11
• Storyboard Blog:10/15
• Filming Blog: 10/22
• Editing Blog: 10/24

OUR LOCATIONS: The Track

• The Soccer Field
• Library Stairs

OUR BACK-UP PLAN: If it rains...

• Under building 5

Its crazy to think I'm gonna be film an actual commercial and I'm excited about Hopefully it turns out alright don't know if I'll be posting up here so stay tuned if that comes out ;). Bye blog, see you on the next one!

Luv, Dee ♥

Research convention and Codes

Hi blog! Welcome back,

Today we're going to talk about what goes into a commercial and particularly NIKE commercials. NIKE commercials are based around athleticism and comfort. Their commercials mainly focus on the athletic department and also give a sense of style with clothing, gear, shoes such as their Air Force ones and many other brands. 

Now let's crackdown to their commercials. Like mentioned before, their commercials focus around the athletic department.There's many factors that are in play with sports commercials, angles, shots, and movements are a big piece of what you need to know to make your commercial a replica of the sport you're filming. Most common shots and angles used are called; 

• Wide shots
• High angles
• Close ups
• Two person shots
• Three person shots
• Establishing shot
• Long shots\

Shots and angles aren't the only factors however, movements are just as important as the angles you use. Nike commercials include lots of;

• Tracking Shots

• Crane shots

• Pans

Introduction

Hiyyeee! I'm Deedi and welcome to the new blog I'm starting for my AICE Media Studies class. Although no one out in the world will honestly ever read this blog excepts who actually needs to for the sake of my grade 🙃, I'm going to be dedicated to making this blog the most interesting and exciting it has yet to be. A huge contradiction to my life because my life isn't the most interesting.

Let's start by introducing myself to the unknown audience, so some might say I'm a very gullible person. I like to listen to musicals, kpop and the r&b genres of music. I'm an artsy person and very tiny 4'8 to be exact. I love the school I go to and all of my friends that support me. One thing I dislike is setting myself up for failure. Its very disappointing when I do and realizing all I'm capable of doing, I'll get angry at myself when I don't full potential into something.

I'm actually pretty excited to start this blog because I honestly never have done something like this before and I tend to get excited whenever I'm experiencing new things. Along all of my blogs I hope you guys will get to know me better. I'm going to try my best and be dedicated to being successful in this class. Thanks for reading.

Luv, Dee