Week 27 in AICE Media Studies

Introduction

    This was our last week working on our film introduction. We finished filming and moved into the editing process.

What I Did

    This time around for editing, I faced another learning curve due to Adobe Premiere Pro updating to the 2025 version, and some of the past tool locations had changed. I started off with uploading all of our footage and labeling each clip.

    Then I moved all of the clips onto the timeline in order and started to trim them down using the razor tool. I also added transitions to some of the clips. Once everything lined up, I started to work on our title, which appears at the end of the introduction.

    Next, I started adding audio. I use Pixabay for audio since it is all royalty-free and requires no attribution. Now that I had all my audio clips, I added them to the timeline, trimmed them down, and added transitions to each.

    After everything looked good, flowed smoothly, and was in order, I started adding the credits. I dispersed them throughout the introduction to mimic a real-world film.

What I Learned

    I learned how to flicker, skew, fade out, and warp text. To flicker the text, I first had to add a text box and type what I wanted. Then, I went into the effects search bar and looked up "strobe." I then applied the strobe effect to the text and adjusted the speed, allowing it to flicker faster. Next, I changed to strobe color so that the text would appear more red.

    To skew the text, I had to double-click on a pre-existing text box in the timeline and apply a transform effect to the text. Once the effect was added, I could skew the text with a slide bar from the effects control panel that opened up.

    Then to fade out the text, I had to add a linear wipe effect to the text. Then, put the transition completion to zero, moved forward a few seconds on the timeline, and changed the transition completion to 100 percent. Next, I added another linear wipe to the text but on the end of the text box and repeated the previous steps.

    Lastly, to warp text, I used the same process for skewing the text. However, instead of using the skew slider in the effects control panel, I used the warp slider. Both effects work similarly.

Week 26 in AICE Media Studies

Introduction

    This week we started and finished filming our introduction.

What I Did

     We met at our team member, Piper's, house at 7 in the morning to start filming. We started with a debrief of our filming schedule and shot list. We then moved to our first location, which was outside in front of the house we were filming at. We made our first scene outside in the road. This was where the characters were introduced. Piper was the one running, and Vivienne was the one driving in the car behind her. We got many scenes of entering and exiting the car. There was also a mini "fight" scene between them where we see their relationship as characters. Established in this scene, we see that Vivienne is out to get Piper.

    Then, we started our inside filming. There was a scene where Vivienne dragged Piper in the house to show a relocation of scenery. She then also gets dragged on the stairs, and this is where we decided to add the credits in editing. Then she got put into the attic. It was hard to film in there due to the low roofs and also the limited space to film camera angles. There is a short scene of dialogue where the audience gets a little information about why Piper is being kidnapped. 

     Then, there is a new scene where we film in the backyard. The house we filmed at had a dock and boat, which was the inspiration for this film in the first place. Then, Vivienne takes Piper down to the attic and out to the backyard. They then go to the boat, where I filmed from different angles. We practiced how Vivienne would push Piper into the pool because we only have one take for this. Then, she pushed her into the water. We also go to the scene where she took a breath out of the water.

    Finally, the filming process was over. We did go over the clips throughout the filming to see if we needed to redo a clip or shot. 

What I Learned

    I learned that by making a plan and sticking to it or adjusting it if necessary is very helpful. This made our filming process go very smoothly. Also, by brainstorming beforehand, we knew exactly what scenes to film, and we finished filming earlier than planned.

Week 24 in AICE Media Studies

Introduction

    This was not something learned in just one week; rather, it was something I learned over the course of this class. 

What I Did

    Over the course of this class, my group produced a short film and a documentary. However, this was not the only thing we did together. We had to make scripts, loglines, storyboards, ideas, and edits. During the entire course of this class, I was never working alone; everything was a group assignment. 

What I Learned

    All of this collaboration taught me how to properly work together in a group. Previously, I was always a bit nervous to work in groups, but now I have gained confidence. I also learned to appreciate working in groups. Both of my group members are very hard workers and help take on some of the workload.