AICE Media Studies

         Today was our first day of filming. Since we finished our storyboards early we got an extra day to film. This filming day was pretty short though so we didn't film most of the commercial. First, we got our Media Studies pass to film and walk around on campus. Then Lili had to go change into her outfit for filming. After that, we went on a search for a ledge/balcony to film our opening shot. We had an idea of where to film it in our planning but it turned out not to be the best place. We ended up deciding on a long barrier-like wall we have in front of our cafeteria. Today Angie was the director so she brought a phone tripod and used her phone to film. It took us a lot of time to figure out the small details of what we had to do but the storyboard made it a lot easier. We took a lot of takes for the opening shot so we have to narrow it down in editing. We are in between one pretty good shot or taking the good parts of all the shots we took and editing it...

.  First Scene:   During this scene. two girls are sitting on a ledge, where Lili (in the movie she will be called “Leila”) and Aleiah are dangling their feet. Leila is holding her backpack between her legs. This shot will be an angle just of their legs with the backpack being the center of attention. This would be the intriguing introduction to our commercial. Second Scene:  In this next scene, the bell rings (the sound of the bell will be inserted), which leads to “Leila” dropping her backpack due to the fact that she feels that she is late. While leaving in a hurry, she forgets her backpack and doesn’t bring it with her. Her friend stands up with Leila’s backpack, does a quick dance with her feet while holding the backpack in front of the camera, and starts running towards another student in the end goal of getting the bookbag back to Leila. The whole shot includes this scene and the first which are in a low camera angle only showing the legs down. Third...

  Props :  Because my group and I are producing a JanSport commercial, our main props are JanSport backpacks. This will include various designs and colors. To pursue this and be able to include several JanSport backpacks, we will ask for permission from other students to use it in the commercial. Additional props that will be included are notebooks, a water bottle, a binder, and a volleyball.   Costumes :  In this commercial, there will be multiple people participating, and each one of them will be wearing clothes that students casually wear during school, such as jeans, cropped or loose shirts, and sneakers. We also want the uniform to be vintage, therefore we could be wearing flannels or large long-sleeved shirts. The part under the waist could be any form of jeans or pants. Furthermore, at the beginning of the advertisement, the camera will start at an angle where it only shows the feet of two or three people. Therefore, they should wear high top shoes to fit the ...

     My group is doing a JanSport commercial. To research this project, we watched several different backpack commercials. In the official Patagonia commercials, there were relationships between the backpack and the location of the video. For instance, in one of the commercials we watched the actor was hiking in the woods due to the fact that Patagonia is a backpack that is made for long trudges. In the official JanSport video there was also a link between the commercial and their slogan which is “Discover Freedom.” This is as a result of the backpack being used in films to go to various locations. Additionally, it was shown by having kids run around, skateboard, and sneak out of their house with the backpack on. JanSport has great credibility when it comes to being durable too. They showed this in one of their commercials by having kids throw and drag the bookbag throughout different scenes. To further our knowledge, we also watched an Adidas backpack commercial. Since A...

     Hi, my name is Aleiah Luster. I'm 15 years old and was born on June 7th, 2006. I have 3 siblings and am the youngest. I enjoy doing things like reading, playing sports, and painting. As a 10th grader, this is technically my first time being in a true high school learning environment. So far, I think I'm adjusting well. Since it's my first year at my current high school, I am trying out new things and meeting new people. For example, I joined my school's dance auxiliary team. I am also in the process of joining groups like Key Club. Outside of school, I like to relax and hang out with my best friend because they go to a different high school. I also currently have an internship at a local museum. This class so far is very engaging. Multiple things played a part in me taking this class. First, the course description caught my eye. It painted the class in a fun yet educative way, which is one of the reasons I chose it. Secondly, I thought the concept of the class woul...

      For our commercial project, we got the choice of working in groups or by ourselves. I chose to work in a group with two other people. Their names are Lili Amblard and Angie Mendez. I chose to work with them for many reasons. First, I chose to work with Lili because she was one of the few people in the class who I knew already. Last year we had dance together, and she was really nice so that was my first reason for choosing her. As the class went on this year, we talked more often and she is still very nice but also has a good work ethic. She completes her assignments on time and in-class if we have the ability. She also has a very positive attitude. This makes it easier to work with her because negativity while completing a project can be very stifling. My other partner is Angie. I met her this year in Media Studies and we're in the same grade. On the first day, all three of us sat together and started talking. So far, Angie is a really good student who is always on...