AICE Mediastudies Blog

 Today we went to film again! But this time at a different location. We went to the area where all the lights are. It was such a nice place. They had a cat cafe, which was closed at night. They had a taco truck out. Also a they had a pizza place with an outside sitting patio. Overall it was a very nice place. However it seems like there was not as many lights as we expected. Yet, that was ok. We made it work and still filmed what we needed to hear. Rashell used her phone to record. Including the ending scene. Afterward we enjoyed the area and got some AMAZING tacos! We watched over the clips and redid anything we didn’t like. It was so much fun. I’m glad I decided to work with my friends instead of by myself. They are making the whole experience 10 times better and even more fun. I can’t wait to finish filming and see the finish product. I know together we’re going to make this phenomenal.

 Today Rashell and I talked about the music in class. Together we decided on the background music. We knew it had to be more of a slow song because the plot of the short film is sad. Most slow songs are sad or give more feeling to something. With that we looked into such music. We went through several Adele songs but couldn't seem to find something we felt was right. Since that didn't work we decided to take a break and scroll through Tik Tok. Tik Tok is a social media app that contains 15 second to 3 minute videos. The videos contain audios, which for the most  part is a clip of a song. Although this was just supposed to be a break it became much inspiration. We found songs by Billie Eilish that I liked a lot. One song called My future, by Billie, caught my interest but we decided to keep looking. We swiped through Tik Tok for the rest of study hall and later texted each other with our suggestions. We got on a group facetime call, Rashell, David and I, and discussed what song

 Today we went to film for the first time! After school we all had some time so we went over the the closest Publix and began. First we got some shots of the shopping. This was a little hard to since the store was busy. We took our time finding empty areas to film in. We also decided to keep the videos mute and add music on top. In which case we silenced all the videos filmed today. Including the shopping the onion. I made sure to bring some change with me just so we could get a good coin counting scene. Then it was time to talk to a Publix employee. This was not the Publix I worked at so I didn't know anyone here. However, Rashell is very good at talking and reasoning with people. In which case she spoke with them and since it was busy they told us if we come back on another day when it's not as busy they would be able to film it with them. We said thank you and left. But there was still a debate if we would come back to that specific Publix. So, at the moment we're thinki

 Back to blogging! Honestly my favorite part of the whole journey. I get to go back and see how I progressed over the year(s). Right now we're really starting to make our short film come to life. This time I'm also very excited to be working with my friends. Today we didn't get to do as much because we all had work after school. However, I had work later than them so I got to talk to the potential cast. When we were planning this short film we had a cast in mind but we didn't get to ask them if they would be in the short film. I would play the lead roll so that was already set. I then asked our mutual friend, Tristan, to play the role of the boyfriend. He agreed and said that would be fine, we just have to let him know when we are going to start filming. I then asked my mom if she would play the role as my mom. She proceeded to tell me she does so everyday, so then I explained our short film to her. I even showed her the storyboard, and she said when we all have time we

  Scene 1 Box 1- Rachel at the check out counter with an Mis Box 2- Asks cashier for price Box 3- Cashier takes onion and checks price  Box 4- Rachel says she can’t afford it Box 5- Cashier doesn’t care, go to another place  Box 6- Rachel gets frustrated and leaves Scene 2 Box 1- Rachel goes home and puts stuff down on the counter Box 2- Mom gets off the coach and walks towards her Box 3- Mom ask Rachel where’s she has been showing concern Box 4- Rachel Denys her mothers concerns, and begins to speak  Box 5- Mom cuts Rachel off to ask about the onion Box 6- Rachel says she didn’t get it and gives her mom a dollar Scene 3 Box 1- The mom starts getting pissed off, gets verbally aggressive  Box 2- Rachel starts to walk away Box 3- Mom follows still yelling Box 4- Rachel annoyed ended up yelling back at her mom Box 5- Rachel gets a phone finding out her mom died while Marley is yelling at her Box 6- Marley noticed she isn’t listening, asking her if she was listening and Marley tells her th