Week 4 post 1

 What’s up blog! I’m really excited to announce that starting today, I am making a social media account for my production. I decided to make it on instagram since that social media platform has the majority of my target audience on it! As I have previously stated in past blog posts, I want the film to reach out to those of the age between thirteen and fifteen years old. It will be a very pg film as their isn’t anything that would be considered graphic since it’s just about dance. 

As you may know, I have a theme layed out within my blog plots. Bold font and blue/purple colors for the text color choices are what I mean. I have to still create my logo as it is necessary to put on my social media account so,  lets maybe do that first actually. I will be using Canva to make it! After much editing, (literally took me an hour…), the logo is finally done WOOOHHHOO! I actually really like the way it turned out because, it matches the theme so well.

Week 3 post #4

 Good morning and welcome back! Wow that was so cringy it gave me the ick. Anyways, as you saw, I didn’t get a lot done bin yesterday’s post so, today I better bring it. Ok so after the second audio part, I will introduce the people who are in the film casually by using a mix of different angles using a close-up. I think this will let the audience see the people and get to know them before seeing everything. After that I’ll show different dancers at different times, and not in an orderly fashion because that wouldn’t go with the theme of the documentary. 

Now, I may have a little issue. So technically, right now I don’t have the dancers  I need to be in my film but, I’m almost positive that I will because, I’m actually a cheerleader and most of myfriends just like me, started off with dance and then that led them into cheerleading. So, I’m like 99% sure it’ll work out. The rest of the doc his kind of a cloud in may head right now so I hope by the end of next week I will have everything planned out and ready so then the week after that, I will be ready and steady to film . See you next time blog!

Week 3 post #3

 Ok, so on the last blog post I was starting to talk about the shots I’m planning on using. I hope to have an actual shot list done by the end of next week but for now, I will continue to state my ideas on here. After the audio clips I really don’t know what I want to do yet so tonight I’m not writing a lot sorry blog, I’m just to tired lol. Having an sat class tutoring and a meeting after school today was rough. Oh well, see you again tommorow!

Week 3 post #2

 Honestly, I’m not even going to say “hey blog” anymore because, it just seems cringy and everyone does that so I’m just done with it. If you read my blog from yesterday, you would know that I will be talking about some of the possible shots for the project. However, I forgot to mention that I want to change the name of the film. Maybe I can use the name “A game” for one of the episodes but not for the whole documentary because, I realized it sounds very broad. I am still to this day coming up with ideas for the name but, that’s later me problem. 

For the opening scene of the documentary, I am panning for it to be a video of me turning or someone else turning during a long shot. This will allow the viewers to get a sense that it’ll be about dance. But, I’m hoping that they would know that just by the name too. After that shot, I’m planning to add in some audio saying the so called “google definition of dance”. Then I will say in a separate clip my definition and while this is happening, I will have videos of dancers and, I think a tracking shot would work pretty well with this movement. Stay tuned for more on tommorows blog!

Week 3 post #1

 Hey blog! I hope y’all are having a good week because, my school is having a pretty rough one… Last week we had a lockdown and now this week we have had a total of two which is absolutely ridiculous. Tdy was one of them. Anyways, moving on from that, today I will talking about the dates I am planning to  film on. 

I told my father to read the blogs because, I thought they seemed decent and I wanted to show him that I do my work lol and not just make TikTok’s in my room. So when I was showing him and he was reading them, he noticed the part where I said I broke the tripod and at first, I very much did get yelled at but then, after that, he said he had a good one that he used to make a video for his work and said I would be allowed to borrow it which does help a lot so less money down the drain! I want to start shooting by the week after next because, I still feel like I need some time to gather more research. In the next blog I’ll talk about some of the shots I would like to try for the documentary. 

Week 2 blog#4

 Hey guys! Right now I don’t have to much to talk about because, I’m getting together my shot list and and equipment I’ll be buying for the project. 

I do need to repurchase a tripod…(because I broke my other one and maybe my sister’s too). I also have been looking on amazon for some cool color changing lights. At home I have a starlight projector where I can control the colors and I’m going to use the blue and purple colors for sure when filming. I think the viewers would appreciate something called a sunset lamp as it makes the scenery very natural and beautiful. I think this would be a pretty good purchase because, I have decided that I want my target audience to be anywhere around the ages from 13-20. This is because, I think the age groups and the people in this era would appreciate it most. 

Week 2 blog #3

 Hey there! Welcome back to my blogging channel! Today I will be talking about my research that I’ve done so far for my project. As you may have seen, the color theme and text is very different from my last year blogs. This is because, I wanted it to go with the main focus of my project. 

The dance style I’m mainly focusing on for my documentary is contemporary, and hip hop. I was never that ‘ballet” or pretty dancer but rather a fierce one so, I’m going to focus on my strong suit. Personally, I think a good color for that style of dance would be anything bright and neon but with a little bit of tone. After using the web and researching a bit, most people see hip-hop as either blue or black. People see contemporary as purple. I’m going to use these colors for my lighting and throughout my blogging as well! After looking up some dance videos, I find that much of them use tracking shots so I will be sure to use lots of those! I do want to incorporate some black in the piece as well so I think I might use back in some of the outfit choices. For the text font of my blogs as well as the documentary, I would like it to be bold and sharp just like the styles of dance the doc is on! Stay turned for tommorow’s blog and, have a great day!

Week 2 blog post 2

 Welcome back bloggers! If you read yesterday’s blog post, you may know that I took a step backwards instead of forward with my project but, we are pushing through it! In this blog post, I will go through more detail on what the film will be about. 

The reason I chose the name “A game” for my project is mainly because, it’s a popular quote that any athlete receives from their coaches or family members. This term means to bring your best effort when performing. Growing up as a dancer/cheerleader I’ve got told of this term over literally one million times. Wether it’s going on stage for a performance or an interview, it’s an extremely popular quote so I feel like the audience would be able to get a gist of what their about to watch when hearing the title of the doc. Now moving on from the title, my plan is to bring in two or three dancers including me and have them talk about their struggles in growing up in a world where society has a certain picture of dancers and how many people don’t see it as a sport. When someone asks what sport I do and I say, “I dance”, half the time people will say,”oh that’s cool” and the other fifty percent of the time people will say “but dance isn’t a sport” which is the one sentence that pisses me most off in the world. Moving on from that subject, I would also like to mention how dance is a way of expressing feelings. I’m going to be completely honest and say, dance is my therapy. Whenever I dance, I feel this weight push off of my chest and that weight then turns into art. Most of the doc will be clips of dancing and the audio will focus mainly on voice overs. Stay tuned for tommorows post!

Week 2 Post #1

 Hey blog! Welcome back! Even though I sound a bit enthusiastic… sadly today, problems started to occur with my project. On this blog I won’t be talking about my steps forward throughout my project because, my partner and I decided not to work together. Now because of personal reasons, I’m not going to say why it happened and decided to work separately but, everything is great between us so don’t worry about that lol! 

However, I would like to say that I do have some new project ideas in mind! Well actually, just one. As you may know my project from last year, “the bull” was very, and I mean incredibly mediocre. Now the reason is quite simply just because, I didn’t plan to much and jumped ahead. I needed something that I was passionate about and wanted the world to see and let me tell you, it definitely wasn’t that. Coming forth, I did think about what I wanted a lot and I am proud to say that my production for this year will be a documentary called, “A game”. This documentary is going to be made about dance and the pressure it takes for a dancer to evolve. That’s just a small gist about the project but, In my next blog post, I hope that I have come up with more details. I’m actually really excited to make this project and never thought I would be but, this is truly something I’m passionate about and I’m happy to show it!

Week 1 post #2

 Hey blog! Welcome back because, I know your so excited to read about my schedule for this project...Anyways, Grace and I mostly just talked about our ideas and haven't talked about making our schedule yet so this is going to be fun! 

For the first week, we hope to accomplish having a gist of what our short film idea is about. Not necassarily the details yet but, just a small intake on what is to come for the future. During the second week of our project, I hope we start to develop the story a bit more to the point where we have the full storyline and outlay of how the film will be. During the third and the fourth week, I think it would be good to make very decisive edits to the story and maybe start by doing a shot list and creating a plot line. During the fifth throughout the rest of the weeks we have to work on the project, I think it would be important to reference the social medias we would be branding ourselves in. Lastly during the last 2-3 weeks, we should focus on our critical reflection! 

Week 1 Post #1

 Hey blog! Long time no see... I am happy to say, me and my partner (Grace Decker), have brainstormed some pretty good ideas for our Aice Media A level project. At first, I wanted to work alone because, I usually would like to work around my own schedule but, last year I did that and I put a majority of the project off till the very last minute. This year, I'm hoping that the project turns out very professional looking. 

As you may or may not know, my project from last year (The Bull), was about an internet troll who tookover many devices and would try to ruin your life if you didn't follow their posesions. From that short film I created, I learned that the sci- fi genre might just not be for me. Personally, I think something like a comedy or a romantic would be more pleasing in my eyes. This year, my partner and I have decided to do the short film project. Here are some possible short films we brainstormed over the week.

- meeting someone you will never see again

- the first time seeing something 

- a girl having a rushy morning

- gaining hope by those with smiles

Although all these ideas are really good. We are leaning towards the, "Meeting someone you will never see again", idea. For this short film, I feel that their would be endless possibilities of shots, artistry, and creativity.