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. 

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