How I Survived Media Studies

  Here is my Creative Critical Reflection! Here I dissected each component of my film based off of four questions: How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues? How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text? How did your production skills develop throughout this project? How did you integrate technologies- software, hardware and online – in this project? This was one of the very last components of this project and my experience with it, so I hope that you enjoyed this as much as I did! Kayla Jencic's CCR

       The day has come! My group and I are OFFICIALLY and completely done with our project, with everything from preparing, to filming, to editing. Obviously, I am quite excited, but not because I didn't enjoy the process. There is a weight that is now lifted off my shoulders, because I feel like we have been working towards this moment for a VERY long time, and now that it is all finally over with I am so happy. However, this project has allowed me to learn so many new skills that without taking this class, I would not have been able to learn and apply like I have through this project. I have learned how to blog, how to edit: importing media, adding sound, syncing up audio with video, and so much more, how to act (kinda LOL), and so much more. This project has truly opened my eyes to the depth of the world of film making, and now more than ever do I appreciate those that work in the field of film making. Now understanding all the elements, such ...

  So! Tyler and I had to come together and finally pull together the very LAST strands that we needed before we could say that we were done with out film opening. We both stayed up late to finish everything and even though there wasn't anything MAJOR that needed to be done, me and Tyler were still going slightly delusional over the fact that we were still working. Tyler and I just decided to take initiative today and get it all done so that we could stop worrying about the project because this has been quite the project alright... lol. Aaliyah and Jacob had already done their part, so this wasn't miscommunication or anything bad, just us finishing everything up. So first, Tyler and I texted the group chat with our final ideas when it came to editing, titles, and music. We decided that as long as everyone agreed with the same ideas, that we could all move on and work towards putting this project to rest.  Tyler editing on iMovie And that is EXACTLY...

  Because our group focused so heavily on other elements of misc-en-scene, lighting did not get the bulk of attention in terms of elements that we REALLY wanted to include. Even though it is a suspenseful, murder mystery film opening, because most of the shots are done in the same location, not a lot of lighting changes happen. However, that doesn't mean that we didn't use lighting in some elements of our project.  Looking at the beginning of our film opening, we can see that it starts around nighttime, where the cop car comes into frame and drives closer to the camera. We filmed this scene at nighttime for two reasons. The first was to show a change in time from this scene and the scene after. Additionally, the other reason we chose to film at night time is because the darker, low-key lighting used allow the sirens and flashing lights of the cop car to become more dramatic visually. This also provides a more eerie feeling, and tied with the music creates an intense atmosphere...

Color theory has always been something that has inspired me in the world of media. I loved learning about the pure impact and meaning that color can have in film, and how something as simple as the color of someone's shirt at the right moment can mean so much. I'm glad to say that our group used the color theory when it came to the outfits of each character, something that I am actually REALLY proud of. It's always been something so interesting to me, and being able to implement it into our own film was just an amazing feeling.                                      Felicity Rox My character, AKA Felicity, wears a purple sweater vest, a black skirt, leggings, and ballet flats with bright silver jewelry and a silver headband. The reasoning behind her outfit ties back to color theory. Her outfit consists mainly of elegant colors like purple and black- both of which are associated with luxury, powe...

  Looking at our group's dynamic has been pretty interesting to me personally, because even though I have been friends with my group members for a very long time, this is the first time that I have worked with ALL of them on a large school project. At first, I was scared that we weren't going to be able to focus or get rather anything done, but in the end I am happy to say that I am rather content with how everything panned out.  All in all, it has been going pretty well. Again, because we are friends, whenever we have to get together to record or edit, it ends up being a rather good time because I enjoy their company (not to be sappy or anything I'm being rather serious lol). We have all been able to keep in communication with one another and ensure that we are all working on our separate or conjoined parts of this project. Everyone has been pulling their weight rather nicely, and I'm glad to say that there hasn't been any major issues or problems when it comes to ...