Angela's Media Studies Class 2024-2025

 Hi again!  I'm excited to share my sample exam question. I answered, " New technologies have made audiences more complex and unpredictable. How far do you agree with this statement?" Here is my response:      The world is full of diverse individuals, and society has come a long way since black and white TV screens and rotary phones. This ha s made audiences more complex and unpredictable, causing companies to turn to the one thing most people have in common: technology. A unique way a film company marketed toward audiences was A24’s use of the mobile app “Tinder” as advertising for their 2015 film “Ex Machina. ” The company, founded in 2012, began as a film distributor before expanding into film production. C ompanies must reach audiences in different ways , due to the expand ing unpredictability of consumers.          New form s of technology make it easier for a larger demographic of people to participate and be part of an ...

Hey! Welcome back to my blog! Here, I will discuss my group's choices and the thought process behind our title sequence for our opening scene. This is the information from our title sequence: Title: Mind the Gaps Distribution Company: JoMoney Pictures Production Company: A Jahanshala Film Actors: Angela Rodriguez, Johansen Rey Music: Pixabay Written: Angela Rodriguez Produced: Jamil Jama Directed: Angela Rodriguez Editing: Alexander Maguire Story: Angela Rodriguez, Alexander Maguire, Johansen Rey, Jamil Jama Firstly, we chose the title "Mind the Gaps" because it's representative of the plot holes and mental gaps of the protagonist, Angelina. These gaps and misunderstandings are evident through the glitches portrayed in the opening scene, which were added during editing. Some other titles that were suggested were something more straightforward, like "The Patient", and something more complex, like "Dichotomy", because of the separation portrayed betw...

Hi! This week I'm evaluating the reviews of my group's opening scene. 1. From Mahathi Peer Review   " In this clip, I liked various technical elements. Firstly, we have insert, crane shots, voice overs, and more. In the beginning of the clip, we see an insert of the flickering lights. This grabs the audience attention to let us know that it is sort of eerie or creepy vibes. The background music adds on to the suspense of the clip. I furthermore liked the straight cut on the actress constantly scratching her finger, to her legs shaking. This lets us know that the actress is nervous and potentially has anxiety. One thing I disliked is the use of type of lighting used. What would be better is if used more of low-key lighting. This would add onto the suspense. Furthermore, the types of characters used, a therapist and someone who is not mentally okay. The low-key lighting would give the audience some sort of creepy vibes. I also did not like the type of cut used when the actre...

 Hi! This week, I watched and reviewed, as well as provided some critique to my classmates' first cuts of their opening scenes. Here are my reviews: 1. [Unamed] https://youtu.be/pwUBkwR0Ths?si=epNScnoTh1T5WhDa What specific technical elements of the film opening did you like? I thought the camera shots, specifically the closeups of the protagonist's hands and piano, as well as the tracking shots of him walking add a intense feeling to the scenes. I also particularily enjoyed the reverse zoom at 0:44. This technical element was a nice way to fully introduce what the protagonist looked like. Overall, the shot types were well thought out and positively add on to the opening scene. What specific technical elements of the film opening did you dislike? I wasn't a fan of using the plain black screens as a transition in betwen scenes, like at 0:17. They felt random and left me wishing for something more intruiging to look at rather than a pitch black screen. Especially since the ab...