Angela's Media Studies Class 2024-2025

Hi!  I'm super excited to share the brainstorming and storyboarding my group and I did for our opening scene.  Here is my storyboard of the first 30 seconds: As for the brainstorming, my group and I decided to create an opening scene regarding an unstable patient and her therapist. The scene will include moments where what the patient is saying during voiceovers, does not align with what viewers see on the screen. We'll use lots of editing to accomplish this effect to make the inconsistencies in the patient's words look like "glitches" of the film. We decided the entirety of the opening scene would be shot at my house because the atmosphere looks less homely and more clinic-like due to its white and light blue walls and furniture. I'll be playing the unstable patient and Alexander will be playing the therapist. Because our film will be very dialogue-heavy, we made sure to plan out as many technical elements (without affecting the overall meaning of the clip) a...

Hey everyone! Today I started brainstorming with my group about our opening scene movie project for our media studies class! My group members are Johansen R., Jamil J., and Alexander M. We decided our roles will be as follows: Me- Actress Johansen- Actor Jamil- Producer Alexander- Editor We will all share the task of storyboarding and creating a script together and all other roles may change as we develop and film our opening scene. Lastly, we've chosen to film in the drama genre! Thank you for reading; I look forward to sharing and posting about our ideas later!

 Hello everyone! Today I will share my practice essay for question 1 of the AICE exam from my media class. The clip we used was from the movie "Agent Carter." The extract from “Agent Carter” focuses on the theme of women in the workplace and how they’re just as important and capabl e of completing the same tasks as men , as well as even going above and beyond . The clip repeatedly shows how women are undervalued and underappreciated . T he protagonist, who is a young woman, is constantly mistreated and more s ignificantly , misju dged.   To start with, the opening scene uses different camera shots to provide background information for the film. It shows a man who appears to be making an enormous sacrifice and it is clear that it is a meaningful moment for the protagonist. The close-up shots of her facial expressions make it obvious to viewers that he is someone important to her. Similarly, the insert shot portrays a small photograph of the protagonist that t...

Hello! I completed a graphic organizer this week to help me in my media studies class! Here it is:

Hi! This week's blog post is about the different editing transitions and techniques used in film. I've chosen the opening of a classic 1995 movie: " Clueless " Here is the clip of the movie I've decided to analyze for different forms of editing: Here are some of the editing techniques I found: 1. Firstly, the editor uses a fade at 0:01 where the screen goes from black to the opening of the movie where the video network and company are displayed. This editing technique adds to the construction of meaning by help ing to seamlessly introduce the audience in a simple yet well-rounded way. By taking the viewers from the plain black color into the start of the film, the y’re encouraged to feel curious about the next scenes and how the film will begin.   2. Then, at 0:33 the editor chose to include a montage of the protagonist, Cher, and her friends having fun an d laughing at restaurants, pool parties, and while driving. This, in addition to the mise- en - s c...