AICE Media Studies AS- Tackman, M

  1.       This week we have casted our classmates and teacher from our school. Our cast includes people from our class and other classes. We have gotten permission to use Mr. Ahles’s classroom to film our main area. We also got permission to film around campus and through hallways. We have determined many different shot angles for each shot. For example, we will be using a close up shot when the students are talking to each other and a long shot when the teacher is talking. We have different movements to flow with each shot as well. For example, we will be moving inside the classroom and towards the teacher as he begins speaking. This is to introduce everything and get the credits ended and introduction started. As we started to figure out each of these ideas some might change in the future but others are in place.   2.       This week we also are figuring out what props we are going to be using. We have picked out what kind o...

  Storyboarding   Creating the storyboard was challenging but also was  easy . The challenging parts  were when we were having to  decide when certain things were going to happen. For example, the title sequence and deciding  whether  it was going to be in the beginning of the  intro video or the end. It was also easy to create  because we already knew the basic story line and when things were going to happen, so we were just needed to draw and write down the details. I assisted in developing the con cept by helping come up with more ideas and different ways we can move the camera and change the different angles. In the article, “ Filmmaking across the curriculum: a beginner's guide”, the author demonstrates that “Good films are the direct result of good ideas, good planning and good preparation. Making a film needs to be undertaken over time, as each part of the process plays an integral role in the creation of a successful  end product...