AICE Media Studies

  This was my very first commercial ever made. It’s good for it being my first one. Looking back over it, I see things that I can improve in and things that can be fixed. However, this was only my first project, my first time acting and all of that so of course I can always be better and improve. Nonetheless, I am proud of myself and I’m very grateful for my classmates help on my commercial. I can’t wait to do my next project!

  Today was day 2 of editing. It was one of my most productive days since I've started working on my commercial. When I say I got down to business, I mean that. Today I was able to finish the final draft. I might have to add some final effects to my commercial to make it pop, but that's not a problem with me. After that, my commercial will be 100% done. Like that's so crazy to think that my first project is finished. I'm so excited for everyone to see it. But, today even though it was a very productive day, it was also chaotic. I had my PSAT today which drained me. But, I didn't let that stop me. After my PSAT, I went home and was working on my commercial all day. I was on my grind today. I was able to finish the final draft of my project in about 2 hours. It took so long because there were small details that I had to pay attention to. At the end of the day, no matter how long it took, the editing was still able to get done. Today, I also added an extra app to my ed...

Today was day 1 of my editing process. I haven’t edited a video in a long time so I was a bit rusty. But after a while, I got used to it again. I was also able to remember tricks that I usually use while editing. To edit my commercial, my main editing app was iMovie. My back up editing app that I used for cool edits in my commercial, was CapCut. CapCut has somethings that iMovie doesn’t have. While iMovie has somethings that CapCut doesn’t have. So, I used both to make sure that my commercial came out the way that I wanted it to. Today while getting all of my clips together, I noticed that I had re-film some clips. I have to re-film for 3 reasons. One reason was that the clips were never filmed. What I mean by that is the actors were acting, it’s just the camera never pressed play. The second reason is that I ran out of storage and had to make some space to finish filming. The third reason is that it just needs a retake so it can look and flow better when I edit. I have no problem with...

Today was October 7th, 2021. It was day 2 of filming and the last day to film my commercial. Today was an amazing filming day. I got a lot done in so little time. What I mean by so little time is that today was a Professional Study Day aka PSD. On Professional Study Days, we get out of school at 11:40 and only have less than 1 hour in each class. So, for me to have gotten so much done today, I’m super proud of myself and how I managed my time. Today, filming occurred at the media center stairs that are directly in front of the bus loop (which is shown in the media above). I was able to come up with new ideas to incorporate into my commercial as well. Just like day 1, I had one of my classmates help me out by recording me as I was acting because I am an actor in my own commercial. I was able to film the first half of my commercial today despite the day being pretty short. Today, I also had a problem. My side character in the commercial, was actually absent. So, I had to think fast and c...

On Tuesday October 5th, I began my first day of filming. With me being the main character in my commercial, I had to think of how I was going to film and make sure I get all of the necessary angles. So, I decided to have one of my classmates help me out by holding the camera for me. Today, I forgot one of my props so the filming wasn't really in order and I was mainly on the senior patio today. While filming, I had to make a stop to the band room. I had to do this because I had to grab a flag from out of the guard room. There were 3 flags for me to choose from. There was a pink one, a plain black one, and a blue and gray one. I decided to go with the blue and gray one because I felt as though it would go best with the costume I had for the side character. So after my stop to the band room, I had to make another stop. I had to stop to the bathroom because my actors had to do a costume change. Once I finished making my stops, I went back to filming. Filming went smoothly. My actors l...

 First Scene: In the beginning of the commercial, the main character is going to dance all boring and lame because she won’t feel like she has on the proper attire to perform for people. She is going to walk down stairs and just be bored because she doesn’t have what she wants/needs to feel confident in herself, dance wise. Second Scene: In this next scene, the main character will be sad because she realized that she wants to look like college dance teams when performing. She will walk to the media center stairs and sit down with her head laying in her hands and sighing. That will occur after sitting down. Third Scene: In the 3rd scene, the side character will make her appearance and speak to the main character. The side character will help the main character realize their worth through a mini pep talk. Fourth Scene: In the 4th scene, the side character is going to transform the main character into the person that she wants to be and help her realize that it’s also okay to be herse...

  Props: Since I have decided to do a Reebok sneaker commercial, my main prop is the Reebok Freestyle Hi Women's Shoes. Other props that will be included are a chair and a flag. Costumes: In my commercial, I will have 2 characters; one side and one main. They both will be wearing dance clothes, or clothes that you will see dancers in high school bands wearing. They both will be wearing dance sneakers as well. For one point in the commercial, the main character will be wearing joggers and a regular t-shirt. Then they will switch into a dance uniform or dance shorts and a band shirt. There is an example of a dance uniform in the picture below. The main character will also be wearing the Reebok with the dance uniform like in the photo below. (This is a photo of how the sneakers look and how I would like one costume to look, if possible) Schedule: On 9/24/2021-9/26/2021, I will research shoe commercials, including Reebok ones. On 9/27/2021, I will establish and figure out the props, co...