AICE Media Studies

After I looked over the movie at the end of my last blog, I found some things that I wanted to change. One of these things was the title screen showing the actor's names. It looked like the picture included in this blog, but I wanted the names to be center aligned. After I changed it in the PowerPoint I made my title screens on, I used the Snipping Tool to cut out the slide and save it as a PNG file. I then uploaded the picture to CapCut, and placed the original. After this, I edited it to be in the movie for the same length of time as my other title screens.  Another thing I had to change was the Music By title screen since I didn't have anything on it. I didn't have anything on it because I wasn't sure my movie needed music, however I knew it was a requirement. So I needed to find a song and get that edited in to the movie. The song I picked was on Spotify. I used my phone to do a screen recording while I listened to the part of the song that I wanted to use. I only n

After I finished editing my final task, I thought it was good without music, but I knew I had to use music in it. I didn't feel like the words in any song I liked would work with my movie. I also really didn't want to e-mail a muscian who might never reply to me. Plus I wasn't really sure how to go about it. So I waited and waited and waited. But I knew I couldn't wait any longer.  My mom recommended that I choose a song that had a good section of instrumentals. I remembered that my dad's friend's son had just recorded a song on Spotify. I remembered that had a really good guitar part. So, I listened to it and felt that it could be a good fit.      The next step was to e-mail him and ask permission to use the song. I wanted to be sure that he understood how long of a section of music I would be using and where I would be showing it. Since I am in the US and the team of professors at Cambridge who will review it are in the UK, I asked for the rights to show it in

So CapCut decided to delete my project. I tried logging into multiple accounts, but no matter what account I used, I couldn't find my project. I became extremely frustrated. Because of this I despise CapCut. After I cooled down, I figured out how to get my project back. I did this by just making a new project and putting the title screens and video clips in it.  After I made a new project, I started to cut down my clips. I put in the first clip and watched it. Then I cut it down because it was 30 seconds and that was too long. Plus, when I filmed it, I added extra time before and after each scene to allow for easier editing. There were a few clips that I didn't want to cut down, but I had to cut them down. The footage of my film was good, but it was way too long. If I decided not to cut anything, I would have had six and a half minutes of footage.  When I felt that I had cut out enough, I exported it and downloaded it to my computer to watch. As it turns out, I made my title sc

When I was ready to start editing, I first created all of my title screens. I used PowerPoint to create them. I made each one a blue screen with white text like I had planned. There were 10 in all. I made sure that they were in the right order and then I saved the file. Next, I uploaded these to Canva to make them all into individual images. From there I uploaded these image files and the footage I shot earlier to CapCut. In CapCut, when I uploaded everything, it put it into one long movie file. When I tried to edit, it got super slow, and I couldn’t do anything. This was very frustrating. I tried to make it work, but it seemed nothing would speed it up. Then I removed all of the footage from the project and tried just putting in the opening scene. This worked much better. Now I could edit the scene down to just the part I wanted, and it worked much better. Then I remembered that I needed to put the title screens into the project. Using my story board for guidance, I put in the first

I reviewed all of the footage that I shot to see what it looks like. One of the first clips that I watched got cut off, so I knew right away that I would have to reshoot that one. The next one looked really good. I checked it again for lighting and to be sure that the lines were correct and easy to hear, and it was a keeper. The next one my dad messed up the lines. I watched it again to see if I could edit it, but I don’t think I can, so we’ll need to reshoot this one. The next scene that I reviewed was really long. I think that the lighting is good. The camera angle works, and the shots and movement are good in this one. I will need to split it up when I edit, but I think the footage is good, so I’m going to keep it. The other parts all looked good, so we only had two scenes to reshoot. I called my family together and had them all get ready for a reshoot. Since we were doing this the next day, I needed everyone to put on the clothes they were wearing the day before. I also made su

After we finished the first round of filming, I reviewed all of the footage we had shot so far and the script. Since we had so much improvisation, I needed to modify the original script a little, but it wasn’t too hard. Then I called the actors back in and reviewed the changes I had made. We needed to film one more scene in the kitchen. This was the scene where I figured out that I was invisible. We started with my dad coming down the stairs and into the kitchen. I told them I was there, but no one could see me. My dad improvised some more and looked for my in the dishwasher. Then I decided to pinch him and push him across the room. Then I grabbed my mom’s arm and shook it around. And then I went over to my brother and shook his hand. My family members looked at the camera with confused looks each time. When we were done with that scene, there was only one scene left to film – the scene at the end. For this scene, my brother walked into the front room of our house to do a 3D print.

We decided to film things out of order because that’s how it would work best. In order to know what scene went where, I asked someone to hold up fingers to indicate which scene we were in. I hope that when I edit later, it will be easy to find each scene. I also planned to leave a little video at the end of each scene so that I could edit more easily. We actually started with the first scene, which was my brother and my mother talking at the kitchen counter. We had to do a few takes because I accidentally stopped it too early. Then my dad was done making his breakfast, so we switched to the scene where I take his breakfast. When my dad turned to get a glass for juice, I stole his breakfast. We got a little confused about what was supposed to happen here, so we had to stop and do a retake. This time when my dad turned back, he and my brother improvised. They did a great job arguing over what happened to my breakfast. This went on longer than I had scripted, but I really liked what the

In order to get ready to film my final task, I started by printing two copies of my script. Then I marked where each scene would end on the script so that we would know when to move the camera. The next step was to clean up the kitchen in my house because that’s where most of the scenes would occur. I also prepared the table area where one of the scenes would occur. I walked around both spaces thinking about what the viewer would see to ensure that things were in good shape to start filming. Then I thought about how I wanted to film. Since this movie is about me being invisible, I thought it would be best to film it from my POV. I decided to use my phone to film it and to hold it at eye level. Next I reviewed the script and decided where each person would be and where I would be to get the best shot. I went through the whole script to plan how it would work out. Next I told the actors – my family members – to review their scripts so that they would know what they were doing. We tal