AICE Media Studies

The day after, filming went by quickly and easily. My group and I already knew exactly what needed to be done from our experience the day before. This time, when school ended Violet picked up Dara, Addison, and me to drive to Addison's house. Before Violet went to Addison's house, my group and I stopped by Starbucks. This was to get some good drinks and food to fuel my team and me before filming. After the quick stop, my team members and I were on the way to Addison's house. Right after arrival, everyone set out to do what they needed to. Dara and I set up the scenes to be filmed. Addison and Violet got dressed in their costumes from the day before. Addison also helped Violet put on makeup the same as the previous day. This was all done relatively quickly, quicker than the day before, at least, and soon the filming process began. Again, Dara and I took turns holding Addison's dog so there weren't any dogs in the backgrounds of the scenes. The first couple of shots w...

After the worker revealed there were no ropes that my group and I had been searching for, they gave another solution. The worker showed my group and me the jump ropes instead. While nobody was really thrilled about the idea, this all soon changed. There was a pink and blue jump rope, which wasn't what anyone was initially looking for but ended up being what was used. Everyone thought it was perfect because the colors perfectly matched the barbie aesthetic. Once this was taken care of, there was the last issue left to tackle, the spoon. My group and I searched high and low throughout the store for a seemingly large spoon, yet it was nowhere to be found. Violet, Dara, and I even went as far as asking another worker if the store had any large spoons. The worker revealed there were none in the store, only regular-sized spoons. Sadly, there was no other alternative option this time like there was with the rope. My group and I decided to check out and go begin filming before the cake mel...

I was so excited to finally film today and bring my group's and my ideas to life. The plan was for Violet, Dara, and I to all go to Addison's house after school that day. Addison wouldn't need a ride there because she had stayed home that day. This was exactly what my group and I did. However, before going right to Addison's house after school, Violet, Dara, and I realized we needed to go to a store quickly to get some missing props. My group and I  decided to go to Target because it was close to the school and had everything that was needed. After talking and texting with everyone, it was decided that Dara, Violet, and I would look for a cake and a rope. My group and I also decided to look for a large spoon since barbies are miniature versions of people, so pairing a large spoon would help bring that out to viewers. When Violet, Dara, and I went to Target, there wasn't any vanilla cake that was originally planned for. However, there were found two slices of a choco...

My group and I finally got to the day we decided to film. While this was a set plan we all had from before, something had come up for me. This caused me to, yet again, not be able to film. My teacher had resigned from her position as an online Spanish teacher, so I would have to receive a new teacher. I needed to have a welcome call with this new teacher before she went on spring break. The only day and time she was available were at 5:30 pm on the 6th. This, unfortunately, was the exact time we would have to film, so I couldn't go. It wasn't a huge problem though, as my group and I worked through it. It was decided that I would be on a facetime call while the group films so I could give my input and "be there" through the process. Also, Dara would just be able to film all the scenes on her own while Violet and Addison acted. While this wasn't our original plan, it would have to do with the circumstances given. However, the whole plan ended up not working out beca...

After many hours of looking through what music would be a good enough fit for our film, my group and I finally came to a conclusion. Personally, I started by looking at copywritten music to make sure there wasn't anything that really stuck out to me. I was able to find a couple of good songs here, that I kept in the back of my mind throughout the process. These songs included ones like "Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus. I liked that the song was mainly instrumental and was slow and calm, it was scary but unique. I felt it would be a great choice for a film. I also really liked the intro to the song "Black Magic" by Backxwash because I felt that it was slow enough and creepy enough to be a close-to-perfect fit for the film. However, I didn't like the rest of the song. In order to use it in the film, I would have to cut out only the beginning part of the song. I would then have to go on and put it on a loop for the duration of the film. This would be too complicat...

After the mishap that happened the first time, my group and I thought everything would go good this time. Again, my peers and I tried to make plans. It was decided to film the following weekend. This would be the weekend of the 25th and possibly the 26th if we needed another day of filming. However, it then came up that Dara and I had to attend a beach clean-up that weekend for our club. Since we're both club officers, it wouldn't be fitting if we said we couldn't participate in the clean-up. Addison and Violet wouldn't be able to film the scenes independently since they both act in the film. Therefore, it was decided that my group and I would sit down and figure out a set date for filming when everyone knew they would be able to film. After a call, my group and I decided to film on the week of the 6th. Violet would pick everyone up in her car and go to Addison's house after school. However, I didn't want to just sit around and wait until we were all able to get...

My group and I were supposed to start filming at minimum one day this weekend. My team and I had planned to get started on our film and finish at least a couple of the first clips. If not, it would at least provide a feel for how filming is going to go. Unfortunately, this was not able to be successfully done. It soon came up that my peers and I had previous commitments that weekend, which were not able to be postponed. For example, my mom told me when I got home that we would be visiting my friend out of state that weekend. I would be gone from that Friday night to the next Sunday morning. This left me no time to film since it would be too complicated to film on a school night. This is because I live so far away from everyone else in my group. By the time I got home from filming, I wouldn't be able to have enough time to sleep before I woke up at 6 the next morning. Therefore, I had to let my team know I couldn't make it that weekend. However, I assumed they would still be abl...