AICE Media Studies

I am so happy and excited to present my final task completed by me and my partner Margarita. After filming and editing I have learned so much about films and editing techniques which can be used for any type of movie. Planning this project carefully with my partner also taught me about teamwork and how great two minds can work together. I am very thankful for my partner's work and the actors as well, I am so happy to have worked with them. I hope anybody who watches my opening sequence enjoys it!

On March 6, 2021, my partner and I began the editing process for our final task. To edit, we used After Effects CC 2020. On March 6, 2021 I finished filming all of the required scenes so we were ready to edit. My partner and I had planned to meet up to edit, however, that was not possible because of other scheduling difficulties so we decided that my partner, Margarita would entirely edit the opening sequence while I would be able to suggest and give ideas for editng and approve of my partner's editing ideas. Prior to filming, we had already disscussed a lot of our editing ideas so we used that planning as a guide of what we would include through editing.  Before beginning, I first collected all of the audios I recorded. I made sure to cut some of the audios to the correct length since some were really long audios of the actress repeating her script for the scene. Once I cut down the audios, I sent them to my partner, Margarita. Then I collected all of the scenes I recorded and did

On April 6, 2021, my partner and I recorded the last scenes with the actress playing Irene. We began by recording a voiceover which would be edited into the last scene and re-recorded scene seven. After recording those scenes we proceeded to record scene eleven. We decided to do scene eleven before scene ten since it required less preparing. For this scene we needed Irene to cry and make it seem as if she was “shedding her last tear” as she died. We allowed the actress to prepare. It was easier since the actress could fake cry so she began crying and we recorded. This took us a couple of tries but finally we got the perfect result.  Next we recorded scene ten which is the last scene of the vision. In this scene Irene is on the floor bleeding, and dying. For this scene we used the fake blood and I applied it to her neck. Once we finished applying the fake blood, I went on with the actress and positioned her on the floor. I made sure to position every single detail needed and used the st

On April 6, 2021, my partner and I met up to record the last scenes for our opening sequence. After school, we decided to meet up for the last time with the actress playing Irene. My partner, Margarita, had her parents drive her to the actresses house and I walked to the actresses house. Once we got to her house we put our masks on because of COVID-19 and we began right away. We sat down with the actress and explained to her the last scenes we needed to record. I showed the actress the storyboard and explained the scenes. Margarita and I both decided to take turns recording these last scenes. We needed to record scenes nine, ten, eleven, and re-record scene seven, and a voiceover. We recorded scenes seven, ten, and eleven only with the actress since scene nine does not require her presence.  While the actresses practice her acting, we set up our setting and planned how we would proceed recording. We began with the voiceover since it was the easiest out of all tasks. The actress simply

On April 5, 2021, I decided to film the calender scene separately while my partner prepared for other filming. I decided to film part of the scene for scene thirteen at my house since this scene does not require any of the actors to be present. In this part of the scene, a date shows up regarding the day of which Irene will die. From the time set in the opening sequence, in three days, Irene will go through her death. In order to prepare, after school I asked my parents to take me to the store to buy a calender. Once we bought the calender, I came home and prepared to record. I had picked a blue calender to record the scene with big numbers so that when I recorded the scene, it would appear as clear as water. Sadly, while recording I realized that my camera was not focusing on the numbers and it seemed blurry. I communicated with my partner and let her know that I could not film the scene with my calender and why that was. We discussed, and decided that I should print out a sheet of ca

On March 29 my partner, Margarita, and I decided to continue filming after school. We met up with the actress playing Irene as soon as school ended so we would have more time to film. Margarita had her parents drive her to the actresses house and I walked to the actresses house with the company of my mom. Initially we had planned to film at the pompano community park but this was not possible since the actress was left home alone to take care of her little sister so we decided to film in her backyard. We made sure to clean up the place where we would film.  Once we arrived we wore our masks and put on hand sanitizer to follow guidelines regarding safety for COVID-19. To prepare I went over the script once again with the actress to revise what the opening sequence included. I showed her the storyboard after the script as well to explain furthermore. I explained to the actress how the scenes would go and explained to her how to act out the scenes so that she would understand. We decided