Lizette Nieves AICE Media Studies Final Project 2023

 

   Hello, my name is Lizette Nieves and this is my Creative Critical Reflection, also known as my CCR, for my AICE Media Studies Final Project.    The process of this project was quite something, I had a lot of ups and downs. I had to be re-assessed on AICE Media Studies because I took the class in my freshman year and decided to take A-Level Media Studies this year as a senior. At moments I definitely thought taking this class was a big mistake. I currently have a lot of work for all of my classes and was only given a small time frame to fully complete this project. Right after I'll be going into working on my A-Level project! But, I believe re-doing my AICE Media Studies project right before was a good refresher for when it comes to that project.  (How do my products use or challenge conventions and how do they represent social groups or issues?)   The genre I decided to chose was drama with comedy, usually phrased as a dramedy. The conventions of drama a...

   Other than posters there is a whole other world of advertising. It is the year of 2023 and everyone has a phone or computer. Social media is popping, videos on TikTok are getting billions of views and Instagram post are getting millions of likes. So many people are using social media! This leads to the conclusion that social media is the best place to advertise media, such as films.    Instagram has way over two billion users that are consuming media everyday through post. Many actors/actresses, directors and film companies have Instagram accounts. They use their Instagram accounts to assemble a bigger audience, their post will be able to reach millions of people. Younger audiences that aren't walking around and seeing posters will be able to be exposed to different medias through social media. Instagram also allows audiences to interact with the post, they can like and comment to give feedback on the media.  Zendaya using Instagram to post a trailer of Chall...

   Advertising is a big deal when it comes to any type of production of media. There are many ways to advertise media.   Poster are the main way to advertise, for example movies and/or video games. This will help to reach a major audience. People getting off the subway can see this poster, featured in the picture, and will be interested in watching the movie. Another example would be a video game poster in the window of a game shop in the mall. The mall attracts all different kinds of people. When someone see this poster they might be interested in playing the game or can tell their friends and family that enjoy playing video games.    Every movie usually has a poster. More my specific genre and themes, movies such as Juno and Lady Bird, feature their main character(s) in front of a backdrop or setting from the movie.  (Lady Bird poster features main character, Lady Bird, in a church, most likely her Catholic school) (Juno poster features the two main ...

 Coming-of-age movies are usually based around one teen character and their lives as they form self identity. All of the action to build up the narrative and make the story appeal to it's audience has sound.    I added sounds to fill the silence of the shots where there was no dialogue or music needed. Without the sounds the shots will be silent and won't make sense.          - I added the sounds of mourning doves chirping and cows chewing to the establishing shots. I was able to find the sounds of these two from videos on the internet. I layered the sounds on top of each other in the editing process as if both sounds were happening at the same time. I used iMovie on my phone to layer the sounds.         - When Aurora was laying in bed my camera didn't pick up any of the noises of her moving. I had to add sounds of bed sheets moving. I recorded this myself on my phone and added it over the shot.         - Be...

September 21, 2023 Time: After filming/late afternoon   Today we finished filming. before the girls left I transported all of the footage to my computer. We were able to look over all the footage we took.