AICE Media Studies

  Out of all three of the genres chosen, we decided to finally go with Drama. The reason for this choice is that a drama is simply more flexible than the others. There are so many aspects to a film that can make it be considered as a drama. On the other hand, Horror and Comedy have a big more restraint. When making a horror film, there has to be some element that “scares” the audience. Whether it is actually scary or not isn’t the point, but whether it creates a chilling atmosphere. It just didn’t really seem to fit into the prompt of our short film. We don’t want the audience to be too distracted by “not getting scared” to the point where they miss the message we are trying to send. Comedy was a little more close than horror, but again, it didn’t seem to match our story. The main purpose of comedic films is to have the audience laughing. Another, more subtle idea, would just be to have traces of humor throughout the film. However, why would we want to add comedy to a film that’s m...

This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office . The PowerPoint presentation describes all the aspects of a Comedy film or series.  There are multiple types of lighting seen in Comedies. Some include high key lighting, three point lighting, and low key lighting. Camera angles that are used can include the high angle, low angle, and Dutch angle. Examples of each term are also shown in the presentation. Some camera movements seen can include the pan, steadicam, and the handheld camera movement. Like every other film, not just comedies, the mise en scene of a comedy always contains the setting, props, costuming, and acting of the character. Some examples of comedy films like, Madea’s family Funeral and Brooklyn Nine Nine are also listed in the PowerPoint.

  Drama is one of the most likely chosen genres for a show or film Common scene lighting found in dramas include: -Three point lighting -High key lighting -Low key lighting -Back lighting Lighting helps to distinguish the moods that appear during different scenes. Common camera angles used in dramas can include: -Low angles which create a superiority complex for the subject -High angles which characterizes the subject as weak or inferior -Dutch angles, also known as canted angles, are used to emphasize an obscure or unordinary situation  Common Camera movements used in Dramas include: -The Dolly -Tilt -Pan -Zoom/Reverse Zoom Different elements of Mise-en Scene include: -Makeup -Costuming -Props -Setting Every part of Mise-en Scene is extremely important to a film because they pull the concept of each character and scene together. It further tells the audience what kind of role a character is playing or what type of atmosphere a scene is meant to give. Types of film editing see...

  There  a r e many elements that are used to make up the genre of horror. A common lighting technique used in horror is silhouette, where the main object is dark while the background remains visible. Another common lighting technique is spotlighting, where a light is put onto an object to illuminate and signify it. A last common lighting technique is low- key lighting where shadows in the scene are highlighted. A common angle in horror is a high angle, where the camera is pointed down at the subject. Another common angle is a tilted angle, where the camera is set at an angle to the side. A last common angle in horror is a low angle, where the camera is looking up at the subject. A common camera movement is a tilt, where the camera tilts up and down. Another common camera movement is a pan shot, where the camera moves left and right. Some common Mis-En-Scene in horror are clown costumes, dark eye makeup and pale faces. One of the mainly used Mis-En-Scene are dark or abandoned ...

We chose three different genres that we believed our pitch could fit into. The first genre we chose is comedy. Our pitch could fit into the comedy genre because of some events that could occur. For example, while the bully is learning from his mistake someone could make a joke. It could also fit in this genre because of its elements and Mis-En-Scene. Such as, the casual costumes and classroom settings of many comedy films. The second genre we chose for our pitch is horror. This pitch could fit into this genre because of the acts of violence within the scenes. Another reason it could fit is because of some common sounds found in horror. For example, screaming; this could be used in our pitch during a scene where the bully is bullying someone. The last genre we chose for our pitch is drama. Our pitch could fit into this genre because the relationship between a bully and his victim revolves around drama. The story line of dramas commonly revolve around high schoolers, which our pitch also...

For this short film, I will be working with my friend Janaiya. She was also in the AS level class last year and is taking the A level class this year. It only made sense to work together because we knew each other. I’m not familiar with any other A level students in my class period so that is another reason we decided to work together. We have the class on two different days from each other, but that’s not really a problem.  I’m sure that both of our schedules are pretty flexible. If there is a time we need to me up, we would be able to without too much of a problem. The only time that would be anyways, is when we actually start recording for our short film. One thing I am worried about though is our school policies. When the school year started, we weren’t allowed to leave our classes because of contact tracing for Covid-19. Though there have been cases where teachers would allow their students out if it was important.  This is academic work, so it is a different story. We sh...

 Hello! Welcome back to my AICE Media experience. My name is Esther and I am currently in the A level Media Studies class. This is my second year taking this class after taking the AS level last year. I took this class in 10th grade, through E-Learning. A lot of people had a hard time with E-Learning last year but in all honesty, this class was one of the easiest for me to deal with. The pandemic made it difficult to focus on the class lesson, but since we only did project based learning that didn't require class "lessons", it was a lot easier to get through the class and complete the assignments. The reason I chose to take the A level class is because I was curious as to how the work would be different from the AS level class. Also, based on the previous A level students, this class isn't too hard.However, I will have to experience that for myself. Additionally, when I pass this class, I would have passed enough AICE classes to then get my AICE Diploma. I ...

 First Pitch:  “A bully finally learns a valuable lesson after picking on anyone he could get his hands on for so long” Second pitch:  “When a millionaire  suddenly loses all of their fortune, they are forced to have to learn the ways of a pauper to survive.” Third Pitch:  “An assassin realizes that killing is no longer their specialty when they  are hired to take the life of a family member.” My partner Janaiya and I ended up choosing the fist pitch about “the bully who learns his lesson after bullying everyone for a long time.”  We went with this pitch because it was the closest and most relatable idea to our lives. We wanted to be able to spread some sort of awareness about bullying. I personally notice that a lot of short films have a message or “lesson learned” by the end, so this plot seems to fit into the same category. The reason the second pitch was overlooked was because it would probably be hard to convey the “rich becomes poor” aspect. The ...