AICE Media Studies Blog

Today, Rose, Luka (Shannon) and I have started to film clips of our commercial. Since Vanessa was not at school today we decided to finish up our props and film clips that we did not need her to participate in. I was so excited to start filming! When we were allowed to start filming around the campus, we fell into some issues. When Rose and Luka walked over to the first main location, we noticed something shocked. We could not get access to the main location. We needed to be school staff to access the building. At first we were conflicted. Luckily, we had our backup plan! Backup cleans are so important. Without the backup plan, my group and I would have to repeat everyone again. We decided to film somewhere else. This place was outside of the cafeteria. It was arguably better than our first location. Since Vanessa was gone, we all decided to finish up the props. We made creations using Crayola products. I made a dinosaur while Luka and Rose made completely different things. This film d...

  First Scene- During this scene we will be filming a kid running into a classroom. The shot will be a closeup-medium shot and a tracking shot. The first location will be a classroom. We wanted to include a classroom since Crayola products are mostly used in schools. The dress code is going to be school wear just so the audience knows that these are students. Second Scene- The next scene we wanted to include for our commercial is the kid going to a desk and grabbing the Crayola products. There will be a pan shot for the products right before the kid grabs it. This shot is going to be a closeup shot. Third Scene- The third scene we wanted to include in our commercial was the kid running to other kids. The location for the scene is on the bridge to Fort Lauderdale’s main office building. This will be a medium shot. Fourth Scene- The fourth scene will be a kid drawing. Then it will tilt to show more kids drawing. This scene emphasizes how likable Crayola is. It also emphas...

  Today me and my group have decided to start our research about our commercial topic. We have been discussing for a few days and finally produced a topic. That topic being Crayola crayons. We will use this commercial to “promote” them, but we need our research to do it properly. With this research we looked at different Crayola commercials and saw what happens in them portray it accurately as well as doing other things. Since we all have a deep connection with Crayola since it played a big part of our lives, we wanted to make our research as accurate as possible. This is also our reasoning for choosing Crayola as our topic in the first place. We also decided to have our original concept for the commercial while also keeping the originality. What was in the commercial? - Children using the markers/ having fun with the markers. - Bright colors and bright lighting. - Lots of laughter and smiles - The narrator voice over. - Soothing feeling - Friendly/ bright and happy music To be abl...

  Props: Our commercial is going to be about Crayola. So, our group will be using Crayola products like Crayola markers and Crayola crayons. There will be other props. These other props include: paper and sticky notes. These props will really help tie together our commercial. Costumes: In our commercial, everyone will have a turn to be on camera. The outfits will be school appropriate outfits. This will help emphasize that we’re school students. Schedule:  On 9/23/21, our group researched conventions and codes of Crayola commercials. On 9/23/21, our group planned out the props, costumes, schedule, location list, and backup plan.   On 9/28/21, our group will complete our storyboard.  On 9/30/21 and 10/4/21, our group will record the necessary footage we need for our commercial.  On 10/6/21 and 10/8/21, our group will edit the footage.  On 10/8/21, our group will submit the final product. Location:  Our main location is Ms. Marchionne’s classroom...

            In these undocumented times, it is really hard to make new friends. Especially when you're basically a new student in a new school and area. Being in this group project showed me that making new friends is not impossible. On the first day of school, I admittedly had no friends. I was shy and nervous. Thankfully, I had the guts to talk to someone and we became really good friends. Their name is Vanessa. We really bonded over music and anime. I felt like I could relate to her in a way. We decided to sit together in the front of the class and a few days later we met two other people. Little did we know that we were going to be great friends and later even make a group project together. I picked them as my group mates because when I met them, we automatically clicked. I really believe that I could work with them. They seem like team players and they're funny. We also share the same interests. On the first official day of our group, we've alread...

   Hello! My name is Zahra. I am super excited to be a blogger! It has been something that has been on my mind for a really long time and I am happy that I can experience this with you all! I was born on a beautiful island named Jamaica and I live with my parents and younger brother. I love to listen to music. Even though all my favorite songs are kind of a mixing pot, I love RnB. RnB music really speaks to me and I love all the creative melodies. During my free time I like to watch anime and read thriller webtoons. I love Shonen anime. My favorite anime at the moment is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Some things that I love about JoJo's Bizarre Adventure are the art style and the fact that the author, Hirohiko Araki,  incorporates closure in his writing. You do not see that a lot in other animes. Usually an all-time favorite character would just die and the authors would just leave it like that. However, in JoJo, Araki really taps into the emotions of readers by giving us clo...