AICE Media Studies

Finally, after this long journey we have finished our final task. Click down below to watch the masterpiece we made!

We applied to all of the production companies for the thumbs up on being able to use their music. We got denied by all the companies we asked. After getting declined we decided to go with royalty free music. We wanted to choose music that had a dark feeling but also had a mid pace. After searching for about 30 minutes me and Max found 2 samples that we thought were perfect. We download the songs and shared them with Andy on the google drive. He listened to them and thought they were greatly paced and perfect for our video. Considering we had everything else done for the video we were basically finished by now. All we had to do was add the music. But before we added it we had to choose which one of the 2 we would use. Both of the music tracks were dark and greatly paced. We ended up choosing one over the other because it was longer and it would fit our whole video. Me and Max told Andy which one we chose. He also thought this one was better. The final decision was settled. We added the

After we finished exporting the video it was late so I went to sleep. Andy was the one who worked on the last part of the project so in the morning he sent it to me and Max. I had a final draft that I suggested to the group. Everyone agreed that it would be best if we added these last touches.  We finally finished adding the new parts. What I liked about the new changes was the beginning scenes. These scenes were able to appreciate the title sequence instead of the previous first scenes. The visual fixes were also shown in the film, having the ominous mood stay throughout the sequence. The audio in the final product was also better. It included the smooth background music and it went from scene to scene very smoothly. We also added a fade at the end scene to add a greater effect of loss to the protagonist. Maximus liked the new scenes a lot as well. Andy thought it was great but he thought that some final edits could be added. Me and max decided that we would go with andy's idea. I

Now that the make-up scenes are finally settled, I can start to re-edit the sequence and finish up the rest of the edits that need tweaking. After doing the make-up scenes, I returned home and immediately got on my laptop to import the scenes. The tiny problem with this was that Maximus, my groupmate, still had some of the scenes that were necessary for the editing process. I asked him through Instagram to send the clips quickly, and after awhile, he sent them and I was able to import them into the laptop and then into the editor. Since the size of each clip was quite bigger than the previous clips, it took about 45 minutes to import these scenes into the editor, wasting quite a lot of my time considering it was late and I still had school the next day. Once I got the scenes into the editor, I started to place them in the same spot that they would be in from the original scene that it will replace. I left the new scenes on a new track above the original spots and then started to remove

The time is ticking, and I and the rest of the group are still to make-up the remaining scenes necessary to fix the sequence. Previously, filming wasn't finished due to Maximus needing to leave early, leaving us no time to finish the scenes necessary; so now, I wait to see what day he would be available. The next day, after recording the make-up scenes, Maximus was able to provide another date that he would be available, and I along with the others were all able to be ready that day. Once the time came, I had prepared an hour early just incase any props were missing, and then, I left to meetup at the location of the next set. The location this time would be at a park nearby that would help create the environment necessary in order to produce the scenes. Since I had to bring most of the props with me, I was the last person to arrive to the location. In the scenes that were left, all of us would have to be in the shot, meaning that the camera would have to be positioned or held by so