Editing blog

   Today was the day to finish and edit our film, but it didn't go that way. On Friday was the day that we filmed most of our film and today we finished the filming. Between the four people of our group, none of us knew what we wanted to do. some people wanted to redo most of the shots, others wanted to keep the footage we already have. I thought that all of the footage we have so far on the track field was perfect, and ready to be edited into the commercial. One member of our group wanted to go and redo the stair case shot, which i agreed. So my group spent most of their time arguing about what we needed to do until , we all agreed on my idea. then having our idea, we went to filming. I was finally an actor and i didn't enjoy it.

   When we started filming we had three people of our group taking being actors with all of us wearing Nike. we only needed one shot for that scene because the first shot was perfect. then two of our group did the last shot was the comfort short and the others helped peter. the two people who did the comfort shot were Eli and Paige who had it easy. they got to be indoors with A.C. and only needed 1 scene to be shot. While Paige and Eli had it easy, me and Zeke had it hard. Me and Zeke had to help peter do the rest of his shots and i was the camera man. peters tripod was not good so i had to do all of the shots holding it with my shaky hand.m Surprisingly i got most of the shots done with a steady hand but it was still annoying. the track field was very annoying and the sun was very bright so it created a big shadow that you could see in some shots.

    When Eli and paige finished their job they decided to dump without me and zeke. although they were early, paige and eli couldn't  dump their film. they couldn't dump their  film because i had the old film that they were supposed to dump together. When zeke and I came back it was finally time to dump the footage. dumping the footage was a pain because the school computer is so slow. We decided to dump our footage on google docs because it was easy to share with others and can be used not on the school computers. We tried to dump our film on google docs but it was to slow, and we didn't have enough time. We finally decided to use paige's flash drive that saved our project. After dumping we were supposed to edit but pinnacle studios did not want to work for the whole class so we did not do it today

Filming blog

   Today we started to film our Nike commercial. I am not photogenic at all and i don't like to be in film so i was lucky enough to be a actor. My job was to capture shots with the camera. I actually like working with the camera. The camera was a nice quality for a school bought supply, and same with the tripod. the camera had a zooming in and out feature that could zoom in so far and keep a nice resolution. managing the camera was the easy part compared to the other job that had to do with, which was managing the actors. I felt at time being a shepherd to these "sheep", but it wasn't that bad. i was just directing one of our group members on how to aim their foot to be in front of the camera for like 10 minutes, whitch was the only bad part.

   To continue on shepherding the sheep, i had to keep on redirecting the rest of the group to stand in the right area because of lighting. When we filmed on the track it was a lighting nightmare. the florida sun was very very bright, rendering most of the track unfilmable. we had to film in this little corner of the track that was not being taken up by other students and was in the shade. when we filmed in the shade it was a pain because it was so dark. The only thing that saved our troubles was the lighting settings on the camera that fixed our problem. when we filmed on the staircase, there was no problem with lighting was good.

   I am surprised that the school given ssd card's storage was not filled to the brim with with random shots. We have these random shots because i am kind of a perfectionist in art and same with this film. some scenes we totally redid with another actor but exactly the same. usually the first shot was way better than the rest, but we still continued until we think that it was the ultimate shot. making these ultimate shots the tripod came in handy. I was the only one in our group that could work the connection between camera and the tripod. Using that tripod was my first time using a tripod and it was simple to use. I was the only one that preferred to use the tripod in my group because my hands are so shaky.

story board

Our commercial will include:

• Long Shots
• Close-ups
• A two-shot
• A three-shot
• A Pan
• A zoom
• Ambient sound
• A score
• A fade in
• A fade out
• A low angle
• A wide shot
• Voice overs
• Text box

Editing blog

   Today we learned how to properly use a school camera ,and the editing software that we are going to use to edit our film. the editing  software is called pinnacle studios. Pinnacle studios is a Broward county school program that lets us edit film, make titles, add sounds, and add transitions to make our school films. the software has a nice complexity that lets us edit our films. There are tracks that let you layer your footage , like having a title card on layer 1 and music on layer 3. You can edit the footage to make it go slower, faster. you can also shorten the scenes to cut out unwanted or just not needed parts of the movie. Another feature you can do is to edit the sound in and out of scenes. By detaching sound from a scene, you can replace it with music, keep it and add music , or just remove all the sound completely. the last editing tool found in pinnacle studios in the editing software, is the effect editor. the effect editor is the area were you add the transitions and effects to enhance your        movie.
   Too edit the footage, your gonna need footage to begin with. to get the footage, filming is required and that needs a camera. to use one of the schools cameras, you have too get one of the agreement forms and sign it with your whole group and give it to our teacher. with the agreement form you can use a handheld camera, SD card, SD card reader ,and a tripod. With these we can film our scenes. using the tripod we can keep the camera still, and do pans easily. When filming is done, it is time to transfer the clips that are on the SD card that is in the camera to the desktop on the computer. to transfer the clips, the SD card reader is needed to be used. using the SD card reader the SD now is on the computer. With the SD on the computer now you can import and export.
   to start importing and exporting , we need to import the film we have on the SD to the desktop. its pretty simple, we just drag the file to the desktop. when we drag it on the desktop we need to make a new folder for the clips and film we do what we need to do on pinnacle studios and now were ready to save the film when we save the film , we save it to another folder. the film can be published on YouTube. To publish on you tube you just go through your email. 

Planing Blog

Props- Some of the props we are going to use for our commercial are sports apparel, specifically Nike shoes. The actors in our commercial will have something that relates to sports, like a water bottle, basketball or they may be wearing headphones. The main subject of the commercial, the shoes, will be our main props. The exact shoes we will be using are Nike Air Force 1's, Nike Roshes, Nike Air Max's, Nike Jordan's, and Nike Slides.

Costumes- The actors will be dressed in clothes that go with the shoe that the actor is wearing. For example, when the actors are running they will be dressed in athletic clothes (as much Nike clothes as possible). The costumes play an important role when it comes to the commercial because we want the shoes to look the best they can so people will be provoked to buy them.

Schedule- Our next blog will be a storyboard of our commercial. the story boarding will be on October 14. The next objective is filming. the filming will be taking place on October 17 witch is a early release and the next following blue day, October 22. After filming we will edit our footage. the editing will be on October 23.

Location List-  We are filming in many different places. For our athletic shoes we are going to film at the track field to do a running scene. For our comfort shoes we are going to use the couch in the media studies classroom. For our stylish shoes we will be filming at the building 5 stairs, we will use the stairs by filming the actors walking.

Back-up plan- In case of an unfortunate scenario while filming, we have ideas ready to counter the situation. It is not unlikely that while filming rain will be present. That's why our idea to embrace the rain rather than hide from it will be beneficial. In case of rain, we plan to use puddles and rain to show how well our shoes hold up against any environment. Rain is not the only factor, we also have to bring into consideration the possibility of our team mate being absent. Thankfully, our commercial does not need 4 actors. We will work to play the part our teammate was supposed to.

Research Conventions and Codes

Before even thinking about the production of our Nike shoe commercial, many aspects that must go into play include:

·         Setting

·         Lighting

·         Products

·         Actors

·         Props

·         Music

·         Voice overs and other editing

·         Camera angles

Setting takes much consideration as it starts us on our way to our commercial. In our commercial, we think an outdoor environment would convey the idea that Nike shoes can be worn in many different environments and will hold up. We will also use an indoor setting to shoe other uses for Nike shoes, such as comfort.

Lighting for our commercial would mostly be natural outdoor lighting. When being filmed indoors a spotlight may be used to highlight the shoes and make them look better.

Products are the shoes that are being used in the film. We will use many different types of shoes like Nike Roche’s for running, Nike Slides for comfort and Air Force One’s for style.

Actors are the people who wear and highlight the shoes abilities.

Props are all the other items we will use in our commercial. For example, a runner might be holding a water bottle or someone playing basketball might be wearing headphones.

Music in the commercial gives the viewer a better understanding of what the shoe is made and designed for. We wouldn’t use a laid back and chill song when trying to show off some Air Jordan’s. In our commercial, we will be using a hyped song when showing off sports shoes, a chill song when showing slides, and laid back when showing comfort shoes.

Voice overs and other editing is important to our commercial so it’s not only up to viewer interpretation when seeing the shoe in action. A voice over will be able to explain the shoe or even some back round. Our commercial will have voice overs throughout to make it easier for our viewers. The tone of the voice over will change according to the purpose of each shoe.

Camera Angles will be seen changing multiple times throughout the commercial. Depending on the scene, a different camera angle will be implemented into the commercial. We will use angles such as close-ups of the shoes, and tracking shots of our actors in the shoe.

Intro

October 6th, 2019

     Hi , my names Roscoe and this is my first year of high school. I don't know what i want to do in life like a lot of other people . i like to be lazy watch movies, cook, play video games, make people laugh and other shenanigans. One thing that is interesting to me is creating something, like a painting that takes time and effort and the finally product is just gives a  satisfying feeling. another thing is comedy. I don't know why , making people laugh is  just so compelling, may be its the smile or just the more happier they get.
 
      I'm a little different then other  people in the head. I don't know if i hit my head when i was a baby or i was just messed up from the beginning, but i know that  i am just very "special". My brain acts a lot different then others. I probably have like 8000 plus songs from the car radio , movies and video games memorized  but out of those 8000 songs i memorized, i probably hate, don't like , or really don't care about is probably like 7000. Even though i can memorize all those songs, i have a hard time memorizing steps in math .

     High school so far is OK. I have a lot of friends from middle school that went to the same school as me , so the friend part and being lonely at lunch was never a problem. the new people that i have met are pretty cool. the easiest way to make friends this year is to make a joke about the teacher because that is one of the most relatable type of jokes to tell to a classmate. on the other hand , my classes are ok. all of my classes are easy , besides math. i am 2 grades ahead of were i'm supposed to be and its really hard, but i can do it. my media studies class is probably my favorite class because i love movies and the class is very fun.