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Yeah, A Great Valentine's (2025): Yeah, A Great Valentine's Film Intro
Showing posts with label production. Show all posts
Showing posts with label production. Show all posts
Sunday, March 30, 2025
#36 Editing Pt.3!!!
Just a quick one for today…
Editing the CCR Pt.1 and the film intro took over three days. Gathering footage, cutting, splicing, putting voiceovers, adding pictures and music, took FOREVER. Honestly, it took the entirety of spring break to really do it, but truly three days: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (and well now Monday aka 4 days), were the days in focusing on the final stretch of this portfolio.
Ultimately, I chose Cap Cut to put all the footage together, with transitions and music, and after exporting, I put the final videos into Canva, to easily put photos and videos next to my face, and place opening credits. So, it was a tag team type action. Honestly, this process has been tiring and stressful considering the fact of what I had to do even PRIOR to editing and AFTERWARDS. Gathering the footage took multiple emails and some didn't even send, so I had to do “i cloud drop”, which made me click each individual video/image and download it, and that occurred at least 20 times. When I finished putting the first CCR together, and was SO READY to export, guess what, MY COMPUTER HAD NO SPACE (Just great huh just great, Praise be to God still though, He gets me through these tough times and tests). So, I had to delete a bunch of stuff, (it was like 600,000 items….) but in that culmination of items, important stuff got deleted (at least now it was more difficult to access files), and my computer looks empty now. I was afraid of big stuff being important, but I saw one folder taking too much space and thought “this is meaningless, ah let’s do it* DELETE*”. Side note, this was all very late because I was working, but still not very smart decisions here guys. When I deleted all those items, no files from the CCR got lost, and I’m like “oh, ain’t this a swell time”, so I had to go back, figure out what I was missing, and cut down files again. After the whole back n forth (which occurred over TWO DAYS YES DOS DIAS), it was FINALLY ready to export. I was scared because it was LAGGY AS HECK, but it turned out to be ok, not perfect, but just ok, (I just need a pass at this point). And I mean that was JUST the CCR Pt.1, the film intro was quicker, but I noticed I was getting short on time, which was weird. I normally am OVER THE TOP, but for the intro I was just fine. The longest process for that was adding the music, transitions, logo, and title card.
After exporting the two, I put the film intro Canva, where the opening credits were placed in. the CCR Pt.1 on the other hand was too big to upload to Canva, so I had to resort to just putting the pictures, videos, etc. that were going to be put in the actual video, into the blog itself. I'm just glad it's ready to send out! (Thank the Lord finally, i get to enjoy spring break ~ not really, I have two other homework and it's the last day…yay… :))
January 18th-20th: Further blogs on idea
January 27th: blogs due
February 1st: chose filming location
February 3rd: Blogs due, reveal title of film intro
February 7th: ask Frances (again) to be in video and write the plot/dialogue [half done]
February 10th: figure out costumes, camera, and editing software (AND BLOGS DUE)
More like the 11th… (DONE)
February 14th: Get filming down for first 45 - 60 seconds of film intro
Will probably be moved to the 16th.. (DONE)
Things occurring on that day may interfere with filming
February 17th: Blogs due
February 24th: Blogs due
February 28th: Get filming done for the second half
March 1st: (need some parts done for the second half so will be done the 1st.) ~ NOT DONE
March 3rd: ALL FILMING DONE/blogs due
March 7th: Begin editing process
March 7th: See if you have time to stop by You Media. (no time 😡)
March 10th- complete CCR Pt.1/hard deadline on blogs
March 14th: complete CCR Pt.2
March 17th - 21st: Edit CCR and finalize the film intro
Monday after spring break [March 31st]: PORTFOLIO DUE
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
#34 Target Audience!
What is Audience?
At the core is “the group of people who have gathered to watch or listen to something (a play, concert, somebody speaking, etc.)” [Oxford Learner’s Dictionary]. Audiences are the consumers of a media text, who are represented and are the ones who interpret and respond to media texts (from the syllabus). So audiences are the people who interact with the media text, who view the media text with an –hopefully– unbiased lens. Different audiences can perceive or receive the message of a media text in several ways. Author Stuart Hall, came up with the Active Audience theory which states that audiences are aware of a media text’s (notably films) fictionality and are NOT completely influenced by what they see in media (aka little to none). Furthermore, in Hall’s reception theory, he states that there are different levels of audience reception (aka there are different levels of perception of a media text). For example, the negotiated level, where the audience accepts some of the intentions the producer had for a film and rejects other intentions/reasons why the producer made those choices. This means that the audience brings their own knowledge, and creates their own interpretation of the meaning, rather than the full one.
On the other hand, the Hypodermic Needle theory (crazy name, I don’t really like it cause I don’t like needles), by Harold Lasswell, talks about how influential media is, and how audiences are completely PASSIVE and are UNDOUBTEDLY influenced by media (aka direct link between media and influence on lives and why things are a certain way). These two different perspectives on an audience make good points, that overall, an audience are the ones influenced or perceive your media text and somehow interpret it and apply it to their life.
Who is my target audience?
The specific audience that I am targeting (aka demographic that I am trying to reach) are young girls, couples in long distance relationships (or just couples in general). The main generation being represented in my film intro is generation Z, so naturally those of that age range are going to relate more with the themes of the film intro. The reason as to why that is my target audience, is to spread the message and reveal the toughness of long-distance relationships and the duality of women’s emotions; overall, how something such as love can be so impactful to someone, and how love can have its positives and negatives. (which is established through the various forms of binary oppositions in the film intro). Catch me next time as I am covering the editing done for the film intro and the CCR and then I will be FINALY finished 🙂
January 18th-20th: Further blogs on idea
January 27th: blogs due
February 1st: chose filming location
February 3rd: Blogs due, reveal title of film intro
February 7th: ask Frances (again) to be in video and write the plot/dialogue [half done]
February 10th: figure out costumes, camera, and editing software (AND BLOGS DUE)
More like the 11th… (DONE)
February 14th: Get filming down for first 45 - 60 seconds of film intro
Will probably be moved to the 16th.. (DONE)
Things occurring on that day may interfere with filming
February 17th: Blogs due
February 24th: Blogs due
February 28th: Get filming done for the second half
March 1st: (need some parts done for the second half so will be done the 1st.) ~ NOT DONE
March 3rd: ALL FILMING DONE/blogs due
March 7th: Begin editing process
March 7th: See if you have time to stop by You Media. (no time 😡)
March 10th- complete CCR Pt.1/hard deadline on blogs
March 14th: complete CCR Pt.2
March 17th - 21st: Edit CCR and finalize the film intro
Monday after spring break [March 31st]: PORTFOLIO DUE
References
Media Studies (AICE) syllabus
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
#33 Production Logo
What is a production logo?
According to Wikipedia, “A production logo, studio logo,[1] vanity card, vanity plate, or vanity logo is a logo used by movie studios and television production companies to brand what they produce and to determine the production company and the distributor of a television show or film.”
A production company has its own branded logo, that is made to be unique and recognizable to audiences, so every film made with that production company has the logo in the building, so the viewers can associate the production company with that particular film (and blame them if it's bad or praise them for producing such a great film lol).
Inspiration/Ones that stand out
Ones that pop into my head immediately are the ones by Walt Disney Studios, Marvel Studios, Columbia Pictures, 24th Century FOX, and that one with the lion (yeah i forgot). These stood out because it showed me that the production logo does not have to be necessarily still, and it should have as much thought as the rest of the film. The Marvel Studios one in particular (the comic book flip logo) inspired the flicker and vintage look in my production logo. (attached below)
Timelapse of creating the Production Logo
Here is a timelapse of me putting together the production logo:
Final Thoughts
The production logo was one of the last things I've done, because I find joy in designing and I saw it as a quick process. The colors and vintage look represent what I like (vintage all the way baby), and the flickering along with the scratchiness of the background also adds to that vintage theme, and an “established”, long-lasting production company. The “K.A.Y” just represents my initials that just happen to be the first three letters of my first name, so it’s playing to that fun fact. Here is the final production logo:
January 18th-20th: Further blogs on idea
January 27th: blogs due
February 1st: chose filming location
February 3rd: Blogs due, reveal title of film intro
February 7th: ask Frances (again) to be in video and write the plot/dialogue [half done]
February 10th: figure out costumes, camera, and editing software (AND BLOGS DUE)
More like the 11th… (DONE)
February 14th: Get filming down for first 45 - 60 seconds of film intro
Will probably be moved to the 16th.. (DONE)
Things occurring on that day may interfere with filming
February 17th: Blogs due
February 24th: Blogs due
February 28th: Get filming done for the second half
March 1st: (need some parts done for the second half so will be done the 1st.) ~ NOT DONE
March 3rd: ALL FILMING DONE/blogs due
March 7th: Begin editing process
March 7th: See if you have time to stop by You Media. (no time 😡)
March 10th- complete CCR Pt.1/hard deadline on blogs
March 14th: complete CCR Pt.2
March 17th - 21st: Edit CCR and finalize the film intro
Monday after spring break [March 31st]: PORTFOLIO DUE
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