AICE Media Studies
Thursday, March 13, 2025
CCR Production
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Group Meeting 03/12
Today we met in groups to talk about our projects and give each other feedback. My group was Anastasia. Charlie, Diego, Dani, Mckenna and me.
I told them I had already planned out my CCRs and shared my ideas with them, and they all agreed they were good. Then, I told them about how I had to schedule one more filming day because I did not have enough footage and Anastacia told me this happened to her too, which made me feel better about it. They all also helped me brainstorm on what I should add to my opening. Dani suggested I add a scene inside of the school instead of more driving clips which I thought was a good idea and Anastasia told me I could also add a graphic with the title instead of putting it over the scenes I already have like I originally planned on doing. Their feedback was really helpful and I feel more confident about what to do when I record again now.
Mckenna told us about her idea for her CCR and I thought it was really good but Charlie said it might not be as creative since she wanted to recreate the interviews that Wired does with famous people. Then, Charlie told us how she wanted to do a "What is in my bag" video and show all the props and equipment she used to film while answering the CCR questions and we all thought it was an amazing idea.
Diego, Dani, and Anastasia all said they wanted to do a talk show type of video and I suggested they all add visuals to make their video more entertaining than a talking head. Charlie also suggested they got a friend or family member to help them and act as a host in their talk show.
Dani's blog: https://intomediastudies.blogspot.com/
Monday, March 10, 2025
Lying Detector Interview Script
Questions 3 and 4
Sunday, March 9, 2025
CCR Planning Pt. 2
Questions 3 and 4
I am beyond excited to create this part of my CCR as I have decided to do it in the format of a lying detector interviews like the ones Vanity Fair does. (here is one of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo). I love watching these, I think they are so entertaining and after pondering on how to do my CCR it occured to me to mimic these interviews.The last two questions being
- How did your production skills develop throughout this project?
- How did you integrate technologies - software, hardware and online - in this project?
Saturday, March 8, 2025
CCR Planning pt 1
Questions 1 and 2
I have decided to split my CCR into a podcast and a lying detector interview. I will use the podcast to discuss the first two questions
- How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
- How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
The editing process might be the hardest part because I plan to include intro music and insert audio clips of the research I include to make it as close to a real podcast as I can. I am excited to record this soon.
As for the questions itself, I plan to use the research I did at the beginning of my project and everything I have learned in class to inform and construct my answers.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Audio
I have been feeling a little discouraged since I realized I have to record more footage and a little stuck since I cannot record until the end of next week, but I know I have to keep going and focus on what I can do now.
I am gathering all the sound effects, such as the music and the car scratch, that I will use for the opening.
For the music, I had 6 different options... I am very indecisive, I know it is an issue. However, I asked my friend Ayami for help, and she said she liked the fourth one the best. So I decided to add it to the beginning clips and while I was watching I realized that I could include clips of Maia driving to school to introduce her character and show the contrast between the two through their driving habits. I like this sound because it gives off the vibes of starting something new, like a new chapter, which is what is happening in my film opening so I felt like it was fitting. I will have to adjust the length when I add Maia's clips and I want the cuts to happen with the beats of the music so that is something else I will have to edit later. However, seeing my project slowly come together is exciting and is encouraging me to stay positive until I get the chance to record the new clips next week.
I also found the perfect scratch sound and it took me a little while to get the timing right, but I finally did. I got the scratch sound from the website Freesound and the music from is Bensound, where I found all the other options I was considering too, as they are all royalty free.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Editing day 1
I have to re-record...
CCR Production
Questions 3 and 4 Yesterday my friends came over to my house and we recorded the lying detector interview. It was really fun and we thankfu...

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Characters Start Coming to Life I decided to create a queer romantic comedy because I wish that was something I could've watched growing...
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Today we met in groups to talk about our projects and give each other feedback. My group was Anastasia. Charlie, Diego, Dani, Mckenna and me...
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In class, we learned the importance of sound and how it adds emotion to scenes and manipulates the viewers' feelings about the scene eve...