Editing Blog

      Hey guys today we were supposed to edit our commercials,  but our school computers were not working so we didn’t have the chance to edit. Last class we filmed and dumped our footage on to our computer. One of our group mates made an account for pinnacle studios.  This morning we walked in and got right on a computer, so we would have a computer to edit on. So we logged on to the persons account that we had our footage on, and searched up pinnacle studios. Pinnacle studios is the app that we have to use to edit our footage. When we searched it up nothing popped up. We were kinda nervous that it wasn’t popping up. We called the teacher over and asked what we should do, and the teacher said that we can try transferring it onto another computer, or we can blog about it not working. So we went to another computer and tried transferring it onto that computer.
      So we transferred our footage onto our flash drive. After we put our footage onto our flash drive we moved to another computer to see if it would work. We logged on and waited for a long time because it was being slow. Once it finally logged into the account we searched up pinnacle studios. We found pinnacle studios and plugged in the flash drive. After we plugged in the flash drive a message popped up and said something around the lines of this is not working sorry. So we were really stressed at this point. We called the teacher over and asked what we should do now. She told us that none of the computers are working and to just start blogging. Now we’re here.
      So now I’m going to talk about what we would have done if the computers weren’t working. After she said to start talking our group got together and talked about what we should do. We talked about what we are going to do next class to get our editing done and out of the way. We discussed what sounds we are going to put in it and if we are doing any effects. At the end of our discussion we figured that we are going to do the McDonald’s theme song. We talked about what we were going to do if the computer doesn’t work next . My group and I are really upset that we couldn’t edit today. Today was really stressful but it’s ok things happen. I hope that next class the computers work. I’m really excited to edit and learn new skills next class. Maybe I will go home and do some research on how to edit.

Filming blog

      Hey guys, so yesterday my group and I filmed our commercial and it was so much fun! After learning all the stuff about the camera and the camera angles we put our new skills to use. There were a lot of steps to prep for our filming of the commercial. The first step was to pick out what we wanted to sell in our commercial, and we had to do some research about the product and see how we could advertise it. After we picked our product we made a plan of what our commercial was going to look like. We made to plans just in case the first one didn’t go well. After we planned everything out we learned about to to use the cameras and the equipment. This part was my favorite because I love learning about cameras. Then we planned out what makeup and costumes we were going to wear during the film. After all that was done we finally started filming.
      I honestly thought filming was going to be really stressful and kinda hard at first. I thought it was going to be stressful because I didn’t know if we were going to have enough time to film everything. Or if we were going to forget a prop or a line, but once we got into our makeup and costumes and stuff it was really fun. During the filming my group and I couldn’t stop laughing at each other because everything was just so funny. I was dressed like a clown so people were laughing at me and honestly I don’t blame them. Filming went by very smoothly, everything was really good. We got done filming kinda early so we had plenty of time to take my clown makeup off and start dumping our footage. After the filming I felt really good about it. My group and I thought that it had the perfect amount of comedy and seriousness in it. So overall after filming I felt very confident about it.
      During filming my group and I all had different parts. My part was to act like Ronald McDonald the clown. I acted in the commercial and it was super fun. I really liked dressing up as a clown. Alex also acted in the commercial. Her role was the girl Ronald McDonald gave the food to. Alex was a really good actress in this. Morgan was the camera girl. She filmed everything and she was so good at it. She was really good at getting all the angles. Jake was the director, he told everyone what to do and he did amazing! Overall it was an amazing experience and I’m so happy we did this.

Storyboard

Hello! This is my group and I’s storyboard for our Mcdoanlds commercial. Each box represents a plan of 6 seconds of our commercial. In the first box we plan to shoot using a tilt up shot to introduce Alex into the frame and she will be sitting alone with a sad expression on her face with sad tone music playing in the background. The next box we plan to zoom in and have a close up on Alex and she will say that she is having the worst day and then reach into her lunch box/backpack to get some food and realize that she doesn’t have any. Then in the next box it will be a medium shot where Avalon as Ronald McDonald comes in holding a Mcdoanlds happy meal and saids to Alex “I know what you need.. a Mcdoanlds happy meal!” Then in the 4th box Alex will have a happy smiley expression on her face and has the Mcdoanlds in front of her and saids “Oh my gosh, this is just what I needed” and during this time we will also being using an over the shoulder shot that goes into an eye level two person shot. Then the last box and last 6 seconds will be a long shot with an insert of the Mcodnalds logo Alex smiling with her Mcodnalds walking up to camera and the Mcdoanlds tune will be playing in the background and she will say the slogan “I’m loving it!”

       Hey guys it’s Ava  today in class we learned how to export video footage, and how to work a camera and a tripod. The first thing that we learned today is how to check out and how to work a camera. We went over how to fill out the sheet to allow us to receive a camera and the steps to making sure everything is in order and doesn’t get lost. After we went over how to check out a camera, we went over how to work it, how to turn the camera on and off, how to charge it ,and how to put the SD card into the camera. We also went over how to put the camera into the tripod and how to attach and tighten the camera to the tripod.
      After we went over how to work the camera we learned how to dump. Dumping is when you take footage from the camera and put it onto the computer. We learned what sights to use, one of them was pinnacle studios, and we learned that only one person in our group will log into pinnacle studios and the whole group will only use that one persons log in. We also learned how to put the footage into a folder and what to do if we can’t find the folder on the computer.  If you can’t find you footage you go to pirate AVCHD then you go to your stream (everything on your SD card) then dump the footage from the camera into the folder on the computer. Another thing we learned how to import footage from our desktop to pinnacle footage. You click import then click the plus sign then your footage will pop up if it has a yellow check that means it is imported. We learned how to visually see if the footage is uploaded and what color indicates that it’s ready to be uploaded. If it has an orange box that means you are working on it.
        Another really important thing we learned in class today is how to edit and add sound to our work. The first thing we talked about is how to add transitions. You add transitions by right clicking on the footage and open effects editor then go to transitions and choose which one you would like for example lighting editing. We also learned how to add a title you click on the text and add whatever title you want. The next thing we learned was how to add music, and we learned that our music has to be mp3 in folder. If you want to get rid of sound you have to click audio off for all. I really liked this lesson today, I’m really glad we learned all of this and I’m excited to learn more and start filming.

Planning

Hello it is October 10th and today my group and I are starting our planning for our commercial! In the planning process we are going to be looking at and discussing what locations to film at and why, any back up locations incase  the ones we originally picked out won’t be available, the costumes we will be wearing, and the props that will be included in the scene. It’s important to us that we have all of this information planned out prior to filming that way when it is time for us to film we know exactly what needs to get done and we can efficiently create our commercial.
   Props
•McDonald’s McNuggets, fries, and drink
•Backpack with notebooks and pencils
•Balloons
  Costumes
•Clown costume for McDonald’s mascot: red nose , face paint, Afro wig. Regular school clothes for other subject in scene
  Schedule
• 10/10 - Planning
• 10/14 - Storyboard blog
• 10/21 Filming blog
• 10/23 Editing Blog
We will probably film on the 18th of October but we aren’t positive yet and once we are done filming  we will immediately begin editing.
  Location list
• Senior patio (This will be our main location, we think it would be wise to film all in one location to limit confusion to viewer, Alex, will be  sitting down at one of the tables at the senior patio acting sad and then the clown will come into the shot giving me the Mcdoanlds meal)
  Back up plans
• Location back up will be our school’s crop circle, it will be a good enough resemblance to a table/ sitting area, if it’s raining we will film by the media center staircase where it is covered but we can still use the steps to sit and set our props.

Research Blog: Commercial Conventions

Hey everyone ! We are starting our first big project in media today, we have to create a commercial about a company from a list given to us, and we chose McDonald’s. We chose Mcdoanlds becuase we thought that it would be a fun commercial to make and we had many great ideas of what we could do and were immediately inspired. We’ve already started doing some brain storming on different scene ideas we can do and act out.
  Some conventional or common codes that would be in a McDonald’s commercial would be a very positive connotation towards the audience. The symbolic codes is usually set in a McDonald’s restaurant with bright coloring and there is typically kids involved and the mascot for Mcdoanlds, Ronald McDonald. For technical codes, the lighting is bright with cheerful audio and their signature tune and the editing is used to appeal to the projected audience to persuade them to buy their products. Some written codes in a Mcondalds commercial is their slogan : I’m loving it!
  Our group consists of 4 people, Jake, Alexandra, Morgan, and myself. We all plan on equally contributing into this project to make it the best it possibly can and using effective communion skills to communicate our differing ideas and thoughts about the project. We’re so excited to be starting up our first film on the year and we all think it’s going to be super entertaining to make, edit, and watch.
                                                    

   Hi my name is Avalon and this is my first blog, the first thing i'm going to talk about is just a little bit about me. My friends always say that i act silly around people or that i am outgoing and I can see that. I think I get shy when I first meet someone but once I get to know the person I become more comfortable being myself. All of my really good friends said that when they first met me that I looked mean, but once they got to know me I was really nice. I am very bold out of school especially when I am with my friends. I am definitely not bold in school because you have to see the people at your school everyday.
     I really like to play volleyball with my siblings, we all play on a team together and I think that we are pretty good at it. Another thing I really like to do is spend time with my friends, I love going to the beach, or having a sleepover with them because they are so funny, and they are so much fun. I am really happy that my friends and I are really close, because I know I can always trust them. I also really like to cook, I want to get better at cooking but I love just knowing how to cook. This weekend my dad taught me how to cook some stuff and it was a lot of fun.
     Speaking about the weekend, I did some pretty fun stuff this weekend.On Friday I went to my volleyball practice and it was a lot of fun. After my volleyball practice I came home and relaxed and did some face masks. On Saturday I went to my friends sweet 16. It was a lot of fun, I was dancing the whole night, by the end of the night I was so exhausted, but i'm so happy that I went.