Extract Essay

The meaning behind the extract, to me, is that desperate times can change or take the character out of someone. Through a crisis, people tend to panic and feel like they cannot trust others. During this extract I examined that a man was trying to get information from a person through questioning concerning a bomb. However, the two characters could not get along to handle the situation.

            As far as sound there was dialogue and incidental sound that played a major role in the theme. The dialogue was mostly shared between the two characters; the man that was questioning the victim and the victim herself. By their conversation tone, you can tell that there have been prior problems amongst the two. They both had plenty of pride because the man didn’t want to make a move until he got answers from the lady and the lady wanted to solve the issue on her own. The incidental sound warned the audience that something was about to happen. The music was very high pitched and got louder throughout the extract. It indicated that the tension between the two was about to be released.

            Another important aspect to the extract was the camera and angle. Most of the camera shots were close-up especially during the dialogue. It either showed just the face or from the neck and up. It made it clear of what the mood of the characters were. Sometimes there were times when the characters didn’t say anything but because the camera was close-up, the look on the face said it all. With this being said, the camera angle was eye level or normal shot. It only changed angles during the choking scene. These factors showed the tension whereas the sound let you hear the tension.

            Editing in the extract included split screen and eye-line match. The split screen happened after the man started choking the witness. Half the screen showed the crew watching the investigation running to the room and the other half showed the choking scene. The people were panicking and if you ask me why it’s because they were relying on the information giving by the witness to stop the bomb. By the man choking the lady out of frustration and desperation leads to my theme that ‘desperate time causes us to get out of character’. The eye ling match showed us the objects the characters were looking at. The most important eye line match shown was the clock. Indicating time is not slowing down and bomb is ticking.

            Lastly, the mis-en-scene included costumes of suits and the location of an investigation room. The importance of this shows the setting of the extract. The suits indicated the seriousness of the moment and situation. The location and lighting showed the necessity of the information contained by the witness. This contributed to the overall mood and tempo of the extract.

Extract Worksheets

This is a picture of the extract worksheets I filled out and posted on Canvas. By my Microsoft teams, I was confused on rather I was suppose to post it on here so I am doing it to be on the safe side.

Nike Commercial

This is my Nike commercial that I did in the beginning of the year.  I have to upload on my blogger because of the global pandemic called COVID-19 or the corona virus. Because of this virus, we cannot go back to school nor take our examinations for this AICE class. That's why I am posting it on here so that my teachers may get it and that Cambridge, I guess, can see it.

Nike Commercial CCR

This is my CCR for my Nike commercial. I have to upload on my blogger because of the global pandemic called COVID-19 or the corona virus. Because of this virus, we cannot go back to school nor take our examinations for this AICE class. That's why I am posting it on here so that my teachers may get it and that Cambridge, I guess, can see it.

Creative Critical Reflection

11.    How does your production use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

Our Nike production uses the conventions of diverse sports to represent all athletes. It does this by incorporating a mixture of 4 different sports (basketball, football, soccer, and track) and shows how Nike supports every sport. Not only does it support every sport, but also every race, ethnicity, size, and gender equality. In the production, there were both female, male, Black, White, Hispanic, short and tall all wearing some sort of Nike clothing. This is a key that many people look over however is so essential. People would not wear Nike if it did not make them feel comfortable. Nike does not discriminate any athletes from size to ethnics.

2.    How does your project engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

My project engages with the audience through the uplifting music and constant action. The Nike commercial is not a boring commercial. After every scene, something new and exciting is happening. It encourages the audience to get up and get active in whatever sport they want. It’s hype but at the same time shows how Nike is incorporated in our everyday lives. If it was a real media text, it would be distributed as a short TV commercial on all sport channels (FOX sports, ESPN, etc.). I say sports channels because they’re the most appropriate when it comes to relations to Nike. It can also be distributed on social media. It can appear as an advertisement on certain apps like YouTube, before they play the actual video, or can be reposted by any followers of all Nike social media accounts.

3.    How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

Before this project, I knew very little about how to edit a production. The only editing experience I had was editing pictures and videos for social media. However, throughout this project I learned how to professionally edit videos to make a smooth-flowing commercial. I learned how to split videos into chunks, how to cut a clip out, how to detach sound, how to fade or dissolve into different scenes, how to import a title page, and how to import any sound effects or music. Not only just editing, but also while being the video recorder I learned which angles and shots were best to use for our project lighting and dramatic effect.

4.     How did you integrate technologies in this project?

There were a few technologies used to make this project a success. The most significant one being the camera because without the camera it would be impossible to record any and all footage. We also used a try pod to record all the scenes where we needed the camera to be still while catching an action. For example, when the boy was running doing a sprint on the track. The laptop was also significant because that’s the source we trusted to store all our saved footage and commercial backups. The laptop was also where all the editing took place; on the application titled “Pinnacle Studios”. In order to import our videos on the computer, we need a SD card reader. This is a device that take all the videos from your SD card and move it to the desktop. Lastly, our phones were used as back-up. Just in case the camera dies don’t mean that the due date is moved. I used my phone mostly to plot down anything important that we were doing that day to either help me better understand where I left off for the next day or help me complete my Blogger.

Music Video CCR

This is my CCR for my music video. I have to upload on my blogger because of the global pandemic called COVID-19 or the corona virus. Because of this virus, we cannot go back to school nor take our examinations for this AICE class. That's why I am posting it on here so that my teachers may get it and that Cambridge, I guess, can see it.

Music Video

This is my music video to Finesse by Bruno Mars and Cardi B. I have to upload on my blogger because of the global pandemic called COVID-19 or the corona virus. Because of this virus, we cannot go back to school nor take our examinations for this AICE class. That's why I am posting it on here so that my teachers may get it and that Cambridge, I guess, can see it.

Movie Film

Because of the COVID-19 or coronavirus pandemic, I have not been able to go back to school. This is really bad, especially for this class, because I have no official, already completed movie done on my laptop back at school. This movie was my prerecorded video of my movie. However, it does not have my titles on it. I tried to edit and insert the rest of my titles on it and it worked. However, it could not save the video on my desktop and import it to my google drive in order to put it in a google slides. It kept saying error which forced me to put in my already made movie. Which, I have no problem with, it just only have the movie title. I tried everyday to see if something would change but it wouldn't let me upload my updated video. If I was at school it would've been easier because I was already done and just needed to save it and export it. If I would've known that later on we would've had to put it on blogger, then I would've did it on that day.