Editing

Today in class I had to film a little bit more of footage. Once again I was in charge of pressing the record button and directing the actor. I was actually in one shot though, I was acting as the coach looking at her stopwatch. Once we got back into class we dumped all of our footage onto the same computer as last time. Once we dumped I moved all of the footage from today and Thursday onto a flash drive. This process took about 10 minutes since the files are so large. I got all the footage we need for the commercial and won't be filming anymore. I am moving onto the next stop in the commercial process: editing the footage. But unfortunately the program we use to edit, Pinnacle Studios, crashed on the computer. Meaning we will have to postpone the editing process until the system is fixed
The commercial is being put off until further notice. During the time we might be starting our next project. Our next project is creating a music video. But we might not do the music video either since the music video also needs editing. I am not sure what we are doing next or when the system will be back up. Our teacher is extending the deadline and will not penalize our grade. I will continue writing blogs every class period. I am hoping the editing software will be open again soon. I have never edited before and I am looking forward to being able to use it. Once the system is back up and we finish editing the commercial will be finished and uploaded.
I am not super surprised that the system crashed. Our computers are very old and slow. They still work okay but when many students have gigabytes worth of footage trying to upload all at once, the system can not handle it.. I think the school system should invest in brand new computers. Living in a society that is technology dependent schools need money for software.  But I also understand that school budgeting is very tight and there are more important factors to spend money on such as structural problems in schools. For the money the school board has the computers are the best they can get. I'm guessing the software will be back up and running again in 1 to 2 weeks.

Filming

Today in class we started to film for our computer. I had the job of filming with the camera. The first thing I did when I got to class was get the camera sign out contract. I filled it out and got all of my equipment to start filming. The equipment included the video camera, a tripod, and a SD card. Once we got our stuff we headed to the track to start the process. When we go onto the track we unpacked our props and set up the camera. For our props we had two bottles of Gatorade, an American flag, and fake medals. To set up the camera you must place the SD card into the camera then place the camera onto the tripod. Extend the legs of the tripod and make sure to tighten the screws on the legs.
When we were filming I was in charge in moving the camera and pressing record. It would take almost five to seven takes for each shot. We were on the track filming from 9:25 to 10:25 so about an hour. We did not complete the whole commercial yet so we are filming some more on Monday. At about 10:30 we went back inside the media classroom so we can dump our footage onto the computer so we wouldn't loose our stuff. Dumping means moving footage onto the computer from a camera. In order to do this you need a SD card reader. Once you get the card reader you place the card into the reader then into the computer. Open a folder onto the desktop and open the reader on the computer. Transfer the stuff into the folder. We actually had some trouble doing this. My partner Kol and I could not find the footage on the computer so we transferred tthe footage onto our teacher's laptop and she put it on a flash drive for you. Afterward we were able to transfer the stuff onto the computer we were using. Make sure when you a dumping give yourself plenty of time because there could always be problems with the computer and it takes sometimes up to ten minutes to download onto the computer.

Storyboard

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Our commercial opens with our athlete, Kol,  running on the track practicing for the Olympic trails. Our athlete starts to give up hope and slow down. While running the camera the camera will shoot him at a full body shot. Kol stops for a sip of Gatorade. After the drink of Gatorade Kol gains more energy. While he is drinking it's a eye level camera shot. Kol crosses the finish mark,\ and then he looks at his coach in the sidelines holding a stopwatch. Kol made the Olympics! He ends up winning the gold medal in the end.

Editing Lesson Blog

Today in aice media studies class we had a lesson on basic editing and how to use the camera. Our camera includes the video camera, a SD card, a tripod, and a card reader. To set up the camera you turn in on by opening the camera. Place the SD card in the slot in the side of the camera. To attach the camera to the tripod you unscrew the screws in the tripod and put into the holes on the bottom of the camera. Just tighten the bolts and the camera will be set on the tripod. You have to extend the tripod legs. You do this by just pulling out the legs. You can film pan and tilt easily with the tripod.

 We will use this editing for our commercial after we film. To edit we use the program Pinnacle Studios. Make sure you dump all of your storage onto the computer before editing. To dump your storage you first take the SD card from the camera and put it into a SD card reader. Then place it into the computer. Open a folder on the desktop. Click on the Pinnacle Studios icon. Click on the import button and click on it.  Look for the footage in the DCIM. If your footage is not in DCIM then go to private then look in the stream. The stream holds everything on the SD card.

It is very important whenever using Pinnacle Studios to wait for everything to load before moving onto the next step or the computer and the system will crash.
Make sure you import all of the footage into the second line when looking at the screen. Once the footage is on the line you can add a title on the screen anyway by clicking on the T button. You can change the color or the font. You can also add music to the third line of the screen by downloading music from YouTube. You can change the exposure and brightness of each slide in the video. Once the video is done you have to export it. To export you click file then save as. You can save it to the desktop and put in into the folder you created earlier. That's it! The commercial is done.

Planning blog for Gatorade Commercial

This blog is about a  Gatorade commercial that I have to do for Aice Media. In this blog we will talk about our plan for the commercial. This plan will include the props, costume, schedule, location and a plan B just in case. We plan to be done filming on October 21 which is the class period I will have to film by. Below is a list of the components of the commercial. Everything from props to setting is in the bullet list below. Our commercial will be completely finished by the end of the month.

Props

• Plastic Gatorade Bottle 
• Green Reusable Bottle 

We plan to use these props by drinking from the bottles promoting drinking the Gatorade.

Costumes 

• Normal everyday clothes like leggings or shorts. 

We are using everyday clothes to show kids drinking Gatorade in their normal lives at school.

Schedule 

• Each day we are writing a new blog to go along with the commercial making process.
• Each day is a new assignment for the commercial

Each new blog is about what we did that day for the commercial. 

Location

•  All around the campus of Fort Lauderdale High School.

We plan on using multiple locations on the campus to give a bigger effect to the commercial 

Back up Plan

• If it is rainy we will film underneath a covered area such as the covered walkways in the school
• If one of us is absent we will find another person to help us with our commercial. 

Research Blog

The normal conventions for a Gatorade commercial are athletes or people working out. The subjects of the commercial normally drink a bottle of Gatorade before winning the big game or after the huge workout at the gym. The  majority of the commercials end with the subject taking a big sip from the Gatorade or slamming the bottle down on a table. A lot of the commercials are endorsed by professional athletes including J.J Watt, Dwyane Wade, Serena Williams, Tiger Woods, and Katelyn Tuohy. The entirety of the commercials are action packed. Gatorade endorses athletes from all major sports.
Common lighting for the commercials is hard lighting on the athletes. Gatorade creates shadows on the subjects. They often use natural lighting from the moon or sun. Majority of the sound in the commercials is natural sound. Whether it's the subject breathing hard after a run or the alarm clock in the morning. Something Gatorade uses voice-overs or fast upbeat music.










                                         

Introductory

Hi my name is Julia M and  I am 14 years old. I am a freshmen at Fort Lauderdale High School. I live in Fort Lauderdale Florida. I live with my sister, my parents, my dog, Tupelo, and 2 cats. I like to think of myself as a little shy at first but once you get to know me I am very outgoing. I try to have a very positive outlook on life.
I am on my high school swim team and I enjoy staying active. On the weekends I like go to the beach or going swimming in my pool. Basically anything in the water. I do theater as well. Currently I am in the production of Addams Family.  I do most of my theater over the summer for a theater camp. I have been going for 6 years and it's one of my favorite times in the year. I get to see my best friends and do shows together. Also in the summer I go to an overnight camp in Cape Cod. I have gone for 2 years. You get to meet new people and do really fun things like paddle boarding or doing color wars.
My favorite subject in school is English. I really enjoy writing and I might want to be a journalist once I'm older. I have always found writing and reading fairly easy maybe why I enjoy both so much. My favorite books would have to be the Harry Potter series. I just love all the characters and the story. I love traveling. I love visiting new places. One day I hope to spend a year abroad or travel the world. I feel like traveling is the most important thing in the world.