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 This is the final product for the AICE Media Studies Portfolio Project. Enjoy!

Creative Critical Reflection

This is the Creative Critical Reflection to the AICE Media Studies Portfolio Project.

It's All Over Folks!

I apologize beforehand for not posting another update about my project.

Don't worry, I was able to work around my problems. In my opinion, I believe I may have done a better job than I expected and I'm happy about the results.

A few setbacks wasn't going to stop me from finishing something that I had worked so hard to achieve. I rearranged my film a little to accommodate for the minor imperfections. I also rearranged and added some new sounds to my film. Change is good... and so is this film.

Tomorrow is the day I post my film and we can enjoy a little bit of horror, can't we? Hopefully, I didn't make you NOT want to watch it!

Anyways, this experience was very eye-opening and I'm glad that I encountered problems because it forced me to find a way to fix it.

Until tomorrow, I'll be watching my film over and over again. I might even give some of friends a sneak peek!

Update...

Still no luck with anything.

I have been trying to re-edit my film to make it into something worth submitting. I was supposed to start my Creative Critical Reflection this week as I had planned, but I can't because of the circumstances.

This weekend I hope to find a new location to film my production. Only then can I advance with this project. With so much time given to correct problems like these, I hate to say that my production will most likely not come out the way it was originally supposed to.

Very Bad News

For the past couple days, I believed that I was done with my filming. I had taken my time by filming very much ahead of time to make sure that I would give myself plenty of time to edit and make any changes that needed to be done.

Recently, I have been trying to finish editing my film and one after another I keep finding things that I should improve on, or things that I thought I had filmed I actually did not film at all.

My biggest problem is that I have not had access to the location where I have been filming. By not being able to go there, I have not been able to shoot or fix the things I need to have for my film.

Because of all of this, I don't know what to do. With the project due in a week, there's nothing else that could go wrong. My only option is to re-film my production at a different location that I have unlimited access to.

The Main Characters

Andrea Catalano

This is the main character in my film. It took me forever to choose a picture that she actually agreed to letting me post! Even though she did not want me posting a picture at all, she was kind enough for this one time.

My friend Andrea is very good at conveying emotions in a character. Although she does not act as a hobby, she certainly did very well and was a great choice for this character.

In the film, she plays a character who has just recently been through a very traumatic experience. She does not know if what's happening around her is real or a hallucination. Combine that idea with horror and suspense... There are many things that can be done with that.

Giving out any more information than that will expose my plot.
                                                                                                                                                  

Camille Morar

This is the other person involved in my film. Don't worry, there were no complications in agreeing to post this picture.

As a lover of film herself, my friend Camille was a big contribution to my film not only with her character, but also external contributions were made such as helping me plan out some of my scenes and what she thought should be different to make the story better.

Her role in the film is to accentuate my other character's visions. The way she does this is also giving out too much information, and I don't want that just yet.

Very soon, we will see how both these characters set the mood for my film and ultimately improved my initial ideas.

Changes Have Come

After a review of my plot, I have made couple of changes.

I told many people my ideas for the film opening that I am creating. Every person I have spoken to has had a different opinion on how to approach some of my scenes. I find this very helpful because it is all constructive criticism that I can take into account when I begin filming.

Since I am creating a suspense/horror film opening, many of my friends have given me different ideas as to how to proceed with the climatic points of the piece. In this genre of film, these are key points to capturing the audiences' attention. Some of notes that I have written down, I am implementing into my piece, and others I have decided to leave out. It was great to hear the opinions of my friends because this is what is going to help my piece turn out even better. I was able to see what should and should not be stressed in this type of film.

Even though I have made a final decision as to what I am going to do, what happens in the scene is still a surprise to come.