24 Extract Essay

     The title of extract I chose was 24. The main idea of this extract revolves around the female character. From the information given, seemed to have been involved in a form of terrorism and espionage. Jack was attempting to retrieve information from her regarding the location of the bomb. She never strayed off the path of attempting to secure her being able to leave and she shifted it toward their benefit by saying the person who knows where the bomb is, will also be at that location.
         The camera went over the shoulder and shifted from her staring into the camera to him entering the room. It went back and forth between them as they kept eye contact. This also was displayed through eye-line match between them. The interrogation room was the main location during this extract but it was very empty and bland. Except for the blue streak across the wall, it lacked color.
         The low angle of the clock on the wall also revealed the camera. From that viewpoint, it seemed as if the camera was facing down and they wanted us to think so as well. However, it was not and was displaying the actions going on within the room to the individuals outside of the room. They were able to see the interrogation, it was not made clear whether or not they were able to retrieve audio and hear what was going on.
         Jack continued to pry at her for information and he was not getting anywhere. This increased the animosity between them and it was shown within their dialogue. This led to him becoming irritated and the scene quickly escalated. He then flipped the table which created diegetic sound and caused a slight reaction from her. The scenes were designed to be close and in the same facility but the rooms were designed differently.
        The tension rose when he became more aggressive and proceeded to restrict her airflow and push her against the wall. At this point, the bystanders began to attempt to stop this from happening and ran down to the room. Their struggle was displayed through a split-screen. When they entered the room the commotion stopped. She began to regain the ability to breathe properly.
       The director of this extract wanted to show the intensity of the situation. They made it clear that she was involved in terrorist activity. Her attempting to, or aiding to , attack the president was a direct form of espionage.

CCR (2 of 2)

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Final Project: Movie

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Music Video Project

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Commercial Project

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CCR (1 of 2)

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Re-editing the Final Footage

       We are finally done with our film! We have no more scenes left to film and nothing left to put together. All we have left is our CCR for this project. When we finished recording, we used iMovie to edit our film. We had to insert scenes from previous recordings and put them all together.

       We ran into a problem when editing because the app kept crashing. We then decided to airdrop the footage to one another and edit separately. One of my friends helped with the editing process because our group mate still has not responded to us. We also ran into a problem deciding who would be in charge of editing. We left the SD card readers and stuff at the school. Only because we thought we would return the following Monday, however, we did not.

     We made all the scenes go together and referred to the story board once again. Then we added effects and transitions to make our movie more interesting. We also added some slides with words on them to help smoothly transition the time changes within the movie. The time changes were not intentional, we just lost track of time when recording some scenes. For the sake of the due dates , we also decided not to reshoot the scenes.

Filming in Pandemic: Filling in the Holes

      Today was surprisingly a success. After all our hard work and dedication, we finished our film.
We had to film the most important part of our movie. We were missing the legal scenes. Our genre was legal-drama and we had not yet filmed a scene in a courtroom. Or any shots that even displayed a any legal aspect on our film. As soon as we all met, we brainstormed. We knew what needed to be recorded, but I explained to them the time limit we have as well. We had already filmed 1/3 of the movie and were at 1 minute and 45 seconds. That was a big problem, but we fixed it.

      As I explained in a previous blog, we specifically assigned one of our group members to edit the film. They have been very hard to reach so we filmed today without them. We then began to create and film the courtroom scene in the home of one of our group members. Afterward, we filmed the scenes we were missing, we basically filled the holes in our project.

      We then realized we still had to adjust to the time limit. The plan was to just add on the scenes to what we already sent in to be peer reviewed because it was what we had in our storyboard. However, that did not work simply because we would be over the time limit. We had to re-edit everything and completely disassemble our shots.
   
     We then thought back to our story board (none of us remembered to bring it) and brought together our masterpiece.

Editing During The Pandemic

       This Virus has literally ruined everything and changed so much for everyone academically as well as every other way. We aren’t supposed to leave our homes unless completely necessary. Our film is not finished and we have bot been able to get in touch with one of our group members.  He was supposed to be the one to edit the film for us and rearrange the scenes. We no longer have the equipment to film, it is all in our classroom. We know this project still has to get done, so we’re going to use our phones. The other 2 members of my group are 11th graders, as am I. We planned on receiving our AICE Diploma this year. We've been receiving updates about moving forward regarding exams from multiple sources. Everything is just so confusing, all we can do now is try our best to complete our assignments.

        We have progressed so much in this class together and individually and have come too far to simply give up now. We were told that we will still be graded, regardless of an actual exam. At first, we were going to just submit what we had so far, it didn't look as if we'd have another chance to complete the project that we worked so hard on. It was evident that we really had no choice, for the sake of our grade we had to.

         We cut more of what we already filmed, using iMovie and the photos app on our phones. We basically stretched our film and scenes. Then, our teacher sent us a message saying we received an extension to when everything was to be submitted. With this wonderful news in mind, we are continuing to film for the last time tomorrow.