Taking In a Vision

During the allotted time today, Justin and I took 10 minutes took look at examples of movies that broke the 4th wall. We watched a "WatchMojo" video on Youtube; I remember previously watching this video and thinking it would be relevant to our project

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTaN6wyMwCY

                        *LINK TO THE VIDEO*

Distributing Work Loads

Things to Accomplish

• Script [I will formulate majority of script, but I will still consider or take in feed back from other group members. I consider my members to be profound writers so group examination should only give back positive feedback.]
• Shot List [To help manifest all the ideas of the final product, close collaboration would be key, however to cut down unnecessary time usage; I will compile a list of shots and than work with the group to add or completely delete shot ideas.]
• Location List [Justin Bodfield will then work with everybody in the group to select locations but importantly with Tripp as he already has an image of where the scene is placed and how they will carry out. The shot list could be altered if any obstacles come through, I plan on it evolving as the film proceeds.]
• Costumes [Costumes so far don't seem to be a big issue, yet. The only thing I can predict being a problem is wardrobe continuity, but so far we okay on clothing.]
• Story-Board [I plan on everybody being involved during the development of the story-board, this is to ensure that all ideas and perceptions of the film get meet or at least get acknowledged, the better the story board the better film will end up being.]
• Marketing/Distribution [Select a platform to distribute the movie from, this will not be a task until nearing the conclusion of the project; the solution will arise naturally.]
• Do Research [Jacob Pilz will do this, and then discuss findings with group]

Final Decision

I will stand behind the film project, I arrived to this decision because multiple factors, i felt that my experience would help fuel this project, my group consists of task orientated people that work to get the best result possible, and other positives mentioned in my previous post. As of now we think the film will be a comedy that breaks the 4th wall, we are still flirting with other ideas as we are still early in the development process, things still have time to evolve. I intend on working with: Justin Bofield, Jacob Pilz, and Robert Morris, as producer, collaborator, and screenplay composer, respectively; I plan on taking the role of director. I think it will introduce new elements that would help draw in an audience; that audience consisting of people from 17-30 years of age. I will market to these people by pulling references from the film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" pulling in people from an older crowed due to a nostalgia and yet garner a younger audience thanks to fresh up-to-date social queues.

Pros and Cons When Considering the Film Project

The option that I subconsciously chose to be best for me: the film introduction. I selected this because of the experience I have in filming and production; in my middle school career I made sure to take TV production every single year. Here I learned shooting and editing techniques that are essential and that make up the core of this project, along with that I learned how to utilize Final Cut Express a program used for editing. I have it installed on my computer, allowing for ease access, and although I have not used it in roughly 3 years now, I still retain how the interface works, and if not it is something I could learn. Sarasota also provides various settings that I could use, such as: the beach, city, outskirts, and multiple residential areas, such diversity would let my group and I employ multiple ideas or alternatives if one happens to fail. I think the film project will be more interactive than the magazine project, by that I mean that we would I have to agree on the ideas, and if not we would collaborate to incorporate all of our visions ending in a better result.

With a project like this there is a lot of room of error that could originate from working from a group. Lack of reliability and dependability could be a huge issue that could destroy this project and the artistry behind it; we must avoid this at all costs. Weather or things out side our control can disrupt the creative process of this film, but with enough precaution we could avoid this altogether; we would look at the forecast and determine if things are optimal enough for filming. Overall the positives out weigh the possible negatives.

Pros and Cons When Considering the Magazine Project

I personally believe that doing the magazine option of the Aice Media Studies exam would end up being a very prosperous avenue for multiple reasons. Firstly I believe that 
my laid-back, colorful, yet assertive attitude would attribute to me being a very comfort inducing host, allowing me to squeeze information or certain comments from the interviewee. Furthermore, I think I possess adequate enough background information on all genres to conduct a prevalent or knowledgeable interview, where I would be able ask questions coming from all perspectives and mindsets. My ability to meet deadlines should also be taken into account when it comes to this task; one of the most important aspects of this project is the having the ability to perform when circumscribed to a window of time, and I believe I could life up that requirement. I also think that my eye for design could create an inviting magazine, that than manages to hold a reader, and than over time garner an audience.
However my power to perform does come up to question with the notion of experience and, how little I have; I never have taken a journalism class or anything what would benefit me when it comes to creating this magazine. My resources could also be limited when it comes to reserving an actual interviewee and sophisticated camera equipment to utilize. Personally I think my writing is also a little lacking, it is not very captivating, but writing abitity is something that could improve with time; along with all these issues. With that being said I think that these short-term issues are minor but significant enough that it could deter from the overall picture of getting a more than satisfactory magazine printed.