(2) The Selection

Okay, after talking with my teacher I think I have come to a decision in which package I'm going to choose. 

I was telling her what I wanted to do and the direction in which I want to take my piece, and after bouncing off a few ideas I'm selecting the short film package. While making a 5-minute film might seem like a daunting task, I think it's something I can do if I work hard and have fun with it!

My teacher mentioned that making something along the lines of an Arthouse Film will allow me to put my own experience within the film and it can allow me to get experimental (something that I would love to do!). This past year I have been playing around with some stop motion animation, and I think making a short film that uses a little bit of stop motion animation would be really cool! 

Since I got my plan down, the next I have to do is research. My goal is to get most of my research down by next Tuesday so I have references to look back to when I am planning my own project. My teacher also gave me some past portfolio project to look at since they might be able to give me a bit of inspiration.

The first link (below) is a past short film that utilizes symbolism and implied suggestions in order to push the story and the message of the film forward. I like the usage of implicit storytelling; there's once scene where the director uses audio of footsteps in order to paint the picture that the main character has absent parents (I thought that was really cool!). 

https://kiarashortfilm.blogspot.com/

The second link focuses on the stages of grief. It's a musical that follows the main protagonist going through all of the stages of grief while another character she hallucinates guides her through it. It gives me a good idea as to how I should map out the stages of grief within a 5-minute window frame.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL5I2tSKkJI&feature=youtu.be

I was thinking it over, and while 5 minutes does seem like a lot of time to fill in at first, I think I'm beginning to realize it really isn't. If I want my film to have a slower pace to it then I have to take into account each stage is going to be 'stretched out'. In that case, I'll probably only have around one minute in order to capture each stage of grief. Unless I decide to change it around, that is not a lot of time for each stage of grief. 

I've only already started and there's already so much that I'm thinking about. I guess that means the next few posts will be about my research and planning my project out as I get a better sense as to what I want to do. I'll keep you guys posted!

(1) Welcome!

Hello again everyone! Welcome to my blog for my AICE Media Portfolio Project for A Level!

If you are not familiar with who I am my name is Katherine Pericas and this is my second year of taking AICE Media, and since it's my second year this is my second time working on the final project. I'm going to be using these blogs as a way to document my progress and keep track of everything that I have done (or need to do next). Im very excited to see how this goes! :D

Before I even begin to divulge any of my plans, I first want to talk about my schedule. Last year I had difficulties planning and more specifically staying on track with the schedule. I have here a planned out schedule of would I should be doing for the whole 8 weeks of this project. It sounds like a lot of time but it can go by veryyyy fast, so I need to make sure I don't slack off  or get complacent. 

As you can probably guess I'm currently in the planning stage of my project. I was thinking about this project a few weeks ago and I already have an idea as to what I want what I want my project to be about. I want to talk about the stages of grief and make a piece that tries to encapsulate how complicated grief is. I know it's a very dense subject but it's something that really matters to me. I'm going to do my best at tackling it!

What I need to figure out right now is which kind of package I will pick. I'm stuck in between doing the short film or the documentary series; I think both could be really good options but there's one kicker. I want my project to bring in my own personal experiences with grief, but I'm not entirely sure if that'll be something I can do with the documentary package. I guess my goal for these next couple days is to select a package and get a very basic outline of what I need to do. Since I'm working alone I have a lot to do but I know that if I throughly plan next week I should be good. >:P

With that being said, I'll let you know which package I'll select in the next blog, see you guys soon!