Kicking It Aice Media Portfolio Project

 This is Kicking it hope you enjoy it! 

by Gabriel Rivera, Julia Winton, and Isaac Fleischer

https://youtu.be/OB91A0l41hw

Creative Critical Reflection

 Here is my Creative Critical Reflection I hope you enjoy it!

https://youtu.be/wwzEqiX7IRM

Post Production

 The post-production was very minimal on my part because Julia Winton handled mostly all of the editings for the video. But one thing that I was requested to do was be a part of the after-effect sounds. Since many of the shots were done outside, the group thought that an extra emphasis on certain sounds would make the sound more crisp.

Due to that reason, we realized that we needed better sounds for the ball getting kicked so I sent my own sounds through voice memos in order to help with that portion that needed help. Another sound that I did foley on was the scene in which Isaac was reaching into his backpack to get his phone. 

Another area that needed help post-production was the footsteps so I recorded myself grabbing my dress shoes which make the most noise and clamped them on the ground mincing someone walking around.

All these post-production sounds helped the intro sound more crisp.

Ideas About the CCR

 When my teacher was talking about the CCR I started to brainstorm ideas of what I should do after I saw numerous examples of what the previous years did. I really liked the idea of having a YouTube-themed CCR as this is not hard to make but at the same time, it isn't the easiest thing in the world to make.

Another Idea I have is I could make the CCR news themed. What I mean by this is that I could present the information of the questions posed in a way that is presented by a news castor or a weatherman. I think that it would be a very creative way to do the CCR but it would be very tedious and hard to do.

I have also started writing the script but I still do have a long way to be done as I need to write a lot more in order to reach the 8 minutes where my teacher said it was the sweet spot of a CCR.

Reflection of Key Moments

 Throughout this project, there were many times that we had as a group that helped shaped the project into the finished one we have right now. One of the pivotal moments that we had is when we first met up and started filming. This was a pivotal moment because it showed that filming the sense would not be that hard and that this entire project would not go as bumpy as we previously thought that it would.

One of the changes that we did do to the project was that we switched who would play Gabriel and who would play David. I was supposed to play the character Gabriel hence why the character was named Gabriel but the group felt that it would be easier to film with Isaacs's parents if the parents were speaking to Isaac and not me. 

Another thing that we changed in the portfolio project is that instead of Gabriel the main character having a dad we did not want to include him having a father figure as Isaac thought that it would add more to Gabriel's character.

I finished the Foley Sounds

After Isaac told me about what I needed to do for the sounds I knew I had to get it done fast as the deadline for the project is approaching fast. So I looked at the blog that Isaac posted that listed all the foley sounds that needed to be done and started working. I noticed that he needed sounds for the first filming day as there were a lot of sounds not being heard due to the strong wind that was there that day.

I first made the sounds of footsteps with my fancy dressing shoes as they make a lot of noise when I walk with them on. I then made the sounds of a person looking through a backpack and used my school bag to help me make the sounds. The last sound that Isaac needed was of a person kicking a soccer ball so what I did was I went into the garage and found a deflated basketball and recorded me kicking as hard as possible to really make a strong and crisp sound.

We Have Decided When we are going to do the Foley Sounds

 After talking with the group we decided that it is best to do the foley sounds in school. We decided this because the times that we decided upon did not fit our schedules and since we are going to see each other in about 3 days we should just wait then and do it while we are in school. If that fails then I will take on the responsibility of doing it at home by myself as Isaac filmed most of the second part at his house.

The thing that Isaac needed for me to do on the foley side of things was the person speaking on the phone. He could not emulate a voice on the phone and he requested for me to do it. I agreed because I wanted to do my part in the project. This should be easy for me to do because I would just use the phone of my moms and talk through there and emulate someone speaking on the phone.