AICE Media Studies AS- Angelo, G

  DECISION DAY:             The last two weeks in my media studies class were fascinatingly enjoyable as we were taught how to use two vital programs that are necessary for the course. While I had already been versed in video editing software from prior experiences, Adobe Premiere was new to me and seemed quite complex at first. The tutorial videos shown in the class had some new and valuable information that was useful for getting to know the video editing program and had me wondering if perhaps the movie introduction was the best way to go for my project. When I was introduced to Adobe InDesign however, my thoughts changed. I found that InDesign was a great way to get an artistic experience across with what I want to do and what is available to me. While making a movie limits on what can be created, the vision I want can be perfectly represented within the colorful pages of a magazine. I find the InDesign software fun to us...

  MAGAZINE COVER REVIEW:             The magazines that had been shown in the interactive lecture during this latest week in class were normally passed during most of my life. I had never put much thought in to how much detail and symbolism goes in to making a magazine attractive to the eye and the mind. When magazines are positioned at the checkout lines in supermarkets, I would usually think about who was still reading magazines when the internet is so easily available. With the knowledge I know now however, it is obvious to see appreciation and enjoyment some individuals get from magazines.             Perhaps my stigma about magazines did derive from a belief that people would not be able to pay attention enough to a magazine to read an article all the way through. Magazines had been seen as boring in my eyes and to me, they were no match against the moving images a...

  Title Sequence Clips:                 The days before I had seen the opening sequences in AICE Media Studies I would have watched a movie without even considering the significance of the beginning. After spending some times going over the various movie intros I began to see just how important that these opening sequences actually are. I have never seen the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey , but when I had witnessed the creativity of its introduction and its symbolism considering the time period it was made in I had somewhat of an idea of what the movie was going to be about.                 It was not just 2001 that had caught my attention on opening sequences, another movie that was important to the overall movie was the introduction to JAWS . Although the movie was made in the 1970’s, the female character in the beginning did a br...