Media Studies 24-25

Hey Blog! Today we did a sample question of the AICE exam. Here is my response.  Prompt: Explain the importance of cross media synergies in the media area you have studied .        Cross-media synergies in film refer to the collaboration across different media platforms to promote and extend the reach and impact of a film. Cross media convergence is important towards film because it creates a new widespread of businesses for the film industries by utilizing new technologies created to start advancing the ways in which movies or products are advertised or represented.   This involves l everaging various media channels such as television, social media, video games, merchandise, music, and publishing to create a more involved experience for the audience. Disney is one of the largest production companies currently. It was founded in 1923 by Walt Disney and Roy O.      Disney, in recent years, has used cross-media synergies to significantly ...

 Wow blog, its getting close to the end of these :( It was a pleasure of mine to work with you, I'm going to miss all these lovely conversations about what I'm posting. On a better note, here is the final cut of my groups movie opener. Hope you enjoy!!                                                             https://youtu.be/BzirDjpwFEA

 HIIII BLOGGGG HOW ARE YOU DOINGGGG?? okay okay that's good. Well today you get to look at the final title sequence of my groups movie opener.  At first glance the title sequence might seem a little bland, but in actuality, the title sequence has a meaning to bring together the whole film. In the beginning of movies most openers fit the overall theme or feeling of the movie. Our title sequence is a plain black screen with white text.  our title sequence matches the theme of the film because black in most movies means mystery or mysterious and that's what our film is supposed to give off. Its a mystery on who actually kidnapped the girl and why.  The white of the letters represents the pure relationship the girl thought she had with her friends. The title sequence being "plain" also gives us the opportunity to have the voice overs in the beginning, if there was anything else we don't believe it would've fit together.   We also included the actors in the film...

 HEYYYYY BLOG !!!!!!! Today we had to go over our reviews we received from our peers. I am now going to discuss them with you and give my overall evaluation of what was given to me. Review #1: Emily Morgan: https://emilymorgan2007.blogspot.com/ What specific technical elements of the film opening did you like?* I really enjoyed the parallel cutting when the friends were talking to eachother and the girl  was talking to her vlog and then it would cut to what it would look like through the vlog’s pov. Another technical element that was really nice was the different angles of tracking in the video.(from the back, front, and side) What specific technical elements of the film opening did you dislike?* For this specific film, I wouldn’t say that there were any technical elements that I disliked.  Did this look like a movie opener and did it make you want to know what happens next?   This definitely looked like a movie opener as the plot could be easily pointed out. Th...