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Critical Reflection

  Our short film delves into the intricate dynamics of trust, betrayal, and the complexity of human nature within the context of a suspenseful crime thriller. As the story unfolds, it presents a nuanced portrayal of social groups and issues, particularly highlighting the pervasive theme of deception lurking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary interactions. Through the characters of the two detectives, we explore the notion of authority figures and the expectations society places upon them. The film prompts viewers to question their assumptions about who holds power and authority, and challenges the conventional dichotomy of good versus evil. The narrative structure of our film offers a compelling commentary on the fragility of trust within interpersonal relationships, echoing the broader societal issue of trust erosion in contemporary times. By portraying one of the detectives as the unsuspected serial killer, we confront the uncomfortable reality that danger can often come from
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Suspicion | AICE Media Final Task

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9d-Vrj7VEQ Here is our website that was developed for our film!  https://zeynalielali.wixsite.com/suspicion This was such a fun project to film! I had such a great time in my 2 years of this course and I look forward at what this leads me to. This has uncovered my love for production and has really made me open my eyes for my future. Hope you enjoy and thanks for everything!
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Peer review time!

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 After a long editing process we finally finished editing the video. I sent the video to about 5-6 of my friends so they could give me some feedback. So far I have only received some basic feedback from a couple of friends on improving the quality of the audio. This is something that I have already been working on that just is not complete yet. Other than that the feedback on the movie has been pretty good. Before sending them the movie I asked for multiple things. I asked for them to give me feedback on how engaging the film was. I also asked for them to review how good the acting of the film was. They also gave me feedback of what the overall state of the film. I have to improve some of the cutting because it feels unnatural. Other than that the review was fairly good. I got good feedback on the color grading from all of the people who reviewed. They also enjoyed the music choices throughout. They said that the plot was entertaining. The filming was also complimented throughout the f
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Editing almost done

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 I have basically finished up all the editing for the film. In terms of the clips and audio everything has been lined and up made to perfection. The film is starting to look very professional. I was looking at things I can do to improve the film though. In my research I remembered color correction from my previous AICE Media projects and thought that would be a great way to contribute to the overall mysterious effect of this film. With this being a murder mystery me and my group all believe that the scenes should appear darker and mire intimidating. By doing this the film will create more feeling for the viewers along the lines of that a murder mystery would do. To properly achieve this look I have been doing research on other films and TV shows within the genre. In doing this there has been a lot of varying styles of color correction that I have come across. On this upcoming Thursday I plan to meet with my group to discuss what we believe will be a good idea for our general style of h
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Editing has begun

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 We have started the editing process and things are looking good. The beginning shots of this film are starting to look super good. In editing the beginning part of this film me and my group members have identified some things that need to be worked on and changed. We will plan on having another day to film makeup and added scenes in the coming week. There are some jumps from scene to scene that don't make a lot of sense so we decided to add some more transition scenes. Like the transition from Hoffman and Reynolds at the Morgue to the murder site was kind of confusing so we are going to make it a little easier to understand. Other than that we have been working on creating better sound effects to overlay clips. In production of larger films we saw the audio of walking and other things re-created in post-film production. We wanted to use this idea and test it out in our film. So in clips where we are walking in the woods and closing doors we made sound effects. To create these soun
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Football Problems

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I have continued to fall behind in my editing of this film due to my commitment to the football team. I have football practice everyday after school until 6:00pm. This has set me back in the amount of work I am able to complete week-week. I have 6 other courses besides this one the I have to keep up with. With all of this work it has been very hard to make this class a priority. With multiple exams coming up in my schedule I have not been doing a lot of work within this course. I hope that once I complete my exams in the coming days I will be able to allot more time for working in this course. With football being a very physically demanding sport it leaves me very tired and overly exhausted to do my school work. I understand that this class needs to be a priority and I will work to treat it as one through the coming weeks. There is no valid excuse for the delay of editing within my production process and I plan to heavily step up my game. We are looking to arrange an editing session al
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Slower than Molasses

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 Since we finished filming the group has gotten a little too comfortable. There has been no new updates with editing from any of the group mates. We decided to split the clips up to everyone in the group to quickly clip them all into usable scenes and cuts. However, some of the people in our group are slowing down on keeping up with the work. Zeyn and Jason are becoming very relaxed now the the filming is over. I am going to speak to them next time we are in class and assure that they get their heads on straight so we can continue. The reasoning behind splitting up the responsibility of the clips was simple. If we have less time just getting the clips prepared to be truly edited we can spend more time on the actual editing. Because it was on our phones all the clips need to be trimmed a little bit so that the people speaking line up. The goal now that we have set ourselves back a little is to get all the clips trimmed in the next few days to prepare us for the real editing. Today is th
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