Sarah's Video Productions Blog

Monday, April 15, 2013

The audience of the film is my senior class and staff members in ACS Amman, Jordan. My audience will want to watch my film to know what really occurred during this event and the reasons why.The subject of the documentary is senior privileges and the senior lounge that was taken away from us during senior year due to uncleanliness and irresponsibility. The conflict in the story was when the senior lounge privileges were taken away from us, that was the change in the story or turning point that affected students. I will be showing the point of view of mostly my attitude towards this, and several other seniors that have been affected by this incident. My hook is showing the senior lounge before and after the problems occured and what each person (staff and students) have to say about it because they will then be curious about the problem and what actually happened. In the beginning of the film, certain people will be up to speak about this incident and how it affected them personally and what were the disadvantages and things they were prohibited to do afterwards. In the middle of the film, I will show the senior lounge once more before and after and speak of the reasons for why this happened and how to prevent it from happening again. In the end, I will interview people again and ask them if they thought it was fair to take away their senior lounge from them and who they thought did those factors. after the end of the film, the audience will know that it was not the teacher's fault or the idea of Mr. Mancuso wanting to be unfair, instead, it would be the students and the things they have done in order to gain such little experience of the lounge. In the beginning of the documentary, it will be two minutes. In the middle it will be five and in the end it will be 3 minutes. The locations that I'm going to film is the hallway, the senior lounge, the cafeteria, and the principle's office. At each of the events, I am going to film the students and interview them with certain questions. In the senior lounge, I will just film the area and how it looks like in case no one knows what I'm talking about. The types of people that I'm going to interview are the people that are related to the senior lounge incident such as; senior students, and the staff members in ACS. Six open-ended questions for people on my list would be; 1. What do you think happened during the senior lounge prohibition incident?, 2. Do you think it was fair?, 3. Who do you think is the fault of this incident?, 4. Why?, 5. How did this incident occur?, 6. Who was related to this incident?

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Examples of Shots

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Story Board for Music Video

Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic>

Extra Credit Movies

1. I Heart Huckabees
2. Rushmore
3. Ferris Bueller
4. Eternal Sunshine

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

storyboard of video about me

Super Bowl Commercials

1. 40. Kia "Hotbots" -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=emhtp2prOxQ

Describe the ad (company, product, message, etc.)

The company is KIA and it is a car company. The message they are trying to portray to the viewers is that KIA is the best kind of car and that the audience should buy it and respect their products because it is better than any other car.

Describe the demographic characteristics you think the ad targets. Explain why do you think this.

The demographic characteristics I think the ad targets is people who have a permit (16 and up) and can afford buying a car. I think this because not all ages can drive and not everyone can afford a car like KIA. I think also they are targeting people who buy a car rather than KIA so they can become more encouraged to buy that type of car specifically. I think this because when the man "disrespected" the car, he represented an ordinary man that does not prefer KIA as his top choice.

Describe the psychographic characteristics you think the ad targets. Explain why you think this.

They are making this ad because they are trying to make a commercial for KIA that would make people want to buy from their products, but they are favoring the new car that is coming out in 2014. They want the new model to be sold as much as the other models.

What was the main appeal of the ad? (rational, emotive) Identify what concept was emphasized in the ad that accomplished this appeal (i.e., luxury, value, safety, loved ones, quality, etc.).

The main appeal of this ad was emotive because the concept of showing the audience that a certain car should be bought is convincing the audience that the product they would buy is arousing and worth it. The concept that was emphasized was value and quality of the car.

What was the length of the ad?

The length of the ad was 41 seconds.

Did the ad present a call to action by the consumer or merely try to present the brand? In other words was the ad trying to make you do something or was it just trying to let you know a brand was there?

The ad was trying to let me know that there's a brand there that is a new 2014 model.

2. Audi: Prom - http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1514409-super-bowl-commercials-2013-grading-the-best-worst-ads/page/5

Describe the ad (company, product, message, etc.)

The company of this ad is Audi, and the product is a car. The message they are trying to show the audience is that if you buy an Audi car, you are more confident, brave, and more likely to get the girl of his dreams.

Describe the demographic characteristics you think the ad targets. Explain why do you think this.

The demographic characteristics I think the ad targets is
The demographic characteristics that the ad targets is any boy who is planning on going to prom because usually people that go to prom have limos and very expensive cars because they are usually taking girls with them. This is a time where they can take advantage of the teenage audience because they can probably get manipulated quite easily at this stage.

Describe the psychographic characteristics you think the ad targets. Explain why you think this.

They are making this ad to sell their new model car for Audi and so the kids that are going to prom will have a nice car to take with them.

What was the main appeal of the ad? (rational, emotive) Identify what concept was emphasized in the ad that accomplished this appeal (i.e., luxury, value, safety, loved ones, quality, etc.).

The main appeal of this ad was emotive because they highlighted luxury and loved ones in this commercial which would be emphasized from an emotive appeal because it does not have to be something rational usually if you want someone to be encouraged to buy something that he does not really need from a logical point of view.

What was the length of the ad?

The length of the ad was 1 minute and 3 seconds.

The ad was trying to make me do something because it convinced me to buy the car itself since they portrayed that if you buy the car, you become braver and more manlier. If I was a guy, I would feel manipulated and encouraged to get the car to be a man.

3. Taco Bell: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1514409-super-bowl-commercials-2013-grading-the-best-worst-ads/page/25

Describe the ad (company, product, message, etc.)

The company is Taco Bell and the product is food. The message they are trying to portray is that young kids should make as much experience as they can with their loved ones.

Describe the demographic characteristics you think the ad targets. Explain why do you think this.

The demographic characteristics I think the ad targets is young people because they are trying to send the message that they should make as much memories as they can and it's never too late to make new memories in which is proven through the old people in the commercial.

Describe the psychographic characteristics you think the ad targets. Explain why you think this.

The psychographic characteristics I think the ad targets is to promote eating at Taco Bell and to show the audience that it's the best place to eat at because it makes memories with your loved ones.

What was the main appeal of the ad? (rational, emotive) Identify what concept was emphasized in the ad that accomplished this appeal (i.e., luxury, value, safety, loved ones, quality, etc.).

The main appeal of the ad is emotive because they are encouraging more friendships with your friends and so there's no rational or logical concept in this commercial, but emotion. It's because they used value, and loved ones.

Oscar Nominees

best picture: amour, best actor: bradely cooper, best actress: naomi watts, best animated feature film: brave, best cinematography: life of pi, best costume design: mirror mirror, best directing: life of pi, best documentary feature: 5 broken cameras, best documentary short: open heart, best film editing: life of pi, best foreign language film: no, best makeup and hairstyling: les miserables, best music: skyfall, best production design: anna karenina, best short film: adam and dog, best sound editing: argo, best sound mixing: argo, best visual effects: life of pi, best writing: beasts of the southern wild.