Audience Essay

QUESTION: Discuss the impact of funding on media products.

Anyone can make a movie but not every movie will be great. The impact on media funding is huge. Either with promoting your movie or even just creating it. Companies need to have the resources to make and edit these films or the movie will not end up happening. So yes, funding does have a major impact while filming. 

            Black Panther. A huge blockbuster film distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the film made about $361 million in its first weekend alone! Walt Disney Motion Pictures is a huge and well known studio so it’s not surprising the movie made that much in one weekend. But as of May 22^nd, 2018, the movie grossed about 1.344 billion. According to the web, Black panther is the highest grossing superhero movie yet. This would not be possible without the many resources they had while filming the movie. The movie took $200 million dollars to make not even including marketing costs which were $37 million for National TV ads. They made posters, keychains, kids toys, T-shirts, and much more. The film would not be what it is without the money they received to make this film. A great movie is nothing without marketing. Another Walt Disney Studios known as, Guardians of the Galaxy is also a huge blockbuster distributed by Walt Disney Studios. This movie used cross production to get their movie seen. Their campaign parents include Hasbro, Lego, GEICO, Ford Motor Company, Dairy Queen, and many more. The company Dairy Queen printed the movie on the cups and even had their own flavor created for the film. All Dairy Queen customers see the movie every time the go to take a bit of ice-cream. This creates major buzz for the upcoming movie. That’s just for marketing, it cost $150 million just to market. The movie itself cost $200 million to make. It ended up grossing 772.8 million.

            Beauty and the Beast, a modern twist on the classic Disney movie. This movie came out in 2017 and grossed about $1.264 billion dollars! The original only made $315 million. I believe it is because of the marketing and funding increases that the remake made so much more than the original. The remake film had many cross-production opportunities like a special edition on ‘The Bachelor’ to promote the movie. Their budget while making this movie was $254 million. Unlike the remake the original films budget was as little as $20 million! The difference is crazy! The funding defiantly played a role in how much these films ended up making and even the amount, of viewers that saw it the first week they both came out. Next movie is the Lego Movie, unlike the previous movies this is a computer- animated film so the company used many voice actors instead of actual on-screen actors. The budget for this movie was $99 million, slightly less than the previous movies I’ve mentioned which is surprising. According to the web, “A live action film without any CG willprobably cost less to make than an animation film.” So, I would assume the budget would be significantly higher. Marketing cost about around $20 million. This movie had a lot of cross production while marketing like the Florida Resort, Lego Land! The perfect place to advertise a Lego movie. Merchandise also included, Lego Building Sets. The movie ended up grossing $192.3 million, very good for the budget they we’re given.

            In conclusion, the impact of funding on media projects is significant and cannot be “short-cutted” in the slightest. Films with bigger funding usually end up grossing more in theaters and films with less of a budget make significantly less. The sad truth is, it’s just the way the movie business works! If you don’t get your movie seen and advertised it will fail and theres nothing you can do about it.

CCR for final project Karma

Hi blog!!! Today I'm going to be talking about the process that went into doing the CCR for this final project: Karma. First I wrote down all the questions and answers including a script for my mom and I. We placed the computer behind where the camera was and we used that because we couldn't remember the script. Then we started filming. Filming defiently took more than a couple tries becasuse we had many distractions. Once we blocked out all the distractions and got all the nerves out it was smooth sailing from there. We filmed and then I airdropped it to my computer. After I edited it on iMovie and then uploaded it to YouTube. After that I uploaded it to google slides then to blogger.

Final Project: KARMA

Hi blog!! In this blog I'm going to be talking about the process of making our movie Karma! This was  for sure the hardest project for me. I had filmed and acted in the last projects but it was nothing compared to this one. So many elements went into this movie. When we were first told about the movie we all wanted to do a horror or comedy genre. We decided in the end to mix both genres!! We wanted to do something different, people usually don't mix the two. We decided the plot of the movie then it was time to get to work. The first thing we had to do was planning and the storyboard. The storyboard was reallt diffiult for me to complete. It was 10 pages! In the end it was worth it though because it really helped though-out filming the movie. Next was filming but before we did that we needed to decide who to cast for our movie. We had two parts we needed filled. We ended up chosing my mother to play the mom and paige, our friend also in media studies, to play the main characters friend. After everything was sorted out it was on to filming. We first filmed at my house. We got the shots we needed then drove to our next location, the mall. The mall wasn't crowded that day so we got lucky! We filmed the shots we needed then drove back home. These were the final scenes that we needed for our movie. We filmed several retakes and then everyone went back home. Editing was the hardest part of this project because this movie needed so much of it! We needed the titles, the audio clips, the correct footage, and much more. We edited on iMovie and the end product was exactly how we envisioned. We were so happy with the results! We turned it in and completed the CCR and we were done. What I learned throughout this project was be patient. A lot of our shots took many redos and were very time consuming. But the end result will always be better if u put tons of effort into it!

Surf Crazy Music Video and What I Learned.

Hi blog its Lily!! Today I'm going to be talking about what I learned thought out filming this second project, the music video! When we first heard we were going to be doing a music video we were ecstatic. Personally I love music and dancing so this was an awesome project for me. The first thing we needed to decide was what song and genre we wanted to do. We either wanted to do pop or hip-hop. Those were our favorite genres of music so we figured we might aswell enjoy the music while filming. We first chose Say My Name by Destinys Child because the group has 3 members and we 3 members. But we soon realized that that song wouldn't be the best choice because the location the music video took place in would be hard to replicate. In the end we decided on Surf Crazy from the movie Teen Beach Movie. This song is very energitic and fun so we loved it. We started planning and doing the storyboard. We decided for location to film at the beach because it made sense considering the entire movie was filmed at the beach. When it was time to film we headed to the beach. It ended up pouring rain so we barely got any shots but we tried our hardest to make the best out of the situation. Another problem was Anyiah our other group member had sprained her ankle so she wasn't allowed in the water. She ended up just filming us.We went another day and got all the footage we needed. While filming we created a quick dance to put more personality into the video. Overall the filming process took a while and many, many shots but in the end we got everything we needed. The editing process was probably the easiest for the music video out of all the other projects. We just put the title on the beginning, put the clips of footage together and finally, put in the music. What I learned from this project was make the best out a situation. We didn't think going to that beach that day it was gonna rain but we made the best out of it and ultimately had a bunch of fun!

Gatorade Commercial and what I learned.

Hi blog. Today I'm going to be talking about my journey since the beginning of the year started. In the beginning of the year I was already late to the class because my gudinace counselor said I could should take more AICE classes. I wasn't to sure about this class at first. I got into class and they were already working on grammar for film, I caught up pretty quickly. The first project came around and we picked our groups. Luckily I ended up with the best group members possible, this makes my whole journey much more fun and easier. We decided to do a Gatorade Commercial for our first project and to be honest I wasn't even sure where to start. We got to work planning and doing everything we needed to do beforehand. After we were done planning it was time to film. Filming was the most difficult part for me. I didn't know how to work the camera and my acting skills weren't the best. I did drama for 3 years in middle school but It didn't really help me in the long run. Our first day of filming when we got to our location we already ran into a problem, there was tons of people on the track and field, but we ended up finding our own place to film. Another problem arose when we tried to set up our tripod, a piece was gone! We went back to the classroom to get another piece and we thought our problems were finally over. We thought wrong. We tried to turn on the camera and it was dead! So yet again we went up to the classroom and got another camera. Filming was smooth sailing from that point on. Editing was pretty easy but it wasn't my strongest suit either. My teammates and I worked together thoughout the editing process. The movie was finally done. We submitted it and did the final CCR. It was on to the next project. Overall I learned how to work the camera, basic skills of editing, and how to act.

How Innovative Thinking And Teamwork Helps Solve Problems

Hi blog this is Lily coming from 4 days of quarantine. It feels like its been so much longer than that... I miss my group and school. Today would offically be the start of spring break. But as I told you in the previous blog my parents aren't allowing me to leave the house under any circumstances. Many other families are doing this aswell. My group and I were supposed to film for CCR and overall complete this project. There are so many crazy things happening and they are what's preventing us from filming. At first people, including my group and I, weren't too concerned. This is greatly affecting us. We are trying our best to complete and make this project the best we can under the circumstances. Its getting harder and harder to complete this final task. Overall we can't meet up in person but thanks to technology we can communicate other ways. We went to Facetime and started thinking of ways we can all equally complete the CCR. Everyone in our group wants to do equal parts of work, it's just the fair thing to do. No one should do more work than the other. Another thing we had to consider was possibly doing it apart. We didn't want that either. This CCR is different from anything we have done in the past. We've done blogs and powerpoints but this time we are doing a filming style CCR. We've decided to do it like a talk show. For example like Jimmy Fallon, Ellen DeGeneres, or Jimmy Kimmel. We would make it like any of these amazing hosts were asking us questions about our upcoming movie. There are a few downsides to this though. All of our houses don't have the same background. We are going to try our best to use neutral colors in our CCR. Beforehand we are going to back on Facetime and answer the questions all together making sure it is at least 4 mintues long. Then we will chose who wants to do what question. But there are four questions and only three of us. What we are doing to resolve that is whoever spends the least amount talking about there chosen question will do the fourth and final question. Finally after we filmed ourselves answering we will get back on Facetime and edit the video all together.

Why We Couldn't Meet Up.....

Hey Blog. Todays blog we're going to be talking about the apedemic and how its bringing our movie process to a stop. The apedemic going around is known as The Corona Virus. This virus is effecting many things in todays world. Doctors don't recommend being next to someone with the virusand possibly avoiding going into crowded places. The virus is causinng many stores and public places to shurtdown completly. This virus is bad for your health and businesses. But its also bad for the film world. Many television shows and movies aren't allowed to film. This isn't a good thing. Not only will these productions have major setbacks but these people are currently out of jobs. For example directors, producers, film crew, etc. This virus is making it very difficult to film, for my group and high scale companys around the world. My group and I were supposed to meet several times this weekend but our meetups had to postponed. My parents will not allow me to go out of the house. They are very protective of me and don't want to risk any chance of me getting the virus. The virus doesn't effect younger peoples immune system as much as people with weak immune systems, infants, and the elderly. So even if me or my group were to get it it wouldn't be fatal, just a bad cold. I'm trying to continue to work on the movie even though we aren't in school. I have many things to do like CCR and double checking everything in the movie. This "break" shouldn't be an excuse of why your movie isn't done.