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Cast/Crew List and production schedule (Title Sequence)

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Cast: (all persons play themselves, no need for any made up names or anything) Elijah Molina Emma Borders Maris Willers Sean Rumbaugh Maelee Scaglione Ava Burns Alexander Villalvazo Mendez Chase Crispino Any available classmates will be recruited as needed as background extras for outdoor and office scenes. Some front office staff, teachers, and administrator personnel like Mr. Feldman, Ellis, etc. may be recruited if they are available to add ambience and realism.  Crew: David Le (myself) as cinematographer, scriptwriter, storyboarder, editor, etc. (basically all of the roles needed behind the scenes to do this project as a solo effort) Production Schedule: Days subject to change and be flexible as needed for efficiency. Shooting schedule may be completed faster than expected if things go to plan. 2/20, 2/23: classrooms on campus for opening shots 2/24, 2/25: campus quad for tracking and walking scenes 2/26, 2/27: front office, front office mailroom, administrator offices 2/28, 3/...
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Preproduction Plan Blog Post

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1. Please write about what materials you feel you are going to need for your project (what you are using as a camera, props, costumes, etc.). Please be as detailed as possible with what materials/equipment you are planning on using and how you plan on getting them if you do not have them, provide pictures as well. (12 to 15 sentences)      For a camera, I will be using my mobile device, a OnePlus 10T and it's built in video functions on the default camera app. Having recently figured out how to turn on composition gridlines for the video function (having used it for months prior with photos on my phone), it will also help composition and keeping elements consistent. Because the plot of the film will center around the concept of how corruption is affecting a high school, having props such as folders, papers, and writing utensils making appearances would fit the theme of a school. Currently, one of the scenes involves walking and talking with the main character conversing w...
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Audiences and Institutions Blog Post

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1. Based off of your genre convention research, what is the normal targeted audience for films within your chosen genre? Please strive to give as many demographic details as possible. What is your targeted audience for your film? Again, please give as many specific demographic details as possible. Is your targeted audience the same as your genre as a whole, why or why not? Do you think the targeted audience of the genre will help it continue to be successful in the future? Any other relevant details about target audiences for either your genre or your film. (18-20 sentences)      The normal targeted audience for films of the mystery genre tends to gravitate towards young adults, with sources listing age targets as 15-40 years old. A core audience is found in those who are older than 25 and because mystery films may include violence, blood, etc., it would not be suitable for ages under 13, depending on how one views the appropriate age for more mature themes and content. B...
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Genre Conventions for Final Project Blog Post

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 1. What genre have you selected and what is the history of that genre? What were key landmark films for this genre and why were they so impactful? Important actors, directors, etc. for the genre. Be as detailed as possible. (18-20 sentences) The genre I selected is the mystery genre. Key landmark films for this genre include Knives Out (2019), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Chinatown (1974), Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and it's remake in 2017, Death on the Nile (2022). Mystery films first started appearing in the early 1900s with the advent of cinema itself, before it's popularity soared during the 1930s and 40s. The first mystery films in the 1900s were based off of the Sherlock Holmes novels, which are cited as the first murder mystery films. While the genre is not as common as other mainstream titles, it is still able to hold it's own with critics and at the box office with films like Knives Out (and its sequels) and the Hercule Poirot film series (which includes Mu...
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Production, Distribution, and Exhibition Blog Post

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Production paragraph: What scale of production would you want your film to be? Would you want it to be financed by a studio or be independent? Who would you want to star in your film? Any other details you think are relevant to discussing production      During the production phase of this project (if it was to be created into an entire film), preproduction decisions would need to be grounded and envisioned before shooting and filming begins. First, the genre could be some sort of small town mystery, taking place in a city of around 20,000 residents, with areas like a downtown area of small businesses, shops, and lively spaces of a small town atmosphere. The premise would be teenagers in high school, dealing with the stresses, positives, and experiences of life as they stumble upon a mystery at their school and notice something is quite off, but cannot be pinned down to what it exactly is. If the final project movie opening sequence was to be completed into an entire film...
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Semester 1 Reflection: AICE Media Studies AS

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     Over the first Semester in this class, my relationship with media, outlooks and views on media, and what I look forward to in Semester 2 in this class has changed from my original expectations when I envisioned joining this class. Since late August 2025, I feel that I have been able to appreciate how films are made to a greater extent, and the course's units such as cinematography, editing, and mise-en-scene made me realise and understand how scenes are put together, how everything can be extremely deliberate to create the desired scene and action on screen, along with using this knowledge and thinking about it in the back of my head as I am watching clips from a film and being to analyse them in ways this course requires for exams and sometimes just for fun. With the knowledge taught in Semester 1, it will allow me to fully utilise the tools we have been taught for the Final Project video such as applying cinematography to film scenes. For me, this course has been e...
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Media Reflection #4: Representation Responsibilities

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For this post, please consider and reflect on your responsibilities as a filmmaker when it comes to the groups of people represented in your film. Do you feel you have a responsibility to represent groups of people "correctly" when creating media products? Do you feel that other filmmakers have represented groups of people in their films well in the past? Please provide examples of what you think has been positive representation and negative representation in some films that you have seen. Then add any other discussion or thoughts you would like to your reflection.  As a filmmaker, it is arguable that there is a responsibility to represent groups of people "correctly" when creating media products, such as not making them look stupid, as an idiot, or to represent individuals in an undignified and negative manner (such as being outright sexist, racist, or portraying certain groups with stereotypes that would be offensive) that would be seen as harassment and looking d...
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