How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
Reporter: I love that! One more question?
Brianna: Go for it.
Reporter: How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
Today in class we had our second and final group meeting. My partners were Gabriel L, Julia, Ryan, and Hannah. I think we did a good job putting our ideas out there.
Something we discussed was the CCR, and we all had good ideas for our CCR. Julia, Hannah, and Ryan all said that they are thinking of doing a podcast, while Gabriel is thinking of doing a gameshow. Another thing we focused on were obstacles each of us faced while filming and how we fixed it. For example, Hannah tried to make fake blood for her project, but it turned out really runny and not the right color. She and her group decided they should try to make a new batch and luckily that one looked much better.
How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
Script
I walk onto the red carpet of the Oscars 2026, as the paparazzi flash pictures of me and thousands of questions fill the air.
After I strike a pose, a reporter approaches me to interview me.
Interviewer: Brianna Federici! I know the night just started, but how's your first Oscars going.
Brianna (me): So far it's been really fun. I'm genuinely so honored to be here and have this amazing opportunity.
Interviewer: That's great, now would you mind be asking a few questions?
Brianna: (enthusiastically) Of course not, go right ahead!
Interviewer: I was wondering, how does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
Brianna: (Passionately) I'm actually really happy you asked that. The main message in my film is the pressures of being a teenager and the struggles that come along with it. As it's a coming of age film, it explores the theme of self-discovery, bullying, and peer pressure through the main character's, experience as she tries to find her place in the world and deal with the peer pressure of her so-called "friends". The mise-en-scene we used for Sammy reflects how she's different from the other girls through her all black outfit, contrary to Sophia and Vicky's bright pink outfits. Coming-of-age films also demonstrate relatable experiences where audiences can connect to the characters' struggles. The montage in the beginning of the film is used to capture a teenage-like feel, which is consistent for coming-of age films as they are mainly centered around teenagers.
Interviewer: (enthusiastically) Wow, I really like that!
Brianna: Thank you!! Yea, so in my film the main character is a girl who's slightly different from the other two characters. She's kind of shut off from people and doesn't try hard to fit in, while the other two characters are classic mean girls. In the film, the two mean girls pressure the main character into drinking alcohol for the first time. It really conveys the issue of peer pressures and it dives into the life of teenagers and the classic cliques. The purpose in my film is the represent teens and show the struggles they face silently and the overall pressures of being a teen.
Interviewer: Yea, bullying and peer pressure is are both really strong messages, I definitely think there should be more awareness of it, and your film seems to capture that.
Brianna: I completely agree, my hope is that my film successfully spreads awareness and we all just try to do the right thing and treat others with kindness.
The previous blog discussed the start of the editing process. Yesterday, as we began editing, I first focused on the sound and cropping scenes. Today, I'm starting to edit the opening shots and putting the majority of the clips together.
As the opening scene is a montage, no sound will be needed, so when editing, I had to mute the shots. Once we get copyrights to the song, we will edit the song into the scene. I also had to crop a few of the opening shots so that they didn't run too long and so that the sound of "3,2,1" wasn't in the background of the beginning of the scene. I also began putting all of the clips in order and editing them together.
As this project nears an end, we're approaching one of our final steps: editing. Last weekend, we did the majority of our filming; throughout the week, we reviewed clips and began editing.
We used the editing app called Adobe Premiere Rush for our editing process. I first focused on cropping each clip to ensure the "3,2,1" before saying our lines or giggling after a scene couldn't be heard in the background. Cropping scenes cleans them up and really helps the film flow. Another thing I focused on was the sound in some scenes. There were scenes that won't be needing any sound so I edited the sound out.
When producing our film, we happened to face a couple of unexpected obstacles. Luckily, we were able to improvise and find a quick solution to our issues.
One of the issues we faced was the location and timing. Our film was originally set at Hollywood Beach, the perfect teen hangout spot. We went to the beach after school since we all had different schedules during the weekend. We ended up getting there too late, and by the time we began filming, it had already gotten dark. We were able to fix this by turning a scene into a flashback from the night before and rescheduling our filming.
The next issue was finding a ride to the beach. Since none of the members in my group, including me, had driver's licenses, we had to rely on parents for rides. Unfortunately, our parents could not drive us to the beach, so we decided to switch up the set. We turned the only shot from the night at the beach into a flashback, and the park of one of our communities became the new set.
In today's blog, I will discuss a few obstacles and issues we, as a group, have come across. Don't fret; they aren't unmanigable. The problems have pretty much already been solved.
For starters, we all have busy lives, so it was hard to find times that worked out for all of us. We thought we were doomed since this weekend, since we had to post blogs on the production process, but we found our way around it. This weekend, Veronica was able to go to the beach by herself and get a few shots of the Hollywood Boardwalk for our beach montage. This was a big help for us, and she got a few good shots. Meanwhile, we were able to shoot the scenes that I'm in alone since not all crew members could join us. By doing this, we could get the scene at my house out of the way and not waste any of our time.
The next issue was completely fixable. When filming, we forgot to shoot in landscape mode. We had already filmed all of our scenes before we realized that we didn't shoot in landscape mode. While at first thing seemed like a big issue, we realized that we could simply crop the shot to make is look like it's in landscape.
So far we haven't come across many issues, but the one's we have we've been able to fix. Hopefully we don't bump into any new obstacles!
