AICE Media Studies

Hello, it's Renato Corrales back with another blog. I will be reflecting on the past project that was done for my commercial. In the process of creating a commercial about myself using the CapCut app, I had the chance to learn about new technologies. Firstly, I got to learn the basics of video editing. This included how to trim my videos, add transitions, and overlay with captions. Capcut made this process easy so I had the chance to also experiment and learn with some other features such as special effects and sound quality. And finally, I was able to learn the importance of optimizing my video and audio quality overall for a professional-looking end product of a commercial. Putting this project together, taught the values of planning and organization. I was able to grasp the well-balanced workflow was very important for a successful project. It became clear to me that managing my time was something I had to prioritize in this project when it came to deadlines and due dates. In do...

 Below is my commercial, enjoy!

 Hello, it's Renato Corrales back with another blog for my commercial. I'll be writing on the final part of producing and creating my commercial. Referring back to the last blog I still needed to find my video from 2021 dancing. Luckily I was able to find it, and the selection process of photos and videos is now done.  Now having my video I was able to easily insert it into Capcut. I talked about this in the previous blog, where my decision was to use Capcut as my editing app, which was very easy to use just from the first impressions. To make my commercial I decided to do put my clips in the order of my photos, then my videos, and the credits at the end. Once again it was very easy to insert using the camera roll on my phone. Capcut also made it super easy to trim and cut my clips so I did just that to ensure any unnecessary parts of each segment. I then focused on putting the song I chose, September, onto my commercial. This was also very simple to do, Capcut provides a libr...

 Hello, it's Renato Corrales back with another blog. Today will be the selection of the app and finishing up the last few things I would want in my commercial. The first was to put my video of me at my dance back in 2022. I am still unable to locate going through some old messages from friends. I will be trying to search for and incorporate it into my commercial. So as a backup just in case, I put another video of me and my friends dancing. When looking through some old videos I saw one of two friends I used to hang out with that I don't see too often anymore. They were here for freshman year so it makes me remember 9th grade. The video is a funny memory so I thought it would correlate to me being something I enjoy remembering. I ended up going with Capcut when I first started searching for editing apps. When looking for apps on the app store that met the requirements for my commercial, Capcut seemed to stick out. Capcut's reputation for being user-friendly caught my attent...

Hello, it's Renato Corrales, welcome back to my blog. For this blog, I will be talking about the other photos and videos I am thinking of choosing for my commercial. To continue with my commercial, I want to put 2 more photos, a video, and a song. For my song, I thought about putting the song September, sticking originally to what I wanted to do in the planning process. I thought it correlates to me by being a song that I grew up with so it seems reasonable to put. I also was thinking the song would be appropriate I've been listening to it recently again cause it's September.  Additionally, I started thinking of something that I like to do. It then hit me that I love to travel, I've been to many places since I was young. So I decided to put a photo of one of me in a recent place I've been in, New York. I thought putting a photo like this would correlate well with me showing my love to travel and somewhere symbolic lots of people would recognize.  For my final photo,...

Hello, it's Renato Corrales back with the third blog. This is going to be the first blog of four for my commercial. To start my commercial, I am thinking of putting 5 photos and a video that correlates to me and my life. Additionally, a song in the background that relates to me. For my first two photos, I was thinking about putting a photo of me and my friends. I wrote about this in my research and planning blog on the impact I thought friends have on people. When looking for certain photos of my friends I first thought of my friend group from middle school. This friend group consists of my closest friends. I think this photo represents us having a good time, something that I like to remember about my friends. It correlates to me cause when I'm happy a lot of times I'm with them. Another photo I chose to do for my commercial is another one of a friend who is important to me. This photo is of me and Michael, we have been friends since kindergarten. I think this photo fits we...

  Hello, it's  Renato Corrales back with the second blog. Today I'll be presenting talking about photos and a song that correlates to me for my commercial. One photo at the top of the screen is of me and my friend Austin. I chose this photo as a correlation to me cause of how important friends are to me. I think this photo is a good representation of one my good friendships I have. Austin has been my friend since you can say Elizabeth was queen. He doesn't go to the same high school as me but we still are very close. I think friends are important to have as friendship helps enrich our lives by having shared experiences. Through my friends, I'm able to gain valuable perspectives and find comfort in times of adversity making life more fun and meaningful. When thinking about myself, I came to the conclusion of using a photo of swimming as another part of my commercial. Since a young age, I have done swimming and it has become a big part of my life now. Swimming is somethin...

Hello, my name is Renato Corrales. I'm a sophomore at Fort Lauderdale High. I'm Italian and Peruvian. I was raised and born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I was born on January 28, 2008, and I'm an Aquarius. I got one mom one dad and one brother. I first went to Bayview Elementary, and a lot of the happiest memories I have were made there. I then went to Sunrise Middle where I met some great teachers and met a lot of the friends I have now. And finally, I am now at Fort Lauderdale High School. Some things I like to do are swim, play video games, and get sturdy. Some things I don't like are essays, spicy food, and scary movies. My favorite subject is math, it's always been due to the objectivity of the subject, and no "multiple right answers". My least favorite subject is English, because like before "essays" and the "there is no wrong answer" part. Some academic achievements of mine are getting straight A's since 6th grade, getting 1s...