MLopezMediaStudies2022/2023

 My video was made through PowerPoint where I inserted pictures from my production representing various slides about critical reflections. I first went to designer and found a format that would fit my presentation and began typing the information needed. I already had my information down, so this process was done very quickly. Once I finished touching up the intro slides and the pictures from the clips, I began recording my voice over. It took me a few tries, and I tried speaking the best I can and kept the one that sounded clearest. Some of the issues I encountered were during the recording, because it was my first time doing this on PowerPoint, I was very confused on the steps I had to take. My friend walked me through the process, but when I started recording my laptop would fail and not get my voice, I had to restart a couple times which was very obnoxious. The problem was that my laptop was is very slow and when I would skip through the slides quickly, it would lag and not rec...

  How does your product use or challenge conventions?  Our video intro uses one of the most common conventions known as conflict. There is man vs. nature conflict when the lab scientists had to fight against the chimpanzee. This is the main quarrel throughout the video as it results in death.  There are also multiple genre conventions which illustrate the theme, characters, and setting of the story. The theme is revolved around murder as our video is a horror genre theme. There are multiple characters in the story that include the victims and the killer. The setting of our video takes place in a shadowy forest to create a mysterious tone for our genre. How does it represent social groups or issues?    Our video enforces animal testing and animal endangerment as it exemplifies how animals get kidnapped from their homes for the use of experiments and new products. This is emphasized throughout our video when our actor that plays a chimp gets taken out of his habit...