The struggle is real. The song that we chose, Layla, we need to get the rights to use it. We sent an email to the Atlantic and WarnerBros records because they own the song. Here is the email:

Atlantic Records,

Good afternoon, My name is Darren Naville and I am contacting you in behalf of my AICE Media Studies group. I am emailing you to ask if I can use the song Layla, by Derek and the Dominos, for a non-profit school project. This project is for the AICE media studies class at Cypress Bay High school. I hope to use your song in our film introduction which is the main component of our assignment. We would like to obtain rights to use the song for this one time only, as it is the only way we can use this song for our project. This video is for educational purposes only and we have no means or intentions to make a profit off of it or the song, we hope to use. As a sincere fan of the song I hope you consider granting us written consent to use it in our assignment. The assignment will be turned into our teacher and the Cambridge board for grading and will not be sold for material gain. Once again I hope you consider granting us consent to use your music and I hope to hear from you soon.

Thank you for your time,

Darren Naville

It was hard to find out who to email first. I also went to the Eric Clapton page to see if there would be a why to contact him to ask. There was no email or anything on the website. Hopefully I emailed the right person and we get the rights to the song. In the email we wanted to make sure they knew that we weren't going to gain any money from using the song. I'll let you know if we get it or if we have to choose another song.

 Eric Clapton Official Website. (n.d.). Retrieved March 31, 2016, from http://www.ericclapton.com/ 

   I told you there would be another post today. You didn't think so, did you? I am really excited to start filming next week. I know that is kinda late, but that's when everyone is together. The story board, script and enthusiasm are all ready. Nick and Kim have informed me that the cast is all drawn up and is good to play the parts. They probably got some drama kids and friends that helped on previous projects and they were good, so I have no worries at all. There are great writers on this project that can adapt to anything. When we start filming I will vlog some of it so that you can get a preview and behind the scenes look at the project. Hopefully there are no problems, but we are expecting at least one. That is why we have a plan B and C. Look forward to some good looking content. Peace out. P.S. Sorry for no links or pictures.

  Hello People of the Internet. Everything is going according to plan. Not much to tell because everyone is away for spring break, but the show must go on. So I will continue to talk about the story. I have already disclosed that we want it to be like a Tarantino film. I think it will be most like the Hateful Eight, which was just released not too long ago. It starts off with the semi end and with a problem. That's how we want the opening to be like. We want to start off with the couple having a conversation in a diner with a man banging on the trunk of their car. That is the problem and is starting in the semi end. That is probably the best I can give today there will be more tomorrow.

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    Today wasn't that event full. All that the group did was finalize the plans and double check that everything is ready for the next phase. Tomorrow we are going to look at areas to film in and talk to people about acting in the film. Nick and Kim are most likely to be acting in it, I on the other hand will only be in if I have to. I'm not that good at acting. I will still practice and be prepared to go in. It's a good thing I know the script like its the back of my hand. We choose to use a restaurant in Weston, I forgot the name though. It looks nice and it can work. We are going to ask the manager and see if we can film in the morning before too many people get there. Nick says that they will say yes, so we have no worries.

  I don't remember what day it is, but lets still continue moving forward. We didn't do much today. All that was done was the script, which is very important especially for a dialog driven opening. It has to be intriguing to bring the audience in and keep them there. Here is a picture of the script:
Its a little hard to read.

 This is the first part that starts the conversation. It is strong,but I wish it could be better. I think it's good enough though. It will show who and how the characters are. It goes hand in hand with the shots and angles. That's why on the storyboard under the pictures there is a word to show where in the script it is happening. So that we don't lose our place. The second page is underneath and is the non-ending of the conversation because it ends the scene, but not the conversation. They still continue talking while the camera zooms out to outside the diner. Even though you can't hear them. The conversation will continue later in the film.

     Welcome, its a new day. Yesterday we meet up in groups to discuss our projects to others and get input. I showed our first storyboard, but we made a new one today. Here are pictures of both. There isn't much difference between them. The second one is just more detailed. Under each picture is the line from the script that the shot happens. So we can keep up with when everything happens. I got good tips on how I should take the future of this blog. I need to elaborate more and give more detail. No more of these short posts.
    My reflection of storyboard is that I like it a lot. It is detailed and makes sense. Not the best of drawings, but thats what to expected from a group of high schoolers that cant draw.

 

We all agreed on the storyboard and how it's going to look in terms of shots and angles. I really think it's going to look great when we are finished.

   Today, we were trying to find out what song to use for the opening we each choose 5 songs. My five songs weren't the best they were what I thought would of worked for the opening. The final decision was the song Layla. The audio is an important decision because the audio reflects the mood and tone. There is case study about how if you listen to a horror film with no music then its not scary at all. The case study was by John Syme. I thought it was an interesting experiment to do and it makes perfect sense. Now back to the main subject, all the songs we choose are on Kim's blog.

kimberlymediaproject.blogspot.com

 Horrors! Music Professor Studies Why-and How-Music Makes Us Scream. (n.d.). Retrieved March 17, 2016, from http://www.davidson.edu/academics/film-and-media-studies/music-in-the-horror-film 

We meet up and discussed the plot and how the film should be laid out. We want it to have a             Quentin Tarantino feel to it. The film is going to be driven by dialog. We know that we have to get good actors for that, but we will.

Here is what we have for the plot so far:

        This film will be about a young woman, in her teens, who is having a bad time,per say. Who needs an exit strategy; an experience that most teens go through. Her and her boyfriend(Names undecided yet) decide to run away and go down to the Keys. On her mission to runaway she ruins the people around her, she manages to achieve her happiness on the price of others. We want to portray to the audience that even though there are situations where their heart might be in the right place but it doesn't mean they might be doing the right thing. It may be right to your personal morals, but to everyone else. Some people may learn something.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/

We have decided that we would like the title to look similar to the one in Moonrise Kingdom. We would like it to be popping out and present to all.
We are going to have it with a mantis in the middle

just like the house. Not the same font though. We
were thinking about having it bold and block like.
Sadly I didn't do much research today, but I will
defiantly do some tomorrow,maybe.








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