Emily's AICE Media Studies Blog

I watched the movie How to Train Your Dragon 2. This movie is a sequel to How to Train Your Dragon, in this movie its been 5 years since Hiccup, the main character, and Toothless, his dragon, united the dragon and Vikings of Berk.  They spend their time exploring the island’s unmapped territories. During one of these adventures, Hiccup and Toothless find a secret cave filled with hundreds of wild dragons and a mysterious dragon rider who ends up being Hiccup’s long lost mother, Valka. The pair then has to battle to protect their home, Berk, from a power-hungry warrior named Drago.   This is a long shot where Hiccup encounters his mother, Valka, for the first time. He is riding Toothless up high because he is stressed and then a mysterious lady shows us and faces him. This shot has allowed men to see the greater picture and enormity of the sky because the characters: Hiccup, Toothless, Valka and her dragon alll appear to be close to each other, face to face, but yet the big cle...

 AICE Media Studies Comments Zoe's Blog  1.) Dolly Shot- I really liked Zoe's dolly shot it was done so well and made me feel like I was there and traveling through the hallway, felt so real.  2.)  High Angle Shot- I loved Zoe's high angle shot because it made me feel like I was in power. I loved that it was taking high up and you could capture all the students in the courtyard and what they are doing because it just me a sense of strength and control.  3.) Point of View Shot- I enjoyed Zoe's point of view shot because I felt like I was her; at first looking at my feet as I walk and then lifts head up to look at people. I felt like a connection like if  I had stepped into her shoes and was seeing the world from her eyes.   Cayley's Blog  1.) Follow Shot- I really liked Cayley's follow shot because it made me like I was there in the scene and actually walking behind the character, being Zoe, in my opinion it felt very realistic and a rather tr...

 This is a pan shot. The subject of the video is my dog sitting on my bed. In order, to complete this shot, I slowly rotated the camera to the left horizontally from my night stand and bed to my desk and made sure my dog, Woody, was included.  This is an extreme close-up shot. The subject is a magnified object, which in this case is my dogs eye; it is the focal point of the shot and can be used to show great detail. In order to create this shot I just got the camera up close to my dogs eye and focused it.  This is a full shot. This shot captures the subject’s, being my dog, entire body from head to toe. In order to creat this shot I had my dog sit still and took a shot of his whole body from a farther distance.  This is an eye level shot. This shot is created to make it look as if you are looking into the subjects’ eye due to the level of the camera being positioned at the subjects’ eye level. In order to create this shot I had my dog, the subject, sit down and held ...

Hi, my name is Emily Solis and I am taking this class because I love try new things and want to enhance my learning about the media world. I heard that the purpose of AICE Media Studies is to enhance learners' enjoyment and appreciation of the the media world and its role in our daily lives. From this class I'd like to get a better understanding of the media world and the impact it has on us, as well as gaining some technical skills. I am no tech savvy so I definitely think this class will help me better understand and learn about different movie genres and eras. I love watching movies and have recently been more involved in the media world and would like to learn more about the way it a part of our daily lives and I think AICE Media Studies is the perfect class that can help me with that.