AICE Media Studies AS Level Component 1

     This post will serve as a foundation for what my AICE Media Studies Component 1 will be based on. As the year progresses, it is important not only for me but for the viewers or graders at Cambridge to have a good or well-established basis for what my Component 1 will be focused on. It is important for me to stay loyal to this basis or at least come back to this post and alter it slightly if it must.       For my AICE Media Studies Component 1, I will be doing the "Magazine task (print)" option. This magazine will based on the topic of film or movies. For the feature article, I plan to make it about the most anticipated movies of 2024, as that is when this magazine will be finished and later on reviewed by the people who grade my AICE components or exams. By making this the feature article, I am making the magazine seem mire timely relevant as I am writing about what movies this year are the most anticipated by the public rather than a focus on upc...

The Suffering of Marvel’s VFX Workers By Bryan Pinero @brypinero Over the past few years, the VFX artists at Marvel Studios have been suffering from the poor working conditions at the company and have had to work more than ever before into visual effects for Marvel’s projects. This suffering stemmed from the studio recently releasing more projects than they have in 12 years. In its history, Marvel has always been credited and admired for the visual work present in their films. The company has even been nominated several times for awards because of it. However, the visual work of these projects have recently begun to degrade and more criticism has come from fans. One of the more well-known criticisms from the audience is of the “floating head boy” in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). This decline in quality has been due to how overwhelming the newest “phases” of Marvel projects have been for the VFX artists. Whereas before, Marvel used to release two to three movies yearly, now they relea...

      This past week was dedicated to getting access to the Adobe InDesign program. As said before, I am certified in the program and plan to use it for Component 1, or another program called "Canva." The reason there was time being spent on "getting access" was that although I am certified in the program, my school district took away my access to the program after the past school year.       This is an issue that has been talked about between me and my peers, who have faced the same issue as well. To remedy this, we have been frequently going to our teacher, Mrs. Romero, who taught us the program last year and she has been taking several efforts in helping us have access to InDesign. She has contacted her supervisor and told us what they told her, but it has not really helped us at all in being able to use the program. As for now, Mrs. Romero has told us to tell our AICE Media Studies teacher to notify our school's leader of the Cambridge program, to ...