Krishna, Buda, Jesus, Allah

 HEYYYYY, guysss I AM ON MY WAY TO BERLINNNNNNNNNN 🇩🇪!!!!!!!

So glad to announce I have filmed my first CCR😁

 As  I was filming it, I decided to change it a little bit: I had the idea of making it a “livestream” so I answer questions my followers are asking about my production. I had this idea because I wanted it to feel natural, as a conversation. I have always shared about life here as well, so I wanted to do something where you guys could see my personality and how I am, like I have always done with my posts here. I have never been formal here, so why would I be on my CCRS?

OFC ill add some media elements as B-roll to my “livestream” so its not a talking head 100% of time, as a media student I understand a single “image” for a “long” period of time is very boring.

Palavras soltas que aborrecem

 Heyyyyy. I have finalized the scripts for both my CCR’s!

After I got home last night I felted inspired and i think they came out very good! 

I want to use my family members on my CCR’s as hosts for my pod cast.( I got this idea from a sample our teacher showed in class from one of her past student, I don’t remember who’s it was so unfortunately I won’t be able to link them here)

Below is my script :

Tentaram me sufocar, mas eu respirei

Dobré ukotvení, writing from Czech Republic. My family and I drove from Wolfsburg Germany, where my godparents live, to Prague to spend the weekend. 

Here is a montage of our first day here. The city is BEAUTIFUL, and the food is so delicious. 

CCR’s

I woke up very early this morning so I could have time to plan for my CCR’s. I planned them out this morning. And I will be filing the next week when we drive back to my godparents’ house in Germany. The idea is to make a podcast

like the one on the image.

For the second one I want to do an “INFO SEGMENT” where ill have a stand up and I’ll be adding B-roll to visually show what I am saying.

More similar to the firs one i found in REN’S BLOG.

                     (CCR INSPO)

Se errar é humano, o erro te liberta

 Heyyyyyyyyy!

Guys as I had mentioned in a previous post "”Esperança Depois de uma Prece” I had emailed a popular singular in Brazil resquesting an authorization to use her song in my film opening. However, I never got a response. Meaning, we most move on to …. PLAN B.

Plan B consists of…

1).Without her authorization i can only utilize her song for 8 seconds.

2). I have a friend who is a musician. YOSH# I called him, and he allowed me to to use a few of his musics on my film opening. In the letter he gave the rights of 6 songs, so that whenever I am editing I can pick and choose.

(Authorization letter written by Yosh#)

Vários nomes pro mesmo criador

 HELLOOOO, officially from GERMANY!!! I have still not met with my family,but I,ll meet with them Wednesday morning! 

As i was having dinner I realized  never got to show you guys who are my actors! 

As Stella, Julia Carvalho a sophomore at my school.

As Babi, Leticia Carvalho; who is actually Julia's sister. I will be forever grateful for her since she was casted literally the day of filming; because the person I had originally casted gave up last minute.

As Vivi, Victoria Rambo another sophomore at my school!

SPOILERRRRRRR👀👀👀👀

In this scene the 3 girls are being interviewed after they argument for the parking spot!

(MALHAÇÃO- VIVA A DIFEFENÇA) INSPO

For my film opening I chose to use the phones as microphones because now a days, on social media, many interviews are being recorded using the phone audio recorder apps instead of mics. It was an adaptation so it can better fit in in today's lifestyle.

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 (TIK TOK VIDEO)                

 (TIK TOK VIDEO)

                

In both videos phones are used as microphones.

 

Do sul para o norte da Ásia a América

HALLO LEUTE

before I update you guys on my fil opening I wanted to share a little bit of what is going on in my life hahahah. I am in Denmark on my way to f******* Germany. OMGGGGGGGGGG (it has always been my dream to go to Germany)  When I was born my godmother moved to Germany for her work, and she ended up meeting the love of her life, my godfather, who is also Brazilian and was also there because of his job! About 1 year later they moved back to Brazil! I grew up with them talking about Germany, and 17 years later(2024) they moved back to Germany, and I am on my way to visit them! I AM SO EXCITEDDDDDDDDDD! I'm in Denmark because our flight had a stop here, but I can't wait to see them and finally have my dream come true!

É só mais um aprendiz

 CCR LESSON

HELLO EVERYONE,

This week Mrs. Stoklosa gave us a lesson on how we should prepare for our CCRs, whats we should not forget to cover, and some over all tips.

I had some ideas of how I would like to do my CCR but still not sure hahahahaha. To prepare for the mine I have been watching some of my friends' past years CCRs, to get some inspiration and also see what works well and what doesn't look so nice!

(LOREN MOISE'S)

(MATTHEW MAYKUT)

I meet both Matthew and Ren last year in my TV Production class, and ever since both became gigantic inspirations for me! Matthew holds a very special space in my heart as he was the one person who showed me the beauty of working with journalism and TV Production. He was the person in charge of competitions for the TV club at our school when I was a sophomore (2023-24), he saw the potential in me I didn't even know I had, so if I am right here making this blog it is all because of him!

Bate a poeira

 GUYYSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

SO HAPPY TO BE WRITING THIS.......

THE SCRIPT IS READYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I HAVE FINALIZED IT THE LAST DETAILS ON IT. AND ITS IS ALL READY TO START FILMING TOMORROW.

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

I'm so happy I have finally finished writing it!And also so excited to start filming tomorrow! I promise i'll share pictures tomorrow!

Somos todos iguais

GUYSSSSSSSSSSSS! The storyboard is here. I KNOW I am TERRIBLE at drawing, I apologize, but it is understandable. I am very excited to finally be sharing it with all of you! 

I have started to write my script but it is not 100%done yet! The Plan is to finish it tonight! I promise you guys will be the first ones to see it (after Mrs. Stoklosa) HAHAHAHHAHAH! I am extremely happy with my project!

Enquanto atingidos adoecem

 GUYSSSSSSSSSS THE CAST HAS BEEN CHOSENNNNNNNNN

the casting did not go 100% as I planned. I wanted the girls to look more different physically then they actually do but I had to play with the pieces I had HAHHAHAHA. MEANING I'll be depending even more on Mise-en-scene elements.

I finalized the cast this friday (yesturday) night. Even though it did not go as planned I am pretty happy with my cast.

Today I'll be separating some pictures from the girls' childhoods that would fit in they characters to decorate their rooms, I am also deciding how I want them to dress.

Os perturbados se prevalecem

HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

guys, I have to start filming. I honestly did not see time going so fast. 

let's talk about casting and who are the three girls:

• Today I am sending out a message to the 3 girls I want in my cast. YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAYYYYYYYYYYYYYAYYYYYYYYYYYYAYYYYYYYYY😁😁😁😁

Barbara(BABI) is a girl who has very few friends(only her family members). Babi dreams about having true friendships and being able to socialize easily like all other teenagrs do. Babi does has difficulty with understanding  figurative language and slangs, she also has difficulty understanding why humans touch so much, she does not feels comfortable with long hugs or when people talk touching her. She lives with her mom, who works for at Babi's school so Babi and her little sister can have access to better schools. Babi's family lives with a small budget, her mom makes enough money to feed the family and pay for needed supplies.

Stella is an average girl at her school, with high grades.Stella is very know at her school for always being sweet to everyone. She has a very strong  connecting with her mom and dad, who are always available for her. She enjoys spending time with her close friends, and family. She has recently found out about her mothers cancer and ever since she has been very inattentive, she has been spending a lot of time in the hospital with her mom, which has been bringing her grades and attendance down.

Vivienne(VIVI) is a girl with a very strong personality. Her dad is the owner of a very well known restaurant in Miami; her family is financially successful.Because of her family's financial status everyone things she has the perfect life. Vivi's parents are going thru a divorce, after her mom found out her father was cheating on her at work. Because of her father's well know restaurant everyone in schools knows of her family. Vivi spends lots of time with her boyfriend,Marcos Braganca(MB). Vivi and MB both enjoy going to parties to forget about life problems.

Absorvendo sabedoria

 Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

guys posturing this week has been hard, since I have my SAT comming up Wednesday next week! 

Just a little update Karol, the singer, has still not responded. If she does not respond till the time I start filming we must execute PLANT B!

Plan B consistia of: 

instead of playing the song for a long time, I will only play the song max 8 seconds( that is the maximum amount of time I am allowed to used a song that is copy righted! 

O sangue é da mesma cor

GUYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs

I think I know what I want my plot to be, how I want the girls to meet. 

The ideas is: it will all happen in the parking lot (I AM STILL NOT SURE OF THE LOCATION), where girl 1 will accidently park on girl's 2 spot. They will start arguing, when girl 3 (who I want it to be a isolated girl) to come in and stop the argument. At the end I want them all to maybe start laughing and become friends.

This is when I want this scene to happens:

Palavras soltas que aborrecem

 Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

GENTE DO CEUUUUUUUUUUUU

today we had our first group meetings, where we sat with people/groups  from our media class we we chated about our ideas.

I was a bit nervous at first especially because I had been feeling like I was falling behind. I saw so many people who had their scripts fully written and I am still not sure about my plot. After today's meeting I realised I am not the only one who's still planning.

As I talked with my group today I had a great idea of how I will visually structure my opening, how I will edit it. I want to incorporate close up images like the ones from the intro of MALHAÇÃO VIVA A DIFERENÇA, in a montage style.

Esperança depois de um prece

 GUYSSSSSSSSSSS, I DID ITTTT

I just sent an email to Karol Conká, the artist who sings the song that tittles all of my posts. 

I want to use this song on my opening, so I emailed her requesting the rights of the song for my project. 

Here is the translation of the text!

“ Hello Karol, how are you?

My name is Maria Eduarda, I am a media student at a high school in the United States. I'm getting in touch because I'm working on a project for my final exam, where I need to create the opening of a film. I would like to use your song "Bate a Poeira" for this project. The series "Malhação - Viva a Diferença" was a great inspiration for me when developing this work.

During the production of this project, I have been sharing the entire process on a blog. (https://du04.blogspot.com) This way, when the work is submitted for evaluation at Cambridge, teachers will be able to follow the development of my project step by step. To use copyrighted music, you must obtain formal authorization from the artist.

I would therefore like to formally request your authorization to use your song "Bate a Poeira" as part of this project. If you agree, please reply to this email confirming your authorization to use the music. I will be responsible for including the appropriate credits and fully respecting your copyright.

Thank you in advance for your attention and I await your response.

Yours sincerely,

Maria Eduarda”

Seja o que tiver que ser

 Happy Saturdayyyyyy

Finally weekend!😁

This  week I have been thinking a lot about my cast, and how I want my project to look visually.

For the cast, I’m still not sure who I want to play each of the girls.👧🏼👧🏽👧🏻 I have a few girls in mind but nothing is confirmed yet.

However, the girls aren’t the only ones on screen. I want to play a lot with mise en scene elements.

I want their rooms and clothing to represent A LOT their cultures., r

Since I’ll only have about 20 secs for each of the girls I want the mise en scen elements around them to talk for them.

Seja o que quiser ser

 HEYYYYYYYYYY,

so I have been confused for the past days about what genre exactly would my project fall under.

I made some research and I feel this project would fall under:

• DRAMA

"drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone."

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 This is a Brazilian film about a girl who has dififculties adapting and making friends at her old school. So her family has to move and she joins a new school, where she makes friends who accept her diferenes.

 This show is part of the MALHACÃO series. This show is also about making friends and accepting differences.

BOTH fall under the DRAMA genre, and does MALHAÇÃO VIVA A DIFERENÇA, the show that highly inspired me with this project, also falls under the genere.

Num mundo onde dão mais valor pra aparência...

Tem sua consequência

THE CONSEQUENCE

• 3 GIRLS
• 3 CULTURES.                             
• 1 PLOT
• 1 FRIENDSHIP

The idea for this film is to have 3 different girls( different backgrounds, color and races) who come together because of a happening that forces them to meet and as a consequence they become best friends. 

Since this project is only the opening I want to focus on quickly presenting the girls and within about 20-30 secs show their personality/ cultures. And later have the last 30 secs with all of them together with the purpose of understating we are all the equal no matter how big our differences are.

Um povo com crise de abstinência...

Procura explicação pra existência

(for most of my  blog post I will title them with A quote from a brazilian song "Bate a Poeira-Karol Conká" the theme song from the show that inspires me on the making of this film opening. The song talks about prejudice against different skin colors, races, social differences and cultures.)

I AM LOOKING FOWARD ON HAVING THIS SONG ON MY PROJECT, FOR THAT I AM CURRENTLY RESEARCHING WHO THE SONG RIGHTS BELONG TO, SO THAT I CAN REQUEST THE RIGHT TO USE IT IN MY PROJECT.

 

Bellow are the lyrics.

"The troubled prevail
Os perturbados se prevalecem

While those affected fall ill
Enquanto atingidos adoecem

Loose words that annoy
Palavras soltas que aborrecem

Hope after a prayer
Esperança depois de uma prece
A people with an abstinence crisis
Um povo com crise de abstinência

Look for an explanation for its existence
Procura explicação pra existência

In a world where they value appearance more
Num mundo onde dão mais valor pra aparência

It has its consequences
Tem sua consequência
Black, white, rich, poor
Negro, branco, rico, pobre

The blood is the same color
O sangue é da mesma cor

We're all the same
Somos todos iguais

We feel heat, joy and pain
Sentimos calor, alegria e dor
Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Allah
Krishna, Buda, Jesus, Allah

Speed ​​Black prophesied
Speed Black profetizou

Our God is one
Nosso Deus é um só

Multiple names for the same creator
Vários nomes pro mesmo criador
I don't care about your ethnicity
Pouco me importa sua etnia

Religion, belief, philosophy
Religião, crença, filosofia

Absorbing wisdom
Absorvendo sabedoria

Developing my daily life
Desenvolvendo meu dia-a-dia
In this world few things are certain
Nesse mundo poucas coisas são certas

Love, luck, death, the life you lead
Amor, sorte, morte, a vida que se leva

From south to north, from Asia to America
Do sul para o norte, da Ásia à América

If you make mistakes, it's human, mistakes set you free
Se errar é humano o erro te liberta
Whatever it has to be
Seja o que tiver que ser

Be whatever you want to be
Seja o que quiser ser

Whatever it has to be
Seja o que tiver que ser

Be whatever you want to be
Seja o que quiser ser
Hit the dust, hit the dust, hit the dust
Bate a poeira, bate a poeira, bate a poeira

Be whatever you want to be
Seja o que quiser ser

Hit the dust, hit the dust, hit the dust
Bate a poeira, bate a poeira, bate a poeira

Whatever it has to be
Seja o que tiver que ser
The veiled prejudice
O preconceito velado

It has the same effect, same damage
Tem o mesmo efeito, mesmo estrago

Affected reasoning
Raciocínio afetado

Say one thing and stay on the other side
Falar uma coisa e ficar do outro lado
If time is king, let's wait for the law
Se o tempo é rei, vamo esperar a lei

Everything I've been through, I've never been intimidated
Tudo que já passei, nunca me intimidei

I have suffered, I have won, I have learned, I have taught
Já sofri, já ganhei, aprendi, ensinei

They tried to suffocate me, but I breathed
Tentaram me sufocar, mas eu respirei
There are so many unhappy people
Há tanta gente infeliz

Ashamed of natural beauty
Com vergonha da beleza natural

Just another apprentice
É só mais um aprendiz

That hides behind a virtual life
Que se esconde atrás de uma vida virtual
Fat, black, blonde, whatever
Gorda, preta, loira, o que tiver que ser

Slim, holy, crazy, we are the strength and the power
Magra, santa, doida, somos a força e o poder

Enough, enough, come on, lift your head and see
Basta, chega, bora, levanta a cabeça e vê

Come here, live, feel, whatever you want you can be
Vem cá, viva, sinta, o que quiser você pode ser
In this world few things are certain
Nesse mundo poucas coisas são certas

Love, luck, death, the life you lead
Amor, sorte, morte, a vida que se leva

From south to north, from Asia to America
Do sul para o norte, da Ásia à América

If to err is human, error sets you free
Se errar é humano, o erro te liberta
Whatever it has to be
Seja o que tiver que ser

Be whatever you want to be
Seja o que quiser ser

Whatever it has to be
Seja o que tiver que ser

Be whatever you want to be
Seja o que quiser ser
Hit the dust, hit the dust, hit the dust
Bate a poeira, bate a poeira, bate a poeira

Be whatever you want to be
Seja o que quiser ser

Hit the dust, hit the dust, hit the dust
Bate a poeira, bate a poeira, bate a poeira

Whatever it has to be
Seja o que tiver que ser"

THE IDEA HAS COME

 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!🥹

I have spent the ENTIRE week trying to think of an idea for this project. And literally 30 seconds ago I had this idea!!!!!!!

HERE IT IS

I am from Brazil, and I LOVE the BRAZILIAN culture and how Brazilians aren’t stereotyped because we have such a wide diversity, everyone looks so different. SOOOOOO… there is this Brazilian show produced by Studios Globo called “Malhação-Viva a Diferença” or in english “Young Hearts - Embrace Diversity (Malhação 2017)” .

This show has highly inspired me through the past days. The idea of developing a story about the connection between different cultures, social classes, and races will be the main point of my opening.

PORTFOLIOOOOOO AHHHHHHHHHHH

 After watching many of my friends' portfolio projects... it is finally my turn. Mrs. Stoklosa has just told us all about the project. I AM SCARED. I AM EXCITED. Guess we will be very clos for the next eight weeks.

Representation

 On the film “To All the Boys I’ve loved Before”Lara Jean, the main character,  represents a teenagers who’s is just now discovering her feelings,who  is too shy to open up to others.Her shyness is multiple times supported by her behavior when surround by people, she constantly closes her chest and crosses her hands making her look smaller.her shyness is also supported by the five love letters wrote, to five different boys she has fallen in love with; she has never sent the letters because she is too afraid of others finding out about her feelings.

Her older sister Margot represents her comfort zone, the only person who she feels one hundred percent comfortable around.However after Margot leaves for college Lara Jeane struggles a lot with finding someone to help her with all the struggles a teenage girl has to deal with.

The five love letter represent the the changing in tool in Lara Jeane’s life. As the five letters were sent to all five boys, lara Jean must exit out of her comfort zone, and understand that she has to socialize with others.As the letters are sent and Lara jean is forced to socialize she starts to develop connections with others on her surrounding.

Sound Project!

 Hello Blog! This past week me and my classmate Noa worked on a foley project! 

For this project we had to creat a scene(1-2 mins) using sound only! Me and Noa recreated a robery on a restaurant!We acted as foley workers! We used props from our houses and school to recreate natural sounds! 

I had a lot of fun working with on this project! And i am really proud of our outcome! 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r2DrDADiQrmp_D-KEc5XdpE8ktvgK8mM/view?usp=share_link

 Last week my peer Nicole and I worked on angle and shots project! For the project we had to creat a story with 15 pictures with different types of shots and angles! 

We did a story on how powerful it can be  for a pencil to be chosen among all the others! We used long angles and high angles to demonstrate power! 

Doing this project thought me how to tell a story in a short time and without any lines, which was very challenging after comming from a tv production class! 

FIRST POST

 Hello, my name is Maria.I am creating this blog because of my AICE Media Studies class!