AICE Media Studies

  1. How does your product use or challenge conventions AND how does it represent social groups or issues?  My friends and I chose to defy genre traditions for our music video. During the research process, I looked at various rap songs' music videos, specifically those by the same artist (Tyler, The Creator). Because Tyler, the Creator, is such a well-known artist, my initial assumption was that I could base our music video on his general themes. Tyler has a very unique way of producing music videos with surprising outfits and outlandish setups. For example, in the music video “See You Again” Tyler has a set on a naval ship and a small boat at sea, so the idea of trying to make our video similar to Tyler’s music videos was abandoned. That would ultimately be unattainable for my group. We didn't have any money to spend on costumes, sets, or activities. This is why we decided to focus on the fundamentals of our relationships. Friendship. Rather than creating a video about money,...

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  Keep in mind that a solid edit may make or destroy your video. So, take your time with it. Begin by arranging your video footage. Make folders, name your clips, and save your life later. Remove the dull parts and keep only the good details. Transitions are on your side. Smooth cuts and creative transitions can help your film stand out. The mood is set by music. Color and lighting should be adjusted. It's similar to applying a filter to your Instagram photographs, except it's for video. Remember the sound. Enhance the audio by removing background noise and adding sound effects. Maintain simplicity. Less is sometimes more. Avoid using too many effects and transitions. If you learn them, you'll be editing like a pro in no time.  Editing can be a marathon, so don't overdo it. Request comments from friends or coworkers. Things that you may have overlooked can be noticed by new eyes. Because technology advances, keep up to date on the latest editing software and techniques....

 I made the decision to modify using Cap Cut. I had to listen to the song on repeat a few times to know what I wanted to add. I started by adding my clips. Since we were conversing in the background and I didn't want the music to interfere with that, I just muted them all. I then matched every clip of film we had to the corresponding section of the song. To be honest, I took a different turn than I had planned. I didn't follow the storyboard's arrangement because, as I discovered, it only matched our conception of how we wanted it to appear—not at all. Fortuitously, I captured Nijah hanging outside the sunroof for approximately two minutes. Thus, the scene would change to "sunroof" each time the audio said it. I employed simple transitions. Though I wasn't sure, I knew I wanted to contribute more. I questioned my group, and they all said it looked good, but they would like me to silence the swearing on the embedded audio and make better transitions. I tried ad...

 We started filming again! We were going to go to this park near the school. So we were shooting scenes on the swing and on the grass. We shot scenes in the on the swing with someone laughing. We also shot scenes outside on the grass with some of us laughing. I loved the scene where my friends are laughing on the grass. We actual did not end up liking the chick fil a scenes.  We felt like none of us looked really good in it. We just used park and car scenes. It made us a little sad. Even though we didn't use the place we planned, everything still worked out fine. We laughed and had fun. After we finished filming, we also hung out. We went to my house to hang out for a little again. We had lots of fun there too. We finished filming in about 2 hours. I thought filming would take longer. Since we had extra time that's why we decided to chill after. We finished all our filming. Even though everything didn't go as planned we still made it work. Hopefully, you love the music vide...

 We started filming! We were going to go to this plaza in Diana Point, but the place we were going was closed. So we went to this other plaza we knew to film. We shot scenes in the car with someone record while I was driving. We also shot scenes outside the car with someone on top. I loved the scene where my friend is out the window. After, we went to Chick-fil-A to film more scenes. We had to film at Chick-fil-A due to the ice cream place we were going to go to being closed. We went earlier in the day to film. It made sense why they were closed. Even though we didn't go to the place we planned, everything still worked out fine. We ate and had fun. After we finished filming, we also hung out. We went to my house to hang out for a little. We had lots of fun there too. We finished filming in about 2 hours. I thought filming would take longer. Since we had extra time that's why we decided to chill after. We still have one more film day to go. Even though everything didn't go a...

Before we start filming, we had to decide when. We chose to film on the weekends. We chose that because we are all very busy people. We do lots of extracurriculars and have jobs so weekends work best. We do have afterschool as backup days if needed. We picked Diana Point for our location to film. Diana Point is a plaza that is in our area. The Plaza isn't too far from us so it was a great pick. We also picked it because it has many places such as a big parking lot so we can film one of our scenes. The plaza also has places for us to film our other scenes, such as bowling and ice cream. This will be fun and we can be productive. For our outfits, we are dressing casually. Due to the fact the music video is about friends hanging out, we don't have a need to dress up. We also aren't going anywhere fancy for the video. We all dress pretty similar to each other. We should wear jeans and a shirt or jacket. One of our friends is a little more dressy, so they could wear a sundress o...