This past weekend my group decided to film our music video. I left town on Saturday to play a game for my soccer team in Orlando without knowing anything. We went on a 1 day trip but my parents decided to stay there since the next day was a Sunday and I had no school. At around 10pm on Saturday one of the members in my group decided they wanted to film on Sunday since he had nothing else to do. Everyone agreed on filming except for me since I was out of town and could not possibly make it there in time.They decided to film the parts that I wasn’t going to be on on Sunday and next weekend we will film my parts since they are not many because I’m not the main character. They started filming at about 4pm and ended at about 7pm. I kept in touch with them and after the were done I was sent some pictures and footage of the video. Everything looked really good since Camilo’s phone camera quality is really good and he is an awesome cameraman.
They first started filming at a park. We invited two of our friends that are not in our class to be part of the filming and they accepted it. They were part of the the scene where we play soccer in a park. The scene came out to be really good and in my opinion it was the best one. We also filmed at a bridge where one of our group members jumped into the lake. We made sure that the place was safe before we filmed the scene and they also had an adult with them in case anything wrong would happen. The scenes that we didn’t film yet are the scenes on the car, beach and the house. I’ll be part of the scene at the beach and in the car. They are really simple scenes and hopefully we will be able to get them done by this week since we have a long break with no school. For now everything is going according to our plan.
We plan on filming the rest of our music video on Wednesday, November 27th. Our plan is to go to Camilo’s house and film there the whole day. Camilo lives close to the beach so we will be able to film all 3 scenes in one location. We are buying candles and fireworks to film at the beach. In one of the scenes we will try to act like it is 4th of July so we need some fireworks. We made sure that one of Camilo’s family members will be there so they can assist us with the fireworks since they are dangerous. I believe that we are doing a really good job on our project so far. Our scenes are coming out exactly the way we want them to be. We are far in front of some groups and we will be one of the first ones to finish filming. The timing is really good, because if something goes wrong our we can’t do something, we can change plans and think about what we should do next since we have plenty of time until everything is due. I really enjoy working on this project, and I’m very excited to film again. Hopefully nothing will go wrong and we can finish up our filming process as soon as possible.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019
Storyboard blog 2
At the beginning of our storyboard it starts off with a adult man on the beach with a book of memories. This will be the establishing shot and it will also be a wide angle. Then, on the next box there is a shot of the book, held by the adult. On this book there is a picture of him and his friends. This is an insert of the book, with the pictures in the book, including pictures at a basketball court or a restaurant. This next step is very crucial to our editing process, as this will probably be the hardest part of the music video. We will lock onto on of the pictures, which will be the friends locking arms. We will then zoom into the picture and zoom out into the actual beach. This will be hard because the smooth transition will be crucial for the flow of the video. We are thinking of doing a fade transition and a color transition.
The next box is a tracking shot from behind the car that we are driving in. This is the first shot of our general flash back scene. We then proceed to meet up with the girls at the beach and begin the main part of our video. We then begin to walk the beach together in the night, this could be adjusted for filming purposes. Then we begin the real fun, the pyrotechnics. The very next square is where we have the pairs playing with sparklers on the beach. This will paint a beautiful picture as the contrast from the sparks and the nights will created that tone. After we have a few visuals of the sparklers, we will have some sort of fireworks like some Roman candles. This will be accompanied by the dancing of the friends. This will be perfect for the music as it is more of an upbeat and party song.
Next, we move into the third phase of the video, which is the relative ending. The first box of this phase is where we will have one of the friends separate form the rest and sit. They will just be watching the moonlight in the calm of the night. We will then fade to the friends coming together to take a picture. This will be a picture that we started of with in the book. It will zoom out and the picture with be in the book. Next we will cut to a wide angle of the adult version of the subject sitting at a table in the beach. He is then approached by the adult version of his date, they are now married and living happily. Then, we will fade to an image of the couple sitting on the beach watching the sunset. Finally, we will have a drone shot of the sunset from high in the sky. Thus concluding our music video.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Planning Blog 2
In our music video we will have many different locations. Our music video will be based on past memories of a person, so we will have to film in a variety of places. We will first start filming at the person’s house which will be Camilo’s house since he live close to the beach. After we do our filming there, we will be going downstairs to the pool and film there too. After we film in the pool we will go to the beach and do most of our filming their since we have a really big space. When filming in the pool we have to make sure that we are safe before everything. We will make sure we don’t do risky jumps and running around the pool to make sure we are safe. We have to be even more careful when we film at the beach. We will make sure we ask permission to the lifeguard since we want to film a shot there. Our group will make sure we are safe and not doing anything that could harm or interfere with someones routine.
In our music video we will be using many different types of props. At the beach we will use sparkles to shoot one of our scenes. We will use a soccer ball as well since everyone in our group loves to play soccer. Our group is also taking shots in a car. When we film the shots in the house our idea is to show the person that is watching what we like to do with our friends, so we will be using a PS4 to represent that because we are always playing video games together. When we film at the pool we will be using a beach ball and a volleyball. At the beach we will also use soccer goals to recreate a game. We will try our best to make the memories as realistic as we can.
Since we are doing many different memories in our music video we will use many different costumes. When we film at the beach we will mainly be using swim shorts and some of us will be using shirts. Some of us might even be wearing something beach related costumes like a necklace or sandals. When we film at the pool we will be wearing almost the same outfits but with some small differences on the details of the clothes. When we film indoors at the house we will just dress up using normal comfortable clothes that we usually wear at school. If we film at the park we will be dressing up using soccer clothes because our idea is to play a game there too. This project will be really fun and I’m really excited to start filming since we will be filming outside school. We have almost everything planned out and we will try to start filming as soon as possible.
In our music video we will be using many different types of props. At the beach we will use sparkles to shoot one of our scenes. We will use a soccer ball as well since everyone in our group loves to play soccer. Our group is also taking shots in a car. When we film the shots in the house our idea is to show the person that is watching what we like to do with our friends, so we will be using a PS4 to represent that because we are always playing video games together. When we film at the pool we will be using a beach ball and a volleyball. At the beach we will also use soccer goals to recreate a game. We will try our best to make the memories as realistic as we can.
Since we are doing many different memories in our music video we will use many different costumes. When we film at the beach we will mainly be using swim shorts and some of us will be using shirts. Some of us might even be wearing something beach related costumes like a necklace or sandals. When we film at the pool we will be wearing almost the same outfits but with some small differences on the details of the clothes. When we film indoors at the house we will just dress up using normal comfortable clothes that we usually wear at school. If we film at the park we will be dressing up using soccer clothes because our idea is to play a game there too. This project will be really fun and I’m really excited to start filming since we will be filming outside school. We have almost everything planned out and we will try to start filming as soon as possible.
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Codes and Conventions 2
We are finally done with our commercial project. Today, we were assigned our music video project. On this project we will be recording a music video outside school. The minimum is 1:05 seconds and the maximum is 1:15 minutes of recording. I’m really excited to record this music video, since we have to record it outside school we have many ideas to implement and I have a really good feeling about them. I had a really grade time filming our commercial so I’m really excited to shoot this music video. We chose the song Rocketeer by Far East Movement. We already have everything planned out for our music video. We will try our best to tell a good story using this song. I believe that my group and I will do really good on this project due to the fact that all of us are on the same page when it comes to the ideas to shoot the video. We will try to record the music video as soon as possible to try to avoid inconveniences. Since all of us have extra curricular activities like soccer for example we will probably record our video on a weekend.
The song we are using is called Rocketeer. We have watched the whole music video together. I really like their music video. They don’t really try to tell a story, they just record a bunch of people having fun and doing what they like. Our video will be completely different. We will try to tell a story about a man that is going through a book with pictures of when he was young. When looking and the pictures he remembers everything that he did with his friends when he was younger. This is a really good idea and it fits really well with the song. The song has a high beat so we will make sure our music video is very animated and fun so it matches the song.
1. In our music video we will be on the beach, so we would be wearing bathing suits. There will be other times, however, were we will be on a basketball court for a picture, in which we will be wearing clothes for basketball. There will also be a picture that we will be in a restaurant and laughing, so we will be wearing regular attire, maybe jeans and a t-shirt.
2. In most of the pictures in the book, it will be daytime. This is except for the picture that we will zoom into, which will be set at night. We might use a flash for some shots though.
3. In our music video we will have an adult hat is later in life, maybe a father, that will grab the book an open it. Then the pictures will be of us at the beach or in a restaurant. Once it zooms into the main picture, we will have a few teenagers acting naturally. We will be at the beach playing volleyball or playing with sparklers.
4. We will not be using make-up in our video, as we want to put out a natural and relaxed mood. There might be somebody wearing make-up, but it would be coincidental.
5. Throughout the video we will be using a hefty amount of props. This could include the sparklers that we are using at the beach. It would also include the book of pictures that will be used at the beginning of the video. There also might be some other props like a basketball at the court, or some food at the restaurant.
6. The video will start off inside of a house, in a room, where the subject will grab the book. Then we will have different settings in all the pictures in the book, like a park or a basketball court. The main setting; however, will be at the beach.
The song we are using is called Rocketeer. We have watched the whole music video together. I really like their music video. They don’t really try to tell a story, they just record a bunch of people having fun and doing what they like. Our video will be completely different. We will try to tell a story about a man that is going through a book with pictures of when he was young. When looking and the pictures he remembers everything that he did with his friends when he was younger. This is a really good idea and it fits really well with the song. The song has a high beat so we will make sure our music video is very animated and fun so it matches the song.
1. In our music video we will be on the beach, so we would be wearing bathing suits. There will be other times, however, were we will be on a basketball court for a picture, in which we will be wearing clothes for basketball. There will also be a picture that we will be in a restaurant and laughing, so we will be wearing regular attire, maybe jeans and a t-shirt.
2. In most of the pictures in the book, it will be daytime. This is except for the picture that we will zoom into, which will be set at night. We might use a flash for some shots though.
3. In our music video we will have an adult hat is later in life, maybe a father, that will grab the book an open it. Then the pictures will be of us at the beach or in a restaurant. Once it zooms into the main picture, we will have a few teenagers acting naturally. We will be at the beach playing volleyball or playing with sparklers.
4. We will not be using make-up in our video, as we want to put out a natural and relaxed mood. There might be somebody wearing make-up, but it would be coincidental.
5. Throughout the video we will be using a hefty amount of props. This could include the sparklers that we are using at the beach. It would also include the book of pictures that will be used at the beginning of the video. There also might be some other props like a basketball at the court, or some food at the restaurant.
6. The video will start off inside of a house, in a room, where the subject will grab the book. Then we will have different settings in all the pictures in the book, like a park or a basketball court. The main setting; however, will be at the beach.
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Editing Blog Pt2
After all the difficulties we had last class we finally got to work on editing our commercial during class. The computers provided by the school weren’t working very well so they provided us with a laptop cart with pinnacle studios installed in all 20 computers. Since our class is really big not all groups could use the laptops at the same time. Our teachers came up with the idea to separate the class in two. While one side of the room was working on editing the commercial the other was planning how they were going to do it. We had 30 minutes with the laptops before we had to turn them in to the next group. We were lucky because one of the teachers told one of our group members Xavier, that they were gonna use that method the day before. Xavier was the first one in class and we got a laptop really fast and got to work very quickly. The problem was that it was the first time we were logging on that laptop so it took us many minutes to be able to use it. After everything loaded we went on the app and got right to work.
The laptops were a bit slow but nothing we couldn’t deal with. We dumped all our footage from a folder into the app and started making the cuts that were necessary. Our raw footage was almost 50 seconds so we had to cut short many scenes. We also fast forward a scene so we could keep the time limit that is required. Xavier was putting the videos in order and making the appropriate cuts while me and Camilo were discussing what song we were going to add to the background and how we would do it. Me and Camilo chose a song and when we were about to add it to the background the thing that we most feared happened. The computer crashed. We were really disappointed because we made some progress and we lost everything. We decided then to give up on using the materials provided by the school and just use what we have. We edited our commercial using iMovie on Camilo’s computer. We made the appropriate cuts and added our background song correctly. We then added slow motion at the end of the last scene when the Nike logo pops up to draw attention to it. After doing that we ran out of time so we decided to work together at home.
Camilo finished the last details at home because he had all the footage on his phone. Before leaving we decide to add a narration of a goal to our commercial with the background song to give a good effect of a game taking place. I sent Camilo the audio and he put it in the right section and it looked really good. It was a last minute idea that gave our commercial a good touch. Camilo also edited the distribution of sound in our commercial. When the audio from the song transitions into the audio of the narration we lowered the volume of the song by 60% so we could still listen to the beat but also listen to the words the narrator was saying. After he was done speaking we raised the volume back up to when the Nike symbol come in, and that came out really good. Overall our commercial came out to be way better than we expected. Besides the troubles we had dumping our footage and using the computer the school provided I believe that me and my group did a really great job.
The laptops were a bit slow but nothing we couldn’t deal with. We dumped all our footage from a folder into the app and started making the cuts that were necessary. Our raw footage was almost 50 seconds so we had to cut short many scenes. We also fast forward a scene so we could keep the time limit that is required. Xavier was putting the videos in order and making the appropriate cuts while me and Camilo were discussing what song we were going to add to the background and how we would do it. Me and Camilo chose a song and when we were about to add it to the background the thing that we most feared happened. The computer crashed. We were really disappointed because we made some progress and we lost everything. We decided then to give up on using the materials provided by the school and just use what we have. We edited our commercial using iMovie on Camilo’s computer. We made the appropriate cuts and added our background song correctly. We then added slow motion at the end of the last scene when the Nike logo pops up to draw attention to it. After doing that we ran out of time so we decided to work together at home.
Camilo finished the last details at home because he had all the footage on his phone. Before leaving we decide to add a narration of a goal to our commercial with the background song to give a good effect of a game taking place. I sent Camilo the audio and he put it in the right section and it looked really good. It was a last minute idea that gave our commercial a good touch. Camilo also edited the distribution of sound in our commercial. When the audio from the song transitions into the audio of the narration we lowered the volume of the song by 60% so we could still listen to the beat but also listen to the words the narrator was saying. After he was done speaking we raised the volume back up to when the Nike symbol come in, and that came out really good. Overall our commercial came out to be way better than we expected. Besides the troubles we had dumping our footage and using the computer the school provided I believe that me and my group did a really great job.
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