Basically in my group, we did nothing in regards to the actual filming process. My group mates and I have conflicting schedules. Also, we’re not available during the same time period nor on the same days. Jessica had to work so we said we’d just film Janell and I then at some point we’d add Jessica to the footage. We quickly realized that we did not have a male to play the part of the aggressive boyfriend. Our friend Lesly agreed to be apart of our film. We planned to have me go to our teachers classroom to retrieve the materials for the project (the SD card, camera, and tripod). However, our teacher was not there when we went. I thought she’d be there but I was mistaken.
I told my group mates about the situation and they said we’d just come back another time. We were hoping she’d be there in the classroom. Eventually, Janell went to get the equipment but she forgot the camera. By the time we’d realized this, school was over. We all just went over the story board and made sure it was how we wanted the footage to be. We are now trying to figure out when we are all available to film. Jessica and I have to work Monday through Saturday and Lesly isn’t in our class at all. This isn’t that big of an issue because we have a break from school coming up and will be able to film then if we are available. I don’t work on Thursday because of the holiday (Thanksgiving) or the day after. Jessica works on Thanksgiving and this weekend, I also work Saturday.
We plan to film this friday which will be November 29th. We will discuss wardrobes once again then meet up and find an area that matches our story board. The break starts this Wednesday and we will be back at school again on the following Monday. We will take advantage of this time and shoot our footage as soon as possible. It will be due in such little time. We also have midterms coming up and then we leave again for winter break. So we don’t necessarily have any more time to waste.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Planning Blog
The props that we will incorporate in our video are purses. We are young ladies in a music video, and we have to play the part correctly. Another prop we will have will be from the restaurant, such as silverware, napkins, and menus. This establishes our location and how we plan to do our video. The last prop we will have is a flower. This flower will be given to Kelly, me in our video, the young woman in the video who will be portraying the person that is in an abusive relationship.
Our costumes will pretty much stay the same throughout our whole video. In certain slides, I will be with Lesly, the young man who is playing my boyfriend, in which I will wear a regular shirt and some pants, and he will have on a snapback, a t-shirt and some jeans. For the other slides, me, Micahia, and Jessica will all have on dresses.
Schedule:
1) 11/15 - The blog was about song choice, genre, and conventions.
2) 11/21 - The blog was about location, safety, props, costumes, and storyboard.
3) 11/25 - Filming Blog #1.
4) 12/2 - Filming Blog #2.
5) 12/9 - Music video is due.
6) 12/11 - CCR is due.
Storyboard :
Our costumes will pretty much stay the same throughout our whole video. In certain slides, I will be with Lesly, the young man who is playing my boyfriend, in which I will wear a regular shirt and some pants, and he will have on a snapback, a t-shirt and some jeans. For the other slides, me, Micahia, and Jessica will all have on dresses.
Schedule:
1) 11/15 - The blog was about song choice, genre, and conventions.
2) 11/21 - The blog was about location, safety, props, costumes, and storyboard.
3) 11/25 - Filming Blog #1.
4) 12/2 - Filming Blog #2.
5) 12/9 - Music video is due.
6) 12/11 - CCR is due.
Storyboard :
Costumes: we will be wearing dresses , the male will be wearing a hoodie or regular shirt . The victim or main character will be wearing regular clothing like a shirt and pants.
Lighting: Our scenes will be filmed inside of a well-lit area and some out on the beach when we are singing.
Acting: We will be portraying caring friends in a time of need for a friend undergoing domestic violence in her relationship
Makeup: We won’t be wearing any but the victim might have a slight bruise
Props: The male will bring her flowers
Setting: A table and at the beach
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Research for Music Video
The commercial was a success and took longer than expected. The filming process was simple and was without error because most of our scenes were hand held. The editing process gave the most difficulty because of technical problems. This time around, editing will be much easier because we have learned from our mistakes. This project will be a music video and will be filmed outside of school so we will have a greater chance of successfully completing it. We will be picking a song for the video and that will be easy because we listen to music every day all day. So we know what music videos look like and what we like about them so it will be easier to do this project.
The song we have chosen is called Girl, By: Destiny's Child. We picked this song because we want to bring awareness to the ongoing issue of Domestic Violence.
Genre: The genre of our song is Rhythm and Blues. We chose this genre to get into the melody and talk about a deep and important matter.
C- In the first scene, Beyonce has on a tank top and shorts, Kelly has on a nice shirt and pants, and Michelle also has on a nice shirt and pants. In the rest of the scenes, Beyonce has on a dress, Kelly has on a romper, and Michelle has on a pantsuit. These outfits bring out a mellow and beautiful type of woman.
L- In the video, there are different settings. In the house, the lighting is a golden dim type of lighting. Outside and in the restaurant is regular sun lighting plus the lights in the restaurant.
A- As said before, there are different settings of the video. In the house, it shows them acting by them being happy to see each other and sitting on the couch, staring at the television. Outside, it shows them walking down the strip, singing the lyrics of the song. In the restaurant, it shows a singing dialogue going on between the three, with different facial expressions to match.
M- In the video, the three have on light makeup. They also have on little jewelry. It shows the beauty inside womanhood as well.
P- Props in the video could be the computer, wine glasses, and menus and silverware in the restaurant.
S- The video has three different settings. In the first setting, it shows the girls in a home, first greeting each other, to sitting on the couch looking at the television. The second setting is the girls outside, walking the strip. The last setting is the girls in a restaurant.
Editing:
Editing in this video most likely had cuts in it. For example, they cut out the people talking in the background, so the song can be heard. They also had reverse shots in the video, from them walking, to being in the restaurant, and back to walking.
C- The costumes were the same as before. In the first scene, Beyonce has on a tank top and shorts, Kelly has on nice shirt and pants, and Michelle also has on a nice shirt and pants. In the rest of the scenes, Beyonce has on a dress, Kelly has on a romper, and Michelle has on a pantsuit. These outfits bring out a mellow and beautiful type of woman.
L- The lighting was the same. In the house, the lighting is a golden dim type of lighting. Outside and in the restaurant is regular sun lighting plus the lights in the restaurant.
A- In their acting, they had reaction shots where Michelle and Beyonce were singing dialogue to Kelly, and Kelly had an expression of confusion. Also, Michelle had a look of concern for Kelly to show she was worried about her situation.
M- The makeup was the same, except in the beginning, the girls had a more natural look.
P- The props how a reverse shot from the computer to the girls walking through the door.
S- In the house, it is an eye-line match between the girls and the television. Outside on the strip, it shows a cut away from them being in the restaurant to walking on the strip. In the restaurant, it shows a reaction shot where the girls are singing dialogue.
The song we have chosen is called Girl, By: Destiny's Child. We picked this song because we want to bring awareness to the ongoing issue of Domestic Violence.
Genre: The genre of our song is Rhythm and Blues. We chose this genre to get into the melody and talk about a deep and important matter.
C- In the first scene, Beyonce has on a tank top and shorts, Kelly has on a nice shirt and pants, and Michelle also has on a nice shirt and pants. In the rest of the scenes, Beyonce has on a dress, Kelly has on a romper, and Michelle has on a pantsuit. These outfits bring out a mellow and beautiful type of woman.
L- In the video, there are different settings. In the house, the lighting is a golden dim type of lighting. Outside and in the restaurant is regular sun lighting plus the lights in the restaurant.
A- As said before, there are different settings of the video. In the house, it shows them acting by them being happy to see each other and sitting on the couch, staring at the television. Outside, it shows them walking down the strip, singing the lyrics of the song. In the restaurant, it shows a singing dialogue going on between the three, with different facial expressions to match.
M- In the video, the three have on light makeup. They also have on little jewelry. It shows the beauty inside womanhood as well.
P- Props in the video could be the computer, wine glasses, and menus and silverware in the restaurant.
S- The video has three different settings. In the first setting, it shows the girls in a home, first greeting each other, to sitting on the couch looking at the television. The second setting is the girls outside, walking the strip. The last setting is the girls in a restaurant.
Editing:
Editing in this video most likely had cuts in it. For example, they cut out the people talking in the background, so the song can be heard. They also had reverse shots in the video, from them walking, to being in the restaurant, and back to walking.
C- The costumes were the same as before. In the first scene, Beyonce has on a tank top and shorts, Kelly has on nice shirt and pants, and Michelle also has on a nice shirt and pants. In the rest of the scenes, Beyonce has on a dress, Kelly has on a romper, and Michelle has on a pantsuit. These outfits bring out a mellow and beautiful type of woman.
L- The lighting was the same. In the house, the lighting is a golden dim type of lighting. Outside and in the restaurant is regular sun lighting plus the lights in the restaurant.
A- In their acting, they had reaction shots where Michelle and Beyonce were singing dialogue to Kelly, and Kelly had an expression of confusion. Also, Michelle had a look of concern for Kelly to show she was worried about her situation.
M- The makeup was the same, except in the beginning, the girls had a more natural look.
P- The props how a reverse shot from the computer to the girls walking through the door.
S- In the house, it is an eye-line match between the girls and the television. Outside on the strip, it shows a cut away from them being in the restaurant to walking on the strip. In the restaurant, it shows a reaction shot where the girls are singing dialogue.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Final Commercial Blog
After all the hard work and effort put in to this project, we’ve finally reached the end. Today my group mates and I were all here for this process. I took notes previously in class about how to access the files once we’ve dumped them from before. I reviewed my notes and we logged into the laptop. We later realized we’d logged into the wrong account because we couldn’t access the files though that account. I told the group we had to log out and log in through the account we’d originally dumped the files on to. I then reviewed my notes on my phone where I stored the log in information and we were able to log in and access the files at that time. We then took out our notes to review on how to edit. I showed them, my group mates, where we left off because one of us was doing majority of the edits. This was while I used the story board to keep us on track.
The problem we had at first was that nothing would cut. We were told that we had to be under 30 seconds but the minimum was 25 seconds. Since one of my group mates was the one doing majority of the editing, this time I decided to do the edits. As I mentioned before, we have minor difficulties cutting footage. However, I realized that we can delete footage as a whole instead of cutting it. I decided to highlight and delete what I needed to cut. This happened several times because we kept having to remind ourselves we had to stay within the time frame. The time was 30.12 seconds. I believed it had to be 30 seconds flat as the maximum so I had to keep cutting and deleting small amounts of footage to stay within the count. We also realized we had to keep the words in footage exactly as they were in the story board. So I told them we can just edit extra parts. Such as pauses or times of no action necessary for our footage. This was necessary to stay within the time frame and still be able to be accurate with the story board.
In the end, the time was 29 seconds and that was just enough. We ended up staying about 20 minutes after the bell because we didn’t want to lose the footage. We didn’t see it when we tried to open it in google drive or in One drive. Eventually we decided to just upload the footage to our individual google drive accounts. Then we were finished
The problem we had at first was that nothing would cut. We were told that we had to be under 30 seconds but the minimum was 25 seconds. Since one of my group mates was the one doing majority of the editing, this time I decided to do the edits. As I mentioned before, we have minor difficulties cutting footage. However, I realized that we can delete footage as a whole instead of cutting it. I decided to highlight and delete what I needed to cut. This happened several times because we kept having to remind ourselves we had to stay within the time frame. The time was 30.12 seconds. I believed it had to be 30 seconds flat as the maximum so I had to keep cutting and deleting small amounts of footage to stay within the count. We also realized we had to keep the words in footage exactly as they were in the story board. So I told them we can just edit extra parts. Such as pauses or times of no action necessary for our footage. This was necessary to stay within the time frame and still be able to be accurate with the story board.
In the end, the time was 29 seconds and that was just enough. We ended up staying about 20 minutes after the bell because we didn’t want to lose the footage. We didn’t see it when we tried to open it in google drive or in One drive. Eventually we decided to just upload the footage to our individual google drive accounts. Then we were finished
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