AICE media studies

Like other music videos, my project gives credit to the artist and the song that is currently featured. Usually, this information is presented either before or after the music video. Rather than following the typical use of dancing and singing, I chose to develop my video similar to Katy Perry's hit song "Last Friday Night."  This music video inspired me to make my project comedic in relation to the song I chose. Moreover, there are very few music videos that cover music without lyrics. I'm quiet fond of instrumentals or groovy beats that influence me to get down. However, one thing that I noticed in the music industry is that a lot of these songs don't come with a visual music video. how else will the viewer know the artist true tone behind their music. Thus, I suggest more creators of beats and instrumentals should have the opportunity to express their music further through visualization. Personally, my project engages with the audience with a sense of wacky fun...

  First and for most, let me start off by saying how much I enjoyed working on this video. I was surprised about the outcome of all this since I didn't know how to go about this project at first. In the beginning, I struggled to form a proper story that goes along with the song I selected. At times I contemplated about changing the song to make a more easier story. However, soon enough I resented the idea of giving up on the song, " So Much Fun," because deep down I knew it can be done. This belief alone carried me through all my ideas and attempts for a creative story. As a result, my story soon came to me. My goal was to create a music video that would entertain the audience through comedy. Thus, a wacky adventure was be perfect as the plot.  More specifically, my story correlates with the title of the song because the main character experiences a bizarre dream that's enjoyable for the audience. In short summary, the music video consist of a young boy coming home t...

 Ever since I finished filming, I couldn't wait to start editing my music video. Many ideas ran across my mind about how I should go about this process. Most of my focus was towards what edits can I possibly incorporate into my project that would make it entertaining. This consisted of transitions, filters, effects, and more. To start off, my first move was to position each scene in order to see what it would look like at it's base form. Upon further review I noticed that the video was about a minute and 25 seconds long. In all honesty, I didn't expect it to go that far beyond the time limit, but never the less, I had to fix this problem immediately before I could include anything else. So, after rewatching my video over and over again, I made small cuts throughout each scene. Majority of these cuts were shots that weren't meant to be included. However, other smaller shots were discarded from the project because they made the scene unnecessarily long. Soon enough, I bro...

 On December 3rd, I successfully coordinated a make-up day for filming. In part 1 of my filming blog, I talked about filming most of the introduction to my music video. However, because the sun was going down, the rest of the music video had to be postponed at a later date. This time around a lot more scenes were covered while production started earlier in the day. In order to conserve time until the other cast members arrived, I decided to record all the solo shots in advance so that the main priority would be scenes involving multiple actors. Recording took no more than 4 hours including the time spent on the previous film session. One thing I must point out is that the mask I originally intended to use for the video had to be replaced since it wasn't available on set. Also, rather than having two hostages by the pool, I shortened the scene to one hostage as a last minute change. Each scene required about 5-6 takes for the best possible shot. Although, it wasn't all that bad ...

 On November 28th, I began rehearsal for my music video at my friend's house. Over thanksgiving break I intended to film earlier in the week so that I could have time for possible make-up days. However, due to personal circumstances, production of my film had to be on hold until the weekend. As of right now, I plan to schedule another filming day between the 1st and 4th of December. Moreover, filming the music video on Saturday proved to be quite difficult with the time change. Since the day ends a lot faster, some scenes had poor lighting. This made the transition into the next scene uneven. I still proceeded to record majority of the couch scene but by the time I made it to the pool scene it was already pitch black outside. Thus rather than making it the official filming day, I will now adjust the time when production must start on the make-up day. Also, rehearsing some of the storyboard proved to be beneficial for my camera man since we can now blow through the intro with less t...

 For my music video, the story will consist of a young boy coming home to sleep on the couch. as he sleeps, the boy dreams about a wacky adventure based off the last thing he saw. (The song So Much Fun plays throughout the entire video). First and Second Scene  In the opening scene of the music video, the camera tilts down from the sky to the house below. Our main character is walking from the driveway to the door of his home. between scenes 2 and 3, the camera will get a close-up shot of the MC opening the door and entering their home. Third Scene The MC sets his bookbag by the couch and turns on the TV. They will pick up the remote on the couch while sitting down. Fourth Scene A shot of the MC listening to the song " So Much Fun" on the TV is taken behind their back. It also shows the MC looking at their phone on Instagram. Fifth Scene A close-up shot of what the MC is looking at on their phone is shown. It appears to be a wanted poster of a dangerous criminal current...

 In my music video, I chose to use an upbeat song that would both entertain the audience and urge them to groove out with the main character as the story progresses. In most cases, this is how music videos are set-up to appeal to the viewers attention. Costumes in Upbeat Music Videos usually contain a variety of clothing because most shots are set-up with multiple transitions throughout each scene. The events in the video can either be seen as a montage or change in setting. This usually signals a costume change during the video. Props include jewelry, vehicles, Food, drinks, lights, and so on The Appearance of actors in upbeat music videos are typically joyous, with quality outfits to show off. Body types are predominantly Slim or fit for dancing scenes. Overall, everyone is looking their absolute best such as hair, skin care, etc. The music almost always matches up with the camera movements and scenes that take place. This is the key feature that entertains the audience. The f...