Editing Process for Music Video

12/5 After all our filming from the beach, to our group members house, to Las Olas we have finally completed the recording process. It has been a fun journey working on my project with my friends, we learned how to work together and listen to each others opinions on what should we do. Thankfully, we all finished our filming in time when we weren't busy with other things in our life. Finally it was time for us to edit. We each split our work equally. I did the first part of the editing, another member did the second, and another group member finished the last part of the music video. Since we were doing it on a group members computer we chose to use iMovie for us to edit our music video. We all discussed the plan and our ideas for what we want to include. We were all together when editing for it to be easier for all of us. We had our own biased opinions but in the end we came to agreement for all of our editing choices.

     Since I was doing the first part of our editing process I wanted to start it with cool transitions to match the fun vibe of the song. Each of us did this under the supervision of each person in our group. At first we were a bit confused on how to use iMovie but we watch the videos on how to edit. With the help of my group member we all figured out how to use it. I came to a conclusion it was easier than Pinnacle Studios. A person in our group has had a lot of experience using iMovie so with her help we were able to figure it out. I included transitions like fade in, fade, out, jump cuts, and more. Since we are not fully done with our editing. We will continue to work on it tomorrow. we tried our best to make it look professional but we still have work to finish.
     Two of our group members continue to do the second and third portion. With the help of the videos and our group member, we were able to learn so much more about the editing process. I’m excited for the next projects that come in store. It is still not fully easy, but me and my group are getting there. I’m glad to work with my friends since we are comfortable explaining our opinions and ideas. We all learned more about editing shots. Our notes from our AICE media class were very helpful. I hope to become a greater film editor throughout this year. So far we have all improved immensely from our last filming project. I believe my group and I work well together and will have a great finished product.

   

     

Film Blog Music Video

12/2 For our filming process we started a bit late because the whole group was busy during thanksgiving break. We also each had a lot of homework but we began as soon as possible. All of us planned to go home to one of our group members house because it is closest to the school. Since my role was to find good costumes and location I decided to watch some summer music videos for some ideas. We changed into our costumes and made sure to charge the phone we used to film. We arrived at Fort. Lauderdale beach with a legal guardian and we began to film. We filmed at locations like in the car, on the sand, and the walkway. The water is too cold to actually go in, in November so we just made it seem like it was a hot summer on the sand. We wanted to do other things at the beach to match the aesthetic of the song. We stayed for about an hour and a half at Lauderdale by-the-sea. After we finished we all planned to go back to our group members house to continue filming in the home setting.
     At our group members house, we were coming up with ideas of what we wanted to include in our music video. We planned to film inside our group members room because she has fun colorful LED lights. We wanted it to seem as if we are all chilling and dancing to the song. However, we had small problems with the natural lighting. Since our group member did not have dark curtains to block out the light to just show the room lights we had to improvise. We came up with and idea and we used cardboard boxes to block out the light to continue on setting up for our video. We got the shots and angles we needed for our quick music video. Once we finished with that we got dressed to go out for a "night on the town". We were all dressed and ready. Since our music video will only be for a min and a few seconds we are going to try hard to fit all the scenes we want.
      To film the last few scenes of the music video, our group members mother took us to Las Olas. In the scene we are walking along the sidewalk of the city to view shops and scenery.
While we walked around we had our group members mom supervise us to make sure of our safety. Since we were in public we made sure to be very considerate to not get anyones faces or make anyone angry. We made sure not to be in anyones way or disturb anyone. We also made sure that wherever we filmed along the beach was safe and not sketchy or dangerous. My roles in the filming process were to be sure of containing the right costumes and location. So I made us film in nice places that fit the songs theme. Thankfully we were provided transportation to all these places. During filming, Our main goal was to include as much stuff as we could that we wrote and drew on the story board. We also made last minute decisions to add different shots and angles to make our music video look as best as it can to fit the "summer vibe".

Film Blog Music Video

11/25 Since my group and I have chosen our song we already have multiple ideas on what we are going to film. We have our research done and our blogs turned in up to date. Our storyboard will help us a lot when filming since most of our ideas are put on paper. For example we have our ideas on where our music video is going to take place like the beach, my group members house, and Las Olas.     We have not started on the filming process yet because we are all busy. This class is important to us but we still have other AICE classes we need to be working on to pass all our exams to get our Cambridge diploma. It is hard to all hangout out of school because each of us are busy with something different. Plus the distance between all of us is quite far but we will work on our plan. Since tomorrow is our thanksgiving break we are planning on filming throughout the break. We will be creating our music video with a group members phone and editing on her MacBook Air since we did have complications with the camcorder and Pinnacle Studios las project.
     We feel this will be more simple than how we filmed and edited last time. Im glad my group and I have all we need for our filming. We want to film as soon as we can, when we are not busy of course. My role in the project will be to focus on finding new filming spots in our settings and costumes. We are gonna look for comfy type clothing in the beginning along with bathing suits for the beach and nicer clothes since we are "going out" towards the end of the video. I want to find specific locations to go with the vibe of our chosen song. We want our video to pop since our song is a pop song that has been on the radio several times in the past. I am excited on working on this because we have great ideas for our music video. The other members in my group have other roles. My friend Jordyn is focusing on transportation and correct shots, movements, and angles in our video. Each of us split up work evenly so it is fair for all of us. My other friend Mila will be focusing on lighting in our video as well as safety.
     I have learned a lot from my past experiences with my previous project. For example I learned patience is key, not every thing goes your way the first time. It takes time to get the perfect shot, lighting or movements. That is why I have respect for the people who actually film as a career or create movies. I am getting better at working with others. I respect the people in my group who work with me. We all want to get a good grade and we all want the video to turn out the best. That is why we are putting a lot of planning into this, so once we start recording for the music video, it will go smoothly. Since we are filming and editing on our friends electronics we will most likely turn it in before its due. We will be using iMovie, it is a editing application just like Pinnacle Studios. I am looking forward for our filming process and I can't wait to see how it will turn out.

Storyboard for Music Video

11/22 For the past two class periods we have been going over and discussing our storyboard and planning. We have thought about most of the props we will include like money, make-up and food. We know where most of our settings are like the beach, our teammates home, and Las Olas. We have talked about the costumes and how we will be wearing it. Our group is still figuring out the types of lighting we will include in our video but we know for sure there will be LED and natural sunlight. We want to include natural makeup but a little extra for the end of the film when we are out on the town. Another thing that is important to our music video is camera angles, movements, and shots. For example for our first scene we will be in our group mates parent’s car and our mate’s mother will record a pan of all of us in the car including the background of the beach. We want to include high and low angles of all of us to show where we are and what we’re doing. We also want wide angles of all of us on the beach and couch hanging out and having fun. We want our video to mostly contain hand held instead of using a tripod because we want it to seem like normal teens are recording a young and fun video. For our editing we want to include jump cuts, fade in and out, dissolving to create a nice vibe throughout the video since our song is a fun summer vibe. Our sound is just the song we chose for our music video which is Slide by Frank Ocean and Calvin Harris.

Planning Music Video

11/21 For our music video, my teammates and I will have three listed locations for filming. Our group mate’s house will be used to film calmer scenes of our video. The second location, Fort Lauderdale beach, will be used to film exciting, lively scenes. These will include our group dancing and even going inside of the water. Finally, we will be filming inside of our group mate’s car. In the car we will film lively scenes, as well. We want to include fun vibrant scenery throughout the video. The scenes will feature our group dancing and listening to music, particularly the song we chose. We will be filmed inside the car, however, there may be some moments filmed of the outside of the car. We are planning to go from the car to the beach. The last scene will be taking place in Las Olas, we will have our teammates legal guardian as safety in case anything happens. We want to match the same aesthetics of the song and video and Las Olas is a great choice because it has nice stores, galleries, different types of lights, and lighting everywhere.
     Health and safety will always be number one on our priorities. We will be taking precautions to ensure our health and safety. This includes making sure we are all strong swimmers for the beach. Each of us have taken swimming lessons in the past and intend to use what we learned. We will also check the weather before arriving at the beach to make sure the weather is appropriate. If the weather is threatening, we will choose a different place to film. We are still deciding on backup places to go to film if the beach fails. To protect us from strangers or kidnappers, we will be carrying pepper spray with us. Our group mate’s legal guardian will also be joining us. We should be protected and we will take precaution when filming on the beach.
     Because we will be at the beach, we will be wearing beachwear such as sweatpants and  sunglasses. We will be wearing sweatpants because, although we do live in Florida, it has been cold lately, and we are all anemic so we need to cover up. We want to also wear fancy clothes around the end of the music video. Our props will include pretend cash, which we will be throwing around to demonstrate our wealth, despite the fact that we are not wealthy. We will lay blankets down on the beach for the video. We will also we be using our cell phones. In addition, in the house, we will use colored lights to create a “club” effect. We also will include food while at our teammates house and makeup when we are getting ready in a specific scene to go out for more fun.

Intro to Music Video

We have just finished and turned in our Nike commercial. My group liked the story boarding the most because it was an easy outline for us to plan our video. Our filming process went well and it was quick to film because we had all the footage we needed. The thing we had trouble on was the editing on Pinnacle Studios. We are planning to use iMovie for our next project because easier for us to edit. Pinnacle Studios was slow and difficult to use. For our next project we are assigned to create a music video. Today we are planning what song we will choose without group and pick ideas of what we wanna do in our music video. We learned a lot about our previous project so we are ready to make our music video better, we have enough notes to make out music video great.

  For our music video, we are doing the song Slide by Frank Ocean and Calvin Harris. It is an upbeat and happy song. We are planning to make the music video very outdoorsy and fun. We chose this song because we like that it is a happy song with a good beat. We also chose it because we believe it will be a good song to make a music video for. The genre of this song is Pop. 

   For costumes, we are going to be wearing basic, every-day clothing. We want the music video to look modern, so we are going to be wearing normal, modern clothing. For lighting, we are going to be using natural lighting. We are also going to be using color changing LED lights to add a good vibe to the music video. For actors, it is going to be me and my other two group mates. We may include a few friends from outside our group to use as background characters. We will be wearing natural makeup. The natural makeup look adds to the laid back feel of the song. For props, we will be using a car, beach supplies, and blankets. We will also use phones as props and a skateboard. For setting, we will be going to use the beach, a bedroom, and a car. We may also use other locations that we find while editing. We will be doing pan camera movements, medium close up, and tracking shots. There will be no sound because the music will be the sound for the video. We will use jump cuts to show the transition between different settings and scenes.

Editing Commercial

11/7 For our editing process we had some complications importing it to the pinnacle studios because there was a a zipper on our folder. Everything we needed to import needs a yellow check mark on it. Soon enough we figured it out and started to edit everything. We learned how to crop each clip to our liking. Once we put everything everything together we transferred it to the track and combined all of it together. It ended up being thirty seconds long so we have to crop more to put in transitions. We looked back at our notes to figure out how to add transitions. We helped eachother and decided on some transitions we are gonna use. So far it’s been two days of us editing our commercial. We were a bit confused on the transitions although we were finally able to find the perfect transitions for our commercial. 

     Then we cropped our clips to fit the required 30 seconds. Our teachers weren’t here today so we still have a few questions on the editing portion. Our group decided on finding a song to fit perfect with our commercial. We ended up with two good songs for it. Finally we took a vote and decided on one good one. We will learn how to transfer the 30 second piece of a song into our video. For our first video I think we are actually progressing well. We now know way more terms for films and videography after taking this class. We will continue to learn throughout the year. I personally like editing because you can do whatever you want. I am good at cropping so I do most of that for the editing. 

     My group members and I are impressed with the results so far. We found a good fade in transition to put in between each clip. We are trying to edit the commercial professionally so it looks good enough to be a real Nike commercial. I believe we will really like the outcome. We put a lot of work in this,  I can't wait for us to finish editing so we can enjoy the commercial. Since today was a half day we only finished the cropping and transitions. Next class we are planning to add music and text. We will continue to work hard to get the best grade we possibly can. So far this has been intriguing to make. My group and I have many more ideas in store for next class.

Editing Blog

10/28  Today was the day to edit for our commercial. I had some issues with the computer. Our computers are very slow, outdated, had confusion with logging into Pinnacle Studios. There was already footage of another group in our computer. Since we have dumped our footage in the computer we will now start editing. The software Pinnacle Studios is very helpful for our commercial. It allows us to quickly access tools we need to perfect our video. Pinnacle Studios is already installed in the schools Media Studies computers. The software needs a username and password to be logged into. We didn't know the password or username, so one of our teachers had to come over and log on for us. 

     Most of the time, we were frustrated because we were confused. We expected the editing process to be easier, since when it was described to us it seemed simple. Hopefully after more use of the editing software it will become easier for us. I am expecting more practice on editing with our teacher. We are still not sure if we should delete it or just continue with our editing and disregarding it. We transferred our footage and started to edit. There was much we had to cut out to make the commercial 30 seconds. We had some confusion on adding text onto the clips we wanted. We are planning on adding motivational music to make it like a real Nike commercial. It is important for us to make this as best as we can to get a high grade. Since this is our first video our group has edited we will try to research more on how to edit. 

     We finished filming our commercial last class. I feel that this commercial was challenging to edit, even tho we are  not done our computer has still caused quite a lot of problems. The more we use Pinnacle Studios the easier the future videos will be. My group and I haven’t fully finished editing. We will continue next class. I will research more on how to edit using this software.  This class doesn’t require much work but we still need to put effort into it. I will work on editing better and watch videos so our commercial comes out great. As a self reflection I wish I would be given more time and more guidance. I do think we will be given two days for this because we were given two days for the filming process

Filming Day

     10/24 Today we finally were allowed to film. We have one day left to film and edit, 

we already finished recording the footage for our commercial. We made sure to make 

sure we bring everything back. I carried the tripod and camera for half the time. 

Our teacher explained a little bit to us about the camera and tripod before leaving 

class. Our teacher also instructed us more on how to dump all the footage onto 

the computer and into a new folder. We finally were able to start recording for our

commercial project. Before we left the class we grabbed our props to use in the 

commercial.  We left the room to start looking for our locations we used in our storyboard.

My group and I talked about a few ideas before recording. 

  Our first location was the library stairs, my job at that moment was to help with the 

angles. I helped my group member time with his running on the stairs so we have 

enough footage in our commercial. After that we were gonna include a volleyball

scene and of course that requires a volleyball so we used it as our prop. I went to

get the ball while the members in my group were figuring out which angle to record 

at. After that, we were planning to walk across the school to the senior patio but first

we went back to class to get more props like our books, binders, and journals. We 

arrived at the patio. It was my time to be recorded so my partner recorded me and 

my two other friends were in the video. The commercial focuses on Nike clothing like 

clothes and shoes so we started each clip with a close up of the shoe. We walked

across the patio as a clip. Finally we went to record one of our members running on 

the track. Our last scene was just a clip of our shoes.

  To summarize, the day went pretty smoothly and better than expected. We 

we still might want to record some more next class period just incase, to get the right 

footage at the right timing. We made sure each person was in the commercial for

it to be equal. We want to try to edit the best we possibly can to get a good grade 

when scored. I'm glad to be working on this commercial project with a good group. 

I also like this project because it teaches me more about camcorders and 

videography. We have dumped our footage into a folder already so next class we 

start to edit. Together we will learn how to properly edit for our commercial. I find this

class interesting because its not like any other class in my school. I am excited to 

learn more about this subject throughout the year. 

Storyboard

    10/22 Today we planned out our storyboard. We have our commercial planned out and ready for filming. For the first scene we want to start with a stop watch which will eventually lead up to a person in our group running with Nike shoes with an extreme close up. We will then include low angles to transition into the shoes while they are running up the stairs. Next another person will be running around the track with a long shot, pan, and transition into the shoes. We will have other clips like another member playing volleyball and walking through the halls while all ending up in shoe transitions. At the end of the commercial we will have the Nike symbol at the end. Instead of dialogue we are planning to add motivational music to persuade the viewers. We will try our best to inspire audience to go out and purchase items from Nike.

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Editing Blog

10/14   Today our class went over how to sign in and out with our cameras and how to edit our commercial. We are assigned an agreement every time we use the school camera and every time we return it, if we don’t have it signed we will not be able to use the camera or SD card for recording. We learned where to sign in and where to sign out. There is a separate sheet for the SD card and camera so we must be responsible for our things, the sign in folder is near our classroom door and the sign out is on the other side of the room. We should have our contact number written down on the paper and another person in case someone in our group is not here. For our commercial project we will be using a camcorder which is usually easy to use. Our teacher taught us how and where to put in the SD card and how to use the tripod for stability. She is teaching us good general information on how to start up using our cameras and editing in the computer. 
     A lot of our equipment is easy to use because of its basic tools and I have prior experience with the use of cameras. Our teacher showed us how easy it is to turn on the cameras and off by flipping the screen where the videos shows on the camcorder closed and open. To charge the camera there is a U shaped port to plug it in from, it takes awhile to load but the once the camera is charged it stays on for a long time. We also leaned about the SD card reader which is a way to dump all of your footage onto the computer. Another thing we were taught was how to use a tripod. The use of a tripod is for stability. It has knobs for you to be able to adjust the camera. You can move it in some certain movements such as pan and tilt. You can bring it up as high your liking. 
     Lastly, we went over the editing portion for the commercial. We must make a folder to put in our clips and takes and set it as a desktop. We should save our footage to other places like our google drive as a back-up. We use pinnacle studious to edit our clips. To check if you have imported you must find the title of what you have saved in your folder. We learned how to crop raw footage using the razor blade icon it will help us in the future when its time to edit. We also were taught how to add text with the "T" icon. To export, we must use MPEG 4 best quality and start export, name it, and save it as an Export. We must save as after each time we edit in our commercial. We will continue to be taught more things to improve our project in the best way. I feel the more my group and I start to understand it the easier the film process will be .

Planning Blog

10/10 Today we will be going over the planning portion of our commercial. We will set up things we need. For example, our props, costumes, schedule, location list, and our back up plan. Each person in our group is planning on contributing something towards our commercial project. An idea for our project is a view of different Nike apparel in different scenes. Our commercial will be very diverse in clothing. For our back-up plan if someone doesn't show up then we will either have a back-up actor or just have one person do everything. Some scenes we will use are the main stairs, the huge wall next to the stairs, and the track field. A back-up scene could be the gym.

Props:

• Nike Shoes
• Nike Apparel
• Hurdles
• Stairs
• Volleyball
• A water bottle

Schedule:

• Monday, October 14th- storyboard titled planning 
• Tuesday, October 22nd- filming and blogging process
• Thursday, October 24th- editing and blogging process
• Wednesday, October 30th- critical reflection questions

Costumes:

• Nike sweatshirts
• Nike t-shirt
• Different Nike sneakers
• Nike Air Force 1's
• Athletic pants 
• Nike headband
• Athletic tops 

Locations:

• Track
• Media Center Stairs
• Wall near Stairs

Back Up Plan:

• Gym as a backup location if it is raining instead of track field
• If someone is absent, another group member will just take their place in the scene
• If multiple people in group are absent, one person can be in all scenes

Research Conventions and Codes

    10/7 Our commercial will be about the clothing brand Nike. We want to focus on the shoe portion of the brand and ways it can help in sports. Technical codes are connotations that we make when we look at films and photographs. For the technical codes we will focus on bright lighting, quick editing, music for the audio background, and camera angles we learned in the class. Symbolic codes are social in nature. For the symbolic codes our setting will be in the school, we will have props such as athletic wear such as uniforms as our costumes and any type of shoes used in these sports. Some of the shoes that will be shown will come from sports such as basketball, soccer, track, and regular lifestyle street wear.
    We chose this production because it's an everyday product we use and everyone in our group all partake in some certain athletic activity. We want to persuade the people watching our commercial to go out and purchase our product. This will benefit us because when it comes down to prop all of us have something from Nike that we can contribute to the commercial so we don't have to focus on a budget or going out and looking for more products. Our unique advantage is that we are students who are trying to grab the attention from other people like us because we know at this day and age we are all working hard to either enjoy in a sport or make ourselves look better to feel better.

Introductory Blog

    10/6 Hello my name is Brianna, I am a Sophomore at Fort Lauderdale High school. I am in the Cambridge program and Im glad to say I make my parents proud with my good grades. I really enjoy my school, it is unique and filled with so many friendly students and faculty. I have made multiple friends in this school and made best friends as well.  My first period is Spanish which is really easy for me, I enjoy it. My second is First Aid it allows me to learn about what to do in Emergencies. My third period is English, not a fun class but it helps me with my writing. My fourth class is math, not as enjoyable but I do need to learn it is very important. My fifth is of course media studies this year and I am very excited to continue doing great in this class and learning all about what the class to offer. My sixth period is study hall, my seventh period is AICE global perspectives which is a lot of work but also interesting. My either period is AICE marine and it is very fascinating but hard to learn. 

     I'd like to say my personality is very interesting. I am an extremely caring person and I enjoy helping people through anything, it could be to my friends, family members or even teachers. I try my best to make everyone included because it is rude to make someone feel like they are not involved. I try my best so that everyone likes me and can rely on me as a great friend, student, or daughter. I am a friendly person but sometimes I can be an introvert but I am open to meet new people.  I am a hard working student and I plan on getting all my credits to receive a diploma in the Cambridge program. I do procrastinate but I always get the job done. 

     More about me, I have many likes, for example I enjoy playing volleyball with my friends, eating almost everything, singing, dancing with my friends, drawing. To go more in depth, I started liking volleyball in the 6th grade, it always seemed to be my favorite sport. My favorite food is mac and cheese. Singing has always been fun to me and really relaxing. dancing with my friends with loud music is always the best way to let your energy out. Some of my dislikes are being dirty, people who brag, and people who are just rude or disrespectful. People who brag about things that they have in front of people who don't have is just plain rude and not attractive in a person. People who are rude and disrespectful are so gross in my opinion. Putting someone down and making them feel bad is a horrible personality trait. I prefer kind people who lift people up and just help them overall. Thank you for reading.