Filming Blog (not)

This weekend we were supposed to film our music video. Unfortunately we did not film. We planned on filming on sunday 11/24 but we did not get a camera. We were supposed to get a camera on Thursday 11/21 but we did not. I went to our teachers class on Friday 11/22 but there was a sub. The plan was to film this weekend but we did not collect the equipment needed to film. We could have planned and communicated better, we did not text this weekend at all. We will try again over our Thanksgiving break.

Even if we did get the correct equipment to film we probably wouldn't have. All of us were pretty busy this weekend. Edgardo and Jontae had basketball practice and games all weekend, I had track practice, and Fulvio had family plans. It wouldn't have worked out even if we checked out a camera on Thursday. It was not the worst thing not filming this weekend, we were all busy and got to enjoy our weekend. We have a lot of time over break when we could possibly film so we have to take advantage of that. In order to insure we get this filming done we must all come together and communicate.

Although we did not get to film our music video this weekend we were taught a lesson. Communication is a key part in being successful throughout the process of filming the music video. We could have communicated and gotten the camera on Thursday rather than waiting and getting shut out on Friday. We could have also communicated and told each other we were busy this weekend. It is good we figured the key to success is communication because it's going to play a pivotal role during Thanksgiving break. We must communicate and come together over Thanksgiving break to insure we get this music video done. Edgardo and Jontae sent there basketball schedule in a group chat and I sent my track schedule. Tomorrow we plan on picking a new date to film. The plan is to come back from break with our music video filmed and ready to be dumped.

Storyboard Music Video

1. In the first shot it’s a tracking shot of three people in a car as the song starts. They are all wearing hats and chains. And the setting is a sunny day at the Galleria Mall.

2. In the second shot the three people inside of the car are listening to the song as the car is  parked. This is a medium shot.

3. The three people get out of the car and begin walking. This is a tracking shot as it follows them walking. 

4. The three people are walking around a nicer area of the mall where there is a nice car which they can be seen reacting to.

5. Then the start taking pictures in front of the car. Additionally they can be seen dancing around the car to the song.

6. Then they begin using props such as money while they continue hanging out around the car 

7. Then there is a jump cut to a shot of the three people riding Lime scooters in the beach on a nice, sunny day.

8. The three of them can then be seen having a good time at the beach, laughing and talking to each other.

9. After spending time at the beach the three people can be seen getting in the car about to drive away.

10. They go to McDonalds and go inside to get something to eat.

11. After leaving McDonalds they can be seen driving away

12. The last shot is of the three people giving the food they got at McDonald’s to a homeless person

Music Video Planning

1. For our location we will be filming at the Galleria Mall and the beach. We chose to film here because it is a nice area and everyone is able to meet up at this location. In case this doesnt work we are going to meet up at Hagen park on Wilton drive because it is also very close and easy to get to.

2. For our Health and Saftey we will make sure to buckle up when driving, be aware of surroundings, and make good decisions. We will also make sure no one has food allergies to insure saftey. By doing this we will be safe and have no problems during the filming process.

3. The props we will be using in this video is a car in which we will dance in front of  and lean on. We will also carry money and show it off as a prop. The final prop is food, in the music video Drake is seen giving homeless people food. We are using the car and money to show that we are on the up rise and doing good.

4. The costumes that we will wear when we are filming is a gold chain and hats. We are dressing this way because in the Gods plan music video they dress like that.

5.  The schedule that we will be following is next class 11/20 we will story board for the video. On 11/24 we will film our music video at the given location. On 11/26 we will dump our footage on to the computer and begin the editing process. It is then Thanksgiving break we get back on 12/2 and the next class period is 12/3 we will then finish editing and be done that day. The due date is 12/9 so we will have two class periods to fix anything we did not like and will perfect it and turn it in.

Intro Music Video

Today we were introduced to our next task, we are starting our music video. I have completed the commercial and are moving right into the music video. The music video is more of a challenge rather than the commercial we shot in school. The music video will be filmed outside of school on our own time. I am working with the same kids as last time Fulvio, Edgardo, and Jontae. The video must one minute and fifteen seconds which is much longer than our commercial. I am hoping to learn more skills and apply them to this video. I am very excited to see how this music video will turn out.

When choosing the song it was a difficult choice. Two of our teammates were not here and were not answering the phone. Jontae preferred songs from the rap genre and I preferred songs from the pop genre. Jontae and I looked through lists of the top songs and had different opinions. We finally found a song we both enjoyed we agreed on "Gods plan" by Drake. We both like Drake and Gods plan is a mixture of pop and rap. It falls under the genre of pop-rap which was perfect. It has a very catchy beat and the lyrics are well written. I texted the other group members and they finally answered and agreed with our choice. Gods Plan is the perfect song for our group.

We started doing more research on the genre and learned a lot. The costumes that are usually seen in the pop-rap genre are comfortable stylish outfits with jewelry. The lighting usually seen in this genre is bright and uplifting. The acting in this genre is cool, not too much like pop but not too much like rap in the middle. The makeup in the genre is nothing insane, it looks natural. The props in this genre varies on what song but cars are usually used as a prop. The setting that is commonly used by the pop-rap genre is usually around a city area or in a house in a neighborhood not like the suburbs or an abandoned place. The genre has a similar sound it's a good beat with not too much rap but not too much pop. The editing in these videos arent too complex and are pretty basic.

Final Commercial Blog

Today in class we were able to access pinnacle studios which allowed us to begin editing. I initially gathered all of the footage which I previously moved into my google drive. I created a folder called Gatorade  commercial on the new laptop which had pinnacle studios and moved all of the footage into it. This allowed me to import the clips into pinnacle studios. Once the footage was imported into pinnacle studios I looked through all of the clips we had from our two days of filming. Then I chose which ones I thought were the best takes and I began putting them together to make our commercial. I put all of the clips we needed in the full commercial. This began with a wide shot of somebody running on the track and then him drinking gatorade. Then I transitioned into the two-shot of people dribbling a basketball and then them drinking gatorade. Finally there is a close of of somebody slamming a gatorade bottle.

Then I shortened each clips to only include what we wanted in our commercial. I did this by cutting one clip into different clips and deleting the parts we did not want to use. At first I had trouble doing this but I then learned to master it. I went through the list of different transitions and chose the ones which my group and I decided were the best. These transitions included a wipe, a basketball transition, a fold over, and fade in and out. For example, we used a wipe to transition into the two-shot of people drinking gatorade. When going from the track to people playing basketball I used a fade. I also discovered how to add sound affects I put a bomb noise to make it sound extreme when I slammed the Gatorade bottle.

After watching over our commercial many times we critiqued a little. Perfecting the transitions and making sure the sound and sound effects were clear. After this was completed I added a title to our commercial. I put this in the beginning to show our commercial was about Gatorade. After looking over it one more time we decided the editing process was completed. Finally I exported the footage and put it into our Gatorade commercial file. I then emailed it to our teacher and the rest of the group.