AICE Media Studies

 Below is my CCR.

The music video project has finally come to an end. I am very excited to present you with what my group and I have created. This was probably the most fun I had this year during a project. Filming was very interesting, especially as the group went to some different public places. This includes the beach and Publix. There were quite a few people staring and looking into the camera. The acting was very fun too as the group got to go to the beach together, behaving as normal. There are some things that still need improvement, but it will get better with time. I am excited to learn and grow with my group, and hopefully work with them again in the future. Together my group can hopefully continue to present you with our best work. Until then, I hope you will enjoy the video. 

 The next day all of editing was completed. They both sent me the clips they each edited and I looked them over to make sure they were good and ready to be all put together. The finished products were gathered and sent to Ashley's phone. Then Ashley put all of them together. Aja and Ashley both edited the clips together in their respected order. I was in charge of the order all of the clips went in since I was the one who made up the theme of this music video. I also was the one who made the storyboard so it made sense that I was in charge of the organization. The footage was collected in the editing software app iMovie. I added some commentary in some clips that needed some work. I told them when I thought a clip had to be sped up, shortened, and elongated. After this I had thought that the video had looked great. After all the clips were finished I went over it one last time to see if I caught any more mistakes that needed to be worked on. All of us caught a couple mistakes in th

 After the filming process had ended, this marked the beginning of the editing process. The editing app that would be used was going to be iMovie. The next thing that had to be done was choosing the best clips for the final product. As a group everyone had to come together to choose the best scenes. All of the clips had to be aligned in the correct sequence order and some effects needed to be added to them. Ashley and Aja worked on editing of the scenes. However, most of it was done by Ashley as she is the most advanced in editing. I am not very talented in editing so I did not partake in much of this part of the project. When all the editing finished I did look over what my groupmates have done to make sure all of the scenes matched the vision Aja and I had. Since it was very difficult to find a deserted area on the beach, Ashley was able to edit some people out. Ashley edited the sunset scene very well, as she cut the audio out, and slowed down and froze the jumping scene at the end.

 On Saturday December 4th filming was finished. Once again there was a lot of difficulties with the schedules so it was hard to find a good day to film. As a group it was decided that filming would take place on Saturday morning. The first couple of scenes that would be filmed were at Aja's house. My group and I chose to film at her house because it was convenient since all of us knew where she lived. The first thing that had to be done was choosing the type of fancy clothing that had to be worn in the beginning. This was difficult since none of the group members had fancy attire. However, the group members and I came to the conclusion to wear black clothing. This would range from black jeans, to a black dresses. The next scene was of the group getting ready in the mirror (for going out to a club). The makeup was more on the dramatic side. When  switched to the second part of the video with the more comfortable casual clothing I had to remove all of my makeup. It was difficult and

On Thursday, December 2nd I started filming with my group. Finding days to start the filming process was extremely difficult for my group. I have work on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. So, my group  and I could not film the sunset at the beach on the weekend. Aja has volunteer work on Monday and Wednesday, and work on Friday. Ashley has to go on Tuesday's to Lacrosse practice and works on Wednesday's. With my schedule I could have filmed any day during Monday-Thursday. However, my other team members had the exact opposite schedule from me. On the weekend I only had Saturday and Sunday mornings available. My group and I decided to film the sunset at the beach on Thursday as that was the only night everyone had available. The first scene shot was the over the shoulder shot of me looking out the window to the sunset on the beach. There were some difficulties that came along the way of shooting this scene. One was that Aja had to drive slower than usual and find an opening in