Music Video

This is the music video my team and I did. This was the first project we had to do outside of school. The song we did is called Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves. This song is in the Pop-rock genre and was recorded in 1983. We chose this song because since my group members and I live in Florida, it seems fitting with the weather. We liked the upbeat tempo and the cool-sounding nature of the song. We had everything figured out, at least we thought we did. We didn't realize we had extra time and had to improvised

Then we had to decide on and outro dance. We went over several things. First we thought about dancing at the shore. There was another idea but I don’t remember. After brainstorming we came up with an outro. It was the perfect one. Since Safia was the last one to leave the frame she had to do it for longer but she kept messing up. We had to take that a few times. After a while we were done and it was time to pack up and go home. This was a nice filming and producing experience. I was more prepared for the next one after this one.

Movie

     This is the movie that my team and I made. We made this with a set of rules in place. We had to use certain angles and include titles. A lot of hard work and research went into this movie. I had to do research on genre. Even though I had done that before I had to do research on a different genre than before. I did action research in the past but this time I did my research on horror. I did my research on horror because that is the genre of this movie. I also had to do research on titles. Things such as fonts, placement, etc. 

This movie is about three girls that are being terrorized by a werewolf man. He kills off two of the three and leaves the last one to become what he is. Everything had to correspond to the genre. From the lighting to the make-up to the font of the titles. This was also filmed out of school so the only resources we had were each other and our notes.  This movie took a lot of time and planning. Also a lot of cleaning on my part since it was shot at my house. I think this is the project that improved my production skills the most. This project was stressful yet fun. Overall this was an amazing filming experience.

Commercial

        Conventions and Codes in Nike commercials include the symbolic swoosh, added with a "JUST DO IT" slogan. This slogan sparks the media to just go for it. Also to accomplish goals and reach new heights. In the commercial the props are always angled to show the Nike symbol to let the audience know it is a Nike commercial, even without stating the name. The symbol has become universal so they know. The commercial can sometimes include ethos- showing famous athletes. Actors and even signers as a way to show that everyone, even the richest, sport Nike wear. And so do everyday civilians. We had to use all of our own props. We struggled to get some of the things but we pulled through.

This is the commercial we shot at the beginning of the school year. That meant we were new to this and had no idea how to do this. We did this on campus so we weren't that lost, if anything we could just go to class and ask for help. This commercial is for the Nike brand. It advertises things such as shoes, clothes, and a water bottle. It shows the flexibility and usefulness of their products. We used conventions such as close-ups, tracking shots, etc. My group and I came together to organize our ideas. We put together the locations of shooting, the props, costumes, schedules, and our back-up plan for our project. By doing so we got ready for shooting and prepared for everything.  

CCR

https://youtu.be/nJSXXHCYL9M

This is my CCR on my movie. These are basically questions asked about the conventions, distribution, and development skills. I talk about how we had to use certain angles and include titles. In the video I had to verbally answer questions as if I was explaining it. The CCR is different for each project. I also answer how it represents social groups. I explain how and which audiences engage with the product. I go into how we used technology provided. I included some of the technologies used.

 Everything had to correspond to the genre. From the lighting to the make-up to the font of the titles. This was also filmed out of school so the only resources we had were each other and our notes.  This movie took a lot of time and planning. I  talked about what I'd learned from this project specifically. I was definitely more involved in this project. that was because I'd done things like this before. I think this is the project that improved my production skills the most. I say that because this is the project that needed the most components and effort put into it. I tried to make this video CCR more entertaining by adding gifs.