AICE Media Studies

 While making this video, the main thing I wanted to make sure of was that it followed the beat of the music. This was one of the most common trends in music videos and I don't feel like it would make sense to break this trend. Breaking this trend would just cause the video to feel somewhat choppy at moments with transitions randomly placed willy-nilly. Due to the nature of the song, I feel that the story that I ultimately came up with does not totally fit with the song. I feel like it would have been a better choice now to pick a different song. I guess that this could represent how some problems are caused by doing something in an area that doesn't really fit the situation. But overall, as a music video, I feel that it did well in terms of the basics of a music video.  When it comes to the audience, this video does not really address them directly. The reason for this was that it was not really needed for this situation. I do know some music videos might address the audience...

 Well... Here it is... Was a bit of a ride but overall it came out pretty alright if I say so myself. Ended up cutting a good amount of stuff post-processing. Another thing in the bag. The hatchet is buried and my mind remains positive. So without further ado. Here is my music video for Feels Like Summer  featuring the one and only... ME!

 So the editing was interesting. It mostly consisted of more cutting than I would want to deal with. Some, honestly all, of the clips, had to be trimmed down. This was the majority of what I have been doing. Even though I was mainly trimming shots, I was able to find some moments where I could have some fun. The shots to be honest took way more time to trim and edit because I wanted the shots to match with the music so it was imperative that I make sure to properly cut the shots. When I got the music that I was going to use I had to cut it to match the required length of the entire video. But, I couldn't do it at the start because I didn't know how much the film would take. So most of the editing consisted of getting the actual film to go by as smoothly as possible. While at the same time cutting out as much as possible to shorten the length to one minute. Overall the process was similar to the others but this time I had more chances to mess with transitions. Davinci Resolve ha...

Today's blog is about finishing the rest of the shots that were not finished on a previous filming day. So after the previous filming, I rested for a bit because it was getting a bit exhausting going back and forth to get the film. So this blog is about filming after resting. After about a day (or two) I then went on to finish the last couple of scenes. I decided to change the scene of the flashback. Instead of talking to someone I decided to make it a call and include the hand swinging down to a blurry view of the phone. By doing that I saved the time of trying to find someone else to try and get the shot. I wouldn't want to bother someone else with the tedious task of re-recording the action of standing in one place. So after deciding on that change I set up the camera to record me lifting the phone to my head and acting as if I was talking on it. And after that, I had to try and record a close-up of the phone going down but I didn't want to just separate the clip and zoo...

 Well by this time I (and I hope others as well) enjoyed a good meal with my family and for me got around to filming a couple of sections of the music video. So overall for filming I wanted shots to be as still as possible to get the shots the way I want them for when I edit it together. And for this, I made use of the tool that I created for my previous project. But overall, it is possible to see the small cuts from each of the moments which makes it look shakey. So! I purchased a tripod which let put my phone (video taking tool of choice as of this time) in one spot to take a shot or multiple in an orientation I need which makes some things easier. So with it, I was able to get some of the shots I needed (and dropped the drone idea) and it was actually kinda fun to bring it around and just put it down in places. While filming each time I take a shot I have to run back and make sure that the results were satisfactory. This became a bit of a bother but regardless I recorded the sce...

 Now for my storyboard, the average length of each scene would take around 5 seconds each to come together to make 12 pictures and descriptions to encompass the plan shown by the storyboard. Scene 1 In this scene, it starts out with a mid-shot with several many short shots of the actor getting out of bed. In this shot, the camera mustn't move so it will be recorded as one long shot and cut into shots less than 5 seconds. This sequence will go in time with the music that will be playing. This will come up to about 12 shots being used in the first 5 or so seconds and then a while also being a short shot it would be much longer and have a pan to a door exiting the room. I feel like including an easter egg or something like that in it as something random to give a light and funny feeling in the beginning. Scene 2 The second shot would also be a wide shot that is composed of multiple clips. In these shots, it will show a different part of the same room but in these shots, it will be the...

 Now for the plan for this music video to be recorded for the assignment  ages! The song that I planned on using which was mentioned previously is Feels Like Summer  by Childish Gambino . The genre for this song is R&B/Soul so the overall tone feels chill and relaxing. The main part of the story that I'm planning to make is to have something to do with traveling. This idea came from the original music video as it was mainly composed of an animated Childish Gambino walking down a long path all the way to his home while showing parts of other people's lives throughout the video. For my video, however, while it may have traveled the overall story will be different from the original. The props would include a way to cause a need for travel so it could be a letter or text/call on the phone. Since it's traveling another thing needed would be the outside (I guess?). A starting and ending location is also needed. There will also need to be reminders about the reason for trave...

 Now! The first thing to get down is research about music videos. Some music tends to have an intro story or something of that nature before the actual music starts to play while some others start right at the beginning. The music video for  Feels Like Summer  starts off with the music playing with the introduction. Overall, the video does not really carry a specific story but goes around small parts of other people's lives. Depending on the genre of the music video it might carry a different tone with the story. An example of this, in my opinion, is the music video for the song  MAPS  by Maroon 5 (Did not include the music video as it used explicit language) , I would feel would have carried a lighter tone but that was quickly washed away. Some song basically has the script embedded into itself. An example of this was a song called the locket  by atlas . I was not able to find a music video for this but by listening to it I could almost imagine how th...

Surprise surprise! A new project enters the fray! So for this project, I will again be working with the illustrious group compromising of Me, Myself, and I. Our previous project went well and we feel that we may be able to go farther than before. We also can cooperate fairly well and think very similarly which lets the whole process flow well and minimizes the need for a lot of speech because we are just conveniently really close with each other. The song I decided to choose was Feels Like Summer  by Childish Gambino  (or Donald Glover). The reason I chose this song is that right now I have been in my apartment and I haven't left since my school initially went into lockdown (minus throwing out the trash but it doesn't count alright) . And for this song, I want to be a bit more adventurous and get some outdoor air along with some interesting clips to cu- wait this is just an intro so that's confidential. It's also getting colder so at the same time it does not feel like ...