AICE mediastudies blog

 

This was my second time working on a project like this. I had a great experience working with my friends. We had a great time and did the job. We created a wonderful Music video. I did notice some areas where we could have made improvements in the final result. This will only leave room for future initiatives to improve. I'm proud of my team and I, as well as the music video we all created. I believe we effectively used our expertise to convey what we know. I'm looking forward to working on my next project and seeing how far I've progressed. Hopefully we all get to work together again in future projects. 

Once all the scenes were edited, I had to add the song we are using into the video. Some scenes were rearranged to a different order. The scenes that were changed were the scenes were we had to grab the napkins and the confetti were made into a split scene. Once i was done i had to be done was run the entire film to make sure everything was ok. Once I did that, I saw that the duration still went a little over 1 minute. So, I had to go back and check and see which scenes to cut down even more. I first cut down the first opening scene by a couple seconds. Then I cut down the"setting the table up" scene so it wasn't as long anymore. Then the phone call scene was cut, in a way that it looked like a jump cut. The phone convo was cut very short. Then the scene were the little girl and the mom are walking was also cute so that way there wasn't walking too much from scene to scene. Then more editing came into play. The scene where one of the actors is walking in target was sp

Once all the scenes were aligned in the order they needed to be, I had to make sure the timing was right. This included both editing the time and speeding up the time. Some scenes were not included in the film because it dragged out the time or because they were too shaky. To begin with, the first editing was done on my personal laptop. What had to be done was run the entire film. Once I did that, I saw that the duration went under 1 minute. So, I had to go back and check and see which scenes i needed to extend. I first cut down the first opening scene by a couple seconds. Then I speed up the scene where one of the actors is walking then slow it down when they grab the item and put it inside the basket. This gave me more time which was good for the film so that way i can add more parts/transitions. Then there were some scenes that were cut, in a way that looked like a split screen. For the split screen I have to use another editing site since the one i'm using (iMovie) does not giv

On Wednesday , the 1st I started filming with my group for the remaining shots we needed. All of my group members showed up so we were able to film the shots we needed to film. The location we chose was Middle River Terrace Park near the school. The park was a pretty empty with the exception of a few kids with their moms and dads so there weren't any filming issues.  My group and i decided that i was going to ask one of the parents and their kid if they wanted to be in the video, so i went up to a mom and introduced myself and my group and what we were doing. In the end she agreed to be in the video. I picked up filming and making sure to re-shoot certain scenes as we went along, but there was one scene which was a one time things since there wasn't enough confetti. The first scene i filmed was the scene in which one of the actors started decorating and setting up the birthday table. Then one of my group members filmed the next scene in which i was in. In that scene i had to bl

On Tuesday, the 30th I started filming with my group. All of my group members showed up so we were able to film the shots we needed to film. The location we chose was the target in coral ridge mall. The store was a bit busy with a lot of customers so i made sure to get myself and my group out of people's way when we were filming in small aisles. I picked up filming and making sure to re-shoot certain scenes as we went along. The first scene i filmed was the scene in which one of the actors had to choose some birthday hats for the party. Then one of my group members filmed the next scene in which i was in. In that scene i had to pick which confetti to choose for the birthday party. The next scene was filmed by another group member and both me and one of my group members were in, we had to quickly grab the candles so that shot matches with the songs beat. Since my group and i decided we were all going to be in one scene i decided to ask my boyfriend if he wanted to come along to help