AICE Media Studies

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mxUG9g2O9ecr65kRdPlg6PBXOBHRvp5lourtUL0sBXE/edit?usp=sharing How does your product use or challenge conventions AND how does it represent social groups or issues? Use or Challenge of Conventions: When looking at sports related videos, our music video stands out for its bold differences from the conventional storylines that are usually seen. Traditionally, sports related storylines emphasize triumphs, victories, and the celebration of success in a game or season. However, our video challenges this convention by introducing an emotional depth that is not commonly found in sports scenes. The opening scene of Tom playing basketball alone in the rain displays vulnerability, loneliness, and sadness, separating itself from the conventional storyline. Our choice to show loneliness and sadness challenges the conventional portrayal of sports as primarily uplifting. This difference sets up a storyline that goes beyond the usual excitement of sports. It explores...

 This is our music video. Hope you enjoy!

 This blog is about the final editing. The plan was to meet at Tom's house again. The reasoning was the same as last time. Tom had the best computer and editing skills. However, his internet went out. He said something with the router was messed up. I didn't really know what it meant, but I knew we needed to go somewhere else. After a brief discussion, it was decided that we would go to Nicolas's house. We made sure to download everything to a USB before we left. The first thing that we did at his house was upload all the videos. This took a while so we played on his Xbox while we waited. Once it was finished we started picking out transitions. I made this easy because, I had added transitions to the video clips. They would start on a black screen, go to the character, and go back to black. I think it made it look pretty smooth and added a lot to the film. After the transitions were done, we worked on the music. This was easy enough. It took less than 20 minutes to find the...

 I am really glad I suggested that we film extra scenes. There were so many scenes that were unusable. Luckily we filmed extras for almost every scene. One minor change that happened with the extra scenes was my friend was our 'Uber' driver instead of my little brother. There were also some other very minor changes. However, most are unnoticeable to anyone who didn't already have a specific plan for the project. We all decided to do the editing at Tom's house. He has the best computer and most experience in editing. I got stuck in traffic on the way there and ended up being late. It wasn't an issue, as Tom and Nicolas had already started working. The first thing done was sending all of the videos to one central location. Once Tom had all the clips he put them together.  We all agreed to use CapCut. It is an easy to use editing application. It is something that everyone knows how to do. At this point I had arrived. I noticed that my idea to have built-in transitions ...

This blog is about how my group filmed the rest of our scenes. The day started out with Nicolas calling me to tell me he was running late. Tom arrived on time though. Once he did arrive, we got sidetracked quickly. We talked for a while, then went inside to get water. When we went inside we got distracted again and went to go play games. Eventually, we realized that we needed to get the project done. I brought out the props while Nicolas and Tom got ready. I set up the camera on a tripod I had. I made sure to run through my lines and actions quickly before we started. We started with the outdoor scenes. While we were outside, I suggested filming some extra scenes. My thinking was that in case one of the scenes was messed up or needed to be longer, we would have more of that scene. So we went back to using the hose. My little brother got to drive again and everyone was happy. After filming the extra scenes we moved onto the new ones. We all went inside and began to film the indoor scene...

Last weekend my group was able to starting filming our music video. It was a unanimous decision to show up in shorts and t-shirts. The first thing that was discussed was how to film the video if all of us were going to be in the video. There was a struggle with finding a good place to set the camera. I ended up setting the camera somewhere that it would be able to record without an issue. The next thing that had to be discussed was the lack of rain. The solution was to use a hose and add in some effects later. The original plan was to do it in the rain. This was because the storyboard was created during the rainy season when it rained nearly everyday. Finally, after solving all the present issues, I set up the camera and got into place for the scene. Once the camera was rolling, everything else went smooth. I completed my scenes flawlessly. My favorite scene was the one where I get picked up by my 'Uber'. I had my little brother drive a golf cart over to me. To prepare for this...

 Our original plan was to film last weekend. We also planned to do it in the rain. However, we did not consider the fact that everyone was going to be on vacation. Tom is going to Houston, Texas with his family. Nicolas is going to Indianapolis with his neighbor. I will be going to Tennessee with my friend. We realized that we couldn't keep postponing the project. We wanted to at least have some of the project filmed before the next production blog was due. There was no school on the upcoming Tuesday. So we decided to film our project then. Tom and Nicolas agreed that we could film at my house. It also helped that I have a golf cart we can use to get around. The golf cart can also be used in some of the scenes. After deciding the location we had to arrange the time. The group decided on 1 PM. Our next issue was the rain. We realized the rainy season was officially over. Now we had to come up with another solution. Our solution for now was to use a hose in place of rain.