Film blog

  I have not filmed yet, I think I am going to film at school next week or at home after school. As of right now, my journey is very stressful to be honest...I have been stressing out..s done before thanksgiving because people probably won't be in town. I have anxiety, so I do not want to be in the video so that is why I have to get this right before the holiday...So far, one of my friends said she can not film this weekend, so I am resorting to filming after school or with my mom and aunt since they volunteered to help me with it. But I am not so sure what is to come as of yet.

     I was going to check out a camera at school last week, but my dad said he already has one for me at home we just need to get an SD card.. I really hope the quality is good. But so far, what I have donw, was figure out what song I was going to do (which is surprisingly harder than it sounds) and find out who to do it with. The hardest part was finding people to be in the video, because I don't want to be in it like I said already. But I think the real reason why I haven't recorded anything is because I just do not have the time. And I have been caught up with other work from school. 

      I was also absent a lot last week. I did not get  the information. I was a day behind, but I am trying my hardest to get back on trach right now. But I have to say, I am kind of excited to get started on the filming, but I know the editing is going to be a lot of work. I was going to film the week after thanksgiving, but this whole project is due on the 9th and I know I wont have enough time to edit if I did that. But I am going to try my hardest to work and get it right so I get the best grade I can. I don't really know what else to say so im just going to leave this here.

Storyboard

             In this film, I am planning on doing a music video with my two friends or my mom and aunt. We will be filming at the school or at the house...I will start the video off with them doing their makeup or standing around being dramatic. It will introduce them and say "7 rings" on the screen. The next scene will be them finishing their makeup, and walk towards the camera...they will walk down a hall either in the house or in the school. Then it will cut to them being farther down the hallway and still singing the song. They will then turn around and it will automatically cut to them sitting on the couch or on a seat in the school, singing the song.
            After that, it'll cut to them still on the couch, but sitting up and a bit more zoomed in. And they will be singing one at a time and the camera will zoom in on whoever is singing in that moment, and that will just continue on and on for about 15 seconds. They will then be outside in the backyard, or in the schools courtyard dancing to the song while singing it...then it will cut to them on the table or on a bench in school with a fluffy scarf around their necks just singing the school. And then automatically cut back to them outside or in the courtyard dancing and singing the song. They will walk from the backyard, to the side of the house or towards the back of the school (building 17) and sing the song, while the camera is at eye-level. And after that, they will walk away, and that will be the end of it...

Planning

           For this project, I am not completely sure where I am going  to be filming the video. I am thinking that I am going to film it at my house, and around the area whenever I have the chance. I chose this location because there will not be a lot of time to record at school, so I decided to record out of school. My friends may have different schedules as well, so I made a schedule that may work for everyone. For health and safety, there is not much to worry about as of yet, but I do plan on using some sparkling cider in thye background to be a replacement for champagne or alcohol. To be sure of everyone's safety, I will place the bottles far away from my friends and keep a first aid kit around in case of any emergency. I will also keep the camera safe, but most importantly the actors and director.
           Some props I will be using for this video, are some sparkling cider bottles, and a lot of "expensive" looking accessories. Things like, a fluffy scarf, necklaces, rings, and a few outfits my friends will bring themselves or I will purchase if needed. I might even get a wallpaper for my walls, for a background. Or order something like that off of amazon. For the costumes, I think I will buy a few dresses for a couple of scenes, but nothing too fancy. I am hoping to make this video not skin revealing, but very goofy and funny.
         The schedule for this project consisted of getting the assignment, and planning basically. I was not there when everyone did the first blog for the project, but I did figure out a song for the video. When I came back to school on Monday, I had to do my blog, and tell my teacher what my song was for my assignment. And Yesterday was an A day, and I do not see my teacher on A days, so I did not really do much, but I did start on my blog. Today, I did not go to school because I was not feeling so well...but I did still do my class work. We have two blogs due tomorrow by midnight, and this is one of them. The next things I have to do is make a storyboard for my blog (which I don't have). But the last thing is just to write about what is in the storyboard, and post it on here with a blog. This weekend I am hoping to start filming so I can dump all my footage onto the computers next week and start editing right after break...its going to be a long couple of weeks.        

Conventions

            Some things I learned from the commercial was that I need to make more time to actually do the things I need to do. I learned that I am not the best editor, but I will try my hardest to make my music video one to remember (in a good way). Some things I want to learn is how to actually edit good on the editing app. Now that we have a new assignment, what I want to do better is editing. Shooting and dumping the footage is the easiest part. Although editing sounds fun and easy, it does get difficult and it was pretty difficult during our last project. But this time, I want to practice a lot with the different buttons that are on the actual app.
             The song I am doing is 7 rings by Ariana Grande. When I looked up the genre for her music, they gave me a lot of different genres. She releases a lot of different songs, so the genre for her music really varies on the song. The genres are, Pop, Hip-Hop, R&B/Soul, Teen pop, Soul music, Rhythm and blues, etc. The reason why I picked this song for my project, was because I could not really find anything else. Although there are a lot of songs out there, most of them have cuss words and talk about drugs and sex. But main reason why I picked this song, is because I like the beat and rhythm, and making a music video to this song will not be that hard.
            While looking for other videos like this one, they all are the same in a way. Most of them are just dance videos. Ariana's original video is kind of a music video, but she is in a mansion with her friends, and they are just chilling. Some angles they use are, close-up, high angles, and long shots. The camera that are used in the video are very good too. The movements that I see are tracking shots, tilt, and zoom. The shots that seem to be used in this video, is a crane shot, and a stock shot. The crane shot I believe is something they used because towards the beginning, the camera was very high, and facing downwards towards the people. When it comes to CLAMPS, C: the costumes used are very "skin revealing". They had furry coats and swimsuit like clothing on. L: The lighting throughout the video was dimmed, but had a pink light around the corners of the camera to make everything look pink. A: the actors throughout the video were boys and girls. They all knew the dance, although some were obviously just extras. M: the makeup was very dramatic and very pink. The whole video was just pink .P: The props throughout the video were champagne bottles and expensive items. S: The setting in the video was a mansion like I mentioned earlier. It seems like they were making themselves look rich and worth a lot of money with the costumes, and props and setting.