First I had to dump all my footage onto my computer. Then individually save all my footage to my google photos. Google photos allows me to save and view videos on any device and personally I like editing on my phone. After that I get all my footage from my google drive and add it onto my editing software. I had about three minutes' worth of footage. I had to remove all the audio from all the footage. I screen recorded the music on my phone then added it onto the editing software.
I had to only add the audio aspect. after I layer the audio into the software I take all the audio off the actual footage. Now I can edit the footage as I wish.
I cut the audio down so that it starts at the right time. Then after that was done I could move the footage to where I wanted it to be. I cut a lot of the footage and moved it to the beginning of the song where there is a lot of transitions. I took both day and night shots which I took in busy streets and the beach. I took the shots and had a simple jump cut added to the footage. From there I added smooth transitions to most of the other scenes. I want the flow to be really good and well rounded. We added the title of the song in the first couple of scenes. A little bit after that We added text that said directed by then our names. Both those sense happened under fifteen seconds.
The remainder consisted of mostly jump cuts. Lucas and I are debating whether or not we want to add a filter over the whole music video or leave it as is. We also had really cool panoramic shots that transitioned well together. We managed to cut the three minutes down to the appropriate time necessary. The minimum time the music video could be was a minute and eight seconds while the most was a minute and fifteen minutes. Our commercial ended up being a minute and thirteen seconds so it was pretty good timing. Towards the last couple of seconds we allowed the audio to continue playing while the footage itself was slowly dissolving off the screen. We thought this would be a better way to end the music video rather than just ending it while seeing both the visuals and audio. Overall the editing process was smooth sailing and not hard to edit we still aren't done so far. We still have a lot of work to get done and editing to complete but we hope that the outcome of this music video is nothing less than amazing.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Monday, December 2, 2019
Final filming blog
This past week we had six days off. We had a break due to Thanksgiving.
Tuesday after school I got day shots at the beach. Tuesday was a Blue day which meant we had media studies so my partner and I had a bit of an idea of how we wanted the footage to be structured. Wednesday I didn’t film much due to being home. I slept over my best friend's house and got some night shots on my way there. Thursday came around, thanksgiving. My best friend and I went to Jupiter Florida. We were on the highway for a bit so I got a couple day shots as well as night shots. We passed city areas with tall buildings which seemed like it would be cool to film.
I got a lot of pan shots and close-ups as well on Thursday. Friday I went to the skating rink but sadly couldn’t bring in my camera. On Saturday I got the most shots. It was my partner Lucas’s birthday party at Fort Lauderdale beach so I went and decided to bring my camcorder. I got some day shots with the sun nice and high. I got shots of my friends talking and the moon behind them. I got a sunset shot which looked pink in the camera. I also got night shots of the beach and the buildings next to the beach. I got moon shots and sun shots that day which I was proud of. Our song is day and night by kid Cudi which just says those lyrics over and over again. The shots we took were good and can serve us well for the music video.
Our music video is due December ninth. We still have some time to film a couple more shots. I would like to begin editing now so that once most of the video is complete we can simply add on anything we need to add. I want this video to have a darker more Melo aesthetic to it. And I believe if I begin to edit now the video can come out really well. Lucas and I want to film some more this weekend. I can edit and place all the shots where they need to be. I can also make sure that the transitions are smooth and flow well into each shot. We can film some more, upload it to my google drive, and edit from my device from home which should allow me to complete the whole project fairly quickly.
Tuesday after school I got day shots at the beach. Tuesday was a Blue day which meant we had media studies so my partner and I had a bit of an idea of how we wanted the footage to be structured. Wednesday I didn’t film much due to being home. I slept over my best friend's house and got some night shots on my way there. Thursday came around, thanksgiving. My best friend and I went to Jupiter Florida. We were on the highway for a bit so I got a couple day shots as well as night shots. We passed city areas with tall buildings which seemed like it would be cool to film.
I got a lot of pan shots and close-ups as well on Thursday. Friday I went to the skating rink but sadly couldn’t bring in my camera. On Saturday I got the most shots. It was my partner Lucas’s birthday party at Fort Lauderdale beach so I went and decided to bring my camcorder. I got some day shots with the sun nice and high. I got shots of my friends talking and the moon behind them. I got a sunset shot which looked pink in the camera. I also got night shots of the beach and the buildings next to the beach. I got moon shots and sun shots that day which I was proud of. Our song is day and night by kid Cudi which just says those lyrics over and over again. The shots we took were good and can serve us well for the music video.
Our music video is due December ninth. We still have some time to film a couple more shots. I would like to begin editing now so that once most of the video is complete we can simply add on anything we need to add. I want this video to have a darker more Melo aesthetic to it. And I believe if I begin to edit now the video can come out really well. Lucas and I want to film some more this weekend. I can edit and place all the shots where they need to be. I can also make sure that the transitions are smooth and flow well into each shot. We can film some more, upload it to my google drive, and edit from my device from home which should allow me to complete the whole project fairly quickly.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Filming blog
Throughout the weekend my partner Lucas and I actually didn’t film. We haven’t started filming due to one of us being busy while the other is free. My partner and I already have most of the planning done. All we need to do now is to go out and actually film. The main reason we didn’t get to film because my partner and I were both unavailable to film over the weekend. While I do wish we did film this blog is a requirement and will have to be published whether we filmed or not. During our last project which was the commercial, filming was a pretty smooth process. We went around the school and just filmed shots based on the storyboard. The difference in this commercial is that now we are going to actually shoot off-campus so both my partner and I are going to have to schedule a get-together and film our video.
What we have planned is us meeting up at a nearby mall and film in a parking garage. This setting helps us create the dark tone we want to set for our music video. My partner and I are kind of disappointed that we didn’t get to film already. Personally I’m the type of person that likes filming as soon as possible and editing it to its maximum potential. The editing process is going to be much longer now so we definitely have to get to filming as soon as possible. We now have a big thanksgiving break that will give us the opportunity to film without worrying about school, extracurricular activities, and homework. By doing this blog now we actually don’t have to write about our experiences filming and we just worry about completion. Our music video will hopefully be everything we want it to be, with that Melodramatic, dark tone we’re looking for. Due to the fact that we are filming off campus, this will give us the opportunity to film in cool places rather than being restricted to just school.
I want to start filming right away. Our footage should probably be done by next week and I hope it's going to turn out as good as the last one, if not better. I'm really proud of our commercial and hoping our next project can top it. The editing was so fun and the best part of the editing process is seeing your project come together. Although it’s not a competition we really hope we can have the best music video. instead of getting a mediocre passing grade we hope our creativity and success lead us to greatness. This class allows us to venture into the unknown and experience creativity through art. We can’t turn in any projects less than spectacular. And although we missed our opportunity to film this weekend we sure will try to film this following weekend and deliver one of the best music videos ever.
What we have planned is us meeting up at a nearby mall and film in a parking garage. This setting helps us create the dark tone we want to set for our music video. My partner and I are kind of disappointed that we didn’t get to film already. Personally I’m the type of person that likes filming as soon as possible and editing it to its maximum potential. The editing process is going to be much longer now so we definitely have to get to filming as soon as possible. We now have a big thanksgiving break that will give us the opportunity to film without worrying about school, extracurricular activities, and homework. By doing this blog now we actually don’t have to write about our experiences filming and we just worry about completion. Our music video will hopefully be everything we want it to be, with that Melodramatic, dark tone we’re looking for. Due to the fact that we are filming off campus, this will give us the opportunity to film in cool places rather than being restricted to just school.
I want to start filming right away. Our footage should probably be done by next week and I hope it's going to turn out as good as the last one, if not better. I'm really proud of our commercial and hoping our next project can top it. The editing was so fun and the best part of the editing process is seeing your project come together. Although it’s not a competition we really hope we can have the best music video. instead of getting a mediocre passing grade we hope our creativity and success lead us to greatness. This class allows us to venture into the unknown and experience creativity through art. We can’t turn in any projects less than spectacular. And although we missed our opportunity to film this weekend we sure will try to film this following weekend and deliver one of the best music videos ever.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Music Video: Planning
Location: My partner and I are planning to film in locations with minimal lighting to get a sad vibe. Most likely going to film in the Fort Lauderdale area. To catch the aesthetic of the video, we are going to film in locations that also catch the vibe. This is important.
Health and Safety: due to the fact that both I and my partner are both high school students, health and safety are both important factors in this project. Besides getting a good grade, both I and my partner's health are priorities. One way we are going to take account of health and safety in this project is to be aware of our surroundings and not go in dangerous areas.
Props: Props are very important when it comes to music videos. There aren’t any primary props we are going to use in our music video though. Due to the fact that we are going to tell a story with the music video and props aren’t going to be needed.
Costumes: For our costumes, we are going to be using normal street clothes. Obviously nothing too formal but nothing too casual. Just what a normal person would wear on the street. Jeans, hoodies, t-shirts, etc.
Schedule: The schedule is attached below...
Health and Safety: due to the fact that both I and my partner are both high school students, health and safety are both important factors in this project. Besides getting a good grade, both I and my partner's health are priorities. One way we are going to take account of health and safety in this project is to be aware of our surroundings and not go in dangerous areas.
Props: Props are very important when it comes to music videos. There aren’t any primary props we are going to use in our music video though. Due to the fact that we are going to tell a story with the music video and props aren’t going to be needed.
Costumes: For our costumes, we are going to be using normal street clothes. Obviously nothing too formal but nothing too casual. Just what a normal person would wear on the street. Jeans, hoodies, t-shirts, etc.
Schedule: The schedule is attached below...
Music video: Storyboard
We are currently in the pre-production phase. In the last blog I discussed the plan and develop ideas of the music video. Before we begin filming we first must compose a storyboard. We don't want to waste any time during the duration of this whole process. Lucas and I want a darker more mysterious feel to the music video. We want it to capture pain, depression, anxiety, and stress but with a good color scheme and flow. We kind of want it to release a euphoric feeling with a slightly psychedelic undertone to it. The subject has emotional and mental issues that reflex on the video.
The first twelve seconds are multiple jump cut shots of buildings and places that introduce the city vibe into the commercial. The first twelve seconds will be filmed at different locations.
They will also be filmed at different times of the day. Scene two, seconds thirteen to nineteen are a medium close up shot of half the subject's face and body is shown. The subject is looking straight ahead with no emotions. behind the subject is a beautiful sky after the sunsets. We hope we can get a good shot of the sky having an ocean blue look to it. We really want to execute that gloomy look we want.
Scene seconds twenty to twenty-seven will be over shoulder shots of society. People will be laughing, being happy, and talking. We hope scenes like this introduce the depression portion of the music video. Scene three, seconds twenty-eight to thirty-three will be the subject walking down a dark ally way or hall. We have to make sure we are cautious and safe throughout the whole process and we are still looking for the perfect location to film this scene.
Scene four, seconds thirty-four to forty will be a tracking shot of the subject running.
Once the subject stops running it will look confused as if it does not know where it is.
That will become scene fives part, seconds forty to forty-two will be a close-up dutch shot of the subject falling backward which will be the transition of the next scene. Scene six, seconds forty-three to forty-four will be the subject in the bed sitting up. Scene seven, seconds forty-five to forty-seven will be a small pan of the subjects close-up. Scene eight, seconds forty-nine to fifty will be a close-up of the subject standing during the day and night showing how everything feels the same every day, all the time. Scene nine, seconds fifty to 60 or one minutes will be the subject standing in rain crying. Scene ten, minute 1:01 to 1:04 will be the subject over the shoulder shot looking at orange pill capsules. Scene eleven, minutes 1:05 to 1:08 is a medium shot of the subject dancing around finally being happy. Scene twelve, minutes 1:08-1:09 will be multiple jump shots of a close up of the subject's facial expressions. Scene thirteen will be the title of the song with the names of my partner and I.
The first twelve seconds are multiple jump cut shots of buildings and places that introduce the city vibe into the commercial. The first twelve seconds will be filmed at different locations.
They will also be filmed at different times of the day. Scene two, seconds thirteen to nineteen are a medium close up shot of half the subject's face and body is shown. The subject is looking straight ahead with no emotions. behind the subject is a beautiful sky after the sunsets. We hope we can get a good shot of the sky having an ocean blue look to it. We really want to execute that gloomy look we want.
Scene seconds twenty to twenty-seven will be over shoulder shots of society. People will be laughing, being happy, and talking. We hope scenes like this introduce the depression portion of the music video. Scene three, seconds twenty-eight to thirty-three will be the subject walking down a dark ally way or hall. We have to make sure we are cautious and safe throughout the whole process and we are still looking for the perfect location to film this scene.
Scene four, seconds thirty-four to forty will be a tracking shot of the subject running.
Once the subject stops running it will look confused as if it does not know where it is.
That will become scene fives part, seconds forty to forty-two will be a close-up dutch shot of the subject falling backward which will be the transition of the next scene. Scene six, seconds forty-three to forty-four will be the subject in the bed sitting up. Scene seven, seconds forty-five to forty-seven will be a small pan of the subjects close-up. Scene eight, seconds forty-nine to fifty will be a close-up of the subject standing during the day and night showing how everything feels the same every day, all the time. Scene nine, seconds fifty to 60 or one minutes will be the subject standing in rain crying. Scene ten, minute 1:01 to 1:04 will be the subject over the shoulder shot looking at orange pill capsules. Scene eleven, minutes 1:05 to 1:08 is a medium shot of the subject dancing around finally being happy. Scene twelve, minutes 1:08-1:09 will be multiple jump shots of a close up of the subject's facial expressions. Scene thirteen will be the title of the song with the names of my partner and I.
Monday, November 18, 2019
NEW MUSIC VIDEO
MUSIC VIDEO
Our commercial is complete. Lucas and I both had a good experience throughout the duration of the commercial. We used our own editing software due to pinnacle studios being extremely slow. We feel because we used our own it actually came out better than anticipated. Editing on our phones, working with the software we already are familiar with gave us the freedom and ability to excel in the editing department while some classmates were incredibly unfamiliar with the editing process. We made a storyboard but when we started to film, more ideas came into our head which made us stray away from our original storyboard. Other than that, our commercial was a success. Now we are transitioning into shooting our next project. This project is going to be a music video.
The song that we will choose for our music video is going to be Day n Nite by Kid Cudi. The reason we selected this song is due to the fact that it's a good song overall. The song had no explicit language and just a really chill song. This song was very popular when it was released back in 2008. It's considered to be a part of the Rap/Hip-Hop genre. While this song already has a music video, we are going to take a different approach to the visuals. The music video for this song shows Kid Cudi, walking around in the city, and drawings appear as if he were seeing it. This music video conveys the figurative aspect of the song, but I think my partner and I will take the lyrics more literally. The editing is very present in the actual music video and it features lots of tracking shots. Because my partner and I haven't really decided what our music video is going to feature exactly, I can't tell you what type of editing our video is going to have.
Rap/Hip-Hop is a common genre now in the 21st Century, because of this, there is now certain conventions that a Rap/Hip-Hop music video should have.
1. Costumes that are usually featured in Rap/Hip-Hop is designer clothes for men and minimal clothing for women to show wealth.
2. While lighting varies for each different music video, the usual lighting is very bright and visible to clearly see every single thing in the music video.
3. Usually for the acting of a typical rap music video is just the artist of the song either lip-syncing his song or they sometimes hire actors to portray the message of the video.
4. Makeup for a typical rap music videos is very minimal or used to make the people in the videos look as natural as possible.
5. Props for a usual rap music video varies on the song. In reality, the props featured in the music video helps to portray the underlying message of the song.
6. Set design for a typical rap music video is usually somewhere exotic. This is done so rappers can show off their wealth and portrays to the audience, "Look at me, I'm at some cool place!"
While there are conventions in Rap/Hip-Hop music video, I doubt me and my partner will actually follow the conventions of the genre because I don't usually enjoy watching these type of videos. So for our project we will stick to making a nicer music video.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Commercial Blog
For the past week, I've been editing on my phone. I attempted using pinnacle studios. When I got into the website it was acting extremely blotchy and weird. My partner Lucas and I haven't been able to edit at school but rather editing at home. I've been using an app called Cute cut pro in order to get the commercial to where I want it to be. At first I added all the footage via google photos. I previously put all the footage into google photos on a school computer while dumping. I have google photos on my phone so I went to the time where we uploaded the footage on to it. I exported it onto cute cut pro, my editing software. It took about two minutes to import all the footage onto the editing software. Then I began to place the videos into the order I wanted to while maintaining the storyboards format.
I started cutting the clips down so that the commercial did not have any extra footage it didn't need to have. I tried cutting the video down to transition along with the song which is Pride by Kendrick Lamar. The song is a hip hop and psychedelic continuous loop with a really good beat. Every time the beat of the drums goes off or any other effects are heard in the song there will be a jump cut going to a new shoot. The commercial its self is more of a montage of vans products. We start off at the rails doing a panoramic shot leading to all the shirts placed on it. The pan shot moves from left to right.
Then we go to a zoom-in shot of the Vans on top of stairs. Afterwords a zoom into a vans logo shirt with an older vintage theme to it. Then a shot of Lucas throwing up some of the shirts from a higher angle that leads to another zoomed-in shot.
The two shots afterwords featured were close up shots of vans logos. Multiple wide shots and more jump cuts after that there is a medium shot. The medium shot is me sitting down on my skateboard in front of this artwork in front of the school. Lucas zoomed into the box logo which said "vans" on it so we got a close up of that as well. We managed to get more shots like a wide-angle shot of the school and a close up on a "no skateboarding sign" located at the bus loop. We captured a medium close up of myself on the flying L. Then our very final shot was myself skating across the screen. When I get to the middle of the screen the vans logo shows up on the screen with a "wipe in" transition that I reversed for it to flip from one side to the other while I'm passing through it to make it look as if I'm "wiping" it onto the screen. Then the logo continues to stay on the screen for about three to seconds. The commercial is a total of twenty-five seconds and even though we didn't completely stick to the storyboard we created something we both enjoyed. While still executing a couple of shots we wanted to in the storyboard.
I started cutting the clips down so that the commercial did not have any extra footage it didn't need to have. I tried cutting the video down to transition along with the song which is Pride by Kendrick Lamar. The song is a hip hop and psychedelic continuous loop with a really good beat. Every time the beat of the drums goes off or any other effects are heard in the song there will be a jump cut going to a new shoot. The commercial its self is more of a montage of vans products. We start off at the rails doing a panoramic shot leading to all the shirts placed on it. The pan shot moves from left to right.
Then we go to a zoom-in shot of the Vans on top of stairs. Afterwords a zoom into a vans logo shirt with an older vintage theme to it. Then a shot of Lucas throwing up some of the shirts from a higher angle that leads to another zoomed-in shot.
The two shots afterwords featured were close up shots of vans logos. Multiple wide shots and more jump cuts after that there is a medium shot. The medium shot is me sitting down on my skateboard in front of this artwork in front of the school. Lucas zoomed into the box logo which said "vans" on it so we got a close up of that as well. We managed to get more shots like a wide-angle shot of the school and a close up on a "no skateboarding sign" located at the bus loop. We captured a medium close up of myself on the flying L. Then our very final shot was myself skating across the screen. When I get to the middle of the screen the vans logo shows up on the screen with a "wipe in" transition that I reversed for it to flip from one side to the other while I'm passing through it to make it look as if I'm "wiping" it onto the screen. Then the logo continues to stay on the screen for about three to seconds. The commercial is a total of twenty-five seconds and even though we didn't completely stick to the storyboard we created something we both enjoyed. While still executing a couple of shots we wanted to in the storyboard.
Monday, October 28, 2019
Editing the commercial
Today In class we were told we were going to film for 30 minutes and edit. But once we got into class Ms. M announced that due to the computers being old and messed up we couldn’t do it. The class and I weren’t quite sure if it was the program itself not working or the computers acting up. But either way we couldn’t use them to edit. My partner and I Lucas looked forward to editing. We’ve edited in the past for our own reasons individually. My reason is when I was younger I used to be a YouTuber: I posted all types of videos and before 2016 I absolutely hated editing. I eventually gave YouTube a break and started posting again in the seventh and eighth grades. Around that time I loved editing so much I was in shock. Editing has always been super time consuming, stressful, and even annoying at times. But all in all the ending result of anything your editing is always a reward. All the hard work and effort you put in finally pays off and you're so much more proud of yourself when you're done.
Going back to what we’ve done in class we’ve created our storyboards. We’ve also filmed all the shots needed to begin the editing process. Due to the computers being older models and not up to date. We had to update the computers and were not allowed to use them for editing. We could only use the computers to put our work on google drive or a USB drive. I tried opening my google photos and dragging the file into google photos but that didn’t work I attempted doing that for another 10 times probably but nothing was happening. I tried opening the computer tab on google photo to upload pictures. That was the only way the videos would have actually saved onto the gallery. I had to repeat this step multiple times which was absolutely terrible. But the worst part was checking which scenes and shots I was missing.
I eventually had all of my shots saved onto my Google gallery. So now I do not have to worry about any of my footage getting lost. This allows Lucas and I to relax and not have to think about any footage gone missing. Lucas and I also have an idea of what we want our theme and aesthetic of the commercial to be. Due to the fact that it’s a Vans commercial I thought it would be cool to make it have a vintage theme to it. Have an old camcorder or vintage filter to it to make it have a better overall look to it. We also have the song we want to use for the commercial picked out. Our only form of audio in the commercial will be music. Neither Lucas or I will be doing voice-overs or speaking in the commercial. Overall today was sadly very disappointing. I hope we can start editing soon and have the computers working well enough to produce quality content that everyone will enjoy.
Going back to what we’ve done in class we’ve created our storyboards. We’ve also filmed all the shots needed to begin the editing process. Due to the computers being older models and not up to date. We had to update the computers and were not allowed to use them for editing. We could only use the computers to put our work on google drive or a USB drive. I tried opening my google photos and dragging the file into google photos but that didn’t work I attempted doing that for another 10 times probably but nothing was happening. I tried opening the computer tab on google photo to upload pictures. That was the only way the videos would have actually saved onto the gallery. I had to repeat this step multiple times which was absolutely terrible. But the worst part was checking which scenes and shots I was missing.
I eventually had all of my shots saved onto my Google gallery. So now I do not have to worry about any of my footage getting lost. This allows Lucas and I to relax and not have to think about any footage gone missing. Lucas and I also have an idea of what we want our theme and aesthetic of the commercial to be. Due to the fact that it’s a Vans commercial I thought it would be cool to make it have a vintage theme to it. Have an old camcorder or vintage filter to it to make it have a better overall look to it. We also have the song we want to use for the commercial picked out. Our only form of audio in the commercial will be music. Neither Lucas or I will be doing voice-overs or speaking in the commercial. Overall today was sadly very disappointing. I hope we can start editing soon and have the computers working well enough to produce quality content that everyone will enjoy.
Friday, October 25, 2019
Filming the commercial
Today I will be discussing the filming process and what my partner and I did through the seventy minutes of filming. The very first thing we did was fill out a sheet to get the equipment and pass so we could film. While Lucas was filling everything out and waiting in line to get everything I went ahead and changed my outfit to clothing that was more fit for the commercial. Once Lucas and I were finished with that we had two duffle bags. Both duffle bags were filled with shoes and clothing and decided to fit all of it into Lucas’s so we would only have to hold the duffle bag, tripod, camera, and skateboard. We started going to the front of the auditorium. There we started setting up the camera onto the tripod. We began by filming Lucas stand on the board and zoom into the shoes. He had van shoes on and we thought it would be cool to have a shot like that. We unfortunately didn’t follow the first scene from the storyboard because our subject was filming his commercial.
We started by filming at low angles and close-ups on the shoes to begin. We took multiple shots like that and tracking shots as well. One we finished we went to a higher level where we could film. We shot tracking shots there too along with shots where the subject skating into the camera. After that we moved towards the rails where we set up all the shirts we had so we could film close-ups and panoramic shots. We plan on using those shots to do jump-cut transitions in the commercial. After filming the rail scene Lucas and I then moved to the flying L on the senior patio. There we laid down clothing, shoes, and skateboard on the wings and horizontal part of the “L”. I sat down on the vertical part of the “L” and started to just do a plethora of shots. We did high angles, close-ups, and a tilt.
From there we moved to the front of the school where we filmed a wide-angle. That was the final shot we plan on using at the end of the commercial. We skated from one side of the screen to the other and we were there for about five minutes. One we filmed the scene that we needed a security officer proceeded to come up to my partner and I and took my board. He said it’s a Florida misdemeanor and it’s illegal to skate in a public area. I then told him I was in the Cambridge AICE magnet filming a project and he continued to say the same thing over again. He fixated on the fact that I was filming skateboarding and how “when I post it on social media everyone is going to start breaking the rules”. I told him I wasn’t posting anything on a public platform but of course I need to publish it on this blog. But I don’t expect anyone not in AICE media to read any of my blogs. I ask the security guard if I could get it back because I wasn’t just doing it to violate any type of rules I was simply doing it for an important assignment. Luckily he gave it back and aI didn’t have to go through the hassle of trying to get it back from the administration with my parent. After all that happened I told Lucas We should put the board down and some clothing pieces as well. We put the skateboard and supplies down in media and decided to film the “no skateboarding” sign just because Vans tends to post commercials “breaking the rules” which we technically did (on accident). Once we finished that we walked a little farther to the track where we set up a couple of clothing pieces on the bleachers and filmed a birds-eye angle. We only filmed that for about a minute because the camera sadly died on us but we got back to class at just the right time and dumped the files onto the computer
We started by filming at low angles and close-ups on the shoes to begin. We took multiple shots like that and tracking shots as well. One we finished we went to a higher level where we could film. We shot tracking shots there too along with shots where the subject skating into the camera. After that we moved towards the rails where we set up all the shirts we had so we could film close-ups and panoramic shots. We plan on using those shots to do jump-cut transitions in the commercial. After filming the rail scene Lucas and I then moved to the flying L on the senior patio. There we laid down clothing, shoes, and skateboard on the wings and horizontal part of the “L”. I sat down on the vertical part of the “L” and started to just do a plethora of shots. We did high angles, close-ups, and a tilt.
From there we moved to the front of the school where we filmed a wide-angle. That was the final shot we plan on using at the end of the commercial. We skated from one side of the screen to the other and we were there for about five minutes. One we filmed the scene that we needed a security officer proceeded to come up to my partner and I and took my board. He said it’s a Florida misdemeanor and it’s illegal to skate in a public area. I then told him I was in the Cambridge AICE magnet filming a project and he continued to say the same thing over again. He fixated on the fact that I was filming skateboarding and how “when I post it on social media everyone is going to start breaking the rules”. I told him I wasn’t posting anything on a public platform but of course I need to publish it on this blog. But I don’t expect anyone not in AICE media to read any of my blogs. I ask the security guard if I could get it back because I wasn’t just doing it to violate any type of rules I was simply doing it for an important assignment. Luckily he gave it back and aI didn’t have to go through the hassle of trying to get it back from the administration with my parent. After all that happened I told Lucas We should put the board down and some clothing pieces as well. We put the skateboard and supplies down in media and decided to film the “no skateboarding” sign just because Vans tends to post commercials “breaking the rules” which we technically did (on accident). Once we finished that we walked a little farther to the track where we set up a couple of clothing pieces on the bleachers and filmed a birds-eye angle. We only filmed that for about a minute because the camera sadly died on us but we got back to class at just the right time and dumped the files onto the computer
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Storyboard
So for our commercial we are starting it off by filming a computer, we would have liked to film a vintage tv but we will have to work with it. we start off recording an old computer.
The computer is going to be playing the first couple of scenes. We will be zooming into the computer and at around five seconds the footage will fully be on the screen and the computer will be gone.
We are starting the first scene by recording a rail right in front of the auditorium where there is flat ground. Flat ground is important for skating because it's smooth and allows tricks to be executed efficiently. We will be filming the rail then slowly zooming into the subject wearing the merchandise. The subject will then do a couple of tricks on the skateboard. We will proceed to slowly track and move the camera to a low angle. We will then perform a panoramic shot around the subject's body till we get to its shirt.
The pan will end with the box vans logo premiered on the subject's body.
Throughout the next couple of seconds there will be multiple jump cuts and scenes rapidly coming in and out. The jump cuts will be between two scenes mainly. The first scene is the skating it’s self which will showcase vans shoes and a skateboard. The second scene is a dutch shot of multiple items of clothing from vans. The items will include t-shirts, shoes, long sleeve shirts, and some pieces with "a vans aesthetic". The second scene is going to be filmed at two locations around campus. One is on the Flying L in the senior patio. The senior patio is located at the front of the school.
And the main stairs which have quotes on them and lead up to AICE media studies.
My partner and I will also be putting the apparel on and take medium shots. The shots will show all the shirts we’ve brought as well as the shoes. It will be filmed on the 3rd-floor entrance of either building 21 or 17. Both buildings tend to have a lot of good lighting on the 3rd floor because it’s not blocked off by any other buildings. The last scene will be at the point of entry to our school. At the point of entry there is this very cool art piece that doesn’t get much attention. Our subject will end off the commercial by riding its board from one side of the shot to the other. That scene will be filmed in a long shot. And once the subject is halfway through the end of the shot that when the vans logo will appear. The logo will be black and show up from half of that shot to the end. And that will conclude our commercial.
Monday, October 14, 2019
Editing Lesson Blog
Today in media studies we went through a lot of information. We went through the process of checking out a camera and returning it, the editing process, and learning how to use the tripod.
Ms. M let us know that we have to use the same computer throughout the editing process
So that we don’t lose footage or any editing clip. If the team member that has his login to edit and has the account used for editing if he or she is absent the team must know his login to ensure they can continue editing. With the computers used in our class the computers do not read SD cards but they do collect information on the desktop its self. To start editing you have to put the SD card into the SD card reader then look for your footage in “DCIM”. If the footage isn’t in DCIM your gonna go to private, AVCHD then click on the next folder then go to your stream where you can find all your footage. Highlight the videos you have then drag them into the footage you have on your SD to your folder in order to DUMP your footage. Everyone has to dump footage before turning in your camera. Once you get into the program cancel all the ads. Import the footage from your folder to pinnacle studios or the editing software you are using. Click on the Plus sign and your media footage should pop up. Ms. M said we should always import footage into your desktop to make sure you don’t lose anything.
She showed us the basics of editing. She began explaining what raw footage is and modifying it to the product you want at the end of your post-production period. When you put footage from your camera onto your computer that is dumping. You should then import any footage you’d like to edit and choose what you want to do, you can split-screen, cut, and even use transitions. She showed us how to use coloration, saturation, and visibility. When we film during the day at school if we’d like to make the footage darker as if it was night time you can always change a couple things. You can lower visibility and saturation accordingly to have a realistic look to your footage. Ms.M showed us how to delete the footage and make it come along as well.
Ms.M taught us how to use a tripod. She showed us how to close and open the legs of the tripod in and out. Doing so will allow your tripod to be higher or lower from the ground. She Brought the legs out and then began placing the camcorder on the tripod. She showed us how to take out the top piece of the tripod off and on by flicking a switch on the tripod and removing the camera from the top piece. She then showed us how to close the tripod and the camera’s properly.
Ms. M let us know that we have to use the same computer throughout the editing process
So that we don’t lose footage or any editing clip. If the team member that has his login to edit and has the account used for editing if he or she is absent the team must know his login to ensure they can continue editing. With the computers used in our class the computers do not read SD cards but they do collect information on the desktop its self. To start editing you have to put the SD card into the SD card reader then look for your footage in “DCIM”. If the footage isn’t in DCIM your gonna go to private, AVCHD then click on the next folder then go to your stream where you can find all your footage. Highlight the videos you have then drag them into the footage you have on your SD to your folder in order to DUMP your footage. Everyone has to dump footage before turning in your camera. Once you get into the program cancel all the ads. Import the footage from your folder to pinnacle studios or the editing software you are using. Click on the Plus sign and your media footage should pop up. Ms. M said we should always import footage into your desktop to make sure you don’t lose anything.
She showed us the basics of editing. She began explaining what raw footage is and modifying it to the product you want at the end of your post-production period. When you put footage from your camera onto your computer that is dumping. You should then import any footage you’d like to edit and choose what you want to do, you can split-screen, cut, and even use transitions. She showed us how to use coloration, saturation, and visibility. When we film during the day at school if we’d like to make the footage darker as if it was night time you can always change a couple things. You can lower visibility and saturation accordingly to have a realistic look to your footage. Ms.M showed us how to delete the footage and make it come along as well.
Ms.M taught us how to use a tripod. She showed us how to close and open the legs of the tripod in and out. Doing so will allow your tripod to be higher or lower from the ground. She Brought the legs out and then began placing the camcorder on the tripod. She showed us how to take out the top piece of the tripod off and on by flicking a switch on the tripod and removing the camera from the top piece. She then showed us how to close the tripod and the camera’s properly.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Vans Commercial Planning
Planning is a crucial factor in making this commercial.
Props we will use for this commercial are
-Vans Apparel (Shoes, Shirts, Belts, etc)
-A Skateboard
Costumes I and my partner will use will be "Skate Apparel" and Vans Clothing to advertise the clothing.
The Schedule is as followed
-Planning 10/10
-Making the storyboard 10/14
-Shooting the scenes 10/21
-Editing/Post-production 10/23
Location
I and my partner will be filming on campus at Fort Lauderdale High, in front of the auditorium to shoot our skate scenes.
Backup Plan
If it starts to rain we can shoot on different locations around campus underneath shelter/roofing to not ruin any equipment.
If I or my partner doesn't show up to the day that we film, we will get somebody to help us film our scenes.
This is the planning for our commercial project.
Monday, October 7, 2019
Research Blog: Commercial Conventions
In my commercial my partner Lucas, and I are doing a vans commercial. Vans is an American manufacturer of skateboarding shoes and related based in Santa Ana, California and owned by VF Corporation. Vans are sold in many retail stores like journeys, Zumiez, Robert Wayne, and Footlocker. Since vans is a skating company, vans host many skating events for all types of skater. And even sponsors professional skaters for competitions and commercials. Vans also sells apparel and accessories such as beanies, hats, socks, stickers, and key chains.
My partner and I plan on using clothing and shoes for this commercial. We will be doing many zoom in shots as well as longs shots to show the complete subject. We hope to film an extreme close up to show the logo on the back of the shoe and the vans shirt logo as well. We want the commercial to look as authentic to Vans commercials as possible while having our own spin to it.
most commercials have the following:
My partner and I plan on using clothing and shoes for this commercial. We will be doing many zoom in shots as well as longs shots to show the complete subject. We hope to film an extreme close up to show the logo on the back of the shoe and the vans shirt logo as well. We want the commercial to look as authentic to Vans commercials as possible while having our own spin to it.
most commercials have the following:
- Vans shoes (usually classics or new design)
- Van apparel
- Van competitions
- usually has "psychedelic" themed commercials with creative, layered shots and quick transition shots
- Usually uses rock music to appeal and gravitate their customer's attention and have them hooked to the commercial and product
- Skateboard
- They focus heavily on the shoes and van products and are consistently zooming into the product
- Vans Logo at the end of the commercial
(here's a link to videos Vans usually creates to promote new shoes https://www.instagram.com/p/B2hmAQBBTJ5/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet )
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Media Studies Introductory
Hi, I am Alanys this is my new blog for AICE Media Studies period 6. Throughout the year I will be blogging regularly to write about what's happening during filming throughout extended periods of time. I will hopefully also be blogging throughout the editing process as well.
About me, I was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico by a Puerto Rican mother and a Dominican dad on December fifteenth, 2004. I have two older siblings a twenty-one-year-old sister and a 19-year-old brother. I moved to Florida when I was one and have grown up here ever since. I attended Nob Hill Elementary, Bair middle, and now Fort Lauderdale High School. I plan on getting my Cambridge diploma and going to college. I am currently taking three AICE classes which are Global Perspectives, English General Paper, and the class I am currently writing this in, Media Studies. I also have Geometry, Biology, Film Production, and Spanish 3.
I hope to major in Film production, drama, or cybersecurity in college but I mainly want to work in the entertainment field. I would also like to learn about pharmaceuticals like Fentanyl, methamphetamine, Vicodin, heroin, and oxycodone because I find it interesting how addiction works and how addicts deal with drug abuse. Also the fact the person can be an automatic addict after one injection or snort is insane to me. My hobbies include Skateboarding, playing guitar, watching sitcoms like the office, parks and recreation, and Brooklyn 99. But that is just a little bit of who I am
I hope those who are reading this will enjoy my updates and post, until next time.
About me, I was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico by a Puerto Rican mother and a Dominican dad on December fifteenth, 2004. I have two older siblings a twenty-one-year-old sister and a 19-year-old brother. I moved to Florida when I was one and have grown up here ever since. I attended Nob Hill Elementary, Bair middle, and now Fort Lauderdale High School. I plan on getting my Cambridge diploma and going to college. I am currently taking three AICE classes which are Global Perspectives, English General Paper, and the class I am currently writing this in, Media Studies. I also have Geometry, Biology, Film Production, and Spanish 3.
I hope to major in Film production, drama, or cybersecurity in college but I mainly want to work in the entertainment field. I would also like to learn about pharmaceuticals like Fentanyl, methamphetamine, Vicodin, heroin, and oxycodone because I find it interesting how addiction works and how addicts deal with drug abuse. Also the fact the person can be an automatic addict after one injection or snort is insane to me. My hobbies include Skateboarding, playing guitar, watching sitcoms like the office, parks and recreation, and Brooklyn 99. But that is just a little bit of who I am
I hope those who are reading this will enjoy my updates and post, until next time.
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