AICE media studies

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NBEP1HfGN0Ea45LmvTaFCQeZXNEWMrv_2uSGx3sdKgA/edit?usp=sharing How does your product use or challenge conventions AND how does it represent social groups or issues?  We wanted to follow the rules of the hip-hop genre while adding parts of our own creativity to our music video project. After considering our study on the "hip-hop" genre, we came up with a number of recurring themes that we included in our film. For example, in order to represent the essence of hip-hop culture, we shot in a neighborhood for some of the sequences, opting for an urban location. Dancing was another component we added, and it was on display in the scene where we did a freestyle on an escalator. But we also wanted to add some of our own special touches to the film. We purposefully employed inexpensive props like prop money and fictitious checks, as well as unusual settings like the low-cost retailer CVS. This departure from the standard hip-hop genre music video trop...

Good day Cambridge, It’s Isahiah again! my group and I have finished all of the edits. And we are now completely done with our project. This involved a lot of peer review and time during, after and before school. For example, Renato and I would show off our video to fellow classmates asking their opinions and taking a poll on what revisions to make. Conner, handled the editing. He has much experience with this. Due to the fact that he used to make Fortnite montages. Due to my high instagram following set up a poll to see if people liked certaian scenes and in what order. I showed the video to my parents and asked for constructive criticism. The feedback tehy gave was extremely helpful and influenced our project to turn out the way it did. Our teamwork and our work ethic were the foundation of a successful mesic video. We were able to complete everything in a couple days. Even though, some of our member didn’t know eachother in the beginning, we meshed as a team in no time. This music v...

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    Hello again! It's your favorite student back again with another blog for the day.  To continue on the music video experience. We feature a couple shots on the roof of the Galleria mall. Now this was our prized moment honestly. The idea for this had been in our minds since day one and we'd been thinking about where and when to do it forever. Once we found a way to access the roof it was a done deal from there. Our first scene is actually on the roof. With an establishing shot of the city that then zooms out to me and Conner on the roof. To add some flair to this shot we implemented our prop money. The money at such a high place shows a feeling of supremacy. Being almost "on top of the world" which correlates perfectly to the song's title "Gods Plan." There was discussion amongst the group to use this location in the closing shot. With ideas of throwing the money in the air with a tracking shot + fade out. However we never ended up back at the location...

      Hey what's up guys it's me again! Isahiah Melendez back with another blog to keep you hip with the process. Day 3 we moved the set to a nearby CVS to portray the idea of a citizen shopping and having all their items paid for by a music artist. The customer was played by Renato and the music artist was played by Finn. You can see Finn hand the money to Renato. Then the camera cuts to a Dutch angle of Renato shopping down a candy aisle getting anything he wants. We also have another shot where we use me as another customer. This time I'm at the self-checkout buying myself some items. When I'm stopped from paying myself. Conner is the giver this time, handing me money to pay my expenses. During this journey however we had some struggles with the employees as they suspected us of trying to steal. They also had difficulties with allowing us to record, but eventually they became lenient. On the way leaving, I was stopped and confronted about a Gatorade I bought and i...

 Hey there Cambridge. Its your friendly neighborhood, Isahiah Melendez.  Back again with yet another... Production blog!!! Yay! I know you love reading these, so I'll be sure to produce about 500 more for you. Our next day making the video, we feature Renato's house, lawn, neighborhood, and last but not least. His car! Within these shots we feature a couple props and a costume. Finn dresses as a woman and wears a blonde wig. In this shot I'm gifting his character a brand new BMW. The BMW is topped with a bow we purchased off Amazon. For this, we needed Conner to hold the bow down until the car came into shot. As this happens, Conner has to make a quick escape out of frame. This is due to the windy conditions we had on this day. The bow would NOT stay on the car at all. This took us a couple tries because we'd get Conner in the shot a couple times. Additionally, the bow would fall off occasionally. Along with the oncoming traffic coming in and out of Renato's neighbo...

       Hello, my name is Isahiah Melendez  and I'm back with another blog. Today I'll be talking about our planning and finalization for setting up. When discussing our options of when the members can do our first meet-up, there were a few obstacles. First, we needed to find a time when we could all meet up to discuss it. Luckily, one of our classes landed together for all of us, allowing us to talk and arrange. During this class, we were able to see everyone's schedules. When looking at dates possible for us, we thought it would be best to look at our weekends for the first production. When it came to Finn, he was able to the weekend of 21 and 22, and the 28th. Conner could do the 29 and 28 and Renato was a maybe on the 21 and 22 but it was quite close and could not be weekdays for sure. I couldn't the 28 so we all had different days occupied. We all came to the realization that we could all do the following Tuesday and when rearranging, we all could do the Sun...