Thursday, December 5, 2019
Editing blog
Today the editing of our music video was finally started..... oh brother! We chose to do the song “Love Don’t Change by Jeremiah.” It’s an old RnB love song, everybody loved it back in the day so we thought it’d be perfect. One of team mates had grabbed a laptop for us to use. I knew the editing process was going to be interesting to say the least. Instead of using my account this time, we ended up using another reliable source. Pinnacle studios always gave us difficulties in the past so I was a bit skeptical. My group members and I ended up talking about what shots we thought we should use. I love conversations like this because you get to see everyone’s creative side. After talking for a good 5 minutes, we where ready to edit.
I didn’t know if I wanted to be happy or sad about this. After patiently waiting on pinnacle studios to pop up, which took forever by the way, we finally got started one one of the main processes. My team member entered the flash drive into the computer. All our footage begun to upload to the computer. One of my group members deleted the sample footage. I then of clicked the import button, and then we watched the files upload. I then clicked the folder with our flash drive name on it. We had to wait patiently till all our files were uploaded. This process took a huge amount of time but I think we were prepared for it. After all that time, the video was now ready to edit.
We had to figure which footage we were going to use and which we were going to ignore.
We then had to drag the scenes slowly to the editing strip on the bottom of the computer. We had to cut the scenes so they made sense. By this time the class was almost over. I guess time does fly when you’re having fun. I would’ve been scared but we already went through this so we knew we had to have a backup plan. My group mates and I group thought it’d be best to edit on iMovie.. Later on in the day, we conducted a group call.. We discussed how we wanted the scenes to look, as one of our group mates edited the scenes on her phone. After we finished editing, my group mate sent the video to all of us, so we could look over it. I thought this editing process would be dreadful but to be honest I was slightly wrong.
Monday, December 2, 2019
Filming blog
In this blog we will be discussing the filming process of the music video. For some reason that always seems to be a complicated stage for me and my group. We struggled with finding the right schedule and the best time to go to the beach setting and shoot. It had to be perfect, we really did want it to be perfect at least. We had to film just as the sun was about to set which is a short time phrase so it was difficult. At first we really struggled with finding when we were all going to meet up. One group member has a job, one has practice, another was leaving town during the break, and as for me I didn’t have a ride. I know what you’re thinking “why can’t you just catch the bus, or a Uber,” but my parental figure doesn’t work that way. When the class first started we were warned that if your parents won’t allow you to go out then this class wouldn’t be the best for you. Well that’s honestly my case but I’m a smart cookie and I truly believe that I can honestly figure it out.
I want this AICE credit so badly, especially since it has to do with movies. Anyways back to filming we finally finalized a date that would be ok for everyone. We all had to face the facts that we were going to have to find a way regardless of the circumstances. So we found a way to do it, one of our group members has a car so we’d leave right after school and head to the furniture store. You’re probably wondering why we need a furniture store, but our video concept is based on flashbacks. So we thought it’d be best to show what a couple would consider “happy moments,” this involved someone serving breakfast in bed. This was a key detail in our song so we had to inscription it someway somehow. Before we do anything we learned that it’s best to ask permission when shooting in a store. So we’d call management before hand and speak to them as soon as we get there. This way we’re not violating any rules the store may have, plus it’s better to be safe than sorry.
After that setting we head to the beach. This is our last scenery that we chose to use. It’s also the main scenery because it’ll be used as a way to show how devastated our male actor is at his newly ended relationship. Without this part of the music video, the flashbacks just wouldn’t make sense. In order to execute this we had to arrive before the sunset. We also had a time limit because I have to be back at school at a certain time. So we have to make every take worth it and we had to realize that it’s strictly business. We have to make the video as realistic and relatable as possible so we thought him walking on the beach with the sand in between his toes would make the scene perfect. He’ll be walking alongside the beach, and using the sunset as a way to reminisce on what was once real. I’m between him walking on the beach we’ll add the scenes from the furniture.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Film Blog
Now we’re going to discuss filming. To be honest I’m not really that excited about the process this time. It’s not that I’m bored with it, it’s just that I’m confused and annoyed. After debating for minutes upon minutes my group and I finally chose a song. In the moment it seemed like a great idea but now that I’m thinking about the outlook of the music video, I don’t like it much. I don’t dislike it but I just feel like our concept is so similar to everyone else’s. Everyone films at the beach, and for the music video I wanted to be different, unique. I wanted to shoot at a restaurant maybe. To turkey bring out the idea that the couple was in love and they were on a date, enjoying each other’s company. I thought it’d be perfect for the music we chose, it would’ve made more sense in my opinion.
Of course majority rules and my group members thought it’d be more convenient for everyone if we did shoot there because it’s close to our school. Which I totally understand because for instance in my case, I have to babysit and I leave far so it’d be best for us to leave right after school is finished. We would head to the beach and shoot from 3-5, then head back to school so me and another member can hop on the school bus. In order to complete the filming we’d have to do this 2 days instead of 1. We plan on filming the Monday and Tuesday after we get back from thanksgiving break. That way we’ll still have enough time to edit the music video. We wanted to film this week but we found out there’s no activity buses. Also me and another member won’t be here during thanksgiving break so we figured this would be best. So we thought this would be the bless plan. We’d be able to shoot still and make it back home safely.
So the Monday and Tuesday after break wed leave immediately after school and head to the mattress store. I know what you’re thinking, what the hell would we do at the mattress store. We chose this because the song basically talks about remember what he once had. We thought the best way to incorporate this would be for him to have flash backs to when he fed her breakfast in bed. So we’d go to a mattress store or a furniture store, then we’d ask for there permission to film of course. If they say no then we would end up going with my date idea. Either way we want it to seem like he’s reminiscing on the times he shared with the one he loved. On the next day, we’re going to the beach. We’re going to film our actor walking on the beach sining as if he’s thinking about what happened. The flashbacks will be incorporated in it between scenes.
Of course majority rules and my group members thought it’d be more convenient for everyone if we did shoot there because it’s close to our school. Which I totally understand because for instance in my case, I have to babysit and I leave far so it’d be best for us to leave right after school is finished. We would head to the beach and shoot from 3-5, then head back to school so me and another member can hop on the school bus. In order to complete the filming we’d have to do this 2 days instead of 1. We plan on filming the Monday and Tuesday after we get back from thanksgiving break. That way we’ll still have enough time to edit the music video. We wanted to film this week but we found out there’s no activity buses. Also me and another member won’t be here during thanksgiving break so we figured this would be best. So we thought this would be the bless plan. We’d be able to shoot still and make it back home safely.
So the Monday and Tuesday after break wed leave immediately after school and head to the mattress store. I know what you’re thinking, what the hell would we do at the mattress store. We chose this because the song basically talks about remember what he once had. We thought the best way to incorporate this would be for him to have flash backs to when he fed her breakfast in bed. So we’d go to a mattress store or a furniture store, then we’d ask for there permission to film of course. If they say no then we would end up going with my date idea. Either way we want it to seem like he’s reminiscing on the times he shared with the one he loved. On the next day, we’re going to the beach. We’re going to film our actor walking on the beach sining as if he’s thinking about what happened. The flashbacks will be incorporated in it between scenes.
Friday, November 22, 2019
Storyboard Blog
Since our video is a love song we are going to start off at the beach with our male actor walking on the beach near the rocks so we can get the water crashing on the rocks. For this scene, we wanted to do a medium close up so we can show the beach but also see the actor's facial expression as he is singing. The scene at the beach is going to be approximately 15-20 seconds. In the next scene, we are going to move to the furniture store this scene our this scene because we need a bed and kitchen set up. In this scene, our male actor and female actor will be "sleeping" in the bed then our male actor will sneak out of the bed and go, cook in the kitchen for his girlfriend. After he is done cooking the meal he will bring it to the bedroom where he will wake up our female actor and give her breakfast. This scene is going to be over the shoulder shot to show the kitchen set up. during this scene, our female actor is going to pick up our male actors' phone and see something that is going to make them get in an argument. This scene is most likely going to be a point of view scene that will switch between both actors. The next scene is going to show our female actor storm away this is going to be an eye-level camera angle. The last scene is going to show our male actor grab our female actor and pull her in while singing. This is going to be a 2 person shot. The scene is going to fade out.
Planning Blog
Location- Our male RnB actor will be on the beach walking around while having flashbacks of his lover. We also plan to shoot at the mattress store, in the kitchen area. We want a scene where our male actor is cooking for his lover. Additionally we plan to use the beds in the mattress store. We have a big idea for the use of the mattress store. Of course we will need the approval of the managers.
Health and Safety- We plan to make sure a lifeguard is on duty while we’re shooting at the beach, in case anything occurs. Also on the way to the beach and mattress store, we will be wearing our seat belts. We take safety very seriously. In addition to these safety precautions, we will have a buddy system. So if anyone needs to walk off during our filming process someone will be with them. You could never be too safe.
Props- In our music video we don’t really incorporate that many props. Since the traditional R&B videos doesn’t, but we will be using a bed from the mattress store. Also the kitchen appliances in the mattress store. We want the props to give the video a home feel. The mattress store props will make the R&b singer seem as if he’s home, in his own kitchen.
Costumes- Since traditionally R&b male singers wear tights shirts, to be seductive our male actress will to. We’re thinking a white tight tee. We aren’t completely sure what color yet. The female most likely will be dressed girly, maybe wearing a dress or skirt.
Schedule
On 11/18-11/20 we will be doing our storyboard and planning . On 11/22 we would like to start filming. We want a couple of days to film. So that during Thanksgiving break we’re stress free. The week of Thanksgiving break we want to film that Tuesday 11/26.
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Intro Conventions
This is my first blog that is not dicussing our commercial. I am extremely happy to be moving on from the commercial. It was really a stressful process and it was truly eye opening. It was such a horrible time in my life because I was so worried about my grade, but it did turn out to be a great commercial so I can’t complain. We’re finally about to start our music video. I’m actually really excited about this because I love music. Music means so much to me so I truly hope I will excel at this project. This time I need to improve on my editing because last time that was our main issue. We couldn’t find out how to dumb our project and work pinnacle studios. I also want to improve on my filming skills because the first project was a little rough. I know I can do better and I want to do better.
For our music video we chose to do the song “love don’t change” by Jeremiah. We chose this because it was a throwback song from our middle school days. When this song first dropped it was so big and everybody loved it. It made us feel all the emotions he was going through at the time, which is crazy because we were just middle schoolers at this time. This song just brings a sense of relief and happiness over me. Another reason why we chose the song was because it was R&B, that genre isn’t as popular anymore so we thought this would be a way to kinda sulk in its glory. I’m actually happy that we chose this song, it was a last minute decision but yet it turned out to be a great one.
C- R&B male singers usually wear tight shirts and jeans. They try to appeal to the female fans, and they often want to be seen as seductive. Tight shirts usually bring out they’re muscle fatigue, which most of them have.
L-In R&B videos they usually use dim lights inside of a small room, where they usually look through a window. This helps the audience feel the emotions he’s going through and it creates a sense of sadness. Sometimes they use natural lights to make the send me seem more realistic.
For our music video we chose to do the song “love don’t change” by Jeremiah. We chose this because it was a throwback song from our middle school days. When this song first dropped it was so big and everybody loved it. It made us feel all the emotions he was going through at the time, which is crazy because we were just middle schoolers at this time. This song just brings a sense of relief and happiness over me. Another reason why we chose the song was because it was R&B, that genre isn’t as popular anymore so we thought this would be a way to kinda sulk in its glory. I’m actually happy that we chose this song, it was a last minute decision but yet it turned out to be a great one.
C- R&B male singers usually wear tight shirts and jeans. They try to appeal to the female fans, and they often want to be seen as seductive. Tight shirts usually bring out they’re muscle fatigue, which most of them have.
L-In R&B videos they usually use dim lights inside of a small room, where they usually look through a window. This helps the audience feel the emotions he’s going through and it creates a sense of sadness. Sometimes they use natural lights to make the send me seem more realistic.
A- The actors in the RnB categories mostly consist of a lead male and female roles. In most of the RnB videos I seen the actors are usually in a relationship, getting out of one, or coming together.
M- In RnB videos the females wear make-up. I noticed that in the videos when the camera zooms in on the female you could see her make-up. So the use of make-up is to make the female more appealing in the video.
P- RnB music videos usually barely incorporate props. Due to the fact that most of the video focuses on the actors unless the Prop is what causes conflict between the actors.
S- In most RnB videos the setting takes place in a room with a back ground, or in a house. Some videos take place outside which will most likely be in the rain.
Shots- for the shots we want to use a extreme close up, to show the actors expression and his emotions. We’re also going to use a two-shot because we realized in lots of love song music videos it shows the boy and the girl. Lastly, we’re going to use a point of view shot because it symbolizes what the main character sees; usually they show how the guy sees the girl walking or laughing in slow motion.
Angles- We want to use the eye level angle because in a lot of music videos the actor is looking up while singing. We’re also going to use a Dutch because we want to make the sense more
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Editing Blog
So my group and I finished the filming process and we were really looking forward to editing. We been trying to edit our commercial for about 2 weeks now, but for some reason everything just keeps getting in the way. Last week my media class had a whole bunch of technological problems, and on top of that me my group just simply couldn't find our commercial. After a weeks attempt one of my group members were able to recover the file. We then placed the file in a document on our desktop. At the beginning of the week we had another opportunity to start our editing process, but we were faced with yet another editing problem. Pinnacle Studious wasn't loading no matter how hard we tried. It was disappointing because we finally got our film to upload to the computer. We were excited, we thought that we had a breakthrough. Yet, it was just anther set back.
In addition to this, we all had to share computers so eventually we would have to return it and we were scared because we weren't able to get anything done. If I'm being honest I started to get a bit discouraged, we just kept being set back. I was truly stressed about my grade and the fact that we just couldn't find a way to edit the blog, we were running out of time. Our teachers decided to give us extra time to edit, which honestly I'm grateful for. Fast forward to today, we had another opportunity to try Pinnacle Studious again. We searched for the laptop we used earlier this week because we wanted to make sure we got the one we dumped it on. We logged in with excitement, ready to start our editing process, when we were faced with yet another problem. We couldn't find our document yet again. We decided to ask other groups for help but they also faced the same problem. I suggested that we try dumping it again but we had a substitute so we weren't able to get into the equipment room.
We tried calling security, so we could retrieve the SD card but that was also a dead end. We decided to just contact our teacher about the issue. We attempted to find our document again but it still wouldn't come up. Me and a fellow group member made the decision to go to the AICE Media classroom during study hall and try to at least start our editing process. I am determined to get it done. We must get it done, we worked hard on it, and I believe that we have a good vision. I truly just want to see our vision come to life, I feel like it'd be great. Even though we couldn't edit I still checked out Pinnacle Studious, since I had nothing else to do. I looked at all the cool features, I tried to get a bit more familiar with the app. It made me even more anxious to start editing because through be told it seemed a little difficult.
Monday, October 28, 2019
Editing the Commercial
Hello blog, today we were supposed to start the editing process but things didn’t turn out exactly like planned. Let’s start from the top, we all walked into class, prepared to start the editing process because we had a huge vision for the commercial. We weren’t exactly confident about what we achieved on our filming day, so we thought today was the day we would get to sort of redeem the commercial. Anyways as soon as we got into class we figured out that we had an extra filming day but sadly we weren’t aware of this so we didn’t bring any props. Re-filming was not going to happen so we just sucked it up and got on the computer. As soon as we log onto the computer one of our other classmates asked us to switch because they uploaded their stuff to the one we were occupying. Honestly we were kind of already frustrated because we couldn’t find our film. Which caused us to panic a little bit, but regardless we still moved to let them operate. Next we tried another computer but because we were in such a rich to upload it last time, we couldn’t remember who’s account or which computer we put it on. On top of that, the computers take a good 5 minutes to log on so that was more time wasted.
So now we were stifling with finding our commercial and we were struggling with the fact that pinnacle studio wasn’t on the computers. We decided to move across the classroom because the other group was crowding us and we wouldn’t be able to sit together. Also we thought that maybe if we tried a different computer our file might pop up. It didn’t pop up, we still couldn’t find it. On top of we had to wait for the computers to fully load so our stress level was high. I was worried that if we lost it then that would be a F for our whole project; I can’t afford a F, my goal is always to aim for an A, so imagine how scared I was that our file was lost. The computer finally loaded and we still couldn’t find our file but we weren’t going to give up yet so one of my team members moved back to we’re we originally were. We tried to strategize, the day we dumped our commercial we logged into three different accounts on three different computers. So we went back to our spot and identified the computers we logged in on, then we tried to access all three accounts. Of course we still had difficulties.
While we were trying to do all of this we were still trying to blog, so class was a little hectic. Our main focused switched a little. We were now mainly focused on trying to blog because it was due at the end of the class. Once you miss a blog grade then that grade will be locked forever so we were trying to make sure this blog was in on time. After our previous computer was still a fail, we tried to access the other one. That was going to be a bit of a issue because someone was using to upload their commercial to google drive. We had to wait it out, eventually they allowed us to use it so we were just hoping this would be the last time we would have to do this. We had to wait for the computer to restart which took about 3 minutes. This time we tried the “online test” account. that was also a fail, so we tried my account but we still couldn’t find it. We were hopeless so we decided to call the teacher.
So now we were stifling with finding our commercial and we were struggling with the fact that pinnacle studio wasn’t on the computers. We decided to move across the classroom because the other group was crowding us and we wouldn’t be able to sit together. Also we thought that maybe if we tried a different computer our file might pop up. It didn’t pop up, we still couldn’t find it. On top of we had to wait for the computers to fully load so our stress level was high. I was worried that if we lost it then that would be a F for our whole project; I can’t afford a F, my goal is always to aim for an A, so imagine how scared I was that our file was lost. The computer finally loaded and we still couldn’t find our file but we weren’t going to give up yet so one of my team members moved back to we’re we originally were. We tried to strategize, the day we dumped our commercial we logged into three different accounts on three different computers. So we went back to our spot and identified the computers we logged in on, then we tried to access all three accounts. Of course we still had difficulties.
While we were trying to do all of this we were still trying to blog, so class was a little hectic. Our main focused switched a little. We were now mainly focused on trying to blog because it was due at the end of the class. Once you miss a blog grade then that grade will be locked forever so we were trying to make sure this blog was in on time. After our previous computer was still a fail, we tried to access the other one. That was going to be a bit of a issue because someone was using to upload their commercial to google drive. We had to wait it out, eventually they allowed us to use it so we were just hoping this would be the last time we would have to do this. We had to wait for the computer to restart which took about 3 minutes. This time we tried the “online test” account. that was also a fail, so we tried my account but we still couldn’t find it. We were hopeless so we decided to call the teacher.
Friday, October 25, 2019
Filming Blog
On Thursday I finally filmed my first project. Although I was really excited it turned out to be even more stressful than I’d ever imagine. Me and my group gathered all our equipment and started our journey to the field. We had decided on shooting a track and field themed Nike commercial. So anyways, we were on our way to the field, I carried the storyboard for our commercial and my notebook so we could have all the angles and shots. In order to get the running block we had to walk all the way to 21, 3rd floor and retrieve the key or the track room on the field. Thank goodness it wasn’t much of a issue because Jahleel is familiar with the coach. Anyways, after we retrieved the key we continued our journey to the track, I must admit we were a little scared because we didn’t know how we were going to film with all those other people running around the track. Regardless of our hesitation, we were still persistent in getting it done. So we decided to just follow our with our plan.
At the track it took us a couple minutes to find the perfect place to set up. When we finally found a place, we begun to set up the camera, which I must admit it was harder than it looked. We eventually got the camera set up right and I thought we should start with our warm up scene because we accidentally left the headphones for the first scene in class. I ended up shooting the warm up shot at first, it was a wide angle, but I also allowed other members of my group to do it in case they could get a better shot. Because the sum kept moving, we had to redo a lot of the scenes. It became frustrating, because at first we had shot some related scenes in contradicting locations, so that’s another reason why we had to do a lot of things over. After we shot the warm up scene we got started with the introductory scene. This scene was only done twice because it wasn’t as difficult, all we were doing was a over the head shot with a little movement. I also shot that scene but I asked another member to shoot it again so we’d have more of a variety to choose from. We ended up been set back when more people started to enter the track, but we made it work.
After we finally got done with those two scenes we got 2 takes of the actor changing his Nike workout attire to Nike running attire and his Nike shoes. That part was fun to do because we got up close with the shoes and the logo and it felt really realistic. By the time we were done shooting that it was around 8:40! We were running out of time but there’s no way we were going to head back to class without being finished so we just tried our hardest to spread it up. The other scene was just another simple scene, the actor just had to get into the running block and run. There ended up being a huge class in the camera frame so we had to pack up and more to the other side of the track. Filming the running scene wasn’t as bad, I didn’t shot this one, I had the task of saying the casual “ready, set, go.” We had to do that scene three times because we couldn’t figure out how to zoom the camera, we eventually figure it out but it sure took sometime. Lastly, we shot our close up for the last take, that was the easiest one of all, that was one of the most important takes because most Nike commercials have that type of ending and it made the film more dramatic. When we were done we just packed up everything, put the block back, and walked to class, of course one of our group members went to go return the key, but that was pretty much it. Oh, and we ended up bring the last group to finish filming so one of us had to stay back to dump everything.
At the track it took us a couple minutes to find the perfect place to set up. When we finally found a place, we begun to set up the camera, which I must admit it was harder than it looked. We eventually got the camera set up right and I thought we should start with our warm up scene because we accidentally left the headphones for the first scene in class. I ended up shooting the warm up shot at first, it was a wide angle, but I also allowed other members of my group to do it in case they could get a better shot. Because the sum kept moving, we had to redo a lot of the scenes. It became frustrating, because at first we had shot some related scenes in contradicting locations, so that’s another reason why we had to do a lot of things over. After we shot the warm up scene we got started with the introductory scene. This scene was only done twice because it wasn’t as difficult, all we were doing was a over the head shot with a little movement. I also shot that scene but I asked another member to shoot it again so we’d have more of a variety to choose from. We ended up been set back when more people started to enter the track, but we made it work.
After we finally got done with those two scenes we got 2 takes of the actor changing his Nike workout attire to Nike running attire and his Nike shoes. That part was fun to do because we got up close with the shoes and the logo and it felt really realistic. By the time we were done shooting that it was around 8:40! We were running out of time but there’s no way we were going to head back to class without being finished so we just tried our hardest to spread it up. The other scene was just another simple scene, the actor just had to get into the running block and run. There ended up being a huge class in the camera frame so we had to pack up and more to the other side of the track. Filming the running scene wasn’t as bad, I didn’t shot this one, I had the task of saying the casual “ready, set, go.” We had to do that scene three times because we couldn’t figure out how to zoom the camera, we eventually figure it out but it sure took sometime. Lastly, we shot our close up for the last take, that was the easiest one of all, that was one of the most important takes because most Nike commercials have that type of ending and it made the film more dramatic. When we were done we just packed up everything, put the block back, and walked to class, of course one of our group members went to go return the key, but that was pretty much it. Oh, and we ended up bring the last group to finish filming so one of us had to stay back to dump everything.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Storyboard
•Camera shots and angles
-establishing shot
-close up shot
-over the shoulder shot
-zoom
-long shot
-pan
-wide shot
•Sounds
-heartbeat
-instrumental music (Hot by Young Thug)
Editing
-fade out
-eye-line match
-split screen
-dissolve
-reaction shot
•Mis En Scene
-headphones
-backpack
-tracksuit
-Nike shoes
-running blocks
-running shorts
-running shirt
•Lightning
-natural light (sunlight)
Monday, October 14, 2019
Editing Lesson Blog
Today in class we had to learn about importing, exporting, editing, and dumping your footage. First we discussed the basics, like the procedure we have to go through in order to check out the equipment. Next we discussed of importing the footage to the computer. Basically, when you get on the computer look for a app called “pinnacle studio.” You’ll need to click on that, but before you do that make sure to stick your SD card into the SD card reader, anyways it’s important to remember that only one person from your group needs to log on. After you acknowledge that, leave the screen how it is, minimize it and put the SD card into the USB. It’s important that you make a folder on the desktop because without the folder all your footage could be lost. Next, label the folder then move all your footage to the folder. When your SD card is pulled from the computer then all your information will be gone, that’s why you have to make sure that you’ve saved all your footage to that folder. Then bring up the SD card, and check DCIM for footage, it should be based on the camera. Highlight everything on the DCIM and put it into the folder, after that you may take the SD card and return it to the bag, then the assigned area. When you take footage from a camera and put it on your computer it’s called “Dump.” Every camera bag comes with a USB, so you can also dump at home or upload to your google drive, but it’s recommended that you should still dump it at school.
Next we discussed importing, it’s important for us to import footage from the desktop to pinnacle studios. To do this you’d have to click on import, look for your newly saved folder (make sure it says my computer) and click the “t” sign for it to drop down. Then after you do this, it’ll scan for media, pinnacle studios usually takes time to load so clicking it multiple time will crash the computer. Everything with a yellow check will be imported, it’s best to import your media. Next, hit import, it goes very fast this time. Whatever the orange box is on is what you’re working on; after you do this click on edit. In that section is where all your raw footage is, once you drag it into the bottom part, it’ll be able to edit. The titles are on the top of the page and the music is located on the bottom. Next you have to take your media and drag into the editing bar thing, make sure not to click anything until it’s green. There’s a red bar with a triangle, when you drag it it’ll show the video. You can also see the video by clicking play button or the space bar. To cut, move to before you want to cut it, click razor blade, it will split the footage in half, then it’ll form a yellow box around it. Then the footage will be deleted; if you made a mistake you can still find the footage at the top.
To add a transition, right click. Make sure there’s a orange box, open a fix editor, go into transitions. Standard transitions will be located at the top. You can make the footage still, dark, and/or artsy, plus there are many more features. Hit the “t” to put font sizes, or add stuff from the internet. Type in what you want then click “ok”. Next, move the title to the first track, then it will pop up before it. Click on actual title then it brings it up, by doing this you’d be able to add music the same way you import stuff. To add music, it has to be an mp3, the you can add it to folder; in order to get rid of it click sound button off or go to the footage that you want in right click detach audio. If there’s a mistake use the back button to save and go to export, located next to import, in settings it should be a MPEX4, go to the best quality. Next, you have to hit start export, go to desktop, name it, then hit the save. Save it as a doc, when your in pinnacle studios. Also for voiceovers, detach sound from video, film yourself doing it, import film the same way and then detach audio. Next go to file, save as, name, then put into the folder, hit save.
Next we discussed importing, it’s important for us to import footage from the desktop to pinnacle studios. To do this you’d have to click on import, look for your newly saved folder (make sure it says my computer) and click the “t” sign for it to drop down. Then after you do this, it’ll scan for media, pinnacle studios usually takes time to load so clicking it multiple time will crash the computer. Everything with a yellow check will be imported, it’s best to import your media. Next, hit import, it goes very fast this time. Whatever the orange box is on is what you’re working on; after you do this click on edit. In that section is where all your raw footage is, once you drag it into the bottom part, it’ll be able to edit. The titles are on the top of the page and the music is located on the bottom. Next you have to take your media and drag into the editing bar thing, make sure not to click anything until it’s green. There’s a red bar with a triangle, when you drag it it’ll show the video. You can also see the video by clicking play button or the space bar. To cut, move to before you want to cut it, click razor blade, it will split the footage in half, then it’ll form a yellow box around it. Then the footage will be deleted; if you made a mistake you can still find the footage at the top.
To add a transition, right click. Make sure there’s a orange box, open a fix editor, go into transitions. Standard transitions will be located at the top. You can make the footage still, dark, and/or artsy, plus there are many more features. Hit the “t” to put font sizes, or add stuff from the internet. Type in what you want then click “ok”. Next, move the title to the first track, then it will pop up before it. Click on actual title then it brings it up, by doing this you’d be able to add music the same way you import stuff. To add music, it has to be an mp3, the you can add it to folder; in order to get rid of it click sound button off or go to the footage that you want in right click detach audio. If there’s a mistake use the back button to save and go to export, located next to import, in settings it should be a MPEX4, go to the best quality. Next, you have to hit start export, go to desktop, name it, then hit the save. Save it as a doc, when your in pinnacle studios. Also for voiceovers, detach sound from video, film yourself doing it, import film the same way and then detach audio. Next go to file, save as, name, then put into the folder, hit save.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Planning Blog For Nike Commercial
Someone is going to walk onto the field, with his headphones on, and music playing in the background. He will have his Nike tracksuit on and will start warming up. Then he takes off his tracksuit and start putting on his Nike spikes and sprinting clothes. He will walk up to the block and get in.The camera will zoom in on his shoes and clothes. Emphasizing the product we’re trying to sell. The music will start to fade out as he is standing on the block then there will be complete silence. A sound will indicate for him to start running when he gets to the end the camera will zoom in on his face.
Props- Headphones, backpack, a running block,
Costumes- Nike spikes, warm-up clothing (jacket, Nike pants), black running shorts, running shirt
Schedule-
-10/10 planning
-10/14 story boarding
-10/21 filming
-10/23 editing
Location- On the track; we're going to have a race were someone is wearing Nike spikes (running shoes), they offer a close to the ground feel and stability.
Backup Plan-In the case it starts raining then will have a race between students in the hallway. We're going to have two friends walking in the hall,student 1 will yell to student 2 “do you want to race?!” , Student 1 will put on a different brand that isn’t as fast as Nike, and student 2 will pull his Nike shoes out of his bag and then they race down the hall. The one with the Nike shoes ends up winning because Nike is the better shoe option. At the end the student 2 will say “ You could have...only if you had Nike” while holding the shoes up.
Monday, October 7, 2019
Research Convention & Codes
Dear viewers,
Today my group chose to do a Nike commercial. We started with a little research on what Nike commercials or regular shoe commercials look like. We the realized that Nike commercials use a lot of different camera movements, camera angles, and sounds. They used camera angles as a way to make their theme known. They used pan shots while the runners were racing, they zoomed in on the Nike logo on their clothing and shoes, and they used close-ups to show how the runners felt. I would say the most effect shot were the close-ups; they were used as a way to show the athletes emotions if they won or lost the race.
Next we discussed the sound we wanted in or commercials. In order to get an idea of what it should be like we did some more research. We ended up noticing that most Nike commercials had diegetic sounds, soundtracks, and dialogue. The dialogue within the commercial was mostly motivating towards the athletes. There was also a lot of voiceovers where the athletes would mostly talk about how bad they want to make it, or why they choose to where the brand Nike. My group decided to put the breathing sound we heard on some of the commercials in our own commercial because we liked how dramatic it made the scene; we felt like it would bring a sense of realness.
In the end we were discussing how we’re going to shoot the running scene on the track. We realized that shooting the tracking shot without a dolly would be the hardest because we don’t have as much equipment available. We’re probably going to have to find a replacing shot. But I think we’ll figure it out if we brainstorm about it some more.
Today my group chose to do a Nike commercial. We started with a little research on what Nike commercials or regular shoe commercials look like. We the realized that Nike commercials use a lot of different camera movements, camera angles, and sounds. They used camera angles as a way to make their theme known. They used pan shots while the runners were racing, they zoomed in on the Nike logo on their clothing and shoes, and they used close-ups to show how the runners felt. I would say the most effect shot were the close-ups; they were used as a way to show the athletes emotions if they won or lost the race.
Next we discussed the sound we wanted in or commercials. In order to get an idea of what it should be like we did some more research. We ended up noticing that most Nike commercials had diegetic sounds, soundtracks, and dialogue. The dialogue within the commercial was mostly motivating towards the athletes. There was also a lot of voiceovers where the athletes would mostly talk about how bad they want to make it, or why they choose to where the brand Nike. My group decided to put the breathing sound we heard on some of the commercials in our own commercial because we liked how dramatic it made the scene; we felt like it would bring a sense of realness.
In the end we were discussing how we’re going to shoot the running scene on the track. We realized that shooting the tracking shot without a dolly would be the hardest because we don’t have as much equipment available. We’re probably going to have to find a replacing shot. But I think we’ll figure it out if we brainstorm about it some more.
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Introductory
To my mysterious views,
Hi the names Jushe', weird right, yeah I don't how my mom came up with it but she did. Anyways I'm here today to introduce the semi-complex individual I call myself. Lets start with basics, if I could describe myself I would say I'm a caring, selfless, selfish, creative, and dependable person. I grew up with a single mom so I had to learn to adjust and work hard for whatever I wanted. This may sound weird but I like working hard because I want to repay my mom for everything, I want her to have everything and more. Sounds like the basic teenage dream I know but I can't help it; I want to push myself to be great, I have to be great. That's why I try even though I often fail a lot, I just go home and cry, then I get over it and work harder because I am capable.
That's why I watch movies and T.V shows because they show the impossible being possible. Words can't explain how much I actually love movies and shows, especially action movies and drama movies. Action movies are amazing to me, the dynamic of it all just brings a feeling of excitement to me. I like to think of myself as the expert on action movies and shows, I watch everything from "The Lord of The Rings" to "Teen Wolf." If I had to choose one show to watch for the rest of my life it would be teen wolf. In my opinion, if the show you're watching doesn't bring out the emotion and passion in you, then it's just not good. Teen wolf, brings out every emotion in me, I've re-watched it about 9 times and it still surprises me, when they cry, I cry, when they laugh, I laugh. That just makes me appreciate the show even more it's so relatable, and it makes me feel like I'm apart of something bigger. If I could choose one action movie I wouldn't be able to pick between, The fast and the furious franchise, marvel anything, the transformers, the Jason Bourne series, and the John Wick series. Those movies are the best and if you think otherwise then we can debate about it.
Anyways, now I think I'll talk about my classes. This year I wanted to push myself to do more so I decided to take 4 AICE classes and I must say they aren't as bad as I thought they would be. I'm glad I decided to take them, even though I don't have the best grade in all of them, I think I can do better and I want to do better. I wish I threw a little AP class into the mix so I can really see what I'm capable of but, I always have next year; that's if I pass all my AICE this year. Sometimes I feel so much pressure, I mean I'm in 11th grade I have so much to do, I have to raise my GPA, I have to pass all my classes, and I have to figure out what I'm going to do for the rest of my life. That scares me sometimes, I have no clue what I want to be because honestly I am unable to stick to anything. I like fashion and I took a business class so I thin that'd be good because I don't really think I could work for someone else. But, then again you have to start from somewhere so I guess we'll see.
Hi the names Jushe', weird right, yeah I don't how my mom came up with it but she did. Anyways I'm here today to introduce the semi-complex individual I call myself. Lets start with basics, if I could describe myself I would say I'm a caring, selfless, selfish, creative, and dependable person. I grew up with a single mom so I had to learn to adjust and work hard for whatever I wanted. This may sound weird but I like working hard because I want to repay my mom for everything, I want her to have everything and more. Sounds like the basic teenage dream I know but I can't help it; I want to push myself to be great, I have to be great. That's why I try even though I often fail a lot, I just go home and cry, then I get over it and work harder because I am capable.
That's why I watch movies and T.V shows because they show the impossible being possible. Words can't explain how much I actually love movies and shows, especially action movies and drama movies. Action movies are amazing to me, the dynamic of it all just brings a feeling of excitement to me. I like to think of myself as the expert on action movies and shows, I watch everything from "The Lord of The Rings" to "Teen Wolf." If I had to choose one show to watch for the rest of my life it would be teen wolf. In my opinion, if the show you're watching doesn't bring out the emotion and passion in you, then it's just not good. Teen wolf, brings out every emotion in me, I've re-watched it about 9 times and it still surprises me, when they cry, I cry, when they laugh, I laugh. That just makes me appreciate the show even more it's so relatable, and it makes me feel like I'm apart of something bigger. If I could choose one action movie I wouldn't be able to pick between, The fast and the furious franchise, marvel anything, the transformers, the Jason Bourne series, and the John Wick series. Those movies are the best and if you think otherwise then we can debate about it.
Anyways, now I think I'll talk about my classes. This year I wanted to push myself to do more so I decided to take 4 AICE classes and I must say they aren't as bad as I thought they would be. I'm glad I decided to take them, even though I don't have the best grade in all of them, I think I can do better and I want to do better. I wish I threw a little AP class into the mix so I can really see what I'm capable of but, I always have next year; that's if I pass all my AICE this year. Sometimes I feel so much pressure, I mean I'm in 11th grade I have so much to do, I have to raise my GPA, I have to pass all my classes, and I have to figure out what I'm going to do for the rest of my life. That scares me sometimes, I have no clue what I want to be because honestly I am unable to stick to anything. I like fashion and I took a business class so I thin that'd be good because I don't really think I could work for someone else. But, then again you have to start from somewhere so I guess we'll see.
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