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Production Blog: The Filming has Begun

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  _____________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome back to the blog! Today, we're back and we finally begun filming! You might've asked what took so long but I'll explain that later. Sadly, I cannot show you a sneak peak just yet. Otherwise, it might just spoil the whole thing. Before we started filming, Ben and I got into a dispute. I wanted for the friends to show with the main character and then ditch her while Ben wanted the main character to randomly distance herself from the friends. I told him that wouldn't make sense with the story we are currently telling because the main character is supposed to struggle because her friends are distancing themselves. In the end, we held out a vote. My idea won so, we began filming my version of the story. To my dismay, my version of the music video got corrupted so we had to film it again. This was an excuse for Ben to use his idea since I couldn't make it to the mall this time....

Production Blog: Second Location

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  ___________________ Welcome back to the blog! I hope you’ve had a great day today. To recap, we found our first location but we had to compromise. We decided that Iana would film at her house since it was the best one to suit the theme of the video. However, she couldn’t bring us in to film with her so she had to film the beginning solo. Now that that’s the end of the recap, we have one more thing to do before filming production should start. We knew we had to find another location. It had to be a public area to show the friends hanging out without the other. It couldn’t be a private area or it wouldn’t exactly make sense on how the friend showed up. Nat suggested we film at the mall since it was the most convenient for all of us. We’re trying to start filming this weekend. But, I don’t know if I can make it. I have to do stuff with my parents for the majority of the weekend and I’m trying to make time for the project. I have no idea if I'll have time to show up. Especially if th...

Production Blog: Location Found?

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  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Good day to everyone! Welcome back to the blog! For the past couple of days me and the group have been stuck on finding a location to film. We still haven’t found one but we have a few ideas. Stay tuned for more. So, Ben proposed we film the first couple of scenes in one of our homes. The problem is, none of our houses are available. My parents won’t allow anyone to come into my house, not even for a project. The same goes for everyone else. We were stuck until Ayana proposed a solution. She would film the first couple of shots at her house and we could edit someone in. I wondered how that would work since we wouldn’t be there to confirm which shots we wanted. We also have to slightly change the main character from Nat to Ayana since she was the one filming. I was against editing someone in since none of us have that kind of experience to do any of that effectively. So, I said why not Ayana be the main character unless we find another solution? The group agreed...

Storyboard Blog

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      Hey guys so this is the storyboard and layout plan we currently have for the music video!

Planning Blog

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  Props - Phone, Ice Cream, Arcade Game, Table, Headphones Location - Dania Point Häagen-Dazs, Dania Point Regal Theatre, Bowlero, Ayannah's Bedroom Schedule - Filming Opening/Closing Scene 10/22/23 10:00 am. Filming Dania Pointe Shots 10/28/23 12:00pm Backup Plan - Swap Dania Pointe With Sawgrass Costumes - Pajamas, Casual Clothing 

Research Blog

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  Hello viewers! This is a research blog on camera techniques used by other directors. By analyzing the techniques that were chosen, the music video that is soon to be created will be great. The music video is coming soon, so stay tuned!  Take me out-Franz Fernidand Cams: Dutch, Pan, and eye level. Editing: Fade out, action match Sound:  Non-Diegetic Cues Mis en Scene: Instruments, low lighting, tapping and moving to rhythm of instruments, black eye liner, and animated imagery set. Someday-The Strokes Cams: three shot, Pan, two shot, and Medium close up. Editing: Dissolve Sound: Diegetic Cues Mis en Scene: Arcade set, family feud set with sub host, hangout/party clothing, instruments, and bar set up. 1901-Phoenix Cams: Wide shot, medium shot, eye level. Editing: Fade out, action match Sound: Diegetic Cues Mis en Scene: Instruments, animated imagery set, and casual clothing.

Group Blog

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 Take me out by Franz Ferdinande Hey! Welcome back to my blog! From what you see above, this is going to the group that helps me with the music video. I’m going to go into detail on how they are and why I chose to work with them! So, stick around. First, we’ll start with Ben, he’s the boy right next to me. He’s typically the one who sets up our plans and brainstorms outlines of our ideas. He also acts as the leader of the group. He also picked out the song for us. It sounds like he’s doing all the work but I promise we all play the role. Secondly, we have Ayana who has our means of transportation to travel as a group. She also helps with editing and is our secondary main character. She isn’t the most energetic though. I’m sure with some encouragement, she’ll do fine. Lastly, we have Natalie. Who also comes up with our plans with Ben. However, she and ben keeps arguing about which plans to use. So, I kinda have to break the tie between them. She also planned our locations that we ne...

Intro to Music Video

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   ————————————————— Hey! Welcome back to my blogs! This time, I’m going to be blogging a music video! Not much has changed about me in case for people who don’t know me: My name is Stanley Michel. I’m 15 years old and I’m a sophomore at Fort Lauderdale High School. I don’t really have that much to say about myself except that I love sports and gaming. You ask me anything about basketball and I could turn into a absolute nerd. You could also ask me to run the 1s in Madden. I’m also a master of making something out of nothing when it comes to clothes. Like, I could make 3 outfit combinations with just a couple of clothes. Still learning a bit more about that so I ain’t really a master. I could give anyone tips of they ever ask. I do also like cars too. I’m trying to get a v6 camaro. Lil too much but you always gotta aim high. I ain’t never been outside of Florida but I did go to Orlando over the summer. We rented a air bnb and went to Disneyland. I went on all the rides but I a...