AICE Media Studies

 We chose to film our inside locations in my house. This was so that we could have control over the lighting, timing, and atmosphere of the shots. I did my makeup for the scenes where the character is more happy to be lighter with lots of pink tones, representing how in love she is. Our group filmed all of these happy scenes first since I would have to mess up this makeup later. The calendar that I brought we used to create a shot of me ripping it up. I think that it helps to create that intense and dramatic mood that we are going for. I acted in all of these scenes as our main character as well, which gave me some control over what outfits would look best depending on the scenes. A lot of these scenes I would try and just talk to my other group members to make it seem more natural when we were recording. Though this sometimes made it hard for me to try and stay in character and not laugh. During the scene of my friend pushing me on the tire swing, I distracted myself from the came...

Today I prepped to film with my group members. I started out by helping to think of what key props we needed for certain scenes. One of the most important pieces was a painting of the boy character in our music video. My group member supplied the canvas and I used my paints to create the picture of him. I think this will make the scene feel more personal and create a more emotional tone considering that I painted it myself. I knew it was very important to the tone of our music video for us to include props to make it feel more real. Another important prop I provided was the calendar that our character will rip up. We also gathered other items to add realism to the scenes such as a stuffed animal, a cup of water, and a phone. Deciding on the wardrobe was also very essential to our music video. I took time to go through my wardrobe to find colors in my clothes that correlate best to what was happening in the storyline. We chose light and more feminine colors to represent the happy parts ...

  First Scene --    The first scene begins with a high angle shot of a calendar marked with a heart in red on the date “August 10.” This is meant to show the date of the couple’s anniversary .   Second Scene --   The second scene starkly contrasts with the first scene as the main character is ripping the same calendar in the first scene . Both scenes will use jump cuts to transition back and forth between each other; each cut following along with the beat of the song.   Third Scene --   This scene includes a medium long shot of them happily dancing that will also use jump cuts to transition back and forth from the third and fourth scene     Fourth Scene --   The fourth scene transitions with a similar jump cut as the first and second scene. The fourth scen e includes an argument between the two main characters which starkly contrasts with the couple’s happiness in the scene before.   Fifth Scene –   The scene transi...