AICE Media Studies

 Dearest reader,  Below is a link to a doc, and the content covered in it. The questions I answered helped me reflect on my journey as a director! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f99Zxe9TF1Skygs_bsfs9vrMeSfoQq8DNGD9Rjq4AlY/edit “How does your product use or challenge conventions AND how does it represent social groups or issues?” My music video focuses on the conventional breakup as it is usually portrayed in the media. The idea of this video was to challenge the idea that people always recover from breakups quickly and in this powerful self assurance montage. It is all too common in film, TV, and even music videos for a character to go through a short period of mourning over a breakup and then have their magical redemption montage. Even within the original music video for this song, the main character ends the video as a successful author and the guy is seen watching her “come back”. However, I think that this ideal situation neglects the real pain and hardship of a break...

 Dearest reader, Below is my final music video. After many unexpected hiccups, the video was edited with Microsoft Clipchamp which I would highly recommend. I hope you enjoy!

 Dearest reader, Today I finished editing my music video.  I was given advice a few months ago by a friend who had already taken this class. The key thing she said was "add as many transitions as possible even if you think it's super corny". I took this advice to heart.  During the filming process Marvin created a fade out from the scene of Kyra and I reading the letters he "sent me". This opened the door to a fade-in during the next scene...literally. The next frame is me opening the mailbox and getting out a letter. Since the camera is going to be sitting in the mailbox, the scene will start all black and then when I open the mailbox door the light will spill in and I'll reach in for the letter. The door closing on the mailbox serves as another transition. The next transition is sort of nameless because it is a type of fade in but with my own twists on it. The next frame is the camera placed so that it looks like it is within the envelope. This will be a d...