Week 1
- This week I was introduced to the project by my teacher where we read the brief on what we're going to do in the project, what it requires, and the timeline as well. This made me excited to do the project as I got an overall view of what's going to happen for the next few weeks.
- After that, I created the blogs for the brief, my team, and the research
- My group and I then started on our preliminary research for our music video genre, comparing the different genres of music (the result can be found in the preliminary research blog).
Problems: -
Solutions: -
To-do: Finish preliminary research
Week 2
- Since last week I didn't finish my preliminary research, I had to continue it this week
- In addition to that, this week I had to decide on the genre of our music video
Problems: We had to contemplate on the genre for quite some time as not only are there many options, we had to match it with our budget on props and camera as well as the time span we have.
Solutions: We discussed a genre we like, discussing whether it was doable, and thus settled on that.
To-do: Since we want to start early, we should start brainstorming multiple songs including their pros and cons so that we can decide on a song we want to use for our music video.
Week 3
- After deciding on a fixed genre, I started on a research regarding that genre where I have to complete 2 big research and 6 small research about its conventions, representations, and the effects of the technical elements included.
- Lastly, my teammates and I started brainstorming on the song we would like to use.
Problems: We had multiple options of songs to choose from.
Solutions: We had to lay out all their pros and cons and whether it would fit our budget or not as well.
To-do: Genre research - 2 big research and 6 small research
Week 4
- As my group and I have finished deciding on a song to use, we started on our statement of intent where we thought about our target audience and how we're going to appeal to them, as well as the description of our star and their persona.
- I also learned about the Theory of Stardom in class where this gave me the idea of celebrity personality. This will help me in creating a reel persona for my music video's star actor that will be portrayed not only in the music video, but also in their social media page as well.
Problems: I was sick and at home when the statement of intent was given to my group mates, thus I couldn't really contribute to writing a lot of its parts.
Solutions: We communicated through a group chat we made special for this project where I could tell my group mates a few answers to the questions given in the statement of intent.
To-do: -
Week 5
- This week I started on the mood board for my music video where my groupmates and I planned to create 2 separate mood boards for the 2 different main locations we will be shooting in such as the village and the city. This is as we are portraying them differently to create different vibes and atmosphere.
- In addition to that, my team was given a lyric sheet to annotate our ideas on each scenes regarding each verses of the lyrics.
- We are starting on our storyboard as well and though that isn't my part of the work, I'm excited to see our ideas turn into something visual that we can use as a guidance to what we want our actual music video to look like.
Problems: When annotating the lyric sheet, there were a few times where I was stuck on what to create on certain verses of the lyrics. This is as we had to make a flow and make everything connect, taking into account that we're creating a narrative.
Solutions: On the lyric sheet, we laid down our ideas in bullet points as options for each verses and had discussions on whether it would work or not. Later, we transferred it to an online platform, Canva, where we blended each of my groupmates' ideas together as a finalized narrative.
To-do: Finish the 2 different mood boards.
Week 6
- I didn't come to this week's class as I had an Economics exam, however my friends told me what I missed which are:
-> Doing a song research as a group where we have to research about our song's background, the reason we chose it, and how we're going to make our music video different to the artist's original music video.
-> Made a screen test involving the whole class
-> Classwork regarding technical elements such as camera, mise-en-scene, sound, and edit.
Problems: I wasn't really present during these moments, so there was quite a lot to catch up on
Solutions: Thankfully, I had my groupmates to fill me in on what I missed and my teacher gave me a checkmark list regarding the blogs that needs to be completed as well.
To-do: Song research, screen test, and classwork.
Reflection: This marks the end of term 2 where we are almost halfway in this project. There were numerous different problems that I faced so far, but I especially remembered how quite stressful it was trying to catch up on missing works including their instructions and explanations as I was taking my Business and Economics AS level exams. However, it was really kind of my groupmates to update me on what they were doing in class where I had added it here. Putting it in the format above helped me keep track on what I missed and what I had to complete by that week, thus I can avoid missing a task. In addition to that, reading back on how there was always a solution to each problem I had gave me a sort of motivating feeling as it showed me how I can always tackle the challenges I encounter.
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