Statement of Intent

 Here is my teams statement of intent. 

Reflection:

I was absent during the lesson that my group started the statement of intent, so it was very stressful on them. To catch up, we divided every section to different people to make this task easier. Everyone was responsible for getting their part done. After our statement of intent was completed, it helped us prepare for our video a lot more. We had set plans for what we were going to do and put our ideas into words. 

Classwork: Editing

 Here is classwork on editing. Tisha created these slides. 

We were given a group task in class to edit our "Regents fun run" footage to the beat of our song choice. I was paired up with Tisha and Kimora. Kim and I were in charge of going through a google drive with thousands of footage, and pick the ones we thought would work best. Tisha was our editor. We all worked together to complete this. 

Classwork | Cut to the beat by Jyotisha

Reflection:

This task was pretty easy to complete. It gave Tisha some practice on editing before editing our music video, which was helpful. The only downside is that Cassie wasn't with us, so the opportunity to try work as a team for the first time wasn't possible.  

Pre-production: Genre Research

 Here is my genre research. 

Genre Research - Kellie Collins by Kellie Joy Collins

Reflection

This task was very time consuming, and I had a few moments where I got very frustrated being unable to finish it before the deadline, but it was helpful. It helped me understand conventions that go specifically into RnB. I had a rough idea of what the genre looked like but this task helped me solidify my thoughts. I now have a clearer picture of what I want our music video to look like.

Pre-production: Preliminary Research

 Here is my preliminary research.

Preliminary Research by Kellie Joy Collins

Reflection:

Doing this research helped my group and I a lot, because we were unsure of what genre suited us best. Now that we understand what conventions go into each genre more, we know what would be easiest for our group to recreate. We also got a lot of inspiration and ideas from watching the videos that we might include in ours. 

Classwork

 Here is my classwork.

Camera Work by Kellie Joy Collins

Reflection:

Since I joined media in grade 11, I missed out on learning the basics on production. Having to catch up on all of the different camera angles and technical elements was a bit of a challenge, but with my group's help, I was able to complete this task. 

Team

This is my team for this project.

Cassie: https://cassie-regentsmedia.blogspot.com/

Tisha: https://tisha-regentsmedia.blogspot.com/

Kimora: https://kimora-regentsmedia.blogspot.com/

Reflection:

I'm very excited to work with my new team. As soon as we got into our groups and started talking about our plans and visions, my whole group was in sync. All of our ideas aligned, so we were really happy and motivated to get started. 

Weekly progress + plan

 Here is my weekly progress and plan.

Music Video Project
Stage	Week	Blogpost No.	Blogpost Name	Description of Blogpost
Pre-Production	W1	1	Brief	Description of the brief, embed PowerPoint
		2	Plan & Weekly Progress	A weekly journal that is updated at the end pf each week. Contains a list of what you do, problems, solutions, and a to-do list
		3	Team	Your team + Links to their blogs
	W2	4	Classwork	Can be carried over from last project
		5	Preliminary Research	Research into variety of music genres
		6	Genre Research	Research into relevant music videos within your genre
	W3		Genre Research (cont.)
				Deadline for Research (end of Week 3)
	W4	8	Statement of Intent	Proposal for the details of your project. Final product, target audience, Star Persona, etc.
		9	Storyboard	Scene by scene storyboard
				Deadline for Statement of Intent (end of Week 4)
	W5	10	Location Scout & Risk Assessment	Possible shooting locations, risk assessment table
		11	Filming Schedule	Schedule of when you will film, what locations, and what you need to prepare
	W6		Finish Pre-Production
Production	Break	Term Break Use your Term Break to Film 12 Behind the scenes What did you do on shooting days, your roles
Post-Production	W1	13	Thumbnail (Research & Development)	Research into similar thumbnails. Development of own ideas.
		14	Social Media (Research & Development)	Research into similar Social Media Accounts. Development of own ideas.
		15	Editing Process	How did you edit? Challenges, solutions
	W2	16	Research: Production Company	Who is a big producer of your genre. Who is an independent distributor of your genre
		17	Test Screening	Audience Feedback
	W3		Continue Work
	W4
		20	Production Deadline	Final Music Video, Thumbnail, Social Media Account
	W5	18	Movie analysis	Text analysis of your film opening
		19	Critical Reflection	Self Reflection Essay
	W6		Continue Critical Reflection
	W7		Continue Critical Reflection
			Final (Submission)	Full Blog

Week 1

This week we discussed our brief and completed our preliminary research.

Problems: 

Solutions:

To Do: 

Week 2

This week we started our genre research and learnt more about media ecology. 

Problems: My group and I were a bit nervous about getting all of our research done before the deadline.

Solutions: Since this was more of a procrastination and effort issue, we all kept each other in line by asking one another if our research is almost done, or if it's going well. 

To Do: Complete all 6 genre research

Week 3

This week we continued our genre research 

Problems: We were still facing the same problem this week with the deadline for research.

Solutions: We continued to keep each other in check and motivate one another. 

To Do: Complete genre research before the 23rd of October. 

Week 4

This week we started our statement of intent and completed more research for our music video.

Problems: 

Solutions:

To Do:

Week 5

This week we started the process of creating our artists persona and got a lot of blogposts done before the deadline (mood board, storyboard, classwork, location scout/risk, extra research). We also had an exam on media ecology.

Problems:

Solutions:

To Do:

Week 6

This week we continued to finish our blogposts, especially focusing on our storyboard because we wanted to do both an online and hand drawn version. We also started preparing to film because we had a plan to do our first scene over the weekend. 

Problems:

Solutions:

To Do:

Reflection:

Pre production went very smoothly with the group that I have. We successfully split different tasks to one another and since we were all very excited about our ideas, doing the work was less stressful than other previous projects. We did face a few problems like time management; getting things done before deadlines and planning our schedule for filming since some people will be away. To fix this, we just kept our communication skills strong and worked around the issues.