Thursday, May 5, 2016

Personal Profile

What is your favorite movie? Monte Carlo

What is your favorite genre of movies? Romcoms

What is your favorite book? The Frog Princess Series 

Who is your favorite musical artist? THE 1975

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Homeless 
                                                                                                                                                  
What is something about you that most people don't know? i like one direction


Finish the following sentences:

I need to have me-time every day.

I am saving up for life because like that's something I should consider doing.

When I was little I remember that i ran into a wall. thanks lauren.

The best thing anyone has ever said to me is i listened to the 1975.

The worst thing anyone has ever said to me is i don't like the 1975.

What no one has ever told me is that my style is bad.

I am excited by the 1975.

If I were elected President of the US, my first act as President would be to have the 1975 play at my 
inauguration.

Strengths: Assign each of these with a number from 1-10 (1 being weakest)

Writing: 4.5               

Acting: 10/10            

Organization: -2       

Directing: i lack direction, 1          

Videography        
(camera work): 5.4

Editing: 6                

Conceptualizing   
(idea person): 7

Makeup: 9               

Costuming: 8          

Technical skills: 2.3   

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

 Watching Music Videos

1) Bite

  • Song: Bite by Troye Sivan 
  • Jenna Sivek, Kyla Rudd, Hunter Thompson
  • Mood 
  • eerie  
  • The shots of the lips moving alone, and what the girl was writing with the nail polish.
  • The lipstick, and lip sync shots as a whole.
  • Inconsistent shots, some looked really good, and others were a little low quality.
  • 8.5 (great)

2) Mad Hatter

  • Song: Mad Hatter by: Melanie Martinez 
  • Madi Chaney, Gianna Peralli, Gina Pagnotta 
  • Narrative 
  • There is a girl that is different from everyone else. She turns everything into color, and is fighting against conformity. Everyone else is colorless and represent conformity. Eventually the girl escapes and can be colorful without being judged.
  • When the song talks about being crazy the colorful girl is one screen, and when it talks about her friends, the white people are on screen.
  • The costume of the singer
  • Similar costumes for the colorless actors
  • 8

3) Go Love Yourself

  • Love Yourself by Justin Bieber 
  • Josh Stages, Cristina Trujilo, Joseph Zagorski 
  • Narrative
  • The girl is full of herself, and is sending a bunch of snapchats to this guy. The guy is kind of getting over all of the social media wave, and starts ignoring her by deleting snapchat. The girl persist by texting him, so the guy ends up throwing his phone in a lake.
  • The girl keeps taking selfies when the song talks about loving yourself, when the song talks about getting over a person the guy is on the screen.
  • The selfies the girl was taking made a lot of sense with the song.
  • The shots were a little long and repetitive.
  • 6

4) White Iverson

  • White Iverson X Post Malone
  • Robert Gibbs, and Kaylee Misiti
  • Mood
  • Living the good life, very rich, and confident.
  • When he is playing basketball in all white outfit, and when he is on top of the car in slow motion.
  • The outfits 
  • More variety of shots, other than basketball.

  • 5) House of Memories Student Music Video

    • House of Memories By Panic! At The Disco 
    • Kerri Crowley
    • Narrative
    • There is a man who lost someone, I think his wife, and he is looking back at all of the memories in grief. The memories start getting very intense,  start to consume him. At the end someone comes to the house of the guy. Maybe the wife I think.
    • When the song talks about the memories, and the shots show the guy going through pictures. Also when the song talks about the house, and there are shots of the house of the guy.
    • How they stuck the pictures all over the walls worked well.
    • The lighting was a little spotty; there was some flashlight shots, and some natural light shots.
    • 8 (Approaching greatness)

    6) You've Got A Friend In Me Project

    • You've Got A Friend In Me by Randy Newman and Lyle Lovett
    • Julian Cohn, Sybastian Newby, Robert Gibbs, Kyle Clark
    • mood
    • happy, hopeful, comforting
    • How they were happy together, but sad alone. Also how they help each other not be as sad.
    • The way they transition from black and white when they are alone, and color when they are together. 
    • The shaky camera was annoying.
    • 7

    7) Neptune - Sleeping at Last (unofficial) 

    • Neptune by Sleeping at Last
    • John P., Hannah C., Savannah I., Josh S., Kathryn, Gina, Gianna
    • Mood (with narrative elements)
    • Sad, Hopeless
    • The scene tint, and the sad acting.
    • One thing that worked really well was the camera quality.
    • The cut in the song was something that they could have improved.
    • 9 (Amazing) 

    8) Music Video 

    • Two Phones by Kevin Gates
    • Nicole Slade, Caleb Vanriper, Hannah Vicars
    • mood
    • on top of the world, living the good life
    • The fact that the guy has enough money to have 2 phones, and that the guy is dancing and having a good time.
    • One thing that worked was the quality of some of the parking lot shots.
    • The shots were pretty incoherent.
    • 6 (Alright)

9) Fight For Your Right Music Video

  • Fight For Your Right by: The Beastie Boys
  • Michael Griffion, Blake Fox
  • Mood
  •  Party, Energetic, up-beat
  • The party, and all of the people laughing (especially when they are on the coach).
  • How they got everyone together, and made them collaborate well.
  • Cutting the video a little better, and using more footage.
  • 6.5 (Kinda Good)

10) Music Video Project - Erase Me

  • Erase Me by: Kid Cudi
  • Jacob Bontregor, Kyle Clark, Kevin Bass, Alan Pissarenko
  • Mood
  • A very diluted feeling of wanting to run away from school.
  • When the guy is running, and when he is outside of the school.
  • The way that they did the credits was really creative compared to the other ways that videos have been making credits.
  • Better storyboard planning.
  • 6.5 (Kinda Good)

Final Music Video



nice.
JUAN
TYLER
KAT