Filming blog

 Coming into our Music video assignment, I realized that it might become more difficult for us to film. My partner and I did not take into consideration what the store managers would say when we  ask to film; hopefully, we will not be rejected, though it happens allot from what I’ve witnessed, on countless online videos. Other than that, depending on the decision of thrift store owners, we will be well off from there on due to the concept of our video being quite simple.
  To be specific, the locations we chose were GoodWill, and Little Thrift Store. I feel that the LTS would allow us to film for possible , promotional reasons as, clearly stated in its name, it’s a pretty small store on the more unnoticed part of a plaza, I personally feel that the owners may be generous when it comes to  allowing the filming of our music video; however, for our other location there may be a problem. GoodWil, is a thrift store , though on a corporate level. There are many of them through out the country , and they may take the filming of our video on a more serious note. They may prevent us from filming, as they might feel that us simply filming with in a store could ruin there image, based on the music video. Not that we have anything defaming, it  just may simply not be in their best interest.
  My partner and I decided that we would try to film  over the weekend. Since during school we can’t be productive, when it comes to filming since our  location is else where. Though, for other students , they may begin filming as of tomorrow in class. We understand that we are kind of at a disadvantage, in terms of filming, though , we will most definitely try our best  to get things done!

Gatorade commercial end/ Music video start

My partner and I finally completed our commercial. I was glad that he could get some parts done without me as there was a family issue that kept me from attending school for several days. While undergoing the process to create our commercial, I would say, only filming went smoothly. I got to film my partner running on the track, and got all the footage in virtually an hour. However, when it came to everything else, it was hard creating the actual commercial. First off, the recorded footage on the SD card was very hard to find, as it never saved into the correct folders. Secondly, for TWO whole days, the editing software, Pinnacle Studios, was down  and did not work. Finally, while editing, for what I was present for, it was pretty difficult to bring our ideas to life, despite the guidance we recieved from our instructors. Thouh, despite all this, we managed to get the job done!

More over, we  learned that we would be doing a new project.This new prject would be to create a music video , for a song of our choice. I was exited to find out that it would be a music video, as I have prior experience to making them. i think it will be a fun experience to make one for myself, as I usually make them for others and thier songs that they make. The song that my partner and I chose is, Thrift Shop, by MackleMore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz. I proposed this song to my partner since it would require a small amount of  experience to pull off. Also, in the songs lyrics, MackleMore speaks on lowbudget props that we already have,so execution will be pretty easy.

The genre of this song is hip-hop/rap. In most songs like this they usualy show the artist showing off their money , with expensive clothes, and cars , or what not; while also, containing allot of women, to show off how good their lives are. However, with this song, we are going against this , by going to a thrisft store to show the theme of the song "making the most of a small budget.