AICE Media Studies Blog

Scene 1: Darrow pulls up in front of Allison's house in the convertible and Allison gets in the car. This scene will be filmed from a wide shot in order to show the actors and their surroundings.  Scene 2: Allison puts her feet up on the dash board. This scene will be filmed from a mid shot in order to emphasize the lyrics "kick your pretty feet up on my dash". Scene 3: Darrow starts to drive slow down the street. This will again be a wide shot and will then have a fade out transition where the car will drive away into the distance.  Scene 4: Establishing shot filmed from the back showing the sorroundings, driving on an open road.  Scene 5: Darrow puts his arm around Allison as they are in the car still. This will be a middle close up shop to spotlight the embrace. Scene 6: There will be a split screen of Allison and Darrow talking on the phone in their rooms. This will highlight the vocal differences between the male and female voices.  Scene 7: The split screen of Allis

  Props: Since my group has decided to do a country love song, our props will include a car, cowboy hat, phone and flowers. We will use those props to make our music video feel like a typical country music video. This will add to the theme we are trying to portray. Costume: In the music video 2 group members will be the main characters while the other 2 are filming. Our actors will be wearing country style clothing such as jeans, flannels, cowboy hats, and boots. These clothes are typically seen as the country aesthetic and will add to the country love story that is being depicted. The jeans will be navy blue and the flannels will be red and checkered. They will appear casually dressed and not too clean, we are going for an authentic cowboy and cowgirl look.  Schedule: On 11/9/21, our group researched conventions and codes of country music videos. On 11/15/21, our group established the props, costume, schedule, backup plan and location list. On 11/19/21, our group will create the sto

My group has decided to do a music video to the song "Meant To Be" by Bebe Rexha, featuring Florida Georgia Line. This is a country love song, I researched a few similar country songs with love stories in order to get a better understanding of what is expected from a country music video. Costumes such as flannels, jeans, cowboy hats, and boots were apparent on the men and women in these music videos. The lightning tends to be brighter, establishing a sunny setting. The music videos also had a tendency to be set on an open road or field.  Shots vary from establishing shots to wide shots, and angles such as middle close up and close ups are used throughout the videos.  Editing such as split screens appeared often in my research and were used to display the male and female singers, harmonizing and singing back and forth. Fade in and fade outs were featured in these music videos, as they were used to shift scenes smoothly.  Diegetic sound can also be heard in these videos, adding

 It is now my second project this year. I learned a lot on the first one, mainly that having only two people in my group was difficult. So I decided to add two others to my group. People I know will be hard-working and reliable with good media skills. Classmates that will be responsible for their part of the project and someone I will be able to work well with inside and outside of school. So I have decided to work with Sophia Pollock as well as Ella Wills and Darrow Nasca. Sophia and I have worked on my school projects together so I know she will be a good partner. She is hard-working, kind, organized, reliable and responsible making her the perfect partner. Ella and I have been friends since we were little so I know she will make a good partner and the same with Darrow. They are both hard working and will make the music video enjoyable to work on too. I have good acting skills because I acted in plays for fun when I was younger, I have always enjoyed acting. Sophia has great filming

  My name is Allison Nordyke, I'm in 11th grade. My favorite color is blue, I know basic but its true. Blue reminds me of everything I love, going on the boat being surrounded in beautiful blue water. Water sports like wake boarding or tubing, going super fast, with only the water beneath me. Swimming, I am a swim teacher, I teach little kids how to swim. Travel, being high up in the sky without a thing in sight except the ocean down below. Waterfalls, hiking in the mountains walking miles in the heat all to get to the beautiful waterfall at the end to make the whole thing worth it. All of these thing that I love all bring me back to one color, blue. My friends would call me an easygoing, adventurous, confident, happy person. I spend my weekends with my friends either going to the beach, going shopping, going on the boat and doing many other things. I love holidays but my favorite is Christmas, and its not just because of gifts, mostly because my birthday is the day after; December