AICE Media Studies

1. How does your product use or challenge conventions AND how does it represent social groups or issues?  The product includes  LGBTQ+ representation by demonstrating the love story between two closeted lesbians. This is exercising social awareness of two closeted lesbians and is normalizing the love between two girls. General love stories usually show a straight girl and a straight boy in a love conflict.  In Taylor Swift's original music video, the love conflict was between a boy and a girl developing a love for each other. This is a repetitive pattern in most of her music videos and most love artists do the same. My product challenges other types of love which are not as traditional and for a long time were frowned upon. Social issues like homophobia are also a factor of everyday struggles LGBTQ+ communities face. My music video represents how homophobia and negative stigma on the whole LGBTQ+ community is a real thing and can affect how people act and feel towards the...

 This is the second complete production of Kazmin and the girls, which went very smoothly. Not only was the video thought out and filmed effectively but the process was a lot of fun. Everyone had their part and contributed to the success and completion of the music video. I made sure all the necessary requirements were met along with a nice overall aesthetic to the video, and I hope this is recognized. I learned a lot during the process and grew from the last filming a lot as well. I know now that I can let everyone contribute and take part in the process. I also learned a few editing tips and filming styles that will definitely help me in the future. Although Kazmin and the girls seem perfect, believe it or not, we had some obstacles on the road as well. I know I'm not the only one, but sometimes it is easy to blur the line between fun time and work time especially when hanging out with your friends. However, I managed myself accordingly and mostly everything went well. This just ...

 Hey guys! So in this blog, I will be talking about myself in the process of production during the music video in collaboration with my group. Overall, I think I played a huge part in the group. I contributed costumes, props, filming devices, editing skills, and most important GOOD VIBES. I also had many of the main ideas that were used in the video. I choreographed the little cheer scene and had the idea of the action match from the car to the field. I love that everyone in my group comes up with ideas and take my ideas. I love my group mates and I know the feeling is mutual so working together is fun and always nice to do. I am a very specific person who likes to do things my own way. My group probably picked up on this when I usually volunteer to do the group works. I get anxious when someone else is in charge of a group blog. This is something I came to accept and recognize when working with Kazmin and the girls. I was able to let myself collaboratively do group work and even a...

 Hey guys! Again, still Sofia, no Kazmin no Jenna, and no Savaannh. Just me talking about the last part of the editing process and how the group is basically finished with the music video. So after the first two clips, one being the split screen were added, I tackled the sound. I went to youtube and screen-recorded the "You Belong With Me" audio by Taylor Swift song. I then cropped the beginning of the video and the end where the music is not playing. After that, I exported the video with the sound on too Jenna's laptop so I could download it to iMovie. I needed to make sure all the clips and lip-syncing lined up so I rewatched it and tweaked it a few times. I did this until everything matched up and was aligned with the storyline. This was my job for the editing. I was in charge of the sound and the split screen effect. However, I'm not done with the sound. I had to go in and mute every clip so that the music was the only thing you could hear. While doing this I foun...

 Hey guys. Sofia here, AGAIN. Just me, not Kazmin nor the girls. Okay, so where was I, editing! That's right. Today I started editing but I didn't finish. Firstly, I organized all the clips from my phone and chose each one I was going to use. I extracted a total of like 10 videos. My first really frustrating bump in the road was getting the clips from my phone to Jenna's MacBook to IMovie. It took me approximately AN HOUR to get 10 clips onto IMovie, and I am usually a fast worker. I don't know what wasn't working but everytime I sent them to her laptop they would disappear or reappear as a picture. This really demotivated me and stressed me out. Nonetheless, after an hour, I did it and it was worth all the struggle and pain I went through. After getting them onto IMovie from Jenna's MacBook because mine stopped working. I used to have it but one day after I updated my mac it stopped working, ugh can you believe these Apple products. Anyways, back to the editing...

Hey, guys. Just Sofia again, sadly. What's not sad is that Kaz and the girls filmed all the scenes woooo. Now comes the fun part, putting all the work together. But before that, I will tell you guys on the other side of the screen how the rest of the filming went for me and how I did my part. Firstly, everyone all hung out again at Jenna's house the day after the first filming day so the group didn't lose its mojo and flow. All I brought was the outfit I was wearing and 3 backpacks and my phone which the filming was mostly done. My phone is the 14 pro so I possess the cinematic mode on the camera which is why the quality is so good #slay. Most of the last scenes that were not done, needed to be filmed in front of a school. This required the whole gang from the first filming day, everyone came again, to get to the park. Everyone else got an electric scooter or a bike and my friend and I were left with nothing so I had to walk. This delayed everything because this one boy wou...

 Hey guys! Sofia here, back again without Kaz or the girls :(. But today's filming was so fun and effective. Although the group couldn't complete all the scenes, a majority were done. I brought my cheerleading outfit and a regular school outfit. I also brought the famous ukelele which was in almost every scene lol. I had extra skirts and athletic wear that could be used for the other "cheerleaders", which I also brought. Another prop I brought was the makeup powder and the makeup brush in the scene of me in the mirror. So to start off the whole group went to Jenna's house along with 4 others who were there to help and hang out. Filming each scene was so fun and funny. I filmed most of the scenes I wasn't a part of. The scene where is an over-the-shoulder shot of me stalking Jenna's Instagram was the best. I made an Instagram with Savannah for Jenna called its_artsy_jenna, everyone go check it out and leave a follow. I had a quick photoshoot of Jenna and Sa...

Heyy just Sofia here, not Kazmin or the other girls. Today the group could not get together due to everyone being busy. I have had a very busy week because of the time of year. Thanksgiving break just ended so school is back and everyone is sad :(. Some of my close family members like my aunts and cousins, flew in from Argentina to be with us during the holidays. My parents also really pushed me to be with them since I barely ever see them and will not see them for a while when they leave. This has caused me to be extra busy from spending time with them and with my regular school workload I was even busier. Not to mention all the tests I have and need to prepare for *cough* *cough* midterms. I did not have room to fit in a day of filming today due to this. Not only me, but the rest of the group also had many things going on today. In replacement of filming today, my group did another group facetime and talked about the music video. This was actually very fun. I liked that I know most o...