AICE Media Studies

Hi Gems. It's that lovely time again. Reflection blog. Seeing what I've done or didn't do to learn from it. So let's get right into this. The most common convention seemed to be the actor (in most cases the singer) lip-syncing to the lyrics during all or most of the music video. However for us lip-syncing did not align with the section of the song we chose to use. We also told a story which is a consistent convention within the genre, majority of these have ambiguous endings, similar to our video. This was because the major event had happened. What was filmed was one piece of the puzzle. What followed was left to the viewer as the question 'are we still friends' was proposed. If was the resolution of the video even though it did tie up all the loose ends. This allows the views to form their own conclusions about the relationship of the friends after the music video has ended.  I would not say the video deals with a major social issue but friends murdering each o...

Hi Gems. This is the moment y'all have been waiting for. The music video I have spent many blog about. Please enjoy. And I hope after seeing this you and I can still be friends.  But y'all will sparkle in the meantime.  Sincerely, Makenna Jewels <3

Welcome back Gems. We are back to my least favorite part. The last production blog. We've wrapped with filming so it's time I wrap of the process. Let's get into this bittersweet production blog. So for our final filming day we are back on the beach. In the evening hours right before for sunset to execute the murder. The plot of it all. So after their long day filled with many twist and turns. Finding a day that worked for all of us was a bit difficult. As I say in the last blog. Maddie proposed using a GoPro to film the underwater scene, however I was was reasonable to suggest that we use a phone cover instead. Giving a little water action.    Filming the scene we want would raise some concern, I mean teen girls who looked like they just committed murder, I would be worried about that too. But we were in an area mostly away from people and they were doing their own thing so it wasn't too much of a problem. Being that it was filmed on different days we had to wear the s...