Codes and Conventions

Today being November 14, 2019, we have begun the music video project which will be a 1 minute and 5 seconds to 1 minute and 15 seconds video. My group and I have chosen to focus and work with the song “Rocketeer” by Far East Movement. We are truly excited to film this music video due to that fact that we had a great time shooting our commercial and learned many new and interesting techniques which we would love to incorporate in our new project. In this new project I want to keep on improving my craft and attempt to try new camera angles and as well learn the pinnacle studios application much better to take our video to the next level. Our song is in the pop-rap category of music and has a fast and uplifting beat to it. Due to this, we will ensure our video shows the uplifting beat and does not portray anything else. I believe I have chosen a great group to work with and I am expecting no less then the best of each and every single one of them. We have great chemistry so working on this project should be easy and Non-problematic.

Furthermore, going in depth on the song “Rocketeer” it is basically this song about a boy who is in his relationship with his girlfriend, which in another perspective could be considered his crush, and he practically feels as he could do anything when he’s with/around her. One of these things being flying. As the song continues he keeps on telling her how much she means to him and he wants to continue feeling the way he does for her.

1. In our music video we will be on the beach, so we would be wearing bathing suits. There will be other times, however, were we will be on a basketball court for a picture, in which we will be wearing  clothes for basketball. There will also be a picture that we will be in a restaurant and laughing, so we will be wearing regular attire, maybe jeans and a t-shirt.

 2. In most of the pictures in the book, it will be daytime. This is except for the picture that we will zoom into, which will be set at night. We might use a flash for some shots though.

3. In our music video we will have an adult hat is later in life, maybe a father, that will grab the book an open it. Then the pictures will be of us at the beach or in a restaurant. Once it zooms into the main picture, we will have a few teenagers acting naturally. We will be at the beach playing volleyball or playing with sparklers.

4. We will not be using make-up in our video, as we want to put out a natural and relaxed mood. There might be somebody wearing make-up, but it would be coincidental.

5.  Throughout the video we will be using a hefty amount of props. This could include the sparklers that we are using at the beach. It would also include the book of pictures that will be used at the beginning of the video. There also might be some other props like a basketball at the court, or some food at the restaurant.

6. The video will start off inside of a house, in a room, where the subject will grab the book. Then we will have different settings in all the pictures in the book, like a park or a basketball court. The main setting; however, will be at the beach.