Planning Blog

The location that my teammates and I decided to use is downtown, near our city's beach. That area is a one-stop place. There's everything and every store available. From ice cream, to pasta, to pizza, every type of food is available. Additionally, there are beautiful stores filled with all types of clothing to satisfy the different styles there are. The scenery there is nothing short of amazing as you can walk on the sidewalks and enjoy the breeze as you watch the sunset. This will be useful as it is included in our music video. Our two specific locations will be whichever restaurant we decide to go to and the sidewalk. The restaurant will be where we film our dialogue and the sidewalk will be where we are walking as a group. Hopefully we find someone nice enough to do this. Jessica wanted it to be a tracking shot. Wish us luck with that.

As for health and safety, my teammates and I plan to ensure that as much as possible. One of our teammates, Micahia, plans on taking a Lyft to the location. This is a car riding service that is connected to an app. On the app, the driver's information such as first and last name, license plate, and car type is listed. we will try to ensure her safety by having her send us a screenshot of this information. Also, we will call her and stay on the phone with her throught the ride. Depending on the specific day we choose to film, Jessica may have to take a Lyft too. She will send her sister's her location, so if anything were to happen to her they can track her down. She would really like to have her sister's to take her though. As for me, Janell, my mom is taking me. Either way it goes, all of us are going to be on a 3 way call to make sure everyone is safe.

The props that we will incorporate in our video are purses. We are young ladies in a music video, and we have to play the part correctly. Another prop we will have will be from the restaurant, such as silverware, napkins, and menus. This establishes our location and how we plan to do our video. The last prop we will have is a flower. This flower will be given to Kelly, me in our video, the young woman in the video who will be portraying the person that is in an abusive relationship.

Our costumes will pretty much stay the same throughout our whole video. In certain slides, I will be with Lesly, the young man who is playing my boyfriend, in which I will wear a regular shirt and some pants, and he will have on a snapback, a t-shirt and some jeans. For the other slides, me, Micahia, and Jessica will all have on dresses.

Schedule:

1) 11/15 - The blog was about song choice, genre, and conventions.

2) 11/21 - The blog was about location, safety, props, costumes, and storyboard.

3) 11/25 - Filming Blog #1.

4) 12/2 - Filming Blog #2.

5) 12/9 - Music video is due.

6) 12/11 - CCR is due.