Paulina Moreno Cosio

Creative Critical Reflection: TiK ToK                          (1) How does your product use or challenge conventions AND how does it represent social groups or issues? All media contains conventions. A convention is a generally accepted way of doing something. For the music video project, I chose a pop song. In my music video, I use many conventions. First, let's talk about the character that was in the music video. On the first day that I filmed, I wore a pink cropped sweatshirt and black flowy shorts. I realized that the week that I was going to film my music video, it was going to be cold outside. On the second day of filming for my music video, I decided to refilm the entire video because I wanted to wear something different. I decided to wear black leggings, a white crop top, a black zip-up jacket, white high top shoes. throughout the whole video, I wore a pair of shiny, purple, and pink sunglasses. I would say that ...

"TiK ToK"  For the music video project, I was actually really excited, but I had many questions. What song am I going to choose? How do I want to film it? Do I want more people in the video or just myself? What would I wear in the video? What props would I use? I had many more questions but I had to think quickly. I ended up choosing a song called "TiK ToK" by Kesha. I chose this song because I needed to choose a song that I knew the lyrics to, and I can never go wrong with a 2000s song. I posted my intro blog on November 13th. This blog was all about my song choice and if I was planning to film with anyone else. Then a few days later I started researching the pop music genre. I posted my research blog on November 16th. The day after, I posted my planning blog. This blog was about my filming schedule, my props, and my costumes. In the days after, I drew out my storyboard and posted it on November 20th. This blog is the most important in my opinion. Without the story...

On Wednesday, December 2nd, I refilmed my music video and I also edited it. The process of editing is actually really fun for me. I first watched all of the clips that I recorded to see which ones I wanted to use. Once I favorited all of the clips that I wanted to use, I airdropped them to my laptop. Once the clips were all on my laptop, I opened up iMovie, and I uploaded the different shots onto the application. Next, I put the shots in the order that I wanted them in. I did this by dragging each individual clip onto the bottom section on iMovie. Then I had to find the song that I was using. I needed an mp3 version of the song (just the sound, not a video). I found a version of the song and I downloaded it onto my laptop. I dragged it to the bottom section of iMovie. I placed it under the clips of me so that you could see the video and hear the music, all at the same time. I organized my clips in the same order in which I filmed them in. I also cut the music so it would only be one mi...

On Wednesday, December 2nd, I refilmed the first few clips for my music video. I also filmed the rest of the clips that I needed. I decided to refilm the first few clips that I had filmed on the 30th because I didn't like the lighting of them because I filmed them when the sun was setting. This time, I filmed during the day. Once my online classes for school were over for the day, I began to set up all of my props and equipment. I opened up my laptop and pulled up the song so I could sing-along to the lyrics at the correct speed. I started by setting up my tripod next to my bed. I then screwed on a ring light to the top of the tripod so I could have good lighting. Finally, I decided to use my cellphone to film because it's just a lot faster to get the scene correct. I filmed every scene in order again because I needed my transitions to work together and make sense. The first two scenes were filmed in my bed. I filmed the third scene in my bathroom and I used a toothbrush. The f...