AICE Media Studies

  How does your product use or challenge conventions AND how does it represent social groups or issues? As I look back at the research blog that my group and I posted on 10/10/23 I can say that from looking at the conventions we did not do something in our genre. And rather switched it up in some aspects to our own liking, and took inspiration from the music video “ I Want It That Way”. For example, we didn’t follow the props that were in the original music video, such as jewelry, instruments, and microphones. Also, we chose no the follow the convention for costumes with matching outfits, 2000’s look, baggy jackets, baggy shirts, baggy pants, jewelry, and same-color attire. We also didn’t follow the original plans for the location. Originally the group had planned on recording at a beach, a park, and a field of grass. But we all ended up just recording at in Lucas’ backyard, front house, and city streets. Overall you can see that my group in the end chose to not to completely follo...

 Here is my group's music video, my group consisted of me (Christian St.Rose), Daniel Arroyo, and Lucas Alves. Hope you enjoy it.

    The group is again making some good progress in the production of the music video. We have now recorded. We found time finally. We recorded this week and it came out pretty good. At least in my opinion. As for the other group members, I'm not sure how they feel about it. But I'd assume they feel the same way about it as me. I feel good about our progress in this music video now. Before we actually got to record I wasn't feeling good about it at all. I felt very nervous and anxious, considering how important this is for us. But now I feel we are back on the right track. My group and I went to film at the beach. This was a big part of the music video. We also were wearing similar clothes in the music video. We had planned our costumes from a while ago, so that was easy to work with. But the beach wasn't the only area we filmed in. We also filmed in a park. Specifically for another part of the music video. To try and add an element of change and versatility to it. We m...

   The group is again making some good progress in the production of the music video. Although we've planned on doing the music video this weekend, it won't work for us. Mainly because of our busy schedules. For example, I'm busy because I have senior pictures. Lucas has work to deal with. And things with his family all throughout this week. Daniel and Lucas also have to take the SAT so that will take up a day as well. This made the whole planning delayed a bit. But now it seems we have it figured out. Now we will try to do it after school. Preferably sometime next week. We aren't sure about Daniel though. Daniel has to help his family out all next week. We have yet to decide what exact day we will do it. But we will discuss it further in class on Monday. We've finalized the location of the video. We are going to record at a park first. Then we will record another part at a beach. We have yet to finalize which park, but the beach will likely be Fort Lauderdale Beach...

  The group is now making some progress in the production of the music video. It seems we have not decided on a time to record. And that time is this weekend. This took us a while to do because we all were busy. And obviously, we weren't able to record like planned last weekend. Since I've been injured it's been hard to schedule. I was recently injured in soccer and had to move around on crutches. This made the whole planning delayed a bit. But now it seems we have it figured out. Lucas and I have agreed to do with this weekend. We aren't sure about Daniel though. Daniel wasn't in class the day we were planning it. But we have yet to decide what exact day we will do it. Obviously either Saturday or Sunday. We've also talked about the location of the video. We are going to record at a park first. Then we will record another part at a beach. We have yet to decide exactly which park, but the beach will likely be Fort Lauderdale Beach. We still haven't decided o...

 The group is now making moves. We are now making progress in the production of the video. We have now decided on a time to meet and record. This took us a while to do because we all were busy. Or just simply had something else that came up. Especially since I got injured. I was recently injured in soccer and have to move around in crutches. This made the whole planning delayed a bit. But now it seems we've been able to maneuver around it. We have all agreed to do it on the weekend. But we have yet to decide what exact day we will do it. Obviously either Saturday or Sunday. We've also talked about the location of the video. We are going to record at a park first. Then we will record another part at a beach. We have yet to decide exactly which park, but the beach will more than likely be Fort Lauderdale Beach. And we will record during the daytime. We haven't decided when exactly. So I would assume anywhere between 7:00 am and 4:00 pm. The group will also be dressed in simil...

 As of right now my group and myself are in the dark. We aren't sure how exactly we are going to set up the music video. In regards to the song, we have a few in mind. One of which is "I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys. That's not the only song in mind though there's also "Larger than Life" by the Backstreet Boys. And also "Shape of My Heart by the Backstreet Boys". Apart from the songs we are also unsure about the costumes. We know that we are all going to match. But we haven't decided on what exact costume that we will all wear. Though we may be able to add an interesting prop into the video. Thanks for Lucas bringing an idea. When we record we may possibly have a golf cart as a prop. The golf cart belongs to Lucas and think that it could enhance the music video. In regards to actually filming, we are still working that out. Personally, I think it will be a hassle to find the time when all of the group is free. By that I mean Lucas, Da...