AICE Media Studies Music Video

      My music video was successful, yet underwhelming. Due to the length that the video had to e confined to, I felt as if my creativity was limited. I had several scenes that I simply couldn't complete due to the length that the video would've ended up with. If I would've shot every scene I wanted to create, I would've been a full minute and 23 seconds past the time limit. I ran into this problem last school year with my Powerpoint video presentation for AICE Global Perspectives, in which I had written down too much information to be presented within the time limit. Fortunately, this assignment was much more forgiving in the sense that I was able to correct any mistakes while they were happening. I felt that all of my scenes did fall into place nicely in the end. Although there was a set of scenes that I felt didn't mesh well with the pacing of the video. This was the scene that showed me as an 11-year-old doing homework. Most of the fault was on my part but I would say 40% of it was credited to the time limit. The actor in the scene did not complete the action I wanted him to and I was running low on time so I had to tape the scene in one shot. This along with the fact that when editing I realized that the longer the scene, the more seconds the video will go over the time limit, caused me to shorten the clip. That ended up being the shortest scene in my music video and easily my least favorite scene. As for my favorite scene, that would easily go to the shots of me driving a Mercedes Bens and Hondai Sonata with my nice outfits on. Those scenes were shot in my driveway and at a nearby parking lot, and it was truly fun to drive around my neighborhood while looking my best. 



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