1) With this first project in our class, we made a wiki page. As far as the final is concerned, I didn't really incorporate anything I learned from that project into this final. Again, with the PSA, I don't believe any of that newly learned information had anything to do with our final project. However, the remix helped tremendously. After learning all about mash up and remixes, I instantly started getting interested in that kind of music (such as Girl Talk and Pretty Lights), and now I love it. I think after hearing and being influenced by this new medium, I have a different perspective on music. After all, a famous musician once said, "a mind that is stretched to a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions." I agree completely and continue to say that I have a different perspective on the music I listen to, and how I interpret it. In addition, after taking this class as a whole, I feel more experienced in the world of media, and my part in it. Being the first semester of taking classes that actually pertained to my major was a fantastic journey. I learned such an incredible amount, and am so fascinated with the music and film scene. I look at movies differently now (instead of just viewing them, I relate and react to certain camera angles, and the lighting they use). With this new outlook on media as a whole, my final project's work shows that. For the final, our group decided to make a press kit for a newly emerging band called "The Formless." My specific job of the project was to create flyers, and help Robby shoot two live performances of the band. The flyers were difficult, but I managed to use photoshop and create some pretty cool pictures together, using images I thought the band would like. With this new attention to filming detail, I filmed this band with the most creativity possible. I captured some footage such as one member banging his head, another one with his guitar above his head, another one's fingers rhythmically strumming his instrument, and every close up and mid shot in between. I think that since the beginning of this class and semester, I have a different outlook on film(ing) thus, filmed a much cleaner and artistic video.
2) In the future, I could see myself with this exact job. I had an absolute blast filming this band. I wouldn't mind doing something in the music industry, maybe becoming a producer of some sort. While filming, I realized during some of the shots I was getting, I would say in my head, "wow, that's going to look really cool," or "wow, that was a good shot." I think I really have taken some sort of shape into a music producer or at least have an ear and eye for it. I recognized what shots were crucial, and which ones were garbage, and I worked in final cut pro this semester, learning to edit, so now I have a decent understanding on how to turn that filming into an actual video that I'm proud of. I'm going to continue to learn about camera's and final cut pro, in case this ever turns into something I seriously consider as a profession, I'll know exactly what I'm doing.
THREE PROMPTS
1) This project has showcased my growth as a media maker ten fold. I think since this final, I have an even deeper understanding of what it means to achieve high quality footage while filming, and recognize what is going to look good versus bad in a film while editing. This project challenged me a bit at first with the flyers. I didn't think I had the creativity to represent the band with a flyer I would create. Then, I started to really listen to their music and get into it. After I felt that I knew the music better, I met the band, filmed them, and saw who they were as people. From that point, I really put all my energy into finding images that represent their music and passion, and I believe I did. Robby was happy with the final two flyers we ended up using, and I was too, for I feel I did a superb job of recreating their image with a newer look. My proudest moment was with the filming I did of the band. I used filming technique I learned in class and adapted my own ideas, from what I thought would look cool, and compiled a pretty good amount of material. I wish I could keep filming music, though I probably will.
2) I'm not sure if I can locate the argument here. Maybe just the fact that we can take any person or band, use our creative skills, ideas and editing techniques, and turn their music into a well designed press kit that could put them on the map. We incorporated live footage, songs, flyers, a website and tee shirts to help these musicians get bigger audiences and more recognition that they deserve. We're their middle man almost, their messengers that can allow a larger amount of people to know about their music. I think the argument is that we can help people better themselves by working together, and using media to create. Our project is significant because it's unique. I had never filmed a band before this project. I had also never created flyers. I think our project is special because while I got to learn about all these new applications and mediums, I also got to help a band with their uprising. I also became heavily interested in this field. Therefore, I believe I helped a group while learning something new that I now enjoy.
3) This project couldn't be more interactive if it tried. We met the band, listened to their music, went to their shows, promoted their music, filmed their live sets, and communicated with them on everything (in terms of what flyers they liked the most, how they wanted to be filmed, and even how the website should look). Overall, we did everything we could to interact with these guys and help them, so they can interact with their audience. It's suited for interactive media production because we did just that. We used the power of media production to help introduce a band that will be interacting with their fan-base as they continue to grow in popularity. We hope that the audience will watch our video and enjoy it so much that they start listening to this band. In terms of the band, I hope their popularity continues to rise, which will lead to them interacting with a lot more people.
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