AICE Media Studies

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eO03d3Ktxyc2dQkLHs22KOEtU0pBFKTDPofCBP9rulI/edit?usp=sharing How does your product use or challenge conventions AND how does it represent social groups or issues?  My product, the “Umbrella” music video, is a vastly different experience than normal. Instead of the usual story where the person himself is the main character, this video throws that idea out the window. It begins with a man shooting hoops by himself looking a little depressed. But here is where it gets interesting. Not just one, but two of his friends appear, and suddenly a story about the incredible power of friendship begins. What is special about this video is that it shakes up the typical dynamics of a friend group. It is not just about having the same hobbies. By easily combining different activities, this video debunks the idea that friends must be interested in the exact same things. This challenges the stereotype that friends must fit into these neat little interests. The cast of

This music video is finally done but me with my group of Nicolas Williams and Benjamin Adelson had a lot of fun with it. We hope you enjoy.

This day we had to wrap up editing. We were going to do it at my house again as we had planned earlier. Sadly, we had an issue. My internet. The router had broken and it would not be fixed until too late. I needed internet to edit it, so we needed a new plan. We also had the issue of all our files from the previous session being on my computer. Luckily, I was able to transfer them to a hard drive. We still needed somewhere to edit, so we discussed it. We took a while to decide on the right place to do it. It was between either Nicolas' or Bens house. We were finally able to decide on the house that had everything we needed to edit it. We decided on Nicolas' house for a couple reasons. He had good internet, a computer, and the ability to download CapCut. We all headed directly to his house the next day. Once we started to try to edit, I plugged in the hard drive. It took me a while to figure out, but I was able to get it onto his computer. Once we started truly editing it was a