The song I'm doing is called "i can see clearly now" by lil Darkie. The song is a lot different from his other music. It's kind of lo-fi while the rest of his songs are up beat rap songs with intense feelings. The official music video for this song has an animated character walking through a forest and having a beautiful adventure.
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For this project I don't have any group members. I am working completely solo. This is mainly because I don't really know anyone in the class. The people who already had friends in this class were lucky because they didn't have to have awkward conversations with random people in order to have group mates. I believe that I will work better alone anyways. I don't really trust other students especially if I don't know them. Running the risk of having a group mate that doesn't do their part is not worth it if you ask me. I would rather work alone so that there are no chances of bad group mates ruining my chances of getting a good grade on the assignment. I also like the idea of working alone because there are no conflicting ideas. If I work alone then the commercial can fit my vision better. In the past I have had issues with group members that didn't work towards the original idea for the project. Situations like that can be avoided when I'm alone.
My name is Wyatt McKaskle and I was born in Del Rio, Texas on September, 9th 2005. My dad's name is Lucas McKaskle and he was born in the same town that I was born in. My mother is Barbara Harman and she was born in Orlando, Florida. My favorite food is a tie between hamburgers and pizza because they're both so good I just can't choose. My favorite hobby is playing cards with family and friends. My favorite card game is poker because of the risk you have to take in order to win. It takes luck but skill does come into play. My favorite TV show is Hunter X Hunter. It's about a boy who becomes a monster hunter to try and find his father. My favorite sport is football. I like it because of how intense it can be during a good game. I enjoy playing it too but I haven't played it in a long time. My favorite football team is the San Francisco 49ers because of the colors. I love the red and gold. They remind me of royalty or wealth and I visited San Francisco a few years ago and I really enjoyed it. My favorite holiday is Halloween because I love horror movies and haunted houses. I've watched so many horror movies that they don't really scare me anymore but I still really enjoy them on a dark and stormy night. I have 5 brothers. 3 are stepbrothers and the other 2 are half brothers. I also have 8 nieces and nephews between the five of my brothers. The picture is of me and my nephew Kody who is seven now.
1. How does your product use or challenge conventions AND how does it represent social groups or issues?
My commercial was very basic in comparison to other advertisements shown on TV or other streaming services. If I knew the point of the project was to challenge conventions then I would have done something different such as controversial filming methods or styles. My commercial represents the ability of highschool students to perform feats that are normally only feats that adults perform.
2. How does your product engage with audiences AND how would it be distributed as a real media text?
My commercial advertises a product and aims to inspire someone to buy it. With this goal in mind I wanted to create a sense that the viewers needed this product or could benefit from having it.
3. How did your production skills develop throughout this project?
In the past I have never done an assignment that requires production skills so I learned that so far I have a natural affinity for editing and filming. Though my skills are basic they were enough to achieve the goal I set do myself.
4. How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?
I used the my phone for all of the filming and editing for the commercial. I used an app called I shot which allowed me to compile all of my footage and still be able to edit specific parts. I also used the internet to access images that I thought would enhance the effect of the commercial.
For my second day of editing, I put all of the images that I wanted to imbed into the video into a folder. This let me keep track of them easier. I then looked for free music on the internet to put into the video. I was looking for something very upbeat. Something that would really get the blood pumping. I found a song that worked perfectly. I put the song into the video and trimmed it so it would be the same length as the rest of the video. After that, I did some editing to the footage I had to make it look more professional.
I'm relieved to finally be done with the video and kind of nervous about what grade I'll get.
