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The Great Fall of Ella Valentina

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     Hi pals! It's been three days since I've blogged. It's the fourth day of me being in the hospital. How am I doing? Not great!      I thought the title of this blog was funny, considering the way I injured myself. I basically fell from six feet in the air. Now, that doesn't sound like a lot, but trust me, it really matters how you fall (or what you fall on). Anyway, I've been seen by probably a million doctors, and they are still planning to keep me in the hospital for the rest of the week.      This has been a major setback to our plans, and I have been feeling so awful for it. I mean, obviously it's not my fault that I had a major injury, but I still feel really bad that this is affecting my groupmates. To help, I've been in constant communication with my teachers about everything that's been happening and how I can help from afar. My plan is, considering I'm constantly watching movies and TV right now, to look at the way the scenes are filming

Guess where I am!!

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Hi Pals! I am back at it with the production blogs! But BOY there’s a lot to catch you up on before I get into it.  Yesterday, something happened that neither Charlize, Sabrina, nor myself has prepared for. Something one wouldn’t even think to put in a back up plan. I was hospitalized.  I won’t get into the details, but the doctors plan on keeping me here for the rest of the week. If you can’t already guess, this means pretty bad things in terms of recording the music video. Right now, I can’t even walk, so there’s absolutely nothing I can do on the production side of the video. The doctors aren’t even sure how long it’ll be until I’m able to live my life normally again, whether it’ll be a week or three (hopefully only one!).  Anyway, with this major wreck in the plans, I still have to try to figure things out. What’s that saying? The show must go on! So, while Charlize and Sabrina do as much recording as they can, I will be doing more off the research and planning part.  One thing I’v

Storyboard for my Music Video

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  BOX 1: All the girls get ready in Valentina's bedroom. All of them mention their new boyfriend.  BOX 2:  At the same time, all girls receive a notification of the dame text message from the same guy, showing they are all with the same guy. BOX 3: Parker (the guy) walks down the street while each girl goes up tp him and hugs/kisses him on the cheek. BOX 4: Sabrina is shown writing in her diary about how much she likes Parker. BOX 5: Split screen shown of all three girls writing in their diary about how much they like Parker. BOX 6:  Parker texts to all girls "Can't wait to see you" to all the girls. BOX 7: Parker mouths lyrics while on a date with each of the girls. Same date and character framing in different places. BOX 8: Parker mouths lyrics while on a date with another one of the girls. Different place. BOX 9: All girls hanging out on the couch in Valentina's house. Girls are waiting to meet Valentina's boyfriend (Parker). BOX 10: Boy goes over to Valent

Planning for my Music Video

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Song: This Love by Maroon 5 Our film schedule/the group's availability! 10/14 - 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Sabrina and Charlize - at Charlize's house (in bedrooms) 10/17 - 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. - Valentina, Sabrina, Charlize- Valentina's house (in bedroom) 10/18 - 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. - Valentina, Sabrina, Charlize, Parker- Holiday Park 10/20 - 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Valentina, Sabrina, Charlize - TBD 10/21 - 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Valentina,Charlize, Parker- Press and Grind, Southport Raw Bar, Lauderdale Yacht Club 10/22 - 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. - Valentina,Charlize, Parker- Beach 10/23 - 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Valentina, Sabrina, Charlize, Parker - Restaurants (reshot during day), Valentina's house (backyard and living room), Cordova Road 10/24 - TBD - Valentina, Sabrina, Charlize, Parker (no school!) - Makeup filming day as needed Who are these people/Characters? 3 girls in love with the same guy: Valentina, Sabrina, Charlize Guy: Parker Where are we filming/Locations? Valentina and Charlize's

Research blog: Music Video Conventions

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Name of song and genre This Love by Maroon Five Pop Rock Music videos watched 1. This Love by Maroon Five Cams: wide shot, 2 and 3 shots, zoom, medium shot, pan, low angle, close ups Mis-en-scene: costume, acting, makeup, props, set Editing: cross-cutting, action cut Sound: all diegetic sound, piano, percussion, guitar, vocals 2.  Thats the way I loved you  (In addition to the conventions in This Love) Cams: Pan, close up, full shot, insert, tracking, medium close up, over the shoulder. Editing: Action cut, color and lighting (black and white scenes) Sound: All diegetic sound, vocals, drums, bass guitar, electric guitar, banjo, piano, string instrument Mis-en-scene: Costume, acting, makeup, props, set 3. Traitor by Olivia Rodrigo  (In addition to what was seen in This Love and The way I loved you)  Cams: Medium close-up, dutch angle, tracking, extreme close-up Editing: Cross-cutting, action cut, color and lighting (black and white scenes) Sound: Vocals, guitar, piano Mis-en-scene:  Lig

My Group for the Music Video

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     Hi pals!     Today, we were tasked with the assignment to create a music video. For this project, we were able to choose to work with a group. I decided that I think it would be beneficial to work with a group, so I chose two of my best friends: Charlize and Sabrina. I didn't only choose to work with these girls because they're my best friends. I chose to work with them because they're both very smart and hardworking, and I think all of our talents and hard work combined will come together to make a great video. I'm not worried about us getting sidetracked or off task, since all of us really care about what we do and will want to make the best music video we possibly can. And, if I have to be honest, I think working with them will just be really fun and we'll have a great time.      We've already been flooded with ideas, brainstorming nonstop. We even have an entire notebook page full of ideas for a theme, song, and general plan! This does include our song

Introduction to the Music Video

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     Hey pals!      I'm Ella Agnese, a sophomore at Fort Lauderdale High School. I’m sixteen years old. My birthday was actually a few weeks ago, and it still doesn’t really feel like I’m sixteen. I was kind of expecting more of a change you know?           What are some interesting things I can say? Well, to start with the basics, my favorite colors are pink and viridian green. My favorite food is Chinese food, but I also eat a lot of meat since my family is from Argentina. I'm a competitive sailor, and I also just started playing tennis last January. I've actually gotten very good at tennis for someone so new. I've been sailing since I was five years old, and it's probably one of my favorite things to do. I sailed the Optimist from the ages of five to twelve, and then I started sailing a boat called the 29er, which I sailed for three years. Now, I'm starting a boat called the Nacra 15, and I'm super nervous.      I also love reading! I read all the time, a