Music Video Finale

P3T9 Stayin Alive from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

Driving to the film spot

My group and I have to make a music video for my GT class. As a matter of fact, this is the final project of the year. My group consists of me, Nicolas Koo, and Gillian Altman. We have to do lip-sync segments and storyline. My storyline is about scared little girl who conquers her fears and climbs a tree. As we all might know, my song is "stayin' alive" by the bee gees. So basically, the music video is about living in the moment. The lyrics really match the video. If you don't believe me, just watch the video (above) for yourself.

I don't know what this is

One key part of a music video is a fast edit montage. Other video productions have fast edit montages as well. I would tell you my favorite one, but I never saw any that meant anything. Basically, I would just say that mine is my favorite. Before anyone sends hate mail about me cheating at picking my favorite, just know that I have never seen any montages that were any good at all.

This video is supposed to showcase my best work. We used all the skills we learned throughout the year. We made an intro graphic in our video (does anybody remember my first post, personal manifesto or my second post, motivational poster?). Then, we had to use many composition techniques, just like many other projects. We had to use all those skills to make one, over the top project.

Don't even ask...

The two mins of song (credits below):

Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a woman's man: no time to talk Music loud and women warm, I've been kicked around Since I was born And now it's all right, it's OK And you may look the other way We can try to understand The New York Times' effect on man (34 sec.)

Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive (58 sec)

Well now, I get low and I get high And if I can't get either, I really try Got the wings of heaven on my shoes I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose You know it's all right, it's ok I'll live to see another day We can try to understand The New York Times' effect on man (80 sec)

Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive (94 sec)

Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me Somebody help me, yeah (120 sec)

Votes for our grades

4.2% of the class really likes our video

I do not own this song. All music 

and lyrics were created by the 

BeeGees. All musical credit 

goes to them. The only thing

we created was the video to go on

top of the music.

Animated Life lessons

P3T3 Spaceman Locates Brightness from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

BTS photo

In the previous post, Character Development, I talked about my personal idiosyncrasies I would use in my animation project. In this post, I will talk about my teammates' personal idiosyncrasies That I will take advantage of. First up is my teammate Ashley. She wanted me to use her clumsiness in the animation. Then, there is Alexis. She said to use her shyness in the project. I agreed to both of their requests. It should go okay, but hey; I'm not done yet!

BTS photo

Have you ever been neglected in a friendly environment? That is what this animation is supposed to reflect. My animation is about how I fly to a happy
and friendly planet and get insulted. The life lesson is not to judge a book by it's cover. That is because the girls realize that I am a nice guy. They decide to make friends with me and we live happily ever after.

BTS photo

I feel that my team was pretty productive. We came in at recess (well, I did anyway) and worked on our animation outside of class time. I feel that our biggest struggle was definitely photoshop. The animation was like a huge GIF. To make 10 seconds of animation, you will need 100 frames. Each frame takes at least a minute to make. That made fitting the deadline

Our results

Our story board