Weekly progress

This is my progress every week 

Week 1 : 

We started learning about the media ecology : how technology affects the media and how the media affect the users. We also started making the group and the research for the project music video. The problem this week is its hard for me and my group to choose what genre for the music video is  the solution for this solution is we decides to do voting and the majority of the group member choses pop music. My goal by the end of the week is to finish at least 2 research , also we started making out preliminary research 

Week 2 : 

On week 2 we continue making our research and we also started learning about the 4 different convergence in the media , which is technological , textual , social , industry . The problems on week 2 is our group member rarely attend the media class , which makes it hard for us to discuss for the planning of the music video . The solution is we use Whatsapp to communicate with him so that the planning kept going even though one of the member does not attend the class

week 3 

On week 3 we started learning about the media ecology , this is about ho technology could effect the media , and for the project we continue onn making our research about the pop music video , this could help me to know what convention should I conform to when making my music video .

week 4  

This week, we started on the storyboard and statement of intent. This week, I was not able to attend school for more than 2 days because I had a sports competition. Most of the statements of intent were made by my other teammates without consulting me. However, my teammates knew what I am capable of (storyboarding) and so they gave me that role and one additional role (moodboard), which I am not familiar with, but I'll try.

The problem we had this week was due to the overwhelming schedule outside media studies; I was not able to storyboard during this week.

The solution we had was to delay the storyboard and do the other unfinished task for Comp 3.

My goal for this week is to try to help my teammates even though I am not available most of the time.

week 5

This week, we began doing another task, the location scout and risk assessment. These tasks were very easy for us to complete as they required less work than the other tasks. The difficulty was deciding which location we were going to shoot, but we managed to come up with interesting places.

The problem we had this week was that I was not finished with the storyboard and the moodboard.

The solution was that one of the group members tried assisting me, which proved to be very helpful and effective as we finished half of the plan. 

My goal for this week is to finish the moodboard and the storyboard.

Week 6 

This was our final week to finish everything before finishing semester 1 of our academic year. Our teacher gave us chances to do our Comp 3 during the media studies period for this week. Thanks to our kind teacher's decision, all the tasks were accomplished. However, we did miss out on 1 task, which was the classwork about media theories.

The problem we had this week was that we didn't have a proper schedule, so we missed one task.

The solution we had was to do the task during the weekends and do double checks in our blog post in case we missed other things.

My goal for this week is to make sure all my group members have the proper format for their blog posts.

Reflection : There is so many things we learn for the past few weeks , this helps me to understand more about the theory and the project lessons help me to know what to start for the music video , eventhough it is hard for me and my group to choose a song , but we actually find a song that we thinng we could make a good job making a music video for.

TERM 3

Week 1
This week, we had to submit our Behind the Scenes post and our filming schedule. We finished planning , but we did not follow our schedule well and kept delaying the filming. Because of this , we had to quickly make a new plan to finish filming next week so the editor can complete the music video on time. We also learned about Richard Dyer’s Theory of Stardom. I learned that becoming a star is not by chance. The media industry carefully plans how a star looks and acts, and the audience also helps build this image. The theory talks about success , being ordinary , selling products , love life , and downfall.

Week 2
This week, we learned about Post-Colonialism Theory by Paul Gilroy. This theory says that even though colonialism happened in the past, its effects are still seen in media today. Western countries still show their culture as more powerful through media, almost like hidden propaganda. This theory mostly fits countries that were once colonized. For our project, our filming did not go well because we did not follow the schedule again. Now , we may need to film during the holiday to catch up.

Week 3
This week, we learned about Henry Jenkins’ Theory of Fandom. It explains how fans are very active. Fans create their own meanings from what they watch, talk about it in their own way, and even make their own fan content. For our project , we finished all filming in one day . Our first version of the music video got many good comments, but some people said the lighting and effects were uncomfortable to watch. Because of this , we might need to reshoot a few scenes.

Week 4
This week was project week, so we did not have normal media lessons. This was helpful because we could focus on our project and have more time to do our project , since the submission is close . We also asked Mr Nick for feedback, which helped us improve our music video before the final submission. The only problem was that I did not finish my digipak research, so I will do it on the weekend.

reflection : on this four weeks Mr Nick does not give us time in class to do the weekly progress in the end of the week , as it could save more time , however this cause me to procrastinate on making the weekly progress , which force me to make all the weekly progress near the submission date.