Weekly Progress + Plan

This is my weekly progress, as well as the problems I encountered and the solutions to them. These were written by me.

Week 1

What we did?

First week after our first term break. For the remainder of grade 12, we'll be working on creating music video.

This week, we learned about media ecology and how new technology affects media. Media ecology is how technology and media influence and shape our behavior and society. I also did Preliminary Research.

Problems

I haven't finished my individual research on songs of the genre my team chose: pop. My team and I also haven't come to a decision on which song to create a music video of.

Solutions

We'll decide on a song soon.

Week 2

What we did?

We began with our genre research. We also learned about various convergences: like technological convergence, textual convergence, etc.

Problems

Internet didn't run smoothly during one of the media classes, so the teacher could only teach using the presentation available locally. I also still struggle remembering the definitions of each of the convergences.

Solutions

I need to learn harder.

Week 3

What we did?

Continued with genre research and song selection.

Problems

At first, we wanted to pick Just Keep Watching by Tate McRae for our music project. But since the song features a female voice and we didn't have a female in our group (recruiting a suitable one would take too much time, and our schedule was tight), we decided to choose a different song instead.

Solutions

We decided to have each of us pick a song and conduct a vote to decide.

Week 4

What we did?

We began creating our storyboard and statement of intent. My teammate, Kenzo participated in a 2-day sports competition, so he couldn't come to school. Because of that, the rest of us made the statement of intent without Kenzo. But later, we showed it to him and he was satisfied.

Problems

At first, we wanted to pick Just Keep Watching by Tate McRae for our music project. But since the song features a female voice and we didn't have a female in our group (recruiting a suitable one would take too much time, and our schedule was tight), we decided to choose a different song instead.

Solutions

We decided to have each of us pick a song and conduct a vote to decide.

Week 5

What we did?

This week, we started doing location scout and risk assessment. It took some time for us to decide which locations to feature in our music video, but we finished it on time.

Problems

We weren't able to finish parts of the storyboard and moodboard.

Solutions

We'll make sure to finish them in our free time at home, so we can focus on the remaining tasks.

Week 6

What we did?

This is our final week before semester exam. The teacher allowed us to finish Comp 3 during media studies period this week, which gave us enough time to finish our tasks. Though, we did miss out on a classwork about media theories.

Problems

We didn't have a proper schedule and were running out time, which led to me getting stressed out.

Solutions

We'll do finish them on the weekend and add them to our blogs. I also need to double-check the contents of my blog, making sure everything has been included and there's nothing missing.

Week 7

What we did?

This week we completed our planning, and reworked on our schedule for our filming sessions before our semester break.

Problems

Solutions

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Week 1

Throughout the semester break, we were each equally busy, so we were unable to film. But, we plan on shooting very soon now that we're all free and back to school. Our teammate, Arnold, was still on holiday at Java during this first week, so we couldn't discuss with him face-to-face. At class, we learned new theories, such as the theory of stardom which talks about the 5 criteria that makes someone not just an artist, but a star, remembered by fans for years to come. These 5 include: success, ordinariness, consumption, love life, and downfall. Our teacher also introduced us to brand identity which is the impression that a message gives out by certain artists that makes them recognizable by the audience.

Week 2

This week, our teacher introduced us to the colonial gaze, which is often associated with: "non-western people lack voice and agency", "centered western perspective", "exoticisation of the 'other'", "erasure of historical context", "power imbalance in storytelling", and "language". We also learned these key words often associated with colonial gaze, which are: "eurocentric", "othering", and "double consciousness". Colonial gaze is basically how white supremacist is shown as more advanced and powerful, while people of color are considered old-fashioned, exotic, and weird. We began shooting on Friday this week, but we were unable to finish everything, so we'll continue shooting next week. We'll also be awaiting our teacher's suggestions on our music video so far.

Week 3

This week the teacher revised on Power and the Media. We were also taught about the Fandom theory by Henry Jenkins which talks about different levels, which are: "semiotic", "enunciative" and "textual" productivity. Semiotic fans consume and negotiate their own readings. Enunciative fans are more active in their consumption, being more engaged with showing their interest by copying clothing, makeup, fanspeak, etc. We were also taught about a theory by Clay Shirky called "End of Audience", which states that there are no more passive audience, since they expect the media to be interactive (e.g., being able to interact with producers), media production being more democratic, and media corporations having less power over the media.

Week 4

This week, we were given time to do our projects during class, where we were able to ask for opinions from our teacher regarding our progress and the editing of our music video. Our teacher suggested for us to add more stories of our artist's daily life to fill up the page. We also need to have at least 9 posts in total on our account. I'll be finishing off our video project, as well as the BTS, digipaks, brand research, social media account, editing process, screen test, weekly progress and anything else we need to complete. Me and Kenzo have been doing the digipak, while Arnold is adding finishing touches to the editing of our music video. We've also had the Instagram account set up earlier this week, and we've added all sorts of posts, stories, and highlights to the page.

Reflection:

Despite sometimes forgetting to jot down my progress, it has really helped me set goals and track my improvements, as well as allowing me to reflect on the mistakes that my team and I made in order to not make those same mistakes in the future. Admittedly, sometimes I found writing down my progress here to be time-consuming, but after realising the benefits of it, I've been finding it quite helpful. As seen in my Weekly Progress above, I often had little time left to complete some of my tasks, meaning that I need to manage my time better as to keep myself on schedule, especially since this is my last media project before I graduate.