Music Video Finale

P3T5 Don't Stop Believin' from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

The song my team and I choose was "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey. My teammates are Kyla, Jhoanna, and Ashley. In the story Kyla meets Ashley (She plays a boy) and the two become very close. Kyla leaves her home hoping to follow her dreams. Along the way she meets Ashley. He has also left his home to follow his dreams that are similar to Kyla's. They meet and instantly become best friends. At one point they both reach for the handle of a door. Their hands touch and their friendship becomes a little more. This is a like a prequel to Kyla's music video last year. Last year her music video was about her and Ashley together.  The reason we wanted it to about a boy and a girl was because the first lyrics are "Just a small town girl" and later "Just a city boy" The song is, in a way, about a boy and girl meeting. The boy and girl are following their dreams together and they should never stop believing. I think that is what the song is a little about. That is why we chose to do our story similar to that.

My favorite fast-edit montage is when Ashley and Kyla spend time together. We cut from shot to shot of Ashley and Kyla hanging out on the beach. We cut from them sitting on wall to a lip sync and then back to the beach. The two were walking away from a camera and then sitting on a log at the beach. This represents them going after their dreams together. I liked this fast-edit montage because it says a lot about the story. Its not the best but I think you can tell what some of the story is about by watching that montage. Again, its not the best montage but its my favorite.

This music video showcases our best work because we tried to film as often as possible. We also made multiple photoshop documents to include in the music video. Another thing we did was film several lip syncs. This way we could use them as backup if we need it or we could use it to switch the shot multiple times. I actually think we could do just a little better by adding more story to it. The reason it was difficult to film the story was because Raiden was always busy. Thats why we decided to replace Raiden with Ashley. Ashley plays a boy in our story. However, we did try our best to work with the footage we had. We created 2 Photoshop documents overall. One as the intro screen, and the last being the bloopers screen. I worked on the intro screen. I added a gradient of teal fading to white as the background. I cut out the four of us in the image from a screenshot I got from our green screen lip sync. I also used effects on the text, for example, stroke and bevel and emboss.


The song "Don't Stop Believing" is by Journey

The 2 minutes we used were...

"Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train
Goin' anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train
Goin' anywhere

A singer in a smokey room
The smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching
In the night
Streetlight people
Livin' just to find emotion
Hidin' somewhere in the night

Workin' hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice
Just one more time
Some will win
Some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching
In the night"