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  Filming Blog   Over thanksgiving break I was complicating if I should film. Due to it being a holiday season, Jamaica curfew started earlier so if I was to go on the road and film, I might take awhile to come home. If you are caught out during curfew you have to pay a fine which was raised o $51 US dollars since it is the holiday time. My house was filled with family who stayed the week because we haven’t seen them at all during the two months we been here. My mom also took this break as an opportunity to bring us sight seeing in Jamaica since we didn’t have school. During break I came down with something. My throat was sore, nose was stuffy, and every time I talked I got a headache. I got tested for COVID since I was going to be around people and did not want to containment my family. This had been my fifth COVID test and it came back negative. Don’t worry all my COVID tests before this one were to get approved to travel and we kept having to go back and do a new one since ...

 

 For my props, I will be using a Jamaica dress with the Rasta colors on it. The Rasta colors are red, green, yellow, and black. A hairstyle that connects to the culture is locs which I will also be wearing. The community will be in the background but due to corona I will not be interacting with them as much. The last prop I plan to use is fruits that remind you of Jamaica. 5     In my commercial, I will have one main person to focus on. The muse will have on a dress with slippers which is common for the culture here to wear. The muse will have no makeup on to give off a natural and fresh look that compliments the laid back video. Finally, the muse will wear a necklace with the Rasta colors on it and other beach like necklaces. 4 The main location for the video will be in Montgomery Bay, Jamaica which has more of a tourist area so I can capture the locals. The locals are always on the road selling food or selling cute accessory’s. Like most regggae videos, they do a short ...

 I am doing a music video for the reggae song Lockdown by Koffee. In this music video I want to focus on the strong influential culture that Jamaica has and makes everyone smile. I will also adding in clips from the damage that the global crisis is doing to the country. This will let people know that everything is not peaches and cream and that their favorite vacation spot is going to be destroyed if we don’t act now.   When it comes to reggae, the music usually has a meaning full message they’re trying to get across which happens to be peaceful, and a feel good way also know as “irie” in Jamaica. Every song is passionate and connects to the people. Listening to a reggae song automatically makes your body move due to the beat. You can see this in other reggae songs such as Toast by Koffee, Who am I by Beenie Man, and Could you be Loved by Bob Marley.  In this genre of music videos, the props used is Jamaica places, and communities. They also add in bright colors and ...

It’s time to plan the music video of a lifetime. For this assignment I chose to work by myself since it would less of hassle. I am currently in Jamaica since school is online and I’m able to do it from anywhere. I’ve been here from the beginning of October and will not be returning to Florida until January 2021. Working with someone in Florida would be very complicated so I’m pretty sure working by myself is the best option. The song that I chose to do is locked down by Koffee. Koffee is an artist from Jamaica who has recently won a Grammy for her song Toast. The vision I am trying to embody for my music video is shedding light on Jamaica’s culture and the impact covid and the global crisis has on the small island. Jamaica has a beautiful culture that everyone loves especially when they come to vacation but no one is seeing what really is going on. With Jamaica being a third world country, Covid has impacted many families who already hardly had anything. Recently Hurricane Eta came a...

  Who knew so many things could go wrong in one day. My initial commercial was a hair extensions commercial but it changed to a bath and body works lotion commercial. Friday morning, I washed all the wigs that I was going to use and combed them out to air dry them so they were     perfect for the camera. Filming day was Saturday but a tropical storm was coming so it was nonstop rain. The scene at the beach was a no go and the whole commercial had to be scraped. The lighting was terrible inside the house due to how gloomy it was so my backup plan was not going to work either. After trying to film and see how it would come out, I realized how bad it was so I didn’t use the project at all. After stressing about what I can do next I thought about what I had a plethora of and it turned out to be body butters from bath and body works. I’ve seen many commercial about fragrance in tv to know all I needed was a white back ground with good lightning and edit in something dramatic l...