Back in Business- Working Solo!

    

    For our AICE Media Studies music video commercial, I will be working alone! There are some pros and cons to working alone, but I think this choice would be best for me. For one, I have complete creative control over the project. To be honest, I can be stubborn, and I don't think collaborating with another student would work well. When I have an idea for something, changing it to work with someone else plan can be difficult. Additionally, getting to work alone means I make my own schedule. I can film whenever is convenient for me. It may be last minute... but thats alright! Because my procrastination would only be affecting myself. To be entirely honest though, I think working with someone else on this project could've also been beneficial in some ways. For one, filming myself, or finding someone to be the may subject of the video, could be difficult. Will I be the one filming? or will I get someone to film some shots of me? There are a lot of strings to tune and things to figure out, but I have time! 

    Working alone on my last project worked out great. There, I had gotten the chance to execute every idea I had. The resulting commercial was something I was immensely proud of. Due to this, my final decision was to not collaborate something out with my other friend in AICE Media. Instead, we would each create our own music videos. 

    The name of the song I chose is called Anti-hero, by Taylor Swift. Ever since her new album was released last month, Midnights, I have been completely entranced with Swift's music. This song on the album was a favorite. The lyrics are simply relatable to my life. On first listen, the vivid lyrics already projected a visual in my mind. I have so many ideas, that I'm looking forward to creating! More details will be figured out next! 

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