My group for the Music Video

 Hello World,

When I got this assignment, I was really excited!!!! I knew in an instant who I wanted to work with. My group for this project includes my friends Madelyn, Shadae, and myself. I'm for sure not the only one out of the three of us who automatically thought about each other when the teacher said we could work in groups. One of the main reasons why I chose the two of them to be my partners was the fact that I already had a connection/relationship with them. As a result, it wouldn't be awkward when it came to filming, trying to figure out where we would do our project, badgering them to finish one of the assignments, giving honest opinions, etc. I also chose them because I knew that I could rely on them and that they wouldn't leave it up to me to do all of the work. Something I knew for sure was that I did not want to do this project by myself. A project of this size would be very difficult to produce with good quality and at the correct times, especially when I have other assignments to complete for other classes along with the activities I do after school. In other words, it would be too overwhelming if I were to take on the project on my own. So, it was a necessity that I form or join a group to help me out with the workload. Overall, I believe that it will be a lot easier and more fun to complete this project with people I already enjoy and have liberty with compared to doing the project with one or more people who I don't necessarily know. The song that we chose for our music video is "Love Me" by Justin Bieber. Initially, My group wanted to either do a song by Justin Bieber or Pitbull because we thought that it would've been really fun to film the video and just the project in general. A problem that we were having with finding a song from either of these artists was the fact that practically all of their songs didn't necessarily have a power struggle within them like we originally wanted. Another issue that we came across was specifically related to Pitbull. This issue was that a majority of Pitbull's songs are explicit and have foul language, meaning that his songs wouldn't be appropriate to use for our music video. However, we were able to find a song from Justin called "Love Me". This song was perfect for us because we were able to find a song by one of the artists that we originally had in mind and this song has a power struggle of abusive relationships, specifically the actions involving gaslighting and manipulation. But anyway, I'm ready to take on this project with my team head on and I'm sure that it will turn out great in the end.

Until next time!!!

Sincerely,

Giovanna Pereira



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