Goodbye blog!
here is my NOT creative BUT critical reflection on my latest project with Pluto the band alongside my peers Gerardo Leon and Ana Handal.
PAZ!
Goodbye blog!
here is my NOT creative BUT critical reflection on my latest project with Pluto the band alongside my peers Gerardo Leon and Ana Handal.
PAZ!
Here it is… THE END
LINK TO BLACK CAT MUSIC VIDEO BY PLUTO
Here is our social media page on Instagram
@________plutotheband
(8 underscores)
Here is the link to both our Digipack and Our video as well
(Additional better explained Digipack on our social media if picture reference is not enough)
Typical Sunday morning I started early to do some finishing touches and finish that last minute of editing I had left, excited to see the final product… but, oh my god, it’s palm Sunday… and as the “good” catholic that i am, my mother drags me off the computer to go to 12’clock mass. AKA the longest mass of the year. 2 hours of my editing day gone, but it’s okay, i had most of it almost ready. Before leaving i saved my project, rendered it, made sure i put my adobe skills to work. So i come back to a shut off computer with nothing opened…I’m freaking out.. Holy guacamole what the hell do i do now, Premiere isn’t opening i don’t have a flash drive on me, I looked everywhere on my computer for the project, nothing. It’s over. it’s gone, my supposed project was 30 seconds edited. Cambridge is going to hang me on a tree. My heart dropped my eyes watered, I see the tears falling in my keyboard. Why do these things happen to me!!!! It’s okay, i have time, I’ll start editing again. Got stressed, there was no way my project wasn’t saved somewhere! So I Looked up youtube tutorial “how to find saved adobe project on computer” BOOM the internet does it again, Cambridge will not hang me from a tree. There is my project. All that suffering was saved by a random guy on youtube. Thanks for that.
After finding my project on the deepest folder of my computer, the rest of editing was still pretty stressful. I felt like all the footage that we had was very repetitive, now that i think about it i might of repeated some footage… It’s okay. I finished, you know on time! woop!
but then.. THE VIDEO DIDNT WANT TO OPEN ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE. So after i exported it 3 times, tried to uploaded like 6 times and my computee ran out of storage… I made it
Here’s some pictures of the tragedy
Today, Neither Gerardo or Ana could make it on time for the shoot, or at all… Very inconvenient for my part but… made it through! Thankfully Ana was there for approx 20 mins and she helped me take some shots of some things, however Gerardo was with his family down in aventura so, couldn’t do anything with him.
I went pick up Gerardo’s camera so i could take some pictures of the band, some solo shots, some all together, i think I a pretty decent job with it!
HERE ARE SOME BEHIND THE SCENES PICTURES!
There are some things I need to address before going to the location because there have been some changes to our schedule and so many things went wrong this morning.
So we were originally going to LAS OLAS BEACH around 4:30 but the weather was... quite horrible
Not to mention it is pretty far from where we live so it was a little inconvenient for all of us, especially for the band members since they had to bring their instruments with them and stuff... so we decided to change the location to a park close to us called Markham parkAnother inconvenient thing that happened is that Jade, one of the band members went on a spontaneous trip with her family and won't make it on time to record. So, we are 90% likely to meet again on Tuesday to do the photoshoot with the whole band for the Digipack and it will be at 5:30 at Markham park again
I will make another blog post today after we record talking about our experience with the band
PAZ!
hello, blog!! No, no one fought hahaha but, tomorrow is finally the recording date!!! Ana and I decided that we didn't want to go blindsided with most things because we didn't think going to film without a plan was convenient and professional so, we talked about making a b roll list and including some shots we could use that would give the video some life.
Although it is not the most detailed spreadsheet of ideas, it will tremendously help us during filming. Not to mention that we will probably just go with the flow once we get to the setting and have everything set up. Were excited to film and thrilled about how the final product will come out!
hello, we finally got the final song today so i wanted to share the lyrics of the new Pluto single!
Verse 1:
The murder of crows circles my home
They tell me it’s my time
I knock 3 times I pull 13
My feelings in-between
I can’t ignore it I cannot wait
I can’t control The crushing fate
I felt a shift a rising sea
The chaos taking control of me
Pre chorus:
Remember me
Remember me
Remember me
Chorus:
I can’t handle all these changes
Recall all my mishaps
Break the mirror see the
Black cat
Arrows in my head I think I am the living dead
Recall all my mishaps
Break the mirror see the
Black cat
Verse 2:
I take a breath and close my eyes
Try to think of blue skies
Come thunderclouds rain starts to pour
It rushes to my core
The river styx flows through my veins
Am I in hell? My life’s a play
Cut out my line Smash-cut the scene
I think I'm missing A part of me
Hello blogster!!! so update on my trip! its been good, pretty smooth, Im in New Orleans as of right now and I have 3 hours to spare. So we made a call , Ana, Mia, Cameron and I joined to talk about some things and programming for next week.
ON THE PHONE CALL:
-NEW GIG DATE
-Confirming bands availability
-Talked about video location and recording date: LAS OLAS BEACH 4:00PM, 4/3/22
-Photoshoot date, location and details
-Discuss equipment (I phone 11, Tripod, Nikon Camera
Were so excited to start recording and have good time!
Hi......... I'm at the airport right now waiting for my flight to LA, and I was just texting on the group chat, Ana, Gerardo and I have to figure out what days we can work and finish the project. We are often pretty busy during the week since we all work but we opened our schedule to finish the project and this is what we came up with:
1: MARCH 29, 4PM make a call and figure out things like what to bring to the photoshoot, location of both the video and the photoshoot, storyboard for the video, recording dates, etc.
2:MARCH 30, 5PM Photoshoot and digipack meet up (2 outfits)
3: APRIL 3/4 TH Recording date
We immediately talked to the band members to see if the dates we had picked out worked for them but unfortunately, they didn't really loved the dates and they sent us a calendar with green X's that marked when they could work:
So, we came up with this better option
Phone meeting: March 29 at 4pm
Photo Shoot: Sunday, April 3rd
VIDEO RECORDING: April Sunday 3rd/ Tuesday 5th
It will be rough since the editing and everything takes a lot of time, and the project is due soon... but it will be okay.
bye!
Hellooooo. I'm so so, so excited because I was just told yesterday that I'm leaving to California with my brother on Wednesday, 23rd. I'm so excited because I'm going to see my cousin that lives there and I haven't seen her in like 3 years. However, I think this kind of sucks since this spring break would have been useful to put so much order in our project and even be more organized with everything. I come back on the 29th at 10pm NY time.
Ana, my other partner already left on Saturday for Las Vegas, which means will be in the same time zone and can communicate easier, she will be there for a long time. My other partner, Gerardo is touring the college he will be attending for about 3 days.
We also talked to the band last week and asked them what they were going to be up to, and Jack, and Cameron are leaving the state, Jade has school since she goes to a different school than us and the rest are staying in FL. It is a pretty harsh time to work on this project but we will. keep in contact with them and make sure we create some type of schedule for next week.
I will make updates while on vacation! don't miss me too much...
CYA!
HI! today is learning day AF! when we met the band we asked them how they met each other and it was actually an amazing and very funny but easy story.
So as you all don't know, all the amazing members of Pluto, the band, are all part of the School of rock academy, where they learned how to play each of their instruments. Mia, the drummer, and Cameron, who plays the bass, have a class in common at school. One day the teacher whose class Mia and Cameron have in common asked the class if anyone had a band that could play at our school's homecoming. Cameron grabbed Mias' hand and raised both of their hands and said "We do, we have a band" when they did in fact...not have a band. Furthermore, the girls had no other choice but to start a band, so they recruited Jack, Gabbie, and Jade who all knew each other from The school of rock program. They decided on a name, Pluto, and since then they have practiced, performed at homecoming, have done different gigs in different locations, and have had lots of fun. To the point where they are making their own song together that will soon have a music video to go with it.
Although it is not the most fun and exciting story, it is pretty wholesome, and we are so happy we are a chapter on these guys' lives because of a project.
PIC MISSING JADE!!
BYE
Hello, blog! so Ana, Gerardo, and I have been talking about incorporating people that follow the account on the music video. The idea is to make a contest on the IG stories and choose certain people from it.
This is a great way to engage with our audience and make connections with the people that want to be part of Pluto somehow! The winner will get the chance to have one on one time with the band and be able to be seen side by side with them in a music video, maybe get some afterward.
We will begin this by making a poster and in the bio of the post we will share all the steps on how to do it:
Steps...
1- Like this Post
2- Follow our account
3- Comment something you love about the band
4- Re-post one of our posts and tag our account
5- DM us with your name and phone number
What do you guys think about this idea? hopefully, it is not a flop, I think this is something different that ,c ould help us tremendously with our interactions
Were thinking of hopefully doing one during spring break which is in 2 weeks! I don't know if I'm leaving to do something or if they are free to shoot it then but I will let you know!
CYA!
Hello, blog!! So the band had their 1st gig of the year last Saturday and we can say it was quite a success, they had lots of people watching them play and it was super fun! It was at a place called Tequila Sunrise, a Mexican food place that has a crazy venue perfect for them to play!
Here's a video that they sent us of them playing, we couldn't attend since it was kinda far from where we live... but either way they sound amazing
They are mostly a cover band so this is not the song we will be doing the video for... you'll see later
PAZ!
Hey, blog!! We had the incredible opportunity
The guys were super fun and polite, honestly didn't expect anything but good vibes from these guys, and we had an amazing time with them. We got to know them so much better and we think that recording and working with them will be super fun and easy!
Here's a cool pic we took at the awesome studio where they were recording the song we will be making the music video for. Great song great people, we will have an amazing outcome
First I posted a video of them playing a short part of the song were making the video for that I took when Gerardo and I went to meet them with the location of the gig as a sticker, that way when you click on it, it will take you to the direct location
Then, I decided that it was important to add a poll in order to understand who was actively watching and being interactive with our content so I made a poll to see who was attending the actual event! Here are the results of the poll, our repost from our feed, including the location of the venue, and a cool song to match the vibes of the band. (PIC ON RIGHT)
I see progress and I like it!
PAZZZZZZ
Hello bloggster wasup. So since we’re already doing pretty good with our consistent posts on the social media page @________Plutotheband (DONT FORGET IT!) we were talking about how we needed to create engaging posts in the future to 1 help or page grow, and 2 play with our audience.
We actually just had a lesson on how to manage social Media and how to make everything come together in a good “effortless” way. Here are some of the notes I took from my teachers presentation
Some of the things were looing forward on doing on our social media are:
So after me and Gerardo finished working on them, although it is not the cleanest edit, we decided that it was important to keep the purple aesthetic the band has so we add a caption to each picture of each of the members (The one that they sent to us) which really does capture the essence of the band. They are all pretty funny guys, we laughed while making the posts.
here is how it looks now:
GABBIES CAPTION:
"Hey! I’m Gabbie, also know as the Brazilian. I am the lead singer of Pluto and occasionally play guitar. I was captured by Mia to be in this band. h e l p.”
Since there are only 5 members in the band the Instagram would have been unequal so, we added a promoting post of a gig they're going to do at this place in Oakland park called Tequila Sunrise. Another band that's friend of theirs is also playing there, "The Priorities". They had already created a poster for this event but it dent really fit the aesthetic of the MEDIA social media IG page so I made a new one for them, same info, same pics just different colors heheheh
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Hello blogie... so today we got very good news that I feel are slowly taking us in the right path into slowly finishing our media project which we are so excited for!
So we have been talking to the band a lot and they told us that they will be getting together to work on the demo on Tuesday March 8. Of course we asked if we could pull up and be there to see, hear and get to know them. THEY SAID YES! so on Tuesday all of us are going to try to drive down to Hollywood where they Studio is located and hang out with them, talk about the project, brainstorm ideas and listen to the song!
We al think this is a great opportunity for all of us, I personally have been in a studio before and let me tell you it some of the coolest places to be in, I'm excited to see what they have prepared and hear them work together and be art of their creative space for a couple of hours is a privilege
Whatsup blog! its me again... So I wanted to do some short research on the target audience of the genre of ROCK! obviously there are several stereotypical aspects of people who enjoy rock... but I think there is a bit of a range to be honest.
So the first thing that pops up when you search the target audience of the Rock Genre is quite literally "older, Caucasian, and suburban/rural dwellers and have a significant representation from the Midwest" Although this might be true, since there are so many different branches of rock, i think there should be a different types of target audience for them.
For PLUTO specifically I've sense that their target audience falls more towards Caucasian, urban teenagers who enjoy listening to new bands and sporting other new artists. The reason for this is because its because PLUTO is originally made from the ground by teenagers, so obviously the main people that are likely to listen to them are teenagers. Pretty sure the range of ages could possibly be 14 to 30 year olds
Our goal with Pluto is to help them grow their target audience. Although we know rock isn't one of people go to genre to listen to, it is one of the main ones. We will try our best to promote the band in the best way possible to reach a bigger audience.
Hey blog! So as you have seen before we did start our social media, we are still working on it.
Lat class, we were working on the introduction posts for all of the band members that way we have more content and fun things to add to the social media page. We asked the band to send their favorite pics of themselves doing their thing and a small caption and let me tell you this guys are quite funny. SEE ABOVE
Here's a little sneak peak of our next posts, were also thinking of introducing a new event they will participate on... which is exciting! well see if we can go
For the aesthetic of the page we still want to continue the purple and the red color hues so we were working on some basic photoshop to help us achieve this. It was really nothing complicated but hopefully we can have it ready to be posted asap.
Next ting is working on the highlights and stories of the media band page because they're an essential tool Instagram has.
Hello, blog!!! I'm very excited to announce that we have officially started to post on the IG account for the project
@________Plutotheband on INSTAGRAM
During class, we decided that it was a good idea to start posting on the social media page since the song wasn't done yet, and working on the music video was kind of impossible... so we did it!
First, we came up with a cool aesthetic way to introduce the band and we decided we wanted to keep the purple and red theme they have going on on their logo on the social media as well.
Here's what I came up with after playing around with photoshop, Canva, and Picsart...
The main idea was to have the focus in the center, that's why the logo is in the middle, and have things that represent the band as well. To the right, we have 3 guitarists, which Is the number of guitarists the band has, and to the left the drums and the microphone!
We also updated the bio... nothing much just wanted to give them credit hehe
During the same day we posted those pics, later that day we decided that we should keep posting and how we wanted to actually introduce each member of the band individually so we asked the and for:
Could send any pitures of them playing their instrument and a small caption with who they are, how they decided to make pluto and if posible a picture all together as a band.
Pics should be getting to us soon so watch out for those on the social media page and obviously our blogs
Hello there blog readers, Today Saturday we had gotten a short but exciting video from some of the band members of Pluto that got together to practice the song, which means they are soon getting ready to record the demo!!!!1
I asked them if when they had a date for the recording day, we (Gerardo ana and I) could pull up to take some footage for the social media and also listen to the song, and talk more in-depth about the video hopefully storyboard a little just to have an idea in mind. Either way, I will update here.
Not gonna lie!
THAT WAS SO FREAKING GOOD
I'm very much beyond excited because I'm seeing some really good progress here and was very privileged to be working with people with so so much talent. I cannot wait to listen to the whole song with the lyrics and all the band members together!
PAZ
Hey blog!
So we were talking to the band and they still had a couple questions about what exactly we needed from them, how and when we could all meet up and talk face to face, and all that.
A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music video (major task), together with an official
social media page for the band or artist(s) and a digipak for the album’s release (minor tasks).
Hello blog friends,
Alright after thinking about it I decided that I wasn't going to post the lyrics of the song... but I could post a short part like a sneak peek...
here it is :
Smelly cat, smelly cat
...kidding
That is smelly cat, the song Phoebe sings in the show Freinds at the cafe her and her friends always go to, which obviously doesn't compare to Plutos´s Black Cat single... it was just humor
Here's a part of the chorus of the song:
Arrows in my head
I think I am the living dead
Recall
All my
Mishaps
Break the
Mirror
See the
Black cat
Hey Blog! Let me introduce you to two of the 5 band members of PLUTO1 this to the right is Mia, the drummer (glasses), and jade the guitarist (blue mask).
We recently talked to the band about when we could hear the song they are working on, which is their first original song ever. Props to them because composing is not as easy as it looks. In this picture the band came together to practice and talk about the project, they told us that they will most likely record the demo of the song next weekend and we will be able to listen to it for the first time and see what we will be working with for the music video
They also sent us the lyrics of the song just so we have some background info of what it is about... I'm not sure if I should post it tho but we do have it! The song is called "Black cat" and we are beyond excited to work with the members of Pluto and make a sick music video!!
PAZ!
Hey blog, Listen, I know a lot about music, I'm really passionate about it, I love me some music sheets and some classic jazz, a good melody, guitar solos, you name it. I love it. Rap, R&B, pop, jazz, house, alternative hip hop, see, that's... that's my thing... Rock, however, I know very little about it. You know, just the basics, Nirvana, Queen, Guns N Roses, AC/DC, Aerosmith, KISS. So here it is, MY research about ROCK!
The actual definition of rock from the dictionary is: "a form of popular music that evolved from rock and roll and pop music during the mid and late 1960s. Harsher and often self-consciously more serious than its predecessors, it was initially characterized by musical experimentation and drug-related or anti-establishment lyrics." Rock was one of the most popular forms of music for decades before hip hop became more mainstream. After rock gained many fans, it also gained many subgenres:
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Heyy blog! whats up After talking with the band for the whole first time and explaining the whole project situation, we came to the conclusion that managing their social media would be a little complicated since for the project we do have to "make up" some stuff like:
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PAZ
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