Media Piracy

So, after ditching the marajuana idea our group thought it would be a much better idea to go with media piracy. I thought this would be a much more compelling project mainly because I feel it is extremely relevant for most college kids with computers. Also, students would be much more apt to admit to stealing music as opposed to smoking weed. The first work we did on the project was on Saturday before presentation day. We picked up a flipcamera and immediately got to work on film ideas. We decided as a group we wanted to incorporate interviews, industry facts, Bentley student media piracy facts, with a newscast kind of feel to it. We knew that the film was supposed to be around 5 minutes but we figured if we condensed it well we could make an interesting film.

The preliminary work for the project seemed to flow very easily. We got about 75 people to answer our survey which gave us very favorable answers towards our project. We also got some real good industry facts, and interviews that first day of filming. When we met again on Sunday to edit and complete the project, it was evident early we were having a tough time putting it all together. I am a perfectionist with programs such as finalcut pro and snapz and this became very clear as we progressed through our project.

Eventually we thought of 2 solid ideas to mix together with our interviews. These were a newscast-esque kind of update on the industry along with 2 contrasting youtube videos on media piracy. In the end we definitely had some fun with it and produced a good project.