Research Conventions/Codes

      Today in my Aice Media Studies class, we picked our groups and did research for our commercial project. My group members are Montana and Reese. I think that we will be a good team because we all share the trait of creativity. I think that having all this creativity in our group will help our assignment in the long run. However, I do think that it may cause some bumps along the road. When deciding which topic to do our commercial on we had narrowed it down to two topics, anti-vaping or a FLHS commercial. We decided on doing a commercial for the school, advertising to persuade 8th graders to attend Fort Lauderdale High School, for the next school year.

      In a commercial there are many aspects relating to conventions and codes. They can be described as techniques, props, and characters that are used to enhance the scene. In our particular theme we focus on an academic and friendly environment at school. We will provide information on what makes our school unique and take footage of our campus and the clubs/activities within it. We also might show students in the commercial to persuade others about our atmosphere and the benefits of coming to our school.
     We chose the topic of FLHS for a few reasons, such as, the video can be used to show upcoming 9th graders a little about our school. Another reason is, since we currently attend the school why not make a commercial to advertise why others should attend as well. Our designed filming area for this course is conveniently the same that our topic is regarding. This makes the filming process less of a struggle and allows our location to be accessible. Since filming the location is important for one of our topic’s convention, Fort Lauderdale High was the ideal topic for our final choice.