Research conventions and codes

    Today in my Aice Media Studies class, we picked our groups and researched facts for our commercial project. My group members are Reese and Amanda. I think that we will be a good team because we all share the trait of creativity. I think that portraying 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 because we may disagree on some things due to our passions on creativity. When deciding which topic to do our commercial on we chose a few topics. As a result, we had narrowed it down to two topics of anti-vaping or an 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 a scene. In our particular theme we focus on an academic and friendly environment at the school. We will provide information on what makes our school unique from its many clubs and activities to the great education administered at our school. We may get some students to be interviewed and talk about the positives of the school overall atmosphere.
    We chose the topic of FLHS for a few reasons such as, the video can be used to show 8th graders a little about our school which can help out the teachers. Another reason, is because it is a good starting project for the class because of the topic’s simplicity. Since we attend FLHS we have experienced knowledge of what might persuade kids to attend. Lastly, this topic was ideal over the others because our designated filming area for this project is the same as where our topic’s scenes would take place.