THE SOCIAL MEDIA RAP

Who wants to learn about social media and it’s uses in both a fun and informative way?

I decided to take the edge off learning about social media and the most popular applications, and made a two minute rap video demonstrating the abilities you have when you use these applications. I wrote the rap and made the beat in the background with my voice. All filming was done on my smartphone and edited by myself.

Here are the lyrics so you can rap along with us (SPOILER ALERT!):

Social media has moulded the way that we live,
So lets take a look through the different outlets.

MySpace is the one that started it all, sending messages and comments- replaced a phone call.
Show your interests, your hobbies, play your favourite song,
Add photos, set your background, edit all day long.

Instagram, is a photo sharing application,
Upload photos of your day- despite your situation.
Upload photos of your friends,
Photos of your food,
Add a different filter,
According to your mood.
Professional photographers are no longer in need,
Everyone is qualified, with a filter on your feed!

An app called Snapchat, involves photos too,
But this time the photos, can be nude!
Send a photo to a friend,
A photo with a limit,
in 1-10 seconds, it’s gone- poof! Don’t be timid!

Mark Zuckerberg went to Harvard, but didn’t like to attend
He made face mash, a website that was made to offend.
The foundation was laid for his greatest feat;
Facebook arrived, MySpace was beat.

It started off exclusively for those who study,
And then it opened up to everybody.
The layout is simple, just the standard white and blue;
No longer just for teens, our parents use it too!
No usernames or music or edited background,
Just type in a name, and your new friend can be found.
Like a page, start a group, create an event;
Are you going? Even maybe? Your invite has been sent!
Update your status, read the comments on your wall,
Suggest a page, stalk your friends, you can do it all!

This rap has discussed social media and it’s uses,
Connecting with others, and daily amusement;
Developed from letters to phone calls,
Texts to the net;
Social media is about as SOCIAL AS WE GET!

I hope you enjoyed watching it as much as I did making it!

Until next time,

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Breaking News: Gold Coast internet crisis

Two weeks ago, a tutorial task was set in class to shoot a movie reading a set script to practise for our upcoming assessment. We grabbed a partner and our handy smartphone device, and set out to wander the university for great props and backdrops to be featured in this exciting news presentation.

Here is the script we had to read:

‘In local news, the Gold Coast’s internet is in trouble again. The internet infrastructure owners are asking for a subsidy of $200,000 each year, in order to keep the internet operational. The company’s manager said, “We would have to limit people’s access to the internet; without the subsidy”.

We were told to feature a variety of shot sizes in order to understand our current study in film and film production. We chose to include a medium close up, medium shot and long shot. The reason behind choosing these was because we thought these types of shots would work the best for a news report that focused on the words and not necessarily the location. We were asked to produce three shot sizes, but we found that the long shot (LS) wasn’t particularly necessary for this video. The medium close up and the medium shot seemed to work the best for the type of news report we were doing as it was relatively short with limited information; so the focus did have to be on what I was saying.

Hayden and I filmed it together as a team and my legend of a tutor Josh edited it for us! Next time you see me reporting the news it will be on Channel 9; so watch out!

Until next time,