Music Video FINALE!

P1T7 Push It To The Limit from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

So. Hello. It's time. This is the final project of the year. The infamous MUSIC VIDEO PROJECT! (Bumm bumm baaaaaaa!) in this project, my team was comprised of Jason Hoy, Micah Miller, Linden Johns, and me. Wait. No. Scratch that last one. Just the three of us. The song we ended up picking was called "Push it to the limit" by Paul Engemann. We ended up picking by putting all of our song ideas onto one document, with our favorites highlighted. Then we basically just voted which one would be the best. Thus, we ended up with this song. I actually hadn't heard the song before this project, but it's pretty good.

Here's the lyrics of the song that we used:

Push it to the limit
Walk along the razor's edge
But don't look down, just keep your head
Or you'll be finished

Open up the limit
Past the point of no return
You've reached the top but still you gotta learn
How to keep it

Hit the wheel and double the stakes
Throttle wide open like a bat out of hell
You crash the gates (Crash the gates)

Going for the back of beyond
Nothing gonna stop you, there's nothing that strong
So close now you're nearly at the brink
So, push it, ooh yeah

Welcome to the limit (Limit)
Take it baby one step more
The power game's still playing so
You better win it

Push it to the limit (Limit)
No one left to stand in your way
You might get careless, but you'll never be safe
While you're still in it

Welcome to the limit (Limit)
Standing on the razor's edge
Don't look down just keep your head
Or you'll be finished

Welcome to the limit

Push it to the limit

However, there was a catch. We had to make up a story to go with the song in the music video! *Dun dun daaaaaaaa!* Nah, it wasn't the hardest thing in the world. Micah came up with the idea that there was this superhero dude (me) who wasn't saving enough people. Thus, he trains, and beats up the big bad evil dude, who is revealed to be Jason, the person that gave him the status report in the first place! [Insert deeper meaning and/or plot here] Anyway... Yeah! Jason's evil, so I beat him up but not really, and walk off into the sunset, fade to black, cut. But wait! It needs to sync up with the lyrics. It syncs up to the lyrics pretty well, like for the training montage part it has inspirational lyrics like "Nothing's gonna stop you, There's nothing that strong." like, trying to pump him up and such. And before the big bad fight scene between me and Jason, it says "The power game's still playing so, you'd better win it." Basically continuing to inform that I am now stronger and am ready to take on the big baddie guy. And finally, at the end, when I enter the secret lair, it says, "No one left to stand in your way" which means what it implies. It's just up to me. Once again, [Insert deeper meaning and/or plot here]

So... The finished product turned out pretty good in my opinion! I think probably the only thing that could be improved is my performance in the piece. I am not the best of actors in the world. The piece could probably be a little more fast-paced, but i'm proud of how it turned out. I think that for the most part, it definitely shows some of my best work. The speed up scenes didn't look (too) cheesy, and the story is definitely very clear, despite there technically being no dialogue. (Except for "Save me Superguy!" courtesy of Micah.) The editing was pretty good, the lip syncs were very synced, and my acting is still terrible. Just kidding, but I do feel I could work on it a bit. So yeah. I think this was a great end to a great year. Although ever since we finished it, "Push it to the Limit" has been stuck in my head.

Sincerely, Signing off one last time,

-Linden