Thursday, April 28, 2011

Working on the Project

Today is April 28, 2011 and most of my day was comprised of working towards my WISE Project. I signed up for my days that I will watch other presenters as well as start my outline for my WISE Project.

I believe I will open up with talking about my influence on the Jake Miller Music "organization" and say how much i have helped throughout the year and begin to show what I have done by showing the videos i have produced and the influence i have had with the use of YouTube and Facebook.

The next part will be a short speech by Jake saying how much we have done this year. There is still more to come and I have only started, I hope to be done by next wednesday and edit it all the last week.

Cannot wait to present, it is going to be fun.

-Noah Mindel

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

WISE Project

Today is April 27, 2011 and i have made adequate progress on my WISE Project. I have formulated it around the idea of the fictitious company of "WildWood Productions" and the actual "company" of Jake Miller Music. Jake Miller Music has become a name in Weston that most people have been hearing about. The name of Jake Miller have been on YouTube videos (created by me), posters, flyers, and much more. But, it is all revolving around the idea of our dream to have WildWood Productions to be a real production company.

My good friend Randy Cohen has already made the WildWood Productions logo for Jake and I and it will be unveiled at the WISE Presentation. We also have a T-Shirt design designed by Retina to show off Jake's artistic ability and a logo to symbolize the Jake Miller name. This shirt will also be unveiled to the public at my WISE Presentation.

Another piece that will be shown is www.jakemillermusic.com which is the direct source to all things Jake Miller Music. This is a phenomenal website and very user-friendly. Jake Miller started from the bottom and has now risen to the top through these advertising methods. We will also be discussing what his past, present, and future is like and this WISE Project will be one to remember.

Coming May 11, 2011

-Noah Mindel

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

T-Mobile

Today is April 26, 2011 and today we had the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G kickoff concert for Jake Miller. Around 60 or so T-Mobile representatives were present to get their hands on the brand new Sidekick 4G and also to see Jake Miller preform.

Jake Miller was presented at the beginning of the event when he came out with his band to preform his single "Sit Back & Relax". After that, he came out to preform his single "Dreamin" which has over 30,000 hits on YouTube, and then he also came out to preform his newest hit "Fast Lane" and finished with an encore of "On My Way".

These T-Mobile sponsors were surely impressed with the work Jake put on while preforming, and they were also impressed with the product that Jake is behind. The brand new Sidekick 4G is unlike any other phone I have ever seen. It seems like it is 4 phones into one and the power and speed of it is unimaginable.

This week we will begin to edit the footage shot at this event and for three months I was able to walk away with free service to the brand new Sidekick 4G to promote Jake's music as a member of his "Street Team"

This is going to be a fun week.

-Noah Mindel

Monday, April 25, 2011

BTN

BECON Television stands for Broward Education Communication Network, and is the educational channel through Broward County in South Florida. BECON-TV has multiple shows ranging from Sports, called Sports Blitz, to student created features, called Broward Teen News. BTN is lead by Jeb Brunt, a very close friend to Kurt Doster (CBTV's Advisor), who was also the teacher and advisor to Cooper City Television; CTV.

Each semester they have two shows and one in the summer. Luckily for me, my skills have gotten me better in the TV Production world in the eyes of Mr. Brunt and Mr. Doster. These advancements in TV Production have gotten me a slot in the last BTN show of the year. Of course, I will be doing it on Jake Miller and his progression throughout the year.

I will be using this 3-minute feature during my WISE Project to show the audience what Jake has done throughout the year and not just use the Music Videos to show what he has done. There is more to Jake than meets the eye and this feaute will show him off to the residents of Broward County.

This will not be my first experience with BECON TV. During my sophomore year i was given the opportunity to be on their sports show called Sports Blitz. I was the head anchor to the show and it has helped me in my on-screen personality.

Both my Sports Blitz show and the BTN segment will help me during my WISE Project on May 11, 2011.

-Noah Mindel

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Move Back Mac

"Aye lace them up, lace them up, lace them up, lace them 
Blue suede shoes stay crispy like bacon 
Nikes on my feet make my cipher complete 
Uh, I stay shining like the lights on the street in the night 
Revis take me shopping when I'm up in New York 
Hit the shoe store, go and cop a few more 
You at the mall getting dinner at the food court 
I'm at LA eating 22 course 
Young boss b**** paper in my pockets 
I got a closet filled with shoe boxes 
Mom says my spending habit a little bit obnoxious 
But a pilot stay fresh up in his cockpit 
Used to rock hand me downs 
Now I buy some clothes, wear them out 
Hit the club bitches pull they cameras out 
Living in a dream they beginning to believe 
My hotel smell like cigarettes and weed"


One of the most fascinating and up-and-coming rappers to date is named Mac Miller. He has already made a total of 5 mixtapes and has been heard from around the world. His videos have inspired me to make Jake's videos and it has really shown me that someone can get famous by music videos. Never in the history of Jake and I's friendship and partnership have we thought about the opportunity to open for Mac Miller. Luckily for us, we will be on May 14th. This is going to be one of the biggest shows thus far. If this goes well, the odds that Mac and Jake will stay close are pretty high, because Mac relates to us. He is only 19 years old and when Jake and I meet him backstage, we will talk about his success. I am too excited for this opportunity.


-Noah Mindel

T-Mobile

Jake Miller has now taken one step further to accomplishing his dream. The videos that I have produced have been shown to over 50,000 different computer screens across the world and it has really hit home. Jake and I together have really gotten attention from NBC, FOX, YouTube, and various artists.

Jake Miller has now gotten attention from a unexpected source. T-Mobile has reached out to Jake to promote their new product, the brand new 4G Sidekick. T-Mobile will be giving Jake 10 brand new 4G Sidekicks to hand out to Jake's contest winners. Yes... contest winners. We are not clear on what contests Jake will be having but Jake's viewers will be able to post videos about Jake and if they are good, they win a Sidekick. This will not only help Jake, but also help T-Mobile.

Another catch that they have told Jake is that he will have to use product placement to show off the new phone. And the best way to do that is to incorporate it in the next music video, shot by me. Fast Lane will now have the new 4G Sidekick in it at some point. We are both excited to begin this sponsorship.

-Noah Mindel

RiddleMeDat

On Friday April 1st, Jake alongside five of our closest friends and 15 other random people form South Florida met up at the Platinum Gold Bar/Bat Mitzvah studio to film the newest video called "RiddleMeDat". What happened was that not enough people came, and I (the cameraman) had to make it look like there were 115 people there. That makes my job a heck of a lot harder, and I had to make sure that I did not shoot the video above Jake's head because you would see the openness.

This is where having a background in Television Production comes in handy. I have been in TV Production courses for two years now and it gave me the "third eye" and I saw the creative aspects I could use. This video challenged me physically and also mentally. We were both not happy with the footage and the video itself, so we have put this video in the backseat for a while until we are ready to complete it.

This is a good experience for me, because just because I made a video, doesnt mean it is going to be the best. But knowing when to stop and try a different angle is a great aspect to know because my name is valuable and if I put it on a video that is not good, it is destroying my name as a producer.

This experience is going to get me far in life, and I hope soon that I will finish this video and be proud of what I make.

-Noah Mindel