Heeyyyaa friends! :D Happy officially the second to last week of this project!! Bro time FLIES. It literally felt like yesterday when I made that transition post...BUT IT'S BEEN 2 MONTHS??? HELLO???? Anyway I'm happy to be back here :D I've had a pretty awesome day today, CRAZY FOR A MONDAY!!
(Cambridge i made this first half on a monday sorey if i threw you off again lolz)
I had a nice relaxing day of school followed by an art club meeting that I was low key very unhinged at (in a good way) due to my everlasting sickness.....GUYS I KEPT COUGHING, ALL DAY EVERYDAY GUYS IT WOULDN'T STOP
COUGH COUGH COUGGHHH COUGHITY COUGH COUGH
CCCCCCCCCCCCCOOOUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH
(^^^me rn)
SO!!! CCR TIME!! THAT'S OUR TOPIC!! HELL YEAH!! If you remember from last time, I talked all about my overall idea for the 1st CCR video and shared the first part of the script answering the 1st question out of 2! And so that meansss DING DING DING!! YOU'RE RIGHT! Today is going to be all about CCR question 2!! :D So without further to do, let's get right into it!!
WHAT A LONG DAY IT HAS BEEN: EXPANDED IDEA AND THE EXPANDED SCRIPT! BECAUSE CREATIVITY!! YAY!
SO!!! Last media class, my teacher has made a grand announcement that truly knocked my socks off....ready?? You're not ready bro watch
Our CCR's have to be creative :(
I KNOW RIGHT???? UGH!!! HOW DARE IT??!
As you already know (if ur a dedicated blog reader of mine), my idea for the first CCR video was an unboxing fan mail video taking inspiration mostly from CoryxKenshin's similar content, starring a super famous actress Emi! Sadly though, this is a thing that very much exists on the internet and therefore has been seen many times (sadface). Ever since this realization, I've been silently stressing about these CCR's along with my other things, and so I must find a way to create an even more original product here and now on this blog to make the voices that haunt my very soul every single day go away :D YAYYYY!!!!
BUT!!! DON’T FRET!! Literally absolutely nothing in this whole wide world is entirely original so I have some hope here! I need to find a way to make this idea not a copy and paste one but one with my own original flare and design!! Knowing myself, I’ll think I’ll be able to make this idea my own in one way or another :D HELL YEAH!!
COOL BEANS!! HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? :0
guys im going to sleep I'll be right back nighty night
OKIE DOKIE IM BACK!! guys its been such a logn week
So! This idea! Thankfully I have decided to include not only just letters from fans, but also actual gifts from my hypothetical fans; But I'm still thinking of ways to totally "emify" a fan mail unboxing video and I think I have a few decent proposals. To start off, today I thought to myself, what makes me, me?? It took me a second, but after maybe a single car ride to Flanigan's (the best restaurant in the world mind you), I came up with a number of stuffs :D:
WHAT MAKES EMI, EMI??
-ART!! (DRAWWWINGGG!!!! and painting sometimes :D
-ART!! (music version) (saxophone) (doot doot)
-PURPLE PURPLE PURPLE PURPLE (purple) (PURRRRPPLEEEE!!)
a collection of purple items I had on me during school today (edit made on Fri(yay) 3/14/25 (pie day)
-TMNT! (the obsession only grows)
-COMIC BOOKS! the amount of actual books I read is concerning (by that I mean the number is very little BAHAHAHHAHA who said that)
-VIDEO GAMES! Whenever I can (mostly on breaks because school kicks my ass), I sit myself down and PLAY!!! (fav games are listed on the side) (guys should I play marvel rivals) I''m looking forward to doing so this spring break!! YAY!
-PLUSHIES! (I have a whole treasure chest and then some filled with them)
And yeah that's all I got for now :D!
Taking all these things into consideration, I thought for a moment how I was going to implement these things and after a second my silly scatterbrain was all like "YO EMI! THE SET! MAKE IT LIKE..MAKE IT YOU!!" and then I was all like "yo wait that's actually fire I may do just that!" I know I'm supposed to talk about production set in other post BUT LEMME JUST MENTION IT REAL QUICK!
As said in the script, throughout the video, I'm supposed to be sitting on a bean bag in my game room and stuff, and yeah that's pretty awesome! I consider myself to be a strong bean bag aficionado so that works just fine, but how about some decoration? That would make it all 10x more awesome! I have a number of plushies in my room that I could move there, like my big Pikachu and Blinky the ghost (from Pacman) plushie....AND A LOT MORE that I totally cannot remember at the moment because there are just so many. Maybe I should put plushies on the "What makes Emi, Emi?" list now that I think about it...
Along with all the amazing plushies, I'm also thinking in depth about what exactly to put inside each of the boxes themselves too! As I've seen in CoryxKenshin's videos, a number of fans love to send fanart! And you already know about my love for art! So guess who's drawing all of the fanart! MEEE!!! I'm going to be sure to draw each fanart in a different style so it won't be redundant and repetitive and stuff so YAY! More work to do but that doesn't matter because it's not math or lang homework so I'll be happy :D!
Apart from fanart, I'm also thinking of including things in the boxes from my specific interests like TMNT, sonic, spider-man...YOU NAME IT!!! I have a plethora of items from each of these things including but not limited to t-shirts, comic books, funko pops, socks, sweatshirts, stickers, beanie, pins, posters, OH COB, YOU NAME IT!!! The reaction that I will have to this stuff is going to be very similar and almost on the same level to the reactions I have in real life, here wait let me summarize my reaction to receiving a TMNT beanie for Christmas: AHHAFAHSFASFAHFHASFGUAUDGFASHFGASGF GOMGEROHNEWUOGBAEYIGJKMEA
Guys I just recorded grunting noises for the opener in the middle of a hallway isn't that so cool and awesome (edit made on Fri(yay) 3/14/25 (pie day)
emi caveman? (edit made on Fri(yay) 3/14/25 (pie day)
I'm also thinking about wearing an outfit that will be the actual embodiment of myself, but that's not at the upmost importance for now, WE WILL COME BACK!!
As of right now, I feel like everything will be alright with this first CCR, I'm going to style things up with set design, include some of my own original art, and OH I HAVEN'T MENTIONED THIS YET but I have a little skit at the beginning of the video to serve as a baller introduction! I have a feeling everything will be just fine :)
The real big bad however, is the second video.........I told you all before that it was going to be a professional-like interview, but I HAVE TO ADD THE FLARE!!! As the day goes on, I'm going to continue to think up of ways to "emify" this interview or maybe come up with a new idea altogether! WE WILL SEE! AND IT WILL BE DONE SO SOON! BECAUSE THE LOOMING DEADLINE IS LIKE RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW IN THIS ROOM WITH ME READY TO POUNCE AT ANY MOMENT!!!!!!
guys I just laughed really hard in class and coughed like an old man with chronic tuberculosis it was really funny (edit made on Fri(yay) 3/14/25 (pie day)
nico is currently swooning over young stalin (edit made on Fri(yay) 3/14/25 (pie day)
OKAY WE ARE BACK!!! Now that I have expanded on my idea, I will now share with you all my expanded script! In here, I answered question 2 of the CCR, how does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
BIG ANNOUNCMENT/DISCLAIMER/WARNING/WHATEVER!!! LIKE REALLY BIG!!!!
OUR FILM'S NAME HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN CHANGED TO DEATH WEARS A DRESS!!! DEATH WEEAARSSS A DRESSS!!!!! thank you :DD
Here's a screenshot from Renn further proving this has happened:
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EMI is sitting on her main desk, the chair turned back to face the camera
EMI: Hello everyone, Emi here! It is officially now a week until my big interview with Vanity Fair where I talk all about the film I produced for and starred in, Death is No Friend! So because of this, I thought I could make today’s vlog all about choosing the best outfit and-
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!
EMI’S totally real roommate: YO EMI! I GOT AN INSANE AMOUNT OF SHIT FROM THE MAILBOX JUST NOW AND I THINK THEY’RE FOR YOU, PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR.
Door opens and a bunch of boxes get dropped on the floor
EMI picks up one of the boxes and looks at the camera
EMI: (laughs) You serious??
NEW SETTING! Another room (my game room) with a red bean bag on the side
Boxes get dropped and EMI sits down on bean bag
EMI (humorous tone): So uh..clearly, a lot has come in the past month. You guys are wild. (she lays out her hands towards the boxes) LIKE LOOK AT THIS!
EMI: I genuinely did not expect this to come up, but yes, I have got an absolute overflow of mail from you guys…so guess what we are going to do first instead?? YOU GUESSED IT! ITS FAN MAIL TIME! However, I'm only going to unbox about 4 of these boxes because I still got outfit business to take care of right after this! So with that being said, lets get on with it!
EMI pulls out a box
EMI: First up, we got Ryan from California!
EMI opens the box and reacts to each thing Ryan sent which includes: Fanart, a plushie, and then the letter.
EMI (reading Ryan’s letter): Yooo Emi!! Love your vids and movies!! Death Wears a Dress was an absolute banger and your performance was outstanding!
By the way, I got a question for ya. I got inspired to make a film of my own and figured you might know a thing or two!
How does your film use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
Thanks so much!
EMI: Of course Ryan! Thank you for all the awesome gifts!
“Death Wears a Dress” follows a good amount of conventions while also challenging huge parts of em! A number of Western films have the common theme of moral ambiguity, which basically means they feature situations and conflicts that really question who is in the right and in the wrong. So it’s no surprise we chose to do it ourselves with our plot by asking the question: Is Charlotte truly in the wrong for murdering her boss out of self defense? Or would she be considered evil and a criminal?
With visual conventions, Western films most of the time have their main characters wear the iconic cowboy hat and outfit, completed with boots! In our film, Charlotte sports a black cowboy hat, red vest, brown pants, and black boots, all of which provide meaning to her character and screams to all, “HEY! YOU’RE WATCHING A WESTERN FILM!”
We also challenge a huge convention in Western films by having a female protagonist!! YAYY!! Most, if not almost all Western films star male protagonists who are typically characterized as individualistic, tough, and rugged; women however, are barely acknowledged, and if they are, they are mostly portrayed as the “damsel in distress” or “saloon girl.” This representation can reinforce the subordination of women and patriarchal norms, which isn’t very awesome. Our film, however, stars a woman who takes on the predominantly male cowboy role...CHARLOTTE!
As for representing social groups, by using gender performativity theory, which basically says that gender is socially constructed, instead of her being a damsel in distress or any other harmful stereotype, our opener will portray Charlotte as a capable, independent, and tough individual. This choice will challenge the gender barrier that most Westerns have and will have the chance to normalize these roles for women, further influencing societal expectations to be more accepting of them!
Regarding her costume, we decided to have Charlotte wear brown pants and a deep red vest. The pants are meant to defy gender norms that were especially present in the 1800’s, and the vest is meant to convey her strength, establishing that she is not one to be messed with!
EMI: Alright onto the next one…
EMI grabs next box
EMI: Here we got Leandro from Ohio! Let’s see whats up.
EMI opens the box and reacts to each thing Leandro sent, which include: Sonic lego set, Sonic rubber duck, Sonic shirt, and the letter.
EMI (reading Leandro’s letter): Heyo Emi! I’m Leandro and I really like your content almost as much as I love Sonic. (I really like Sonic). I’m really looking forward to that big interview you got next week, and will forsure be the first viewer! Also, I got a question regarding your most recent film, Death Wears a Dress, and it would be so awesome if you answer:
How does your film engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
I appreciate it :)
EMI: Hell yeah Leandro! Thank you for all the Sonic stuff, they will definitely be put into use! Now to answer your question! The typical western target audience consists of older, middle aged men due to prominent masculine themes such as action, violence, and greed with another main factor of appeal in western films being their vast landscapes and nature! However, since the 1960’s,the popularity of traditional Western films has been going downhill due to the genre being outdated and competition with other genres like drama, action, and crime.
As for distributing our film as a real media text, “Death Wears a Dress” will be released on YouTube and will be displayed at the Lightning Film Festival being hosted by our school on April 4th, and the Gateway Cinema at Fort Lauderdale! We want to reach a wider audience than our target, so it only makes sense to make it available on YouTube and in person events attracting younger and older audiences alike!
EMI grabs another box
EMI: Oh, this next one looks exciting, Terry from Virginia! Let’s see what's up
EMI opens the box and reacts to each thing Finn sent which include a teddy bear, fanart, and the letter
EMI (reading Terry's letter): Hi Emi, I’m Terry and I’m 10 years old. You’re my favorite actress ever and I really liked Death Wears a Dress. I hope you like my drawing and gator plushie.
From Terry.
EMI: YOOOO thanks so much Terry!! It’s really nice knowing that I have a very diverse audiences of all ages! Shout out to your super awesome parents for letting you watch Death Wears a Dress, I’ve been hearing mixed parental reviews on it, but from my standpoint…it’s really not that bad. BUT THAT’S UP TO YOU GUYS!! Stay vigilant or whatever :D Also this fanart will go up on my fridge, like come on its just too cute.
EMI: Alrighty, last one is….Soccer Ball??
EMI grabs and opens last box and reacts to each thing that Soccer Ball sent to her which includes a TMNT beanie, funko pop, and shirt.
EMI (reading Soccer Ball’s letter): Ems! Emster! Eminem!! What’s up dawg, it’s me soccer ball (totally not anyone you know). Congrats on your most recent super cool cowboy film! Must have taken hella hardwork and dedication my dude. Hope you enjoyed the gifts, especially the beanie.
Also good luck on that interview next week. Aight cya.
EMI: Hmmmmm,Soccer Ball….I’ve heard this name before a long while ago….wait a sec, Eminem?? I DO KNOW YOU!!! I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!! YOUR ACTUAL NAME IS LIKE..NOT COMING TO ME THOUGH!! BUT I KNOW YOU!! You will now be venerated for the rest of your life due to these amazing gifts, and for your birthday I’ll give you a large amount of batman toys.
EMI’s alarm rings
EMI: Annddd that’s time!!! I only got about 3 or so boxes left, but keep em coming everyone! I promise I’ll get to yours eventually, but for now I must begin deciding on how to present myself at the interview with Vanity Fair!! OOO THE HEEBIE JEEBIES!!!!!
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