HERO-Music Video

NOTE: I have recieved a lot of comments about the 'bad dancing' in this video. I would like to point out that the dance had to be learned by a very wide age range considering we have an eight-year-old little boy who needed to learn it in an hour. The dance is also a lot more complicated than it looks on the video. I would appreciate it if you could try to overlook this short-coming of mine when you comment. I already know the dance is not the best.

DESCRIPTION:
This is a project I started just for fun. I was listening to Superchick and decided how cool a music video would be to their song "Hero". I called up some friends and we filmed like crazy for three straight days and then I edited it together like mad for the next two! This is what we got. Hope you enjoy!

I'd like to thank Angeli and Christina who had to drive back and forth from the base over and over again! It meant so much to me!
I'd also like to thank Stephanie and Sarah for giving up martial arts and horsebackriding for a week. You'll never know how happy that made me!
I want to thank Mrs. Rogers, for letting me make your daughter emo for a week. Remember, those are Herbal Cigarettes- no nicotine. Don't smoke folks! It's bad for you!
A big shout out thanks to Caleb and Mark who danced like only real men can!
And of course thanks to Carissa and MaCady who jumped in to help out at the last minute!

Finally, I'd like to thank my parents who made this possible. Thanks for giving me a week free of chores and school Mom, and thanks for letting me commandeer your building Dad! And thank you both for instilling the values in me that gave me the inspiration to make this video! You believed in me before I ever did! I love you guys!

-Alyssa

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Hero
• Superchick
• Music
• Video
• Arisa
• Hala
• ChiliPepperPictures
• Christian
• God
• Teen
• Suicide
• Drugs
• Smoking
• Friends
• Luke
• Bible
• hip-hop
• pop
• r&b
• religious

[sexymotherpucker45]

i think you did a really really good job, but there is one thing in this video that really really annoys me and i'm not sure if it has caught anyone elses eye. The girl who is upset/depressed and is about to self harm, she is wearing black lipstick, and goth-like clothes, yet again stereotyping is used in media. It is not just girls with black lipstick on and dark clothes that get upset and feel this way. It would be more realistic to use an average looking girl who is feeling down.

[ArisaHala]

@sexymotherpucker45: It would not be any more or less realistic. It would be a different story, but only different. Not better or worse. The goth girl's struggles are not of less importance because non-goth girls share or dominate the same struggles. The first boy and the next boy demonstrate that all internal battles appear in all people all ages all clothing types. I made an artistic decision to use an 'emo' character for the middle verse, not because I thought it would be more realistic, (c)

[ArisaHala]

@sexymotherpucker45: (c) but because I thought it would be a better visual performance. Filmmaking is primarily an art of appearance, and so the VISUAL presentation is one of my greatest concerns, and quite frankly the story LOOKS better when told this way. Also, she is an average looking girl. That's the point. And the point is also not to assume anything based on looks. Because everyone is fighting battles even though we can't see them.

[TomboyLuvsMyMusic]

You guys did fantabulous! during the first verse and chorus I was going to give up on the video but it kept building and became this powerful thing. Though the dancing wasn't the best I've ever seen the adding of people made it powerful and the acting was spectacular.

[ArisaHala]

@TomboyLuvsMyMusic I really appreciate your saying that, considering my hope really was to show the building- the connections- the ripple effect. And despite my weak attempt at chorus dancing filler, the actors were all pretty spectacular :) I'm glad it wasn't a total let down. God Bless!

[kutlessRULES4life]

i liked it =) i like seeing people do videos to this song. its so cool =) its a very amazing song too. why is the rap part not in the video?

[ArisaHala]

@kutlessRULES4life There are different versions of this song (this was the original before they made the pill version) and I consider rap to be overdone, and I personally dislike it as a musical genre. So I chose this version instead.

[TopangaPang]

At first I was like, a buch of teens are about to mess up this very powerful song with a weird video (No offence).. But you guys did RLY good. I Love this video! It rly opened my eyes.. Yall did great thanks for sharing!! (:

[10Raccoon]

@TomboyLuvsMyMusic Totally agreed!

[xElleVictoriax]

Great Vid!!!!!!

[CrazyJodice]

YOU DID AWSOME!!!

[funbeauty18]

=)

[InusSonCurtis]

This movie really speaks to me because I have been the kid who was always shunned, except by the very few close friends I had. And I've stood up for the others that couldn't/wouldn't stand up for themselves. I usually ended up second best in a fight because of it, but an amount of physical pain for someone's life? No choice in my book.

[erkoekrf]

Good job with this video!

[BlackAtTheHeart]

luv this video

[theranchboy]

god bless you friend this video was amazing I appreciate the sentiment behind the song as I've been in situations similar to the first boy although I ended up channeling my anger through my fists there were times I did consider the thought of suicide as a way to make everyone else happy with me gone. People should never be afraid to be someones friend because it is the small acts of kindness that save peoples lives thank you for bringing attention to this

[sexymotherpucker45]

@ArisaHala

okay thank you after re watching it i do understand where you are coming from :) xx

[Kitkatprod]

The guy who brought the gun, when he got in the dance, he looked PISSED OFF and REALLY BORED!!! That part was acually the funniest....