When creating the video for this project it wasn’t difficult but it was something the group had to really sit and think about. The content of the video was the most important we tried to convey through visuals. Communication was such a broad topic to communicate through video because at first it was difficult to understand how do we show the meaning of this word in a video without using words and making it understandable. In order for the group to fully understand how to show communication in the video, it was important to look up many types of examples of communication. When doing this, we found that we could discuss so many things and therefore understood the directions in which we can now go in. The research helped a lot and as a result was very useful. Working in this group each member worked just as hard to help successfully complete the task at hand. In receiving such a broad topic it made it a bit harder to find the right direction to at first but once the brainstorming, and group efforts came in, everything started to fall in place.
As a group it was chosen to use happiness as a way of communication, it wasn’t that much of a struggle because after doing the research on different topics coming up with this idea came easy. In using this topic of happiness, we took in to consideration that we had to be “overly dramatic” with showing happiness. Some of the clips used were examples of the girls being extremely hype and some were real actions being shown. Shooting the video wasn’t a struggle because the videos of each person used were things they did in their everyday lives. Like being with friends, coworkers, family members, and even playing with some pets. Now editing the video, took a bit of time because this wasn’t something that each of us could say we were familiar with. Using the app IMovie was very much different from using it on your phone. On your phone the app is limited to certain things that it has on the computer. It took nearly a day for the group to get the video almost perfect and making sure the videos flowed well with each other. The editing was the most difficult, finding the right filters and music to go with certain videos was a bit tedious. It was a trial and error process that was worth a great outcome.
Using video as a tool of communication instead of writing is probably better to communicate because others can sometime understand the message behind anything by visually seeing it. Just like how some people are visual learners, this might work better. Video is a necessary tool of communication because it gives the viewer the chance of experiencing the topic themselves and interpreting it in their own way. Not saying that this may not be the case for writing but some people just have different preferences. Video is the number one tool for communication. It is more likely to sell a product using a commercial than having one read about it. Watching a commercial on television will draw you into the product more because as a viewer you are now visually seeing why you need to buy the product. Although reading about a specific product might work as well because when reading about it, it now begins to be more descriptive. Your mind starts to wander and imagine different images about the object. But for this particular project using video works well because of the content of the video. The public nature of the video did not affect the nature of the subject matter of the video because mostly all the clips that were chosen to be in the project would honestly go on any of the social media accounts of each of us in the group. The videos chosen to be posted publicly are most likely chosen for a reason and the same goes for the videos picked for this project. Because this was for class the fact that it was being posted publicly never mattered. The goal of this project was to create a video and successfully relate it back to the topics given. If the group didn’t choose happiness, it probably would have been a bit harder to create the video because of how personal other topics regarding communication could be. There were multiple ideas of how to communicate communication, including showing emotions such as: anger, happiness, and sadness. And if any other one of those examples were chosen the outcome for the video would have been much different. Finding the appropriate songs to go with the content of the video would’ve been a challenge and also getting the right footage to show that emotions would’ve been difficult. So therefore yes, in a way the public nature of the video did somewhat have an affect on the subject matter of the video.
As for the self-portrait experience, it was normal to complete because it was just as if it were a regular day. For most people recording yourself daily is very regular. With the new up-to-date social media outlets like Snap chat and Instagram, this is normal for people. This is basically what a “selfie” is, just pictures and videos of yourself. For anyone this part of the project shouldn’t have been as difficult as the remainder of the project. Creating self-portraits of you should be easy for most and the rawness of it makes it even more natural. It tells a lot about a person and how they really are. Lastly there were no issues with posting the self-portraits individually and together on the IMovie app. Most of the issues as stated before, were just on editing the movie and creating transition. Also and making it look visually interesting to watch. Working with individuals to accomplish a common goal and create a video and such a difficult topic was definitely a great experience.
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