Mini Video Project

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Using some of the material I gathered in class last Thursday as well as some extra footage, I created a very rough video to help me figure out which direction I’d like to go in with my actual video project. I just focused on a couple details from my time being bedridden, but I probably won’t include some of them when I make my full video. I used this assignment as a little refresher for iMovie.

First of all, the music I used in the background was a small instrumental I wrote and recorded for my friend’s movie in high school. There’s really no significance to it, but it was what I had available on my iTunes while making this.

In the first part, I show a quick overview of my bedroom. In my video project, I plan to have videos zoning in on specific details of my bedroom while I tell the story in a voiceover. I included this broad panorama shot in this mini video to show the general theme of my room. I want to emphasize the blues and beiges.

Speaking of blue, the next thing I included in my mini video was a picture of the sky that I took by the academic building on Thursday. I included this because when I think about the time I was bedridden, my mind just thinks of all shades of lighter blue. I assume this is because of the color of my room. Even though I repainted my room about a year into being sick, the old color was a vibrant blue. Blue isn’t even my favorite color, but I seem to just get drawn to it.

The next thing I included was a picture of Milledoler hall that I took on Thursday. I was drawn to Milledoler because of the bright red door which reminded me of my neighbor’s house. From my bedroom window, I have a perfect view of my neighbor’s house and their bright red door. I always loved that door. I’ve ended up memorizing the view from my window and that door just brought a nice touch of color to the view.

I’ve also included a couple of short clips of the view from my bedroom window to this mini video. The first one was of a woman walking her dog in front of my neighbor’s house, though you can’t really see the bright red front door in this. The second is a view of the front porch with a time lapse of the cars passing by. 

The last video I included was of the people walking in front of the academic building. I took this on Thursday during class as well. I thought it was an interesting thing to include because it was the exact opposite of what I did when I was bedridden. After being alone in a room for most of that time, coming back to school and seeing so many people in the midst their busy lives was extremely overwhelming. Having a busy life myself was extremely overwhelming and it still is. I still find myself shocked at the fact that I’m one of those people just trying to get from one class to another and living a normal life, even after almost four years of remission.