Blog #14 Reflection On Videos Monday 5/1

After watching the first round of videos in class, I feel more confident with my own video. I was originally a little nervous that the other videos would be totally different from mine but they turned out to all have the same message/ idea. I really liked the background music on the first video particularly. It was the song "unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield which made me think of the show "The Hills" that used to be on MTV (lol). I really liked these little details that were put into the projects. I believe that they reflected certain aspects of people's personalities that you wouldn't normally see everyday. I also liked the different effects and music that were were incorporated into the projects. My favorite part of watching these videos were the interviews. It was refreshing to see people's families and friends in this different light and hearing their different stories. While some of the topics had to do with language, others had to do with careers or some overarching theme, and were all nonetheless interesting. Seeing different people's family members was also a nice touch into the project as well and sort of made me wish that I had done it. Another aspect of watching the videos I enjoyed was the reflections. The reflections made the project come full circle and were very relatable as I listened to other people's reactions to them. They were nice because in a way I felt that we all learned the importance of literacy in this project just shown through different examples.

Blog #13 Reflection On Essay #3

     Going into this project, I honestly was a little nervous. I am really not tech savvy and everyone else seemed to have experience editing videos. I assumed that the actual editing would be challenging and a little tedious. Yet I soon found out later that a little research on the internet would be extremely useful for me. On the other hand, I was always excited to do the interviews and felt that they would be very informative. Overall, I felt that it turned out pretty well considering I didn't even know how to shorten a clip when I started and that I learned a lot of useful tips for my future career. There were a few different things I really enjoyed from the project. One of my favorite was that I got to interview Professor Bollert, whom I had first semester for philosophy. I think that he gave an interesting perspective overall in my project. He gave informative advice not only for me but for all students. I also enjoyed interviewing my aunt who is a lawyer. It was nice hearing her in a different lens than usual. She said things that I hadn't even known before this interview and it was refreshing hearing about her journey with literacy. Lastly, it was kind of fun adding background music and memes to my project which I think will keep viewers more intrigued. The only thing I wish I had improved upon a little more was the sound in one part, but I couldn't really fix it too much because the interviewee spoke very softly. Ultimately, I am really happy with the end result of this project, I left with a better understanding of video editing and a respect for everyone's path in literacy.