Video Comments

Time - I think everybody in this group used time in different ways, but they all made sense. The overall goal of the video was to show how each member used their time, and they did a good job of illustrating that. Devon began by showing how time went by as she lost a sibling. She included some slow motion and speeding up effects, but the story itself did the job already. The music and photos made it emotional, but she, and the entire group, met the goal of the video.

The next video showed how Taniqua spent her day, from waking up, going to work, school, all the way to sleep. The entire video consisted of high quality shots where it was easy to see what was going on.

I thought the driving shots really helped the video, especially in Matt’s video. It was a good way to show time speeding up and kept me engaged because it’s not something you every day.

Wale’s video illustrated how everything had to do with time and how he is always late to everything. It was interesting to see how each student took the theme of time and applied it to a different situation.

Communication -

The group tied these videos together really well and showed some good and bad examples of communication, or lack thereof. There were uses of email and Facebook in the video, which is how most college students talk to one another, but a lack of talking face-to-face, which is probably true in today’s world.

I though the idea of having the class canceled and the students not telling each other was a very effective way of showing failure to communicate. They didn’t even say anything to each other or hold the doors open, and it was very effective.

The alphabet magnets on the fridge were just another little illustration of a way to communicate.

I thought the music transitioned very nicely throughout the video. I couldn’t tell you how many times it changed, because most of the time I didn’t even notice. The music fit in good with the video.

They related the video to today’s world by constantly being on their cell phones and using electronics, and it was something I could relate to.

Abstract -

I thought the traffic light was a perfect idea for this group. It’s too bad the other member didn’t get to finish it out, but the video

The song couldn’t fit in any better with the yellow part of the video. It went smoothly with the footage and the green one went in well, also.

The concept came together by using the traffic light, even though each group member represented a different color, and story.

I liked how the screens were filtered to show the different colors. There could have been so more footage that actually had those colors in them, but it worked well by using the effects. I also liked the idea of using the filmstrip to switch to different shots.