Voice Over Script

What does education mean to me?

Education.

Education is encountering a problem.

Education is making a decision.

Education is frustration and exasperation.

Education is tripping and falling and continuing.

Education is aided by books, a stable family, the art, and a bank of life experiences to reflect on.

Education is aided most by discussion with others.

Education is articulating ideas and communicating them.

Education is contemplating problems with others.

Education is sharing opinions.

Education is debating viewpoints.

Education is returning to past dilemmas and rethinking options.

Education is puzzling over theories.

Education is reaching a dead end and turning around to try again.

Education does not always lead to success, but the experience and knowledge gained from it make it worthwhile.

Education can be draining and time consuming.

Education can lead to success.  It can change the way you think about the world.  It can change the way society thinks about the world.

Education is deeply personal and absolutely essential.  It takes place in the classroom and in life experiences.

Education is discovering solutions to problems by analyzing and discussing the problems.

Education is what determines the future.

New Video

I have the footage from the corn maze all cut up and sort of in order.  I really like how the light looks and the footage goes together really well over all.  Hopefully on Monday, Marissa and I will be able to film a classroom.  I only want to intersperse a little of that footage with the corn maze, but I think it will help make the video less monotonous.  

Filming!

We have so much geed footage from this weekend.  We filmed everything we need for our stories (in a corn maze for me and skateboarding for Marissa).  We also tried to film some artistic shots that will be really good for intros, outros, and transitions.  We focused on getting steady shots and it was a sunny day but it wasn't too bright, so the colors shouldn't be washed out.  There wasn't a white balance in Marissa's camera, so we didn't have to worry about that.

Yesterday, we tried to upload the footage into Final Cut, but because it was in MOD files, it wouldn't upload.  We tried to figure out how to convert it to a usable file, but we couldn't.

New Idea!

I came up with a new idea for my education movie and I'm really excited about it!  I want to go to a corn-maze and film shots that represent trial-and-error, puzzling through something, and success.  These will represent my view of education--being confused and using your own power and experience to figure something out(even if you fail the first time).  Then I want to contrast my view of education with the school's view of education by filming a classroom.  In my voiceover, I want to read different definitions of education and my own definition and describe my my view.  I think a corn maze could have some really cool shots and if I put it together well I could have a really cool video!

New Video

I'm really  excited about starting a new video--I thought the one I was working on was ok but not great and I'd much rather put energy into something I'm going to be proud of.  For the next video I'm going to remember to:

1. always white-balance carefully

2. never shake the camera

3. try to get original answers

4. make sure there are no distractions

I think this video is really interesting when you look at it next to the ones Marissa and I were making.  When it stands alone it's interesting but not very original, but looking at the contrast between the problems kids in or school have and the problems the kids in this video is really cool.  I think it would be great to have a video with both experiences together.

October First

Video on Blindness

I watched a NYTimes video on surgery to correct blindness.   It seemed like the topic would be interesting, but the video dragged on.  None of the shot angles were very creative--they were mostly medium shots straight on the subject.  The colors were mainly gray and white, which didn't help the video.  I've noticed colors a lot more since I've started color correcting the shots in my Obama video.  They really improve with color corrector and the whole video looks less drab because of it.