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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Enclosed Thought




My first video, Class/Room Mediated, is an experiment with how the classroom is formated. "Enclosed Thought" is an idea that I approached while walking home from school one day. As I was walking, I realized that the university has its own structure outside of the classroom. I asked the question, "What does a wall do in a campus setting?" My mind exploded with a new video concept!

The audio of this video was the true adventure. I found that my interview with another collaborator did not retain the idea that I intended to express. I basically had to interview myself, which is why this video is also the culmination of my first vlogging experience.

As I began to vlog, I realized that talking to a video camera is near impossible! I can talk to a friend, to a mentor, to a class of 20 students/peers, and even to a lecture hall of 200 students/peers. The video camera acted as an arrow, and it had the potential to pierce my deepest thoughts. This intimidated me and caused me to continually criticize myself. I attempted to work with the camera and treat it like a peer, but I eventually had to improvise.

I have this Beanie Baby lemur that my mom gave to me and his name is Peepers. Peepers became my peer and through him I was able to vlog. It is interesting how conversation is embedded within human interaction. The other day, my philosophy teacher asked us about the masks that we wear. Is there a mask for vlogging? Because I could not find mine!

Thanks to Stereofloat for the awesome music titled Crashed!

1 comment:

Lindsey said...

This is beautiful! I may have almost cried, so very well done ^_^ This is actually exactly what I want to explore for our final! The idea that we're TAUGHT different ways of thinking in different departments! And its so true! The walls separating us from the outside. From all the other ideas out there. And how it all fits together!

Seriously, great job!

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