Capturing the Community

This week, I'm going to share a little video that I put together as part of a video challenge for media class. The theme of this video challenge was our communities. Now, I love my community and living here is really exciting and everything, but sadly, at this time of the year, nothing really happens. It's freezing, so nobody's at the park. Nobody's really walking around either. There are no events since the holidays are over, and, I mean, there aren't any fun events until it gets a little warmer. I was kind of bummed out. I feel like if we had this video challange during the spring, I could have done so much more with it. I would have been able to display the more vibrant and colorful side of my community in this challenge.

Well, on to my video. I worked with Kelsey Gross on this, since we live not too far from each other and go to the same school and everything. The footage includes footage of the metro station near my house, the houses around my neighborhood, the road on the way to school, the Panther Cheer Competition in which our school competed, and the beautiful, barren scenery of Norbeck Road. So basically, they're just tidbits of this area, and things I see everyday.

Creating this video was quite a challenge for me. I kind of had an idea of what I wanted it to be like at first, but it didn't turn out so great because of the weather. I didn't get footage of as many things as I would have liked. I also wish that it could have been more artistic and prettier, but I guess this is what it's like around here during the winter. I also had quite a lot of technical problems. Overall, I wish I had more to work with. This project was uber stressful for me. I could have used a little bit more nice weather, a little bit more interesting footage, a little bit more flair...But nonetheless, here is my video. Enjoy.