Tabletop Video

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My idea for the Tabletop Video was composed of 9 pennies, 9 nickels, 9 dimes, 9 quarters, and random things from my room that these coins were dropped on. My intent was to come up with some interesting sound, and possibly some interesting imagery.

By having the camera zoomed in, and using the majority of the space provided in an interesting way, I think the I accomplished what i was going for. The idea was a set-up, but the possibilities of what the coins could do were vast. The sounds that were produced were much better than those from my test run. All in all i would say that this short video was a success. Hope to see it on playback at some point!

YouTube Scavenger Hunt

When Carl mentioned that we were going to be doing a "scavenger hunt" on YouTube to relate in some way to the Alex Bag film we saw, this "director" immediately came to mind. When i went home to look for a good video to showcase I realized that these 5 facts videos that a LOT of people seem to be doing lately would be a pretty good choice. The way that the two relate is that they are both a form of revealing things about yourself that people would probably not know otherwise. Not only do they relate in this way, but they also both have clips in between these sort of confessions that let you take a break from just looking at the subject through a stationary camera, and listening to what they are saying. I think that Alex's video could be related to basically anyone who does video blogs, but not all of the people who do them are meant to be comedic. KevJumba's videos are obviously very popular, and he is know for being a sort of YouTube comedian". Alex's video was also presented in a way that proved it was an attempt to be funny. Though the subjects of the videos are very different, it seems that their approaches are similar in many ways.

You can see KevJumba's 5 Facts video here.
You can watch his other videos here.