Thursday, May 7, 2009

Video Art Piece

This is my video art piece. I wasn't really sure on what i wanted to do originally, all i knew is that i wanted to make a video that had to do with current events or something political since i'm an education major in history. so i finally decided to do mine on the swine flu. everyone is freaking out over it, and i just really don't understand. we've had flu's in the past, and there has been worse one's than this one. the people who have died from it have been in mexico, only two people in the united states have died and i know one of them was a baby. plus, it seems to be coming under control as time goes on. so i wanted to take this topic, extract a news coverage piece upon the topic and strip it, and reorganize it into something that doesn't have to be taken so seriously, possibly even have a little sense of humor. it may be hard to tell, but my video starts out talking about the swine flu, and i have the three little pigs get it. then the big bad wolf blows them away and the fly. I kinda think the big bad wolf represents societies overreaction to the flu and it shows how easily we can blow things out of proportion. and i inserted a little piece about obama becoming the first african american president, and when that happens alot of people said that pig's would fly. well a hundred days later after his election, people shouldn't have spoken too soon, cause pig's flew (flu). Oh ya, and also for my own audio, i had recorded multiple people saying swine flu, because it reiterates the main topic, and if you listen carefully you can hear it softly in the background, i didn't wanna make it too loud, because it would over power the main video.




9 comments:

  1. hahaha i totally agree. people die from the regular flu everyday. what makes this one so special compared to any other.

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  2. i really liked your idea. i thought it was funny and i agree with you!

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  3. this was awesome! loved how it was funny, but at the same time, it was a good message and i agree. totally cool.

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  4. That was such a good video and funny. You did a great job editing and sending a message out. You are really good at this and creating new things.

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  5. great job editing and I totally agree the media can get so carried away.

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  6. You said at the end of class that you arent normally a creative person and i just can't believe that. You did a fantastic job on this video and the rest of your projects this semester.

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  7. I really enjoyed yours, it is very much like a fairy tale like the story with the 3 little pigs. as most people know the flu evolves, it's not a permanent thing. Plus the infant that died, it was an infant with not a strong immune system at the time. You really touched on the fact news casters like to strike fear into the viewers, I thought your piece was very powerful and really good and the editing was more that great. nice work.

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  8. Dan, your video was so great! I loved the way you used the news casts to make your point! Great decontexualization! A few days before your video I heard the joke that said: A black man will be president the day pigs fly. Obama was elected and look! Swine Flu! lol, it was just great! :)

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  9. ahhh i loved this video soooo much!!! especially cause i'm one of those paranoid freaks that thinks they are going to catch the swine flu haha! this was hilarious great job!

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