Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Vlog about things on a stick
This vlog is from last year but it shows how easy it can be to create a relatively informative/entertaining vlog pretty easily. Someone just went to the state fair and video recorded all the things on a stick he could and edited them together with a little music. I like the different voices - it shows the differences in ages, cultures, and ethnicities. People working there and those merely visiting the fair were represented. The unguarded comments are pretty entertaining.
The audience for this vlog would be people that might attend the state fair or people that are simply amazed by the crazy stuff that is sold at fairs - I mean who would deep fry a candy bar? There must be a lot of us. Food network and shows like Iron Chef do fairly well.
I'm not sure that I would really do anything differently - except perhaps label the items being described. Some of the people are hard to understand. There are some pretty grainy shots that could have used a second take, but all in all this is a fun way to waste time. :)
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Kim, I agree with you that this was an effective video--a lot of it had to do with the repetition of the same visual image that varied by the type of food on a stick, creating a highly visual impact that didn't require much contextualizing. What was important was that they shot people in the same place/distance so that they minimized variation across shots.
As we said in class, hopefully students can go beyond these entertaining videos to create their own videos that are more substantive nature without losing the entertainment value--for example, doing ethnographies of local issues/sites.
Looking forward to your discussion of Moodle--we can ask Jen to show how it's used in the Hopkins districts in terms of use in a secondary context. Really glad that you're in the class because you bring a lot of expertise.
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