Performance Art Video (Title/Description)

Title: The Power of Music and Sound

Description:

I went to the gym with my boyfriend and recorded him working out.  I have seen countless motivational and inspiring workout videos and I realized it is the music and sound effects that add that extra emotion and impact on the viewer.  I wanted to show the power of sound effects and music and how much they impact a person's emotion as they are watching this video.  To put it into perspective, try to imagine this video or any other film of any type without sound effects or music and think about how different it would make you feel. 

What I want my audience to get out of my piece:

I hope that my video inspires others as it inspires me.  I hope that they will watch it and it will motivate them to continue to work towards their goals and always work for something instead of settling.  Most importantly I want my audience to realize the importance and effect that music and sound have on emphasizing a video.  Think about it, how weird and boring would it be if movies or TV shows didn't have any sort of music in it? It wouldn't have that same emotional effect.

Props/What I used and the reason for using/including them:

I actually used my camera and tripod for shooting the video because I wanted the quality of the video to be the best I could possibly make it.  My camera is a Canon G7x.  I also used IMovie to edit the clips when I downloaded them to my laptop because it is a good editing tool that is easy to maneuver.  The specific edits I used, such as slowing down or speeding up the video, was to emphasize the emotion or feeling I had in the moments I was recording it and also to go well with the music I put over it.  The song I used “Cruise” by Kygo, was used because I feel like whenever that song plays it makes me want to get in my car and drive or fly to a random place and explore it.  

Grid with Skittles

We did a small project to try and imitate grid art that normally uses pixels, but we used skittles instead.  I chose an emoji with sunglasses on


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Broadway: Bea Arthur

We began watching this video in class, I honestly thought it was interesting that Bea Arthur was telling a story through singing.  It was truly beautiful to hear her sing, she spoke about how if people were to tell her in her past that she would be where she was at today, she wouldn’t have believed them.  This is amazing because it was such a simple performance yet so beautiful and meaningful.  Nowadays, it seems like Broadway shown are all about production and special effects with many actors/ actresses.  An example of two Broadway shows I have seen that did this was Wicked and Lion King.  They all had costumes, it was fast pace, and they had props and special effects to try and make the story more exciting.  There may be some shows that are similar and simple like Bea Arthur, however it seems that most of them are more focused on big entertainment that is fast pace and intricate rather than simple.

Madame Butterfly Claymation

This video was very interesting and different to watch, I have only ever seen a claymation movie once in my life and I was very young so I don’t remember it too well.  What I gathered from this video was that the puppet butterfly was lonely and then a sailor came to the island she was on and they were romantic with each other.  After he left, she seemed to be sad and was waiting for him to return.  She had also gotten pregnant and gave birth to what looked like an animal that then grew into a young child.  This was very odd to me because it was not a typical childbirth.  The scene seemed to have gotten darker and darker throughout the video and caused a mood change.  The sailor had eventually come back and taken the child from the woman which was when the scene really changed and got dark and sad, you could almost feel the pain of the woman for her losing her two loves.  A beautiful moment in the video was when the women turns into a butterfly flying away which seems to represent her finally having the ability to be free of pain and leave the island.