SW10

=A Flight to New York= Please watch in 720p + Full screen with headphones on to get the full experience! media type="youtube" key="sgMKqEMF8YA" height="480" width="853" This piece took 2 months to complete. It is a compilation of my entire summer/my entire time in the US. I shot everything from my flights to the Empire State Building, the statue of liberty to voyages with friends. I incorporate various techniques in this video including a technique I used in 'A Day in New York' and timelapses throughout the video. This video has a fast pace to match the beat. I could've slowed it down 2 times to still match the beat but I thought it was too slow. I did not have many influences for this video in particular but the biggest influence according to the shots would probably be Casey Neistat mainly for his style of editing to the beat. For this video, like many others, I used my Nikon D5000, GoPro as my cameras. I used Adobe After Effects to edit the video to the beat. In the background I got the song "Charlie Brown (Instrumental)" by Coldplay and edited to the beat. Every shot had to be about 11 frames which made it very hard since, sometimes I would make little mistakes that would affect the video on a large scale. I took some critique from my mother who gave me advice on replacements of certain shots that went on for too long, and make the video more interesting/make the hook stronger. The advice was very helpful/useful since I took it and I think it did fix an issue I had. The weakest portion of this video would probably be the portion at the end before the pictures come up, I feel like the train shots went on for too long and I should've matched it with the the entire video making it various, but I did not have enough shots near the end. An area of improvement would also be editing to the beat in certain areas. I think the powerful points in this video are the editing and managing to match the shots with the beat most of the time, as well as the variety in shots and my ability establish a connection between the shots by not having shots that did not connect chronologically. I could develop this video into a series of travel videos. However that would be very difficult since travelling does cost a lot of money.
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 * Analysis: **
 * What were the artistic and/or cultural influences for this project? Who/what influenced either the composition and/or the style. **
 * What materials/media/processes did you use and or experiment with, and how? **
 * How do you think you have responded to advice and criticism during this project (and during the term), both from fellow students and the teacher. Did you actively seek advice? If so, was it useful? **
 * Clearly explain the weaknesses/areas for improvement - **
 * Clearly explain the strengths of the piece – **
 * What could you take through to the next project and develop further? This could be anything, from a technique to an idea, not necessarily just the theme. **