The assignment was to shoot an instructional video, like how to bake a cake, for example. Being on the emotional level for my videos, I wanted to do something different. I been experimenting with the crop effect in Final Cut Pro 7, and found out I could layer two videos on top of each other. I figured, with this effect, I wanted to have myself appear twice in the video. The best way to do that would be, be myself, and be an older person of myself. And, with being the older person of myself, the 3D glasses I got when I saw Jackass 3D would come in very handy.
I still had to maintain the instructional video part of the assignment. It seems like older people have trouble setting the "VCR clock", so that was the central idea of my video, but involving a microwave. A big inspiration for my older self was my stepmom's father. He dresses very nice in the home, but always wear slippers, so that was what I was going to follow.
Shooting this video entirely myself wasn't much trouble, and doing the crop effect was fun. I dressed like myself, and shot my scene. I kept the camera in the same spot, and went to get changed into my older self. With the camera still in the same spot, I was able to record my older self and when edited, it turned out great.
A scene I threw in worked out wonderful. I recorded my older self putting on a tie, and edited at high speed. With the showing the entire tie getting tied, that also footed the bill of the assignment.
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The music was perfect for the video. In the opening scene of my feet walking into the kitchen, and the music matched the feel for the scene, I knew the music was perfect.
There are a couple issues with the video, though. The shot of myself fixing the clock on the wall is out of focus, and the hands are wrong between shots. I do plan to go back and reshoot those two scenes.
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