Producing a Remix

This was my first time working on a project of this sort.  At first, I was horrified.  I did not know how to approach a project that was to be broadcasted to the whole world .  It took a lot of patience.  The difficult part was understanding that the work to a certain extent was out of your control.  With writing, all you need is to type the sources which you can easily acquire.  With this medium, you have to go through several steps before you can produce a final copy.  You have to convert files several times before you can create and then post your video.  Of course, your  computer freezes on you several times and the files might be corrupt and you probably have to download several times before you have a succesful copy.  In addition, pacing, cutting the clips and choosing the right place for them was a challenge and definitely time-consuming.

I came to the conclusion that video is truly unlike text.  Video affords the flexibility that text does not and it also allows for special effects.  With video, you can repeat an idea several times to produce a desired effect and that can be very successful.  However, repetition in text does not work.  On the other hand, achieving the desired effect can be very time-consuming.  It is not as easy at it seems, because what you visualize to be the message may not be what the audience receives.  So you have to go back to your work several times to edit and re-edit a single clip for hours.  This clip will probably run for a split minute/second.  You have to really think of all the semiotic concepts before searching for the desired clips for the intended message.  You have to examine the social, cultural attitudes of the intended audience.  Then you tap into the many visual and textual effects that can successfully target the intended audience.

In the end, it was wonderful to see the final project.  It was definitely worth the experience.

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