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Self Reflection


Describe

For my self-portrait I chose to film a comedy skit. It was a parody of survival videos made by people like Bear Grylle's. What this shows about me is that I like to make people smile and laugh. I always try to incorporate comedy into whatever I do to lighten the mood. This video also shows that I don't just give up when things don't go my way, because it started to rain and I continued film anyways.


Explain

I chose to film the video outside because it was meant to be a survival skit, but weather was not on our side and it decided to rain. In the end it was a good thing though because it added to the comedic affect. I also chose to film and zoom in an amateur way to try and make the video funnier. I didn't really have a choice for the lighting because it was overcast, and i don't have any studio lights, but it turned out fine anyways. 



Reflect
One of the challenges I faced was that the audio got washed out because of the heavy rain in the background, unfortunately there was nothing I could really do about that because I cant control the weather. Other than that, and the fact that I got completely soaked everything went pretty smoothly. Overall I think my video was successful because I got people to laugh which really shows that I am a goofy and like to make people smile.








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