Assignment Description
In this assignment, we took ordinary actions and manipulated its perception and meaning to make it extraordinary.
The goals of this Ordinary/Extraordinary project were to take something ordinary and enhance its meaning by intentionally disrupting its sequence to suggest a different perspective of the story. My experience in creating this was challenging but exciting because I was able to arrange my clips however I wanted using effects to manipulate the story. The challenges I had were balancing the audio with the effects, as well as deciding which parts could have more impact through specific edits.
I learned about the different aspects of creating a film by walking through the process of creating a storyboard, shooting the scenes, recording the audio, and arranging everything together. Going through these steps individually gave me a glimpse of how filmmakers produce films and show their intentions through specific shots. I learned that audio can enhance the visual experience of the viewer and carry the flow of the story more than the cuts themselves. I was able to experiment and see how different angles and sound effects can change the viewer’s perception and carry the viewer’s interest. For future work, I will take what I learned from this process to experiment with more ways to present an idea by taking something ordinary and changing its original meaning. I can produce the desired impact by creating multiple perspectives and adding unexpected twists that engages the viewer to think beyond what is being shown to them.
