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Self-Portrait Artist Statement

Josh's Life in a Nutshell

In my self portrait, I chose to represent myself by filming myself reffing. With this, I wanted to show others my passion for soccer. I also wanted my peers to know I am responsible because it'll help show them that they can rely on me as their group member. I think that my video will also portray my good work ethic and ability to get the job done. I am satisfied with what I showed in my video and I think I did a good job at broadcasting what I am like. Out of all the other videos we watched, I enjoyed Alex's because I thought he did a great job at establishing a beginning, middle, and end to his self portrait. He could've changed a few things in terms of his camera positioning, but I thought the overall content was very interesting.

During the making of this video, I had my sister film me from a couple different angles so I could decide which one I liked later on. I ended up choosing this angle because it was very close to the action and you could see everything clearly. I told her to keep me in the shot when possible. In terms of lighting and setting, my options were pretty limited due to the fact I had to be outside and it was raining. Despite the gloomy weather, I thought the color in my video still looked pretty good. I think my framing and camera work helps to show that I like to be in the action and in the know of what is going on.

After working on this project, I hope that viewers learn a little more about myself. I think I was successful in representing myself during this video because I kept it simple with my message and still left some things for the viewer to interpret themselves. Although I am happy with my final product, there were still some minor complications during the making of it. Obviously the weather was not ideal for the situation, but it worked well enough. Also, it would've definitely helped to be able to edit our videos, or use multiple camera angles. In part of my video, an important part of the game got cut off and that could've been avoided if I had multiple camera angles. I liked this project because although it may seem simple, it still has a lot of meaning behind it. If I were to do this again I might have put a little more planning into my video beforehand so it could've been even better. As a whole, I enjoyed this project and it was a good opening assignment for the school year.

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