"The Water is Wide" Reflection

1) I really wanted to convey a story to go perfectly with the music. It was a combination of still pictures with effects and film from the actual orchestra. I wanted the beginning to make you think of a person going into war and being excited to fight for his country. Then he gets scared and doesnt know what to do. When the music picks up, he comes out from hiding to see that they have won. The high tempo makes it feel as he is happy that they won and he gets to go back home. In the end he gets to be back home with your famiy. 2) I am really proud of the beginning from 0 to :30 where i think i did a good job mixing in the still photos and the video of the band playing. I was trying to show emotion with the music and pictures and video to make you think that the mood is happy. I do not show a picture of a man going into the army, but the abstract part of the video is your interpretation of my images and video. 3) I think about 50 percent of my video was images and the other 50 percent was film from the band. I chose more brighter colors in my images when it was upbeat and in a good mood. There were darker colors in my pictures where used with the more scary and nerveracking music. 4) I learned that even though you might try to get a specific message across, a completely different one can be interpreted by somebody else. Abstract makes you actually think about the video and the messages that are given off. 5) I learned that you can really use music and clips to get a really good mood across your video. You can make a really good point if you think about what you are writing. 6) The most important contribution that my partner made was the title and credits. 7) The most important contribution i made was actually making the whole video and getting the pictures. I edited all the clips and put the pictures where i had to. I pretty much did everything except for the credits.