re(remix)mix
Try having to figure out what you want to call your second post about remixing, while still appearing to look clever and semieducated. ‘remix 2′ is lame. ‘remix remix’ was my second option. but i love clever parentheses-related quips, so this one made it. Not sure what that makes the perma-link though.
But anyway. Last week (two weeks ago now, due to my general freakouts, breakdowns, and so on – boring stuff you guys don’t care about), we talked about different ways to make our remix videos more effective. While I could definitely see the usefulness of some of the techniques, others just gave me that sort of bug-eyed confused glance that people do. Generally, I’m always curious about things that draw my attention in a video, and I always want to know why my attention was drawn. What happens if – and I don’t think this is an if, but a when – these techniques get overused? You see it in bad high-school level powerpoints with overuse of transitions and flashy, ugly fonts. My concern is about drawing attention to dumb things with repetition, overuse, etc.
While i’d like to say I’m better than that kind of stuff, I have a severe love for all things snazzy, and tend to go a bit overboard. And then i weep. Nah, just kidding.
The biggest problem for me is voice. What should I have mine say? How can I use repetition and all those other techniques, avoid another class-related breakdown, and still be totally awesome in class?
Ah, life struggles! they carry on. :/
This article looks sort of empty, so I’ll fill it with some mindless nonsense.
