I created this self-portrait as a different way of expressing myself, as well as experimenting with editing styles that I’ve never used before.

When it comes to situations like this, I’m not really too fond of speaking about myself, mainly because there are some qualities that I don’t really notice I have. I was thinking that the way I could do this project would be to ask others what they think of me. When I first started planning, I had a vision of a mockumentary style video in my head.

Drawing off inspiration from shows such as ‘The Office’, and ‘Parks and Recreation’, I started off by drawing up a timeline and measuring up an estimate of how long each cut should be. I needed to determine how long each person had to speak without it taking up too much time, as well as making sure they didn’t sound rushed. I then sat a few of my friends down and asked them, “what do you think of Adrian?”. Based on what each one of them said, I wrote out and recorded various small scenes that demonstrated their answers, which I then organized with the interview footage in form of the original timeline I drew up.

The most important decisions I made were about the way that I transitioned from each scene. Since I was attempting to make a mockumentary video, I couldn’t use any fades or screen wipes, as they would be more suited for an artistic style of video. So instead, the way that I transitioned from each scene without any awkward cuts was to let the next bit of audio start playing for a second before switching the video over. Like a fade, this method slowly introduced different parts of the next scene, rather than suddenly throwing it at you all at once.

Overall, I’d say I succeeded in sticking to the original plan. The one thing that I did struggle with was organizing the video so that I had a decent amount of interview scenes, as well as enough time to have lengthy re-enactment scenes in between.