In my one-minute media compilation, I have attempted to demonstrate myself without the need for an image of my face. I set the majority of the clip in black and white to illustrate that I am a calm person and like to think of myself as quite level headed. However, I do use colour in the videos of a concert to show another side of me; the side that is wild, carefree and youthful. As I worked through this task I found it extremely hard to get past the barrier that it didn’t need to be a linear logical story, rather a reflection. Once I overcame this, I enjoyed trying to make each transition flow to the next in a way that was not only aesthetically pleasing but had meaning to it.

The sounds to my clip are made up of three recordings. The first was a continuous hum of crickets that can be heard constantly at my home. To me they are comforting and soothing. The second is a blur of excited chatter, shouting, laughing and talk. It symbolises the constant whirlwind of thoughts that spin inside my head and as it drops in and out in the clip, it shows how I balance my racing mind and don’t get too carried away. The last is subtle in my clip, but provides beat in some areas. It’s a cut and repeated sound of my own laughter that no longer is recognisable as laughter when it is played over and over and instead sounds like an instrument.

The addition of text had me stumped for quite some time. I could have quoted any number of inspirational, moral abiding, deliciously unique prose said by someone famous. However, I decided quite abruptly to instead give a very brief intriguing sentence about an experience in my life that would hopefully catch the audience’s attention mid way through a pleasant shot. Just as we discussed in the Week 4 lectorial, by only giving the audience little info, I allow them to fill in the blanks and force them to use their imaginations.