Week 9 Instagram Post Two
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Instagram Video 1
How did I author the video I recorded for upload to Instagram?
In order to author this video, I used an iPhone 6s. I decided to mute the video because I didn’t find the diegetic sound to be of any use in this particular video. The reason for this is that the location that I shot this video in was in a back street in the city and so, there was only a slight mumble of noise which didn’t contribute much to the video. I also chose to shoot it as a short continuous video with no editing because of the door I chose as my subject. The signs on the door indicate danger and so, isn’t somewhere you would want to linger around. Therefore, it made sense that the video would reflect this by being a quick passing by of the door. When filming I also took into account the fact that I’d need to chose a cover for the Instagram post. Therefore, I tried to setup my shot to include a view of the door that could be used as a photo.
How did I publish the video I recorded for upload to Instagram?
Unlike my first post which included a written caption, this post only had an emoji and hashtags in the caption. I used the ‘🚷’ emoji to reflect the signage in the video. I felt that the signage was the most important part of the video as it connects to my account name deadenddoor. Therefore, I felt that the emoji would explain the intention of my post the easiest. Furthermore, I also used less hashtags than in my previous post. I wanted to include hashtags that were directly related to the post as the post would then be discoverable in the relevant communities of Instagram. In saying that, I used hashtags related to Melbourne and so, whilst I didn’t include a location, viewers can still assume that the location is Melbourne.
How did I distribute the video I published on Instagram to other social media services?
I again decided to distribute my video through Twitter and Tumblr. I find Tumblr to be a useful method of distribution as the video can be viewed in the same way the video is viewed on Instagram. Furthermore, the hashtags in the caption become linked to the hashtags on Tumblr which assists in easy circulation of the post within Tumblr. On the other hand, Twitter doesn’t embed the video within the tweet. Instead, there is only the caption and a link to the Instagram post. I find this to be less immersive as anyone viewing it must leave Twitter and go to Instagram rather than having the full experience on Twitter. Therefore, I find it to be quite redundant as a channel of distribution for increasing exposure. Instead, I find that distributing on Twitter assists more with acting as a method of informing your already existing Twitter followers that you’ve uploaded to Instagram.