The Final Me

This was my (horrible) attempt at showcasing a realistic version of myself. It included 3 main factors in my life. My love for parodies (in this case of superhero films), my dependency on friends, showcased in my scripted brainstorm session with my friend Jon, and my ability to procrastinate no matter what was on the line. It took me a while to come to these conclusions about myself and also figure out a way to depict all these things within the criteria, but I decided that I should play to my strengths and produce a sketch, albeit not an entirely funny one, to reflect my personality. It isn’t the most abstract of videos, but it did result in something very meta. It is a video about me making the video, which was probably accurate and scarily predictive to how long I would let the idea sit in my head before producing the final product.

The video includes 3 photos which go by very quickly, and this was done to show how fleeting these ideas came into my head. In hindsight I realized that I had spent too much time on figuring out the concept of my video and not enough on the photos and content, which is obvious in the amount of screen time each photo is given. It came across more as an afterthought, which is how most of the things I think of end up as. The images were of me avoiding studying, the outside world and attention, and all three add up to my avoidance of responsibility, and this ties in with my theme of procrastination which I was trying to achieve overall.

In the end I believe I successfully conveyed the fact that I am a serial procrastinator, but the subtle nuances in my film don’t actually hit their mark. The general tone of the video is very awkward, but it also adds character into the video. I find humor in awkwardness and with that tone you get the feeling that the video shouldn’t be taken seriously, just like how I shouldn’t be.

https://vimeo.com/123534494