In this tutorial all the students had to have their self portrait video ready to be shown in front of the class.  I was quite nervous about having my project shown on the big screen for everyone to see.  Everyone also had to comment on what they thought did or didn’t work in regards to their project.  The quality of the projects were very good and quite entertaining.  There were various ways that people portrayed themselves which were equally effective.  Some were abstract, others were straight forward,  some were comical while others were informative.  There is no exact way a video portrait should be presented, different forms can all have positive effects.

When my video came up on the screen it felt like my insides were turning.  For some stupid reason I was just so worried what everyone would think.  I thought visually the project went well but the audio wasn’t great.  It really highlighted the sound deficiencies when played on surround sound.  The voice over could barely be heard on some segments which was a pity.  This was due to my lack of editing skills but I plan to address this skill in my next project.  I felt like a deer in headlights when it came to explaining what I felt worked and didn’t work in the project.  I’m a horrible public speaker and sound like a mumbling retard when it comes to addressing a crowd.  This is also a skill that I will have to address in the future.