(Link to the video: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo8NfYiFu3p/?taken-by=nothing__but__doors)
- How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
Using my smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy S9 with a 12 megapixel rear camera, I captured this video through the Instagram application. I stood very still to capture this video with minimal shaky footage. As this video was captured through the Instagram application, I could not crop the video to be shorter as it does not give you the option to do so. Instead you can just add a filter or chose which frame of the video will be the display image before someone hits play. Since I could not crop the video it did not turn out exactly as I wanted it to as I felt restricted but not having this function in the application.
2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?
Due to the subject in my video not co-operating all of the time (my dog). I had limited chances to get the clip I wanted. Since I restricted myself for this week to only use the app itself I only had one chance to get the footage. I spent about 15 minutes recapturing this video as between timing it correctly and getting my subject to listen to me was a challenge. Similar to the photo I published this week for the contents of the video I did not feel like a location tag was necessary at all. I added a slightly satirical caption, “Can’t have trouble opening a door when you aren’t the one opening it” followed by my student number as I wanted it to look like a direct quote from me. This is a mock to those typical inspirational captions you see that overly cheesy and sappy. However my caption is relevant to the topic at hand.
3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?
Similarly to the photo posted also this week, I shared this video to Twitter and Tumblr. Again i found the ease of sharing through Instagram to be very quick and simply and requires minimal thought. It is a great way to get your content to a wider audiences. However with my accounts being brand new there is not really an audience for my content at the moment. But hypothetically with a well established accounts you can have quite a big reach.