Who is the practitioner (what is their name?) and when were they practicing?
Sinead Crowe is a fashion and lifestyle social media influencer based in the UK (Glazer). Crowe began her YouTube channel in 2016 and posted her first Instagram Television (IGTV) video July 6, 2018.
(Crowe 2020)
What is the title of the photo or video you have chosen to analyse (can you provide a link?)
The video I have chosen is an IGTV video called SPRING OUTFIT IDEA.
With the photo or video, you are examining when was it produced (date)?
Crowe published the video to her page 15 March 2019.
How was the photo or video authored?
In her YouTube video, HOW TO EDIT IGTV VIDEOS ON IPHONE | Sinead Crowe, Crowe explains that while some videos are filmed using her phone but this particular video was filmed on her camera (Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II Digital Camera) and transferred to her phone. She then uses the ‘Inshot’ app and chooses the videos she needs. Crowe then crops the videos into a square. She edits the video in the app by lightening, adding contrast and adding warmth. She then adjusts the video to be 2x speed and cuts and trims it so that only the desired parts are featured. adjusts speed to 2x. Finally she turns the volume completely down and adds the song Dancing in the Moonlight for background music. She saves the finished video to her camera roll on her phone.
How was the photo or video published?
Using the IGTV function, Crowe uploaded her short 40 second video to her Instagram which allowing her video to be viewed over 26,000 times.
How was the photo or video distributed?
Crowe created a Youtube video explaining how she created this particular IGTV video allowing her YouTube audience the opportunity to view the final product on her Instagram . Her video also potentially could have been accessible to people that do not follow her if it appeared on the individual’s ‘explore’ tab on Instagram.
References:
Simon Glazer n.d, ‘Sinead Crowe and Penelope the Poochon’, Lifestyle Tails, blog, viewed 1 May 2020 <http://www.lifestyletails.com/sinead-crowe-and-penelope>
Sinead Crowe 31 April 2020, photograph, viewed 1 May 2020 <https://www.instagram.com/p/B_kZxGzpwhe/>
@sineadcrowe 2019, SPRING OUTFIT IDEA, Instagram, 15 March, Sinead Crowe, viewed 1 May 2020 <https://www.instagram.com/tv/BvBYoheB8ZB/>
Sinead Crowe 2019, HOW TO EDIT IGTV VIDEOS ON IPHONE | Sinead Crowe, YouTube, 16 March, Sinead Crowe, viewed 1 May 2020 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfMnwv7Ytwg>