Reflection:
My interview subject for Project Brief 3 was my younger brother, Callan. Cal is 16 years old and is on the Autism Spectrum with Aspergers Syndrome. Everyone who knows him always comments on how lovely he is, and often reacts with genuine surprise when they find out that he has Aspergers. When he was younger, the world was very confusing to him, as people with Aspergers often view the world differently to you and I. Animals was something that would calm him down and bring him joy as a child, and still does to this day. He knows endless facts about animals and cares a great deal for them. I think the interview itself was successful, and I think there were some insightful and funny stories from him. But at the same time, it was difficult for him to answer in detail in some questions. Some sections of the film seem disconnected, but I think that this works in the context of the interview subject and the topic. I had some difficultly finding the stock footage, but I am rather happy with the finished product. My first footage of Cal walking towards the chair is intentionally slanted to show some small perspective on what it would be like to see the world differently, with the camera floating upwards to the trees in the sky to show how a different world can be made better with nature and animals. I think I can improve with using stock footage with the interview subject, but with the variety of animal videos online, many of them did not suit my original intentions with the video, which created some difficultly for me. The majority of the animal videos I came across were low quality, taken on a camera on a day trip to the zoo, and it was not the look that I was going for in this particular project. Overall, I enjoyed using technology such as the ‘Zoom’ recorder, and would love to continue with this style of media making in the future.
