Bid Idea Project: Artist Statement

Bid Idea Project: Artist Statement

To think of my big idea, I wanted something that I would have a big range of possibilities. I also didn’t want to do something that many other people would think of. I wanted to do something different and not extremely obvious. I thought of different words that were very basic at first like animals or history. Then I thought of music. It has been what inspired all my movies so far. Then I was told that my big idea sounded more like inspiration. The more I thought about it, the more I liked it. Inspiration became my big idea

In our blog posts, we had to post statements about our bid idea. I used my statement that inspiration is entertainment for my first video about theatre. However, theatre is more then just entertainment to me. Theatre has inspired me to write many stories. I also used the question I posted, how is inspiration different for people, as the basis for the people talking in the background of the video.

For my second video, I used the question, where does inspiration come from. I get inspired from things that happen in my daily life. When I sit in class or walk down the street. So I made a video that just a day in my life and some of my thoughts. Mondays are pretty crappy so that’s where the attitude came from.

After making the videos I spent a month on, I realized the final product is the most important part. The amount of work isn’t what gets recognized. It is the final outcome that get’s praised. On the other hand, the process is what determines the quality of the product. If no time is put into the art, the outcome won’t be as good as if more time was put in.

As usual, I had a problem with time. My hectic schedule didn’t allow me to do as much work as I wanted to. I had planned for three videos but could only do one good one and one not so great one. My lack of time didn’t allow me to produce as good of video for my second on as I would have liked. If I knew I would have had more time, I would have fixed the audio. I rushed the last video a lot to meet the original dead line.

For my first video, I would definitely give myself an a. I put the most effort and time into this one. I still could have tweaked the audio more and got more footage, but I was happy with the result. As for the second video, I’d say probably a b. the audio was really bad, partially because of the levels and partially from me mumbling. Towards the end I debated deleting the voiceover and now I wish I would have. I think it would have turned out better with no or just less audio.