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Self-Portrait

     For my self portrait video I decided to film a dance team morning practice. In the video they were reviewing new flag choreography we had just learned. I chose to incorporate the dance team because dance is a huge part of my life. I have been dancing from such a young age and it's something that I love to do. A lot of people already know that I dance but they don't actually see what practice is like. Another self-portrait that I enjoyed was Alex Pauli's, he played The Office theme song on the piano. At first it started off at a normal pace and then it kept getting faster and faster and I was really impressed.  The piece captured my attention the whole time and when it came to an end I wanted to keep watching it.

     On my self-portrait I really couldn't control the lighting because I was in the school gym. But I thought it turned out pretty good under the circumstances. While filming I made sure to walk around and to record everyone to get all the different views. I also got some close ups and made sure to stay on a person for a little so a viewer didn't feel like they were dizzy. Another filming choice I made were to include some panoramic shots.

     From my self portrait I want people to realize the work dance team puts in. We're here at 7 am every morning working on field show and our dances for the season. I believe I was successful in getting that across. Some people in my class thought it was really cool how the flags were moving and even wanted to try it themselves. A hard part in doing my self-portrait was to get all the dancers to act natural. Most of them wanted to make faces at the camera or make a silly pose. This caused me to have to film several different times. From this project I learned that trying to capture something in 2 minutes is harder than you think. At first I was like, "wow this will be easy" but in the end it took me 10 minutes to capture something only 2 minutes long. Overall I enjoyed this a lot and would defiantly love to do it again.

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