Narora

When I first got introduced to the assignment and its requirements I had many thoughts running around in my head. I had all sorts of ideas, all of which included different mediums. When deciding on a basic concept I went back to the main purpose of the assignment, which basically involves the display of existentialism or in other words the display of self creation. Knowing the purpose of the assignment and the equipment we had to work with, we were pushed toward the idea of making a video. We felt the video would give the best effect on the overall meaning we would like the viewers to leave with. The brainstorming stage, in my opinion, is one of the most important stages of any kind of creation. If you do not plan out your ideas how can you expect things to fall in place by themselves? We were given the assignment before the March break and of the time given a week and a half was put towards brainstorming because the more time we spend in this stage, the less time will be needed in the later stages due to less confusion. In the brainstorming stage we decided what medium we were going to stick with, as well as the overall basic plot of the video (beginning, middle, and end).
The basic plot is as follows:

-Beginning-
The video starts off with a snippet of an individual’s vlog whereby he says a harsh statement about his life, in a monotone voice. Ex. “Life SUCKS.”

*These vlog snippets will scattered throughout the video and will be very essential because it shows the emotions of the main character as well as his thoughts on his own self creation*

After we see the emotional status of the main character in his vlog, we cut to the school and see how he fits in with others. We want to confuse the viewers at this point by making his presence at school normal and also by making him act different from what we saw in his vlog.

*In my opinion, creating this confusion is important to a successful video because at the end when it all comes together the purpose is to shock the audience or at least cause them to put the pieces together*

-Middle-
The middle is still a work in progress. The overall idea we had for the middle portion of the video was to show different aspects of the characters life. These aspects involve hanging out with friends at the mall, setting up a game of basketball with people at school, studying with people at the library, getting ready for prom etc. Throughout these aspects you, as the viewer, should start to see a fake personality being portrayed by the main character, which results in him having no close friends. Throughout the vlog snippets the character will acknowledge how he has no true friends and in order to be himself, he must act like it. In doing so, everything goes wrong; he becomes more isolated and shows his anger and frustration in his vlogs. At one point he has an out burst in his vlog, seeing as he starts talking about how life is not worth living and how if people do not like him for him self will they ever?

-End-
At the end of his last vlog, a date appear (1992- 2010). This is done to show how he failed in his own self creation and as a result he took his own life. We decided to show the date so that it would not be obvious but instead shocking and unexpected.

We end the video off with the death of the main character to strengthen the message. Instead of showing the success of self creation, we show failure and how it is not easy to create this perfect individual who everyone likes.