Capstone progress

The whole reason why reenactment is an interesting representational form is because it is a performance that is conceived by invoking a supposedly closer simulation of past realities than other forms can offer. It ambiguously appears to be closing off the past which suggests that the representation is how it was in real life. In attending this reenactment, I found myself questioning whether the exercise of attending one can help to improve our understanding of a different world and the behavior of its inhabitants. As Alexander cook suggests, there are ways of exploiting the genre to provide something of value for both participants and audience. For the fore-seeable future, reenactment is here to stay as a form of public history.

As I have learned within my college career, time is a crucial factor in being able to produce a clearly convincing video project. I've continued researching and working on my AV script. I've broken it down to a few approaches to this documentary. I know that if I cant produce it on time, I may have to make a really good trailer for it. That being said, I'm not sure that there will be enough time to produce a full on documentary film without the appropriate amount of time to edit through a couple of cuts. As this is a learning experience, I've still been messing around with Final Cut Pro to edit through the footage that I do have. I've found that I might be better off by simply making a 5 minute trailer that will bring together all of the components that I've mentioned above. I still believe that I will be able to bring across my ideas effectively, it will just be a shorter video.

Although the video may not be as long as I intended, I still believe it will make a really nice Capstone project as good trailers still represent good student work. I plan on discussing this with my advisor during this week so that I can keep on track. I feel that I can make a trailer project work a lot more effectively as I am still brushing up on some of my editing skills. The most difficult part has been the fact that I have so much footage to go through and track which shots will work best in one sequence to the next. I'm trying to keep myself up to date on the progress schedule that I made earlier. If time allows, I'd love to incorporate some graphics from Adobe After Effects into the titles. It's surprising how quickly an idea can change from one thing to the next. Again, I believe it is more reasonable to create a really good project instead of either something that looks mediocre. This week I will be finishing up the VA script and continuing to edit through the footage.