Project 6 evaluation

the 48-hour video was definitely one of my favorite parts of 6x1. When we first got the props, I didn’t really have any clue what to do. I kind took the first day to try to figure out an idea then decided to use the second day to do all of the production and editing. After sitting around twittling my thumbs for awhile, I decided that I was going to use the cookie cutter to actually make cookies and what better way to make cookies than to do it while having a rave. I got two of my friends, cookie dough, a still camera, some crazy lights and glow sticks and set up shop in my cookie. I didn’t have any real set plan as to what I wanted it to look like. I turned the shutter to open for 10 seconds and just starting taking various pictures of us making cookies. The pictures started turning out really well so we were all getting excited because we knew it was going to be a cool finished product. while the cookies were baking (yes, we burned them) I took a bunch of pictures of a stuffed dolphin that my mom got for me in Jamaica and made it look like he was dancing. I thought this was a nice addition since my cookie cutter was the shape of a dolphin. After I had taken 100+ photos I decided that it was editing time. Prior to taking pictures, I knew exactly what song I wanted to use in post-production. Trying to match the pics up with the beat was definitely one of the more difficult parts of the project. It’s a very complex song so it was hard trying to find the correct places to cut. Anyway, I’m extremely pleased with the way it turned out and I had a blast putting it all together. I posted the video on facebook and have already gotten a lot of comments from friends about how much they liked it.