Happy Friday everyone on the blog! Don’t worry, I haven’t forgot about my readers. Thanks for everyone who checks out the blog!
I’m super pumped and super excited! I am going to be working on a video for Plattsburgh’s Got Talent which is going to be sweet! The show is being put on by the Student Association’s Activities Coordination Board; More specifically the Entertainment Committee. The show is going to consist of a variety of acts; singers, musicians, comedians and dancers — pretty much anything that you can do!
I am in the process of coming up with ideas for the video. The most exciting part about planning a video is sorting through all of the ideas. It’s like your mind is in overdrive thinking of creative and cool things to do with the video.
Before I begin making any video, I try to think about the focus of the video, the audience, and the audience effect that I want to get.
When I was in high school, I was involved in the marching band program. We had so many opportunities to perform in front of hundreds of people. We even had the opportunity to go to Disney World to march in a parade. We also went to a work shop and we played a song from The Little Mermaid. The music director said something that will become an intricate part of my video planning for the rest of my life. He said something along the lines of, the music makes the video. Try and watch a movie without having any music. The movie is kind of dry and lacks, emotion.
The point is. You could have the best video – but the music will make a good video or movie that much better. Your choice of music will change the mood of the video. Now I’m not saying that the video itself is not important but the music is a very important element. The music for the video has already been determined – which I have to say is an excellent song for the “audience effect” we’re trying to achieve. However, if you have a song idea – feel free to let me know and it may wind up in the video at some point. You never know. The way I look at it, the more options the better.
So the focus of the video is the people that are performing in Plattsburgh’s Got Talent. I want the camera to be there every step of the way – covering the journey and telling a story. Who are these people? What struggles did they have to overcome? How much work did they have to put in to their performance? That’s the story that needs to be told.
College Students. Well that’s the audience. After all it is a college event open to college students. This may seem like a stupid question to consider being that this video is covering college students and being delivered by college students. However, different audiences require different things in the video. When making a video, the video must be:
- Engaging. Every element of the movie needs to pop off the screen. Engaging is making the audience feel as if they are a part of the film by
- Entertaining. While making them feel apart of the film, you want them to feel emotions by
- Telling a Story.
Fun stuff. So I’m open to suggestions so please feel free to comment on this post. I want to know what you want to see.
Also, if you’re a SUNY Plattsburgh Student and you have a talent, don’t be shy and sign up. Leave a comment on the post or email me at joe@joegullo.net to learn how you can get involved! You’ll have fun, promise. If you’re not going to sign up then at least encourage a friend or a friend of a friend.
