Day 5

Listening to the sound without video and then watching a video without sound reminded me of horror movies. I absolutely love to watch scary movies but they are so suspenseful and terrifying at times! I always think of how much less scary they would be without sound or with different sounds (but that would take all the fun out of it). Whenever there's a really scary part I sometimes plug my ears to make it a big less scary. So, yes, sounds can make or break a video. This is a fact that advertisers and movie makers take complete advantage of and for the most part, I feel it's to our benefit because it makes movies so much more entertaining. It can be scary though how much power sound can have!

We also spent some time in class on Friday trying to take our own pictures to portray the emotions of happy and angry. I failed miserably at looking angry in a picture. But... I guess that's usually more about placement, shadows and editing than it is actually succeeding in making an angry face. It makes me realize how much talent goes into the staged photos that we see in magazines. This is no small task to take on and the people that style photo shoots are truly talented at what they do. It wasn't something that I could pick up in an afternoon with a camera, it truly takes an eye for placement, props, lighting, styling, etc. I have much more respect for photographers and stylists now.