For this video project I decided to think a little bit differently than I usually do. Usually when given parameters that we must fallow I try to stretch the meaning and make my own meaning and then go from there. This time around I decided to think completely concrete. When We were told that we had to be able to incorporate a loop I tried to think as literally as I possibly could so in my video which I entitled take a walk. The characters are literally walking in a loop. I then thought about who I wanted my characters to be and what I wanted them to represent. I originally wanted the two walkers to be one male and one female. But scheduling between friends became problematic so in the end I went with two males (one being myself) both being around the same age. In the editing of the video I deleted the sound and replaced it with the sound of walking through leaves. This was because I wanted the viewer of the piece to have to put together a story about the relationship between the two. They could be friends or brothers or co-workers, by eliminating what the conversation was about the viewer had to read the interaction between the two using only body language. I chose the idea of two people walking because it is something that I do all the time. If there is something that is troubling me I usually go for a walk either by myself or with a friend in both cases the idea of only having to think about the simplest of motor functions allows you to calm down and focus on the problem at hand and how to solve it. If I were to do this video over there is a few things that I would change. The first thing that I would do would be to eliminate sound from the piece all together. when using a sound track that has nothing to do with what is going on in the scene it makes it obvious to the user that the sound has been replaced and edited. (and this was not my intent) I would also go with my original idea of having a boy and a girl instead of two male actors. And last I would zoom the camera out so that the the feet of the actors can be viewed at all times. This helps to show how close the two are walking together and how fast they are walking, which can give clues into how friendly they are and if they are walking for the sake of walking or if they are walking to get somewhere. I was not sure how this project was going to turn out but I can not say that i am disappointed I only wish that I was better at using a camera and directing people to act out what is in my head. (for this is my biggest problem). But over all I enjoyed the project and I am thinking about redoing it for my portfolio and or upcoming art shows.