Video Link: https://vimeo.com/user112663327/review/407026077/2f4f3ee966
The goal of my video was to find out a little bit more about the corona virus, my sister is a nurse so I’ve been able to get a first hand account of what it’s like at hospitals and as a healthcare worker and I thought others might be interested. I think I accomplished my goal although if I did it again I’d have a more structured interview. As for if a follow up video will ever happen, never say never but its exceedingly unlikely. Learning any new skill is always like pulling teeth and I don’t really have the drive to learn video editing.
My favorite content creator is really hard to pin down but my most watched content creator is the channel Bon Appetite. Their work really appeals to me because each cook is skilled and vastly unique in their own right, in addition to being happy and charismatic. The Bon Appetite cast don’t seem like their putting on a show when you watch which is appealing because the cast feels like genuine people. In other words they all feel authentic. Authenticity is synonymous with honesty when something is authentic its not pretending to be anything else than what it is. Performance in contrast would be deceit, but in film it manifests itself as exaggeration. Performance and authenticity are at odds with each other and good acting is being able to blend both together in just the right amounts. Pure authentic representation is really very boring because people generally aren’t doing death defying stunts day in and day out. However, unadulterated performance is what we call a B rate movie, its fake and prevents connection with the story.
In two interviews with Jennifer Aniston, one an at home interview and the other a studio show, it’s easy to see the varying blends of authenticity and performance. The studio interview it seems more performance oriented. The studio setting the formal dress and the quality of video all seems to lend to a more polished and finished product. Its less authentic because it seems that more work has been put in to make the final product look as good as possible. Contrasting that the interview over Skype seems much more uncut and authentic performance because it seems less polished. The people doing the interview don’t have a change in demeanor but the environment in which their place is less exaggerated and thereby more relatable.
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