Youtube URL: https:\/\/youtu.be\/WXV8r9leTfs<\/p>\n
The strongest capture decisions were to get lots of slower media B-roll. This really helped get the feel of the area. And thanks to some nice people in the park the day of filming, I was able to get some authentic and real-world video to just let the view sit in the park with me.<\/p>\n
The strongest story decision, I think, was the spinning pinwheel that emerges through the video. It just helps ground the viewer and the video.<\/p>\n
The biggest revision was changing the location. While this was not completely intentional, I think it helped give the shots a more appealing look, and while I may have missed out on more people\/students in the area, I was still able to capitalize on the feel of my home and add a little bit extra to the final product from an idea I had while on location.<\/p>\n
The next skill I would like to work on is my shot composition. While I think a lot of the shots in this video were very interesting to look at, I think some cooler camera movements and operation would help me greatly.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The life of a bench:<\/p>\n
When I first had the idea for this project, I wanted to do more of a look through the seasons with a time-lapse of the bench with snow, wind, rain, and fall leaves. But since I did not have 6 months and a 642 GB SD card, I decided to pivot to a more grounded version of the same idea. My next idea, which you could see in Project 2B, was to shoot a bench on campus to capture what a bench may see in its life, like deep conversations with friends or the passing of time between a freshman and a senior. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, I had to travel back home to my house in Winthrop, Maine, and was not able to do the college campus idea. However, I think this was a bit of a gift because the final product turned out to be something quite beautiful. I still wanted to do the bench idea, so I traveled to a public park that I have visited all throughout my life that I knew had many benches, and when I got there, I immediately had a new idea. The place was filled with trash from people misusing the park, and it inspired the video you see now. I was still able to film a bit of the original idea of what the bench sees and experiences, but I was also able to do a park cleanup. In fact, all the trash props that you see in the video were trash that I found in the park (other than the redbull can I put to my mouth; I did bring that from home). But I believe this was a very cool idea and gives the video more meaning and connection to the place than just a video. The whole section at the end with taking pride in your public spaces, as well as the pictures of the trash and location tag, was all thanks to this unexpected trip home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Youtube URL: https:\/\/youtu.be\/WXV8r9leTfs The strongest capture decisions were to get lots of slower media B-roll. This really helped get the feel of the area. And thanks to some nice people in the park the day of filming, I was able to get some authentic and real-world video to just let the view sit in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":16177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-project-2","category-project-2d"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Bench1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16178,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16175\/revisions\/16178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}