HW 8 - comments

Jin's video...
good stuff. i liked how you made your video showing two different perspectives. You allowed the viewers to see both what you are seeing and how you are viewed by them while actually doing the activities. You said in your text that you thought it was creepy to see yourself speaking so you stood quiet (haha) that allowed me to check out your faciall expressions reacting to you on Facebook. It seemed to me as though only reading facebook updates and feeds was boring yet you chose to continue to do so instead of changing the website or activities all together. I like how you said you dont like how you spend your time on facebook when you can be out connecting with your "community" yet you being on facebook becoming aware of all of your friends/family's news helps you stay ahead of what is happening within your own personal community without having to leave your home. i think that it is sometimes easier to do it this way. If i wanted to connect with my own community myself without going out i guess i could turn on my television set to a decent channel and not my usual picks of sitcoms and whatnot. Or visit news-related websites like Yahoo or CNN instead of constanly on social-networking sites. Some ideas i can throw by you to help further your future blog posts are to include maybe small clips of you actually doing the activities you mentioned like playing the wii. It was a great video. the link to the website really screamed creativity.

elias's video...
Good stuff. i liked how you pretended to not be on camera the entire time (haha). I liked how you moved from activity to activity in very little time, getting everything you needed done swiftly. This shows me, through the eyes of a first-time viewer not an average friend, that you are used to being on those digital devices very much and that you spend much time on them to be able to multi-task so easily. I liked your point in your text that stated you like that school and homework keep you distracted from wasting your time from things like web-browsing. But imagine if in your video you spent the computer time actually getting school work done, Me as a viewer would never be the wiser. It was funny to see that what you were doing on Facebook was visiting MY profile (lol). Overall it was a decent film, short and expressive. Good stuff.