Scavenger hunt reflection - Laura Casale

The video I liked best:
I liked this video the best for two reasons. The first being the actual content of the interview. I think Meghan and I did a good job of getting more out of him than a straightforward, quick answer the the question. We were really pushed to do this because this video had to be 1 minute. We asked him more questions than the original one before we shot, and found out that he actually had lost his cell phone for a week, so we encouraged him to talk more about that. The second reason I like this video best is because of the actual shot. The background is not distracting at all, like a lot of our other videos, and the camera is positioned at a good angle to see him. Basically this video really showed us how sometimes the best interviews happen by chance, which is why you should always be on the look out.

My least favorite video:

I didn't really like this video for a few reasons. Firstly, the way it was shot. I didn't even realize what shooting it vertically would do to the video, but that's really the main reason I don't like it. I feel like Maggie is really confined in the shot, and watching her is a bit uncomfortable. It makes me mad because her answer actually was really good, but I feel like it was basically ruined because of the way I shot it. 1.) Like I said above, shooting vertically really does ruin a video. It makes your subject seem really cramped, and it's like your eye has no room to roam or take in the background. Everything is just cut off. 2.) I think Meghan and I got better with our interviewing as the scavenger hunt went on. We started out being satisfied with quick 2 second answers from our subjects because we didn't want to make them uncomfortable. But, our later interviews are a lot better because we prompted our subjects to elaborate more. 3.) I think the mobile aspect of this project is what pushed us to improve our interviewing skills and the way we shot our videos. We had no time to really think about it, because we only had 15 minutes to post our video. That expectation of us was only possible because of our mobile devices, which allow us to post things immediately. I think it's really cool because people who saw the tweet know that what they were seeing had literally just happened.