Assignment 2

1) I really liked how you edited the video of your brother playing guitar so that it became background music when it jumped back to the two of you, I thought it was very creative. (posted to John LI)

2) I really liked the tone of the video, like the song is very upbeat sounding, but I also agree with Sandy in which it makes it seem like you have some dirty little secrets about your life. (posted to Kate D'auria)

3) I like how the video has a clear simplicity, getting straight to the point that basketball makes up a lot of your life's meaning. The song choice felt a little awkward, because I think the game should go with a song that has a tempo akin to the game's pace, but that's really neither here nor there. (posted to Jace Cherwin)

4) I liked this video basically because it wasn't very flashy, and you focused on informing the viewer, not so much entertaining them, which helped fuel your point. One thing I found specifically interesting was how you said the iphone and the nano don't have meaning because they don't improve our lives that much, if at all. That got me wondering, do people always assess meaning as something that improves daily life? (Posted to Marco G)

5) What I really liked about this was that Italy is like... beautiful. And like the video really shows how important your family is to you, and i guess kind of subconsciously it also shows how important your culture is. (Posted to Mara Ruoco)

Insights I have gathered from this assignment:
Well I would first start by saying that meaning is very generic. It seems like everyone focused on their family and friends, and not so much naything else. That partly why my video is filmed where you see almost nothing pertaining to my home life. You woukld think that people take their families and friends as meaningful enough to understand they don't have to be incorporated into the video. To me, it would seem as it's a no-brainer that family and friends are meaningful, and a given.