Literacy Project Reflection

For Contemporary Literature class I am doing this project in order to get my peers interested in reading. I made this video in order to get them thinking and to get them interested in reading.



My Project

My video shows me opening a book then  magically transitioning into the wilderness and going on an adventure through the woods. In every spot, I find a book a long the way. Each time I find a book, the scene transitions into finding another book in a new cool place. I decided that this was a way to reach my peers because most of them think that reading won't do anything for them, mostly because most of the reading they have ever done has been through school and has been boring. I decided to make this video in order to get them to think reading is cool, and truly believe that reading can take them on an adventure inside their brain. This was the best way to persuade my peers because a lot of kids my age really like short films that make them think, so I though what better of an idea to make my own short film with no words just scenes and sounds in order to get people to see all the cool things that can happen if you read.

In order to help get my point across, I used some interesting media tools.  For starters, I made the pages of the book and me flipping through the book in color, while the rest of the video of me is in black and white to show that I was in the book going on an adventure through the book. As far as the editing went, I used transitions to jump from place to place in order for people to notice how well books flow if they get the right one and how it doesn't take a lot of time to go on a short adventure through your brain. As far as the sound goes, I just decided that the song fit because it is very mellow and relaxing just like reading a book

When I was choosing where to film, I thought long and hard about all the different places I could film and realized that there are so many good places to go. In combination of not being able to make up my mind and not having a drop of gas in my car, I decided to stay close to home. The main reason is that it is a very beautiful place, and it ties in with my topic of not having to be able to go far in order to take an adventure with reading.

Reflection

Overall I think that my project went very decently to say the least. I think I captured the idea of what my overall objective is, But I think if I had more time and access to transportation the overall project would have been smoother. I think that my peers will understand my video, and I personally think that it would get them to read because they will realize through my film that reading is fun and can take you different places.