Before I introduce my video. I would like to talk about what is the main aim of this video. Basically , we need to create a solution to a problem. as i have mentioned in my earlier posts . what problems do we face as humans. are these problems the same to everyone? who creates problems? are we the ones doing it ? is it the same with animals and other living creatures?
In my opinion the answer to all those questions will be yes!
The root cause of any problem is us . however not all .
A problem occurs when two things dont concide.
For instance: one group of human against the others - racism , protest .
There are alot of problems in the world, and ofcourse will have solutions to it aswell. but its totally upto us to decide whether to consider them or not.
so if solutions were created by us ? source of problems could be us too.
Lets see what my problem is and what is my solution ?
Basically ,
where im standing , at this point i dont see the world getting any better. With the higher development of technology the world is becoming more powerful in different ways. The more problems are created the more solutions they come up with .
so my problem is , racism and sub problems related to it such as bullying, killing , aggression.
Racism may be defined as the hatred of one person by another.
or the belief that another person is less than a human because of several reasons such as the skin colour, customs, language, cultural differences , place of birth and so on .
racism has influenced killings, wars and a few to mention.
How can we get rid or reduce this problem?
Racism has existed throughout the history and present too. but we also know that racism is one of the problems that influences other problems. how about we reduce that and make our world a better place for everyone.
well this is all our own imagination.
AHAAAA!
Imagination ... this is what we all do ? think! create ideas? wonder?
thats all we have to do . and bring out the positive thoughts and ideas to overcome these problems.
the positive thoughts could be unity, cooperation , freedom, equality of gender and so on.
Imagine if there was unity and cooperation among different races , and every individual had their own freedom . to do anything , to go anywhere. and not to abide by the rules that are set by the nature.
well , we are purely the decision holder here.
Description and Explanation of my video.
My video is a stop motion video.its an awareness message, to make people think more about whats happening around us and what would happen if things were different.
and i have used metaphors and reality to present.
MATERIALS AND TOOLS
Minimalism is the main code here. so i decided to reuse cardboard boxes to make my props. and outlined it with a black marker to give it more of aesthetic value and simplicity.
a phone camera and a tripod for shooting this video.
However i was inspired by these particular pictures . which made use the same cardboard boxes idea in my video.
this is a picture of a room which was decorated using cardboard boxes for recycling purposes.
From the first second of my video its all imagination.
i have used my wall to shoot this video. and therefore i named it '' MY WALL OF IMAGE-NATION ''
which means my wall of different images which forms a nation of racism.
but however IMAGINATION actually means something else. and using this imagination we can do alot of things as an individual. i just did, by imagining if there was unity.
About presenting Racism . I thought of using something else which is not obvious. which has groups just like human.
Therefore i decided to use a metaphor . Whale and a Bird to represent different groups of people.
Just like the way one group of people believes that the group is less than humans because of several reasons . they decide to impose harm on them in anyway.
Just like that i represent the whale being part of one group and the bird being part of another group.
Also that i have used a unicorn to represent IMAGINATION.
unicorns are already things that we dont know if there is any possibility to exist. Just like that unity is an intangible thing , we know it is there when we feel it. we cant touch it or anything.
all in all, if everyone could look at life with different perspective. there would be much fewer problems in the world. '' A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'' so lets begin now .
This is my draft, or a general idea of my props and how it would look like .
and here is my research pictures of each prop which helped me to draw out each items.
so these are some of my props which i used for my video.
a short story line behind my video.
its a bright sunny day , like usual the bird flying across the ocean . and a whale comes out and eats it.
BUT
what if it was like that ?
what if there was unity ? cooperation?
what if these birds could swim?
what if these whales could fly ?
would things be different? and better?
this is totally upto us to decide.
the best solution is unity . colour , language, birthplace and all those factors that lead to racism shouldnt matter at all. when we are one human race.
problems i encountered during the making of the video
since my lens broke, i couldnt use any camera to shoot this.but that wasnt the end of the world. so i used my phone to shoot the video . and i had to be really careful in balancing it on a tripod.
since im a windows user , i tried something different. i used mac to edit my video.
and not to forget its the first time im trying a stop motion video and that too without any additional help or assistance.
My learning outcomes
This activity actually made me come out of my comfort zone and experience new things. independence and time management is very important.
things i could improve would be my quality of my video, the exposure and lighting.
but over all. i had fun and learnt new things during the process of making this video.
Enjoy!!!
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