This week was more of a creative week, and I learned quite a bit. I learned how to pull a certain word, sentence, or phrase from the text. How it can, in just a few short words, summarize and represent the whole piece of text. I've started to learn the story of Hamlet. I learned that The Lion King was somewhat based of Hamlet. Also, I learned to use certain parts of a song to convey the way a character is feeling. One thing that I didn't necessarily learn, but rather noticed and found interesting was the different ways people interpret things. All throughout the week we got to see everyone's take and view on Hamlet when we shared the song lyrics we chose to represent his feelings and emotions. I also noticed it when we did the text rendering. We all read the same piece of writing and were all given the same task, but we came up with quite different answers. I found it so interesting to see the different things people noticed and took from the writing.
This past week I learned quite a bit about video editing. I learned how difficult it is to make a video and to get everything right in it. I had never made a video prior to this so it was a new, different experience for me. At first it was a bit frustrating, but once I figured it out it got easier. I learned how to choose the right music, text, images, and tone of voice to set a certain mood. l learned just how important pacing and timing is in a video. How placement of media can change the whole way the video is perceived. As I went through the Pardoner's tale and dissected every part of it, I had a better understanding of the story and appreciation of the tale and the message they author was trying give. By doing so I realized just how willing people are to give up anything and everything for "salvation." I learned how people can blatantly ignore and overlook hypocrisy and lies just for the idea of something better, like a Heaven. That's why I felt like the quote at the beginning of my video was perfect.
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