For my self-portrait, I played The Office theme song on the piano for a couple different reasons. First, it shows that I enjoy playing piano. I've been playing for about a decade now and it is still one of my favorite things to do in my free time. I chose this song because I am a big fan of The Office and the song is actually really good! I enjoyed doing this but I also enjoyed the portraits that other people did where it was more interactive. I think mine felt like more of a show than a real portrait of myself.
In all honesty, I forgot to work with my camera. First of all, I parked myself right in front of a window which back lit my whole shot and drowned out all of the color and contrast of my shot. The frame is decent as it gets all of my hands playing in the shot and really focuses on the piano. One thing I really focused on for this project was my sound. That was important and had to be of good quality because that's what the whole of the video revolved around. Next time I will put more thought into both the sound and the video.
From this project I learned that not every idea works on the first try! Or the second. Or third. Fourth. Fifth. Sixth... you get the idea. I did a lot of takes and retakes to really get it right and I can still hear mistakes when I listen to it! That was my main challenge, as the rest of this was fairly easy, especially because there was no editing involved. I hope that when people watch this they feel happy and somewhat connected to the show. Hopefully most people recognize it, but even if they don't I want them to like the song!
In all honesty, I forgot to work with my camera. First of all, I parked myself right in front of a window which back lit my whole shot and drowned out all of the color and contrast of my shot. The frame is decent as it gets all of my hands playing in the shot and really focuses on the piano. One thing I really focused on for this project was my sound. That was important and had to be of good quality because that's what the whole of the video revolved around. Next time I will put more thought into both the sound and the video.
From this project I learned that not every idea works on the first try! Or the second. Or third. Fourth. Fifth. Sixth... you get the idea. I did a lot of takes and retakes to really get it right and I can still hear mistakes when I listen to it! That was my main challenge, as the rest of this was fairly easy, especially because there was no editing involved. I hope that when people watch this they feel happy and somewhat connected to the show. Hopefully most people recognize it, but even if they don't I want them to like the song!
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