Self Change Project Reflection Videos (2024)
1Originally finished April 8, 2024 to April 27, 2024
These were four videos I recorded for our Self Change Project for my Learning Workshop Class in college. We had to pick an aspect of ourselves to try to improve on for three weeks, and then record a reflection video at the end of each week to reflect on our progress.
I get really uncomfortable with being on camera, so I thought it would be funny if I just used a puppet instead of my actual face and never acknowledged it in the video. Our professor also said that she wasn’t actually going to watch the videos and it would just be a completion grade, so part of me wanted to see if she was bluffing (she wasn’t).
I wanted to do something unique for each reflection video, but since I ran short on time for the second video, I just decided to record in front of a green screen with a different puppet, with the background being the previous weeks video. I continued this gag with the next two videos, with the third week having two puppets talking at the same time, and for the fourth week I just went overboard with effects.
My ambition with these videos that were supposed to be simple recordings ended up biting me in the end. Putting so much extra effort into editing and effects meant that these took away precious time from other, more important school assignments. I’m very happy with the results and how goofy it is, but it probably wasn’t the best use of my time.
Chapters
0:00 - Baseline Reflection
6:06 - Week 1 Reflection
14:00 - Week 2 Reflection
28:56 - Week 3 Reflection