Looking Back, Looking Forward.
17 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment
It seems that all of the readings and projects that we’ve done in the past are relevant to the next collaborative project that we’ll be engaged in. Especially in our Youtube analysis project, we analyzed the style of the commercial and named the elements that helped the commercial, and some elements that didn’t work out. Many of us viewed and analyzed a lot of commercials before finding a really good one. This definitely helped me to see what makes a good video and what doesnt.
Also, in thinking about ancient styles, we were able to distinguish certain ornaments that were used in style –such as tropes and figures of thought. These ornaments are especially used in videos, and it’s important to see what those ornaments are and how they work to better a certain style of a video or a piece of writing. For example, most of the good videos that I came across included figures of thought, or well known phrases that were attention grabbers. I think that applying this concept will be crucial to a successful video.
Also, other elements of style, such as anticipation and irony are useful in videos. These kinds of elements keep the audiences attention, and it is going to be interesting to see how my group and I will work these different elements into our videos.
We can take a lot from all the readings we’ve done, but the thing we need to focus on the most seems to be how to correctly apply the elements and concepts of good style to create something that flows nicely.
