After watching Lexi Lefkowitz’s collage project at the end of last semester, I thought this would be a project I would hate. I really enjoy creative projects that have more structure, like the rhythmic edit, so the open format of this project was a little scary to me. Also, I had no idea how to come up with a subject or how to execute it. I eventually decided to do a satirical project on how food consumption in America has changed in the last 50 years by juxtaposing audio of 1950’s health films with current images of people stuffing their faces and going against everything we know to be healthy. As I looked for footage, however, I had a lot of trouble finding video of people eating. I eventually decided to just juxtapose images of the bad food that we eat against the audio (that I had no trouble finding).
The editing process really intimidated me as well. I was aspiring to make a film that somewhat emulated Lexi’s in format, and I had no idea how she did that. Once I got in the editing room, though, I had a much easier and more enjoyable time putting my project together than I thought. I was happy with the way my final edit came together. My project was simple, but I think I got my message across. I thought it was interesting during the class screening that you and several people in the class took the juxtaposition in a completely different way than I intended it. In the end, the project that I thought I would hate the most ended up being one that I really enjoyed. Aside from struggling to find footage early on, I really enjoyed the entire process.
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