Video Draft Story

https://vimeo.com/409108692For my video, I wanted to represent and speak about the journey that I’ve been on and the pathway that the world assumes leads to success. I am lucky to have seen the places I have and experienced the things I have in my life. I hadn’t had an opportunity to filter through the footage from my travels. In recent light of the current events, I have been redefining the path that I want to take and what that means to me. I think it was not only important but essential to speak of the changes that I am making, some which deter from the path laid out for me by society.
I started the video with footage from one of my last days in Italy. The footage features me walking down my street and eventually arriving home. The footage is a memory I hold dear but it is also one of the most cinematic things I’ve ever filmed. This footage is a true central point for the video. Next, I compiled some of my favorite footage from my recent travels. As the video continues music becomes an element and levels out not only the message I am trying to convey but the footage. The music is key as it fluctuates with the footage seen. I would love to add subtitles to the video to further expand my vision but it is something that I will come back to. The video wraps up by going back to that original footage of me walking and the music slowly fades out and for the last bit of the video the audio of the speech fades out and you hear only the sound of me walking. This was done purposefully as I wanted the ending to be slightly elusive so that it leaves those who watch it thinking about their pathways and how they define success.