Streets of Reno

For this project, I chose to emulate "The Street" by Aram Saroyan. His story takes place on the streets of New York City and he describes the things that he sees while living in the city. Of course, Reno looks nothing like NYC, so my emulation is not perfect. I tried to capture the same objects/images that are in the original video but they were usually from a different angle. I also tried very hard to time each clip with the original. You can see that most of my shots were taken while I was driving...so the hood of my truck is clearly visible in some images. In the original video, the artist captured a lot of front facing shots of people on the streets. I felt a little uncomfortable trying to film peoples' faces so I used their backs instead. This video was definitely more challenging than my original video pick. I chose this video because I liked the changing images and I really enjoyed the audio. Overall, I thought this was a fun project and I'm looking forward to seeing other students' emulations.

Reading #2 Response Questions

1.) How do the focuses of today's media compare to when media first emerged?

2.) In what ways can a video be artfully executed?