The Simple Things

For many, quarantine from the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in many positive effects. Some people attained better fitness, some formed greater relationships with loved ones, and some picked up new hobbies. For my video project, I focused on the new appreciation of attending your favorite social scenes.
 
To express this new-found appreciation for grabbing your favorite eats or drinks with family and friends, I wanted to recreate a food show episode. This type of media content is usually very upbeat that contains an introduction to a certain location, video shots of people enjoying food at restaurants, interviews with local people, and cool background music. I went around San Antonio and captured video of Downtown San Antonio and of the restaurant/ bar that I focused on for my video. At this location, I was able to obtain A-roll and B-roll as I captured video of lively crowds and personal interviews where locals shared their thoughts on the same new-found appreciation. For some of my aerial shots of San Antonio, I turned to YouTube and found great clips from drone video camera uploads. 
 
Recreating this type of media content, wasn’t so difficult as I have edited many videos in the past. The most difficult parts of video-making are obtaining the correct shots to create a story and selecting the correct soundtrack to not only set the mood but keep an audience’s attention. While filming, I made sure of obtaining close-ups, medium shots and long shots in order to create a more appealing plot that would not seem repetitive. For the soundtrack, it was difficult finding a royalty free track that was upbeat but in the rock genre. The rock genre was the only genre I believe fits in this style of video and any other genre would have seemed out of place. 
 
One thing I believe I could have done better was lighting. My thought was to create a night time video, but without the proper equipment many of the shots were dark. I tried to edit within the software to bring up the lighting and colors in the clips just enough for the audience to see what was being portrayed. However, this could have been better improved. 
 
I believe I achieved my goal of creating an upbeat video which conveyed the appreciation of being able to have a good time and good food with your loved ones. I feel that many of us took for granted how it felt to have good time outside of the home. These experiences can create many memories and new relationships and, at least for me, I will absolutely cherish it more.