The instructions for this assignment were to use clips from different movies no longer than 2 seconds in length and “mash” them together into one video. I was supposed to use my favorite movies, but unfortunately all I had access to were the movies already on my computer, so I chose my favorites out of those. Not my “favorite” favorites, but still within the guidelines. By this logic, the video should be around 10 seconds long, so I’m not sure how it ended up being 24 seconds long. I think my terrible editing program combined with my terrible editing skills led to this discrepancy.

The instructions in the video made the implication that people were supposed to be “guessing” what my favorite movies were using these clips, so I deliberately tried to be vague (IE not using any clips which referenced the name of the movie, or using any Disney movies, which I adore but are instantly recognizable). I tried to pick scenes which would be substantial with only two seconds, and which were in some way significant to the movie. I used clips that I either thought were very funny, or scary, or that I really liked. It was actually very difficult trying to find scenes that were short but interesting, and which I felt adaquetly represented some major theme or plot point of the movie.