Artist Statement:
As we were watching the videos, we learned about everyone’s interests and how we can accept each other for the way we are. we learned that even though we are completely different, we can still have a lot of interests and be friends. By learning this we can understand each other and we can look at each other as equal.
Our video is about how we share some of the same interests, and how we are similar but different at the same time. We learned that even though we are different we understand each other and look past our outside appearance and see we are similar. We may like different genres in books, but we all like reading. We all like to watch tv, but different shows. These are just a few examples of how we can be similar.
English Post Chloe Bartlett
As we were watching the videos, we learned about everyone’s interests and how we can accept each other for the way we are. we learned that even though we are completely different, we can still have a lot of interests and be friends. By learning this we can understand each other and we can look at each other as equal.
Our video is about how we share some of the same interests, and how we are similar but different at the same time. We learned that even though we are different we understand each other and look past our outside appearance and see we are similar. We may like different genres in books, but we all like reading. We all like to watch TV, but different shows. These are just a few examples of how we can be similar.
My video is about my interests, which is basically just photography. I love to take photographs and that is what the majority of my video is. The few pictures of me with my friends are only there because they are my closest friends.
What I learned during this unit is how much some people enjoy certain things. The things that were in everyone’s videos were, in most cases, completely different. Even though we all have different interests, we have still found a way to accept each other and respect each other.
As I did my Express Myself Video I learned a lot about myself. Even though I am quite opened about any topic I realized as I was choosing which topic or characteristic I wanted people to know about me I came across some that were uncomfortable to me. I wanted to overcome that issue in order to show people my story and why I like the things I do.
I know my past and I know why I do things, but I never sat down and explained it before so it felt like I was channeling through events and development throughout my years. I needed to choose which ones were important to show people why I like drawing, anime and video games. Picking where to start off was confusing in the matter because I had so many things that happened to me when I was younger. I then thought I should start when I was diagnosed at four years old. I felt uneasy telling my class about this because I feared they would look at me different like how my past classes did. Then I told my friends about it and they saw me as the same person. I then felt more comfortable about placing it in my video because I knew my condition is the reason why I am like this today and my friends wouldn’t judge me.
What my express my video really means to me is how life passes by. My video is a short 2 minute slideshow of pictures of me growing up. In a way this video is the timeline of my up and coming life. What I learned from doing this project is that its ok to open up to my classmates and know that I wouldn’t be judged by my lifestyle. I also learned a lot of interesting things about each one of my classmates weather it was the littlest things as having a little sister or brother or the biggest things like losing a parent or having a heart condition.
My video was about me and what things that I like and describe my self by.
In my video the first thing that i had was a starting screen/slide that looked like it had a spy theme and I had a spy theme song in the background. This symbolizes my love for spies, spy games, and spy movies such as james bond.
Next was a picture of Mac N Cheese which is my favorite food.
After that there is a picture of one of my friends with a photo shopped balloon head. This shows my liking of messing with pictures and for my liking of company because I don’t like being alone anywhere doing anything.
The next two pictures show two of my 5 favorite videos games of all time showing my love for video games. The first picture is the logo of destiny along with the word destiny. The second picture is of the logo of
Team Fortress 2 along with the logo and all 9 playable characters behind them.
One of my favorite childhood books is shown in the slide that follows. it is the cover of a graphic novel by Doug TenNapel called Earthboy Jacobus. This represents my affection towards graphic novels, anime, and any book with pictures.
MAGIC THE GATHERING are the only words on the next slide. The two slides that follow show two of my rarest and favorite cards that I own from the game. Magic the gathering is a card game that I have played with my close friends for years. this shows my liking for card games as well as board games.
The next slide is one you don’t want to look down in if you're afraid of heights. It shows me rock climbing after being peer pressured into doing it by my little brother and my dad. P.S I’am scared to death of heights.
After that it rolls on to two different pictures of me and my bother representing my love for family.
Throughout this whole video project and all the essays along with it, I realized what truly defines me which is eating, friends and family, games of all sorts including video games, my liking of books with pictures, making peoples heads look weird in pictures, and my great fear of heights.
Before this project I don't think I was ever forced to think about what truly defines me as a whole so I’am somewhat thankful for this project
This unit, we learned the courage people obtain or don’t possess to allow others to know who they are. We analyzed a poem called, “We Wear the Mask.” This reflected the truth of hiding your emotions and opinions in order to be accepted by society and the people in it. Everyone wants to be accepted as normal and fear being criticized of who they really are. Another theme was self expression. People identify themselves by their race, sexual orientation, the way they dress, culture, gender and hobbies or interests. These are the main ways people are judged by society, depending on if their identity is mainstream or fringe.
Our video was about the interests and hobbies of our group. We picked out things we like to do, and showed our own ways of doing it. For example we portrayed our favorite music artists, food, and leisure activities (drawing, sports and singing).Then we explained how they relate to each other.
As a citizen of today’s judgemental society, I have learned to express myself through my likes, dislikes, physical presentation and my personality. From this unit of learning about expressing ourselves, I did just that and it was a fun and interesting way for me to present myself to others the way I wanted to be be presented. I think it is important for anyone viewing this video to know that we all individually got to decided who we wanted to be viewed as. We got to share what we wanted and how we wanted it to be shared without the hesitation caused by fear of being judged. I have definitely learned how to be myself.
During the development of this project, I learned that that were somethings I did not to share with my peers. In other words I was hiding myself from my peers. For example I refused to publish my family, and events of my life growing up, based on my background. In order to understand the significance of my video the viewer must understand many things. To explain them simply, sports, interests and friends were not related to my hidden feelings.
Group Artist Statement:
Throughout this project our group learned many things, whether it was as a group or individually. We found out that when we work together as a group we can do anything and that when we are alone we learn to be ourselves.
For the first marking period that we have been a group, we bonded in many ways and managed to get projects done while having fun doing it. We learned many things that we can look back upon and have nothing but good memories. We learned a lot about each other through this project, for example our hobbies, culture, personalities, and many other things.
However, for the whole marking period we got all our projects done and got good grades on MOST of them while having fun. We each had a chance to try out each others hobbies, we had the chance to bond and become friends, and many more things.
From the makings of these videos, we discovered that we don't need to hide behind a mask because of our differences. We made these videos where we all told each other about our different hobbies, interests, culture, etc. We did not judge anyone based on any of the following qualities; instead we tried each other’s traits out. While doing this, we had a fun time doing the things that we knew nothing about. So what we learned while doing this project is that there is no need to hide behind a mask because if you come out and no one judges, you can have fun and learn things about someone that you never knew before.
Michael’s Artist Statement:
Why do we express ourselves? We express ourselves for many reasons. The first reason is that people express themselves is to get attention and to be notice by others. The second reason is to communicate. We have complex communication and languages for social reason and we express these things through art, music, writing, etc.
Technology has change over the past hundred years. People also change with technology to adapt with newer types of devices. Technology affects the way we connect with others by distracting ourselves from personal interactions. People now use technology because it is a easier and faster way to express ourselves. Unlike in person, through technology, you can know express your thoughts and emotions in a more efficient way to almost everyone you know at once, and maybe too people you have never meet.
I have expressed myself as a person of a person who likes school and spends most of his time there. I have also express myself as a person who loves dance music as showed in the audio of the music. In addition to that, I have express myself as a builder, as you may see in the video, I build a lot of cool things. I then farther in the video, express myself as a people who loves to watch anime. Last but not least, I express myself as a person who loves selfies, as shown in the video, it is about 65% of my video! Thought the video I show may look a bit easy to make for some people. I find it an amazing accomplishment and a wonderful experience, for the reason that it is the first video I ever made.
The idea of who I really am, and how I choose to express myself is a pretty new one for
me. Since we began this project in class, I have learned a lot of interesting things about people expressing themselves as human beings and how I would like to express myself, I have realized that self-expression is complicated, but important.
I learned that a lot of people need to express themselves to the world because it helps them to be an individual. If they did not express themselves as an individual, many people would feel lost or alone. Since we made a video of how we choose to express ourselves, I decided to express myself based on my family, friends, and my hobbies. These are the three key things in my life. These things describe who I am perfectly.
I think that people forming a first impression of my by looking at my video would think that I am a pretty simple person. But in reality, after doing this project, I have realized that who I am is much more complicated than that. I think that I am only just beginning to learn how to express myself.
Cyrus’s Artist Statement:
My video is inspired from my from my instagram. I use my instagram to express myself a lot. I took a few videos and picture from my instagram, mainly the ones that have a meaning or represent me. I don’t post just anything on my instagram. I only upload things that i’m into and I think is worth saving or worth everyone else seeing.
I express myself for people to get an understanding of me. I express myself in many different ways. I do this because I want people to know me as a very diverse person. For example, my instagram. You mainly see skateboarding because that’s what i’m interested in the most. You also see art, photography, music, fashion and many other things. This leads to the next question. How does technology affect the way we express ourselves and connect with others? As I previously said, I only upload things that I think is worth other people seeing. People could honestly express themselves as much as they want through technology. For example, look at anyone facebook. You can tell what type of person they are just by what they post. In this video I used a few things that describe me the most. It’s a mix of everything that mean something to me or play the biggest role in my life. I think I expressed my complexity by using many different types of topics. I don’t have a video full of picture of myself. I mixed it up with old pictures of myself, new pics of myself, skateboarding, art, family, and photography. I showed the things that I would personally use to describe myself.
This video is basically a quick summary of how I would describe myself and how I express myself. I am artistic, athletic, and I love my family. This is how I want other is see me. This is how I express myself.
Jordon’s Artist Statement:
In my video I expressed my hobbies a lot. I learned that finding who I am and what I like to do is very important. I feel like the saying “I know you better than you know yourself” is very important. That should not be the case, you should find things you love and look back into your memories and find you who you are. The thing is I don’t take good photos of myself, I don’t think I look right. So I take pictures of places I visit, things I do that are fun, and just things in my life period. Getting to know yourself and defining yourself should be a life goal. I never really thought about finding who I am or defining who I am before this project. I just thought of taking pictures was just to make memories, but that's just part of it. They remind you who you are and what makes you different from everyone else. Knowing who you are lets you reveal that you are not the same as one person in this world. Many people want to fit in but they don’t want to be exactly the same as everyone. I am one of those people. I sometimes pick a trend that is going on right now but a lot of the time I pick my own style.
