Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Alternate Identity

I liked Erika's alternate identity as Martin the alien and Kate as a cowgirl as well. I thought that these two stood out very nicely among the rest. Their videos were both very strong and it seemed like they stayed in character the entire time. I liked how both went the extra mile to include props and accessories as well as back story to their identities. They were very creative and hilarious identities. I liked how Erika was communicating with the plants and telling them they deserved a better life it was endearing and interesting how they would intercommunicate. I thought her use of props and strange antics was really funny. I also liked how Kate actually took her identity very public and filmed peoples reactions to her at various stores. It was a great idea to lasso her food at the grocery store and her dinner looked delicious even the components reflected her alternate identity. The way she treated her horse was very in character. I thought that these two were the best examples of alternate identity because they executed the project and also had a great video documentation to follow it up with. They went the extra distance and it definitely showed, they could have just taken photos but the choice to do both made their project with both and i thought that was one of the things that made it most effective for me because I'm really into the effort and professionality of a project no matter what the subject.

My least favorite would probably have to be Dane's: I mean it was a good idea but it needed more documentation. He had a minimal amount of photos for a 48 hour project and not real laid out guidelines as to what "living casually" meant.