Process

Christian Cornejo

Our video is a collection of various interviews, conducted by us, of students and faculty members answering personal questions about human rights. This process consisted of numerous steps. The first step was coming up with a number of thought provoking questions that challenged the interviewee to personally reflect on them. Next, we came up with a diverse list of students and faculty that we thought would have interesting perspectives to present in the video. After planning a meeting time in the video production lab, we carefully set up the video camera, microphone, background, and lighting in a way that created the specific tone that we wished to evoke in our video. After this, we filmed the interviews, downloaded them to an editing software, picked the best answers to each question, and edited the video. Finally, we added the component of our project that makes it innovative and more interesting than a regular documentary: the delivery. This video can be presented using a regular screening format or our new, creative method of streaming. This method consists of two screens streaming the video, one displaying the different scenes around our school, and the other showing interviews. By presenting our video in this format, it allows the viewer to become more engaged in the content by forcing their brain to actively adjust its attention to various points of focus. Therefore, the viewer will be able to deeply absorb and process the information discussed. We are hoping that our video generates an empathetic response from the viewers and gives them a better understanding of the importance of human rights and social equality in our community as a whole.