My video is about the darkness and light of the life of Boots. This was not my original intention. I wanted the video to show the dynamic of our relationship because we don’t get along well and I thought it would be great to have the feeling of surveillance towards an animal instead of displaying emotions that depict love and care. Surprisingly, Boots was extremely compliant and did not make a fuss when I had the camera on him, which in a sense, angered me because it was altering my vision of my video.
Eventually, I learned that I needed to adapt to what he was feeling since I couldn’t direct him to do what I wanted him to do. Although editing in-camera was a bit frustrating because I couldn’t change the order of the videos depending on how he was acting. I’m overall content with how my video came out and I am excited to create more content that I can personalize more to my liking.