Video on Wikileaks: Freedom

I really enjoyed working with creating this video and exploring the program. It was a great way to get familiar with the program and learn how to do projects like this. I'm not very tech-savvy so creating all of these digital projects has taught me a ton! I made the foundation for this video with two different types of media, a YouTube video, and my own audio college from Audio Hijack. I then added images to fit with the lyrics, words, and theme. I Finished the video with a GrooveShark file, downloaded via Audio Hijack from School House Rock.
The theme for this video was once again freedom of the press, but also leaning more towards secrecy, and the government. The first segment of the video is the beginning of my audio collage with pictures of  Julian Assage showing up to the beat. I also messed around with some of the effects and made some fade, zoom, and swirl in. Next it goes into a video clip of Cenk Uygur talking about how the government hid a lot of murder, rape, and torture from the public, and numerous documents. I strengthened this part with images of torture, guns, and other images timed to go along with the words.
Next it transitions into another part of my audio collage with John F. Kennedy speaking about secrecy and that it is not a value in America and put pictures of JFK to go with the music as well. These pictures were shown in a calm, and orderly way, and gave the viewer time to study each of them. With Julian's pictures they came in from different directions, and flashed quickly, creating a more chaotic, fast moving environment. This was a design choice to illustrate the chaos of Wikileaks and the mood of the situation with Julian Assange, while on the other hand, JFK was a noble, calm man and spoke in a tranquil way. I orchestrated the mood of his character with the way the images were displayed.
After the JFK segment I went to another section of the same video with Uygur that talks about the charges Julian is being charged with and how its such a crazy "coincidence" that it happened at the same time as Wikileaks was going on. I added some simple images to this part to add interest and help keep the viewer engaged. Also it was just a fun way to show how silly the process was to charging him.
The final section is part of a song about the constitution, government and our country. I put up images of the constitution, the USA, and other patriotic images to make a mockery of this situation with Wikileaks and the lack of freedom of the press the government is showing Julian Asssange.
Video media is very effective in being about to do all of the different types of media at once. It was far more effective than the image composition because it had more depth to it and effectively went to the beat and engages the viewer. The only downfall of it was that it to me didn't seem quite as effective as the audio college. The reason is because although it was able to do more at the same time, it runs the risk of becoming distracting for the brain to multitask like it is asked to in viewing the video. Overall I felt this video had a very effective and powerful end result.