Draw My Life

So American vlogger/short-film maker KickThePJ was tagged in 'Draw My Life'. I've spent the last few months desperately searching for inspiration for another video, and within minutes of seeing PJ's video I knew I had to do one too.

An added incentive was his call for a competition, meaning that I would gain instant viewers for my attempt among his many fans, and also the possible glory of victory!

This project came to symbolise my domination over computer technology. I basically grew up with access to a computer, and have always managed to conquer any technical issues that have arisen. But for quite a while I felt dread as I came to realise this film might just not be published. No matter how many attempts I gave the editing process (I think it took around 15 attempts, most taking a number of hours), my computer kept rejecting my footage, even though I KNEW that the footage files were not corrupted. I truly began to panic, feeling the world of technology had finally succeeded against me, but after a lot of prayer the answer finally came from my mum who simply suggested I try on a different computer with fewer files to slow the process.

So, here it is, published and uploaded (finally) onto youtube! The content is already out of date as I talk about beginning uni in future tense, whereas I have just completed my first week of it, but it took me about two weeks to overcome all the technical difficulties.

So here I present my victory once again over technology!

I used a backdrop of playing cards. This was a spur of the moment decision when I realised the camera would show space beyond my tea-dyed paper background. I thought they added a nice retro, possible-symbolic-of-life/chance touch.

To film this movie, I needed a bird's-eye perspective, which proved... challenging! Basically, I stacked a bunch of large Harry Potter, Obernewtyn and Eragon books on my desk, wrapped the strap of the camera around the pile, and rested the camera on top of my pencil case (with the help of blue-tack)... As demonstrated in this picture (minus the camera)!

EDIT: Here is an earlier trial, which is basically what it ended up looking like, but higher up.

-AlbusOwner