Making a one minute video given no additional prompts or ideas was difficult for me. I had a lot of ideas, but for some reason one kept coming back to me. I love painting and experimenting with colors (as anyone who has met me may have noticed...) and I am also a psychology major, so I decided to make my final project reflect these interests. I asked several friends to help me with this project; I gave them a palette full of acrylic paints and had them paint their own faces. I asked them to paint how their emotions on their face, without a mirror, for one minute. Everyone who participated ended up enjoying themselves and relieving some stress. I had people paint their faces to make a comment on beauty ideals and makeup. I tried to keep it pretty open-ended and subtle, and not bombard my viewers with messages. For music, I was at a loss. I ended up making some loops on GarageBand and overlaying it with my own voice reading a poem by John Keats called "A Thing of Beauty." I did it just to add a bit more interest to the background sound, so I intentionally made it hard to hear. I wanted the viewers to focus on the subjects of my video, not the poem.
