Wk11-Art Experience-Being Yourself can be Art

For this week, we did a video blog, and I just did a short talk about my easter and how I’m adjusting to online classes. I wanted to just give another perspective, and show everyone how a fellow student is holding up. I felt like I slightly accomplished my goal, I did go over how I was doing in regards to coronavirus, but I wasn’t very interested, and I was bad at filming. I would probably do some reshoots and better angles, the angle I held the camera was not very flattering to my face. To be honest, I’m not interested in vlogging, so I probably won’t do it again. 

My favorite youtuber currently is MattColville. He is a Dungeons and Dragons youtuber, and a nerd in the similar way that I am, so all his videos make sense and are entertaining to me. If i could take something from his videos, it would probably be his presentability. He always is clear, and sound and lighting are very important to him, if the video quality is not to his standard, he wont post it. 

Authenticity is about being genuine, and not faking yourself. If you are authentic, you are real, and not merely putting on an alternate you to impress people. A performance is the act of performing; delivering something to an audience. Sports players perform on the field, dancers on the stage, actors in the theatre. These two ideas are not opposites, you can perform authenticity, if it is the real you. Of course there are some things done to enhance the viewers experience, but these ideas are not opposite. 

The two clips shown are both performances in my opinion. I doubt that Jennifer Aniston just went to her camera and decided to do the interview how she was. There is definitely thought put into her look. There are less producers and makeup artists, but i feel like stars are currently trying to be relatable. Whether they truly believe they are, and are being authentic, or if they think they can perform and gain some sway over their fans, either way it is hard to imagine a television interview that is not performed and unauthentic, even in these extreme circumstances.