Video Essay

Overall I felt that the video essays from class were very interesting. My favorite video was the one about the chair, which had scraped and scared the narrators wooden floor. The video explained how the narrators emotions and how she felt about the chair that had scratched the wooden floor in her kitchen. I found the descriptions of her emotions to be very thorough and interesting. She began by explaining how angry she was about the scars on her hardwood floors. She went into great detail to express and describe her anger but then started to explain that she was not madd about the damage anymore. She explained that the more she looked at the marks the more intrigued she was by them. She eventually stopped looking at the marks as damage and began to see it as a form of art. She explained, once again in great detail, that the marks told a story. She explained that every mark signified an action. Each mark represented an emotion for everytime her friend sat or got up from the chair. Each mark was different because of the various moods and emotions that her friend experienced while sitting in the chair.  I found her perspective of the marks to be very interesting. The narrator has a very creative mind to be able to think outside the box and start looking at the damage to her floor as a story of past emotional experiences. This essay helped me realize that I must search for deeper meaning in things in order to expand my creativity in writing.

I feel that video essays are very  unique because they provide the intended audience with a visual image of the message that the narrator is trying to convey. In other words, the writer can control what their audience sees rather than relying on their free roaming imagination. Using visual essays allows the narrator/writer to instill more expression and emotion into their work. This could include the tone of their voice and or other sounds they may want to include, such as thunder or a keyboard. I feel that using a video  essay is far more effective than other conventional forms of writing.