Table Top Video

With my video, my motive was to create some type of humor. I titled my video "Last Meal" and used saltines to change the meaning of the word. My video does not contain some hidden political view because I wanted to use limited materials and create a simple video that was just funny. My declaration, I suppose, would be that food can be, and often times is, funny.


After my performance was over, I was not sure if I fully captured the humor I had thought in my mind. The innability to move the camera posed an interesting challenge because the interest had to be presented in front of it, rather than moving the camera and shooting at different angles. Also, I did not want the audience to view the moving of the objects my an outside force. I used a black board over the camera to create transitions from scene to scene. This gave a little more emphasis on the idea that the crackers were moving by themselves, and not a person

The video I fond on youtube.com depicts an actor dressing up as a memorable past American Idol contestant. The way the actor dresses up is similar to Alex Bag's style because he wears many wigs throughout the video. By using the wigs, the actor makes it easier for us to identify the person who he is critiquing. Bag did this by changing wigs for each performance. If she was a college art student full of angst she would wear a short bob and if she needed to portray snotty english retail workers she chose bright neon colored wigs. I also think that the artists share a common goal. Through humor, the videos create a social commentary of the characters. Like Bag comments on the cliche thinking of young students, comedian Eric Schwartz comments on the mania that is American Idol and forces the audience to look at how America responds to entertainment as a whole. Often times we are lost in the hype of television and celebrity. Both videos address issues through humor so that the audience can be drawn in and entertained, but also forces us to think about their motives.