Life of Lock out.

I began my research into video logging by taking a look at the critically acclaimed V log series, ‘Life of Lock Out’. It’s a short series taking a look at the life of Sione Pouha, a New York Jets football player during a period known as Lock out. A lock out period is one in which employees are excluded from their place of work until certain terms are agreed to, as expected this is a hard time for football players as they have a lot more spare time on their hands than before and struggle to spend time with team mates and find motivation to train.

This V log is very simply filmed, it includes basic mid-shots of Pouha training, cooking etc alongside close-ups and extreme close ups on him whilst he talks about emotional and relevant subjects. The majority of the work that’s gone into this video has been in the edit. With varying colour scales, neat font work and an eclectic soundtrack the video is very attractive. I believe this works, as the subject matter is so simple the edit keeps the viewer interested and sets the mood. I will use similar techniques when editing my V log, however as I shall be shooting from first person the overall feel of the video should be more personal and instead of seeing Pouha in the cut-aways I will be filming what I see, rather than do.