Independent Study Two: LIA

L: A. I, Michael Anderson, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
B. I produced skateboarding videos, this includes the filming of all the clips, and the skating of all the clips, between my frineds and I. Then I also, editing all the videos myself. Over a length of 42 hours, I produces a total of 5 skate videos.

I: I spent a total of 42 hours on the second independent taks. Making these videos does consume a lot of time. The filming alone takes the longest. A trick by it's self can take anywhere from 5 min to 2 hours to film, because not only do you want to land the trick, you want to get one that you're proud of, so if you land a sloppy trick, then you have to just keep trying until you land it. Which is why filming takes up so much of the time. Then editing all the clips takes about 2 hours because it's more than just putting clips in order then adding a video. To make a video worth watching, I have to edit the video to the song, which takes a lot of trial and error, and lot of patience. And mostly takes up about 2 hours.

A: This relates to my EQ which is, "What is the best way to make a living in skateboarding?" because it ties in with two of my three answers. One of my answers is to become a pro skater. When making these videos, I get tons and tons of practice on my board, because I can't keep doing the same things in all the videos, I have to be comming out with something new, which pushes me to learn new tricks, and pushes me to improve my overall skating ability. Another answer of mine is to become a filmer/editor, so most of the camera work in these videos are done by me. Any of the clips of my friends skating, I was the one behind the camera. Also, by making new videos, I can't have the same angles, I need to change it up, which improves my camera work. Same goes with editing, all the editing is done by me, and I try each time to improve my editing skills, so the the viewers of the videos don't get bored by watching the same thing over and over.

Below is my log of hours for this project. It includes the dates of which I worked, and the location of which the skating took place. Along with the signature saying that I have been sticking to the filming and editing scedual that I said I have been doing.

And here are the 5 finished videos that I have been working on over the course of this project.