Video Mixer Final

"Microwave Me" is a video mixer made from many combined, edited and rethought found video. The purpose for using existing video rather than shooting it myself was to follow the instructions: "do not try this at home." I decided that the people who had already ruined their microwaves and truly went big for each individual microwave subject produced a better visual product than I could have achieved at home - keeping my microwave in tact. That said, each video was cut, cropped and edited with possible effects. The gremlin video, I made.

The constant microwave sound heard throughout the videos is recorded from my own microwave, along with the beeps. I had intended not to use any voices or reactions but found some here and there added to the viewing experience. If you play each video individually, the sound may be broken and you may miss the sound of a crinkling marshmallow bag. This was done purposefully. I feel that we expect certain sounds as we see an action, I took some of these away to try and engage BOTH sight and sound to comprehend what's happening. In addition, I did this so all the videos' sound would not be overwhelming. I wanted the viewer to get bits and pieces of reactions and produced sounds along side the constant (playing between the videos) hum of the microwave. The blue tile background was meant to resemble kitchen tile backsplash. The white box encompassing the video was meant to great a microwave itself.

The start button is where I hope people will start but it will work either way. The print is so small in this video to make fun of the "fine print" associated with appliances. Obviously, they're not meant to set someone's hair on fire or put on a Christmas light show.

http://www.unr.edu/art/digital_media/345fall2013/Erin_Meyering.html