Basic Video Questionnaire

This assignment needs to be presented in hard copy form, typed and stapled, and is due at your Individual Appointment (the week of October 12, 14). Your answers should be thorough and detailed. The purpose of the Questionnaire is to test an idea. I always put any project idea of my own through this same test.

Name:



1. List 2 final video project ideas (a, b) you would be interested in exploring and creating:

a.


b.


2. Do you have a strong emotional connection to both of these subjects / ideas? Answer yes or no for both, and How?

a.


b.

3. Do you have a drive to learn more about both of these subjects / ideas? Answer yes or no for both, and Why?

a.


b.

4. What is the real significance of both ideas to you:

a.


b.


5. In your opinion, what is unusual, interesting, and fresh about both ideas / subjects.

a.


b.


6. Is there anything that might be too predictable or overdone about each idea?

a.


b.

7. How is your connection to each subject completely unique to you or your experience?

a.


b.

8. What could you show in both video projects? What images and sounds might an audience get to see / hear in both videos? List at least 5 specific images and 5 specific sounds for each proposed idea.

a.


b.

9. What change and development would both video projects show? What would change from beginning to end?

a.


b.

10. Define what you would want to avoid in both videos:

a.


b.

11. Which aspects of both potential projects are likely to be the most challenging for you to pull off?

a.


b.

12. After exploring the above questions, answer the following: Do I still really want to make a video about both of these subjects / ideas?

a.


b.