This week I had to decide how to make a brand video that represented who I am as a writer. It was a bit of a struggle at first to figure out how to present myself correctly. Originally I wanted to do a video including myself talking about why I write and what I want to achieve through my writing. However, that became too difficult because of lack of equipment. It would have come out as amateurish.
After I decided against this, I decided to use content from other authors as a way to represent writing. Here I used Salaman Rushdie and Kathleen Nielson as a way to speak on writing. I used clips in which they spoke about why I write or the importance of reading. Additionally I changed the videos into black and white to stay consistent with my themes of abstract black and white.
Finally, throughout the video I added in images of what my website looks like using screenshots of my own website. I used the homepage and prologue of my novel which were of a long empty road image in black and white.
