New Video Essay

Initial Reflections:

• Silence makes me feel anxious
• Flippant responses feel forced
• Would it be artificial or fake to decrease the length of the silence? I like the silences but not how long they go on.
• My hair looks goofy
• I feel annoyed by my laughing, feels nervous
• There is something comforting about this conversation
• There is something valuable here without any editing
• I do feel antsy everytime there is a long pause
• I really hate my laughter
• I really take some time to get to the point, should I cut it down?
• Urgh at the drill sargent ifs stuff I feel like it is dragging on, I’m getting bored
• I think I can just do some initial cuts and ask Brandon to approve them

Responding in the coaching mindset:

• Good! Also we can always get rid of some silence if we need to.
• Maybe there is a way to edit the flippant responses to make them more genuine
• No this is our video, we do what we want with it. Sometimes you can get the gist of the silence without keeping the entire thing
• Goofy is good!
• It’s ok to be nervous. Maybe we can reduce the laughter? Sometimes we gotta risk laughing.
• Hell yea
• Yes, the editing is just to create a curated experience
• We can reduce the silence
• We can reduce if needed
• Sometimes its ok to take a long time to get to the point. Part of the discovery feeling.
• We can entirely cut out portions we don’t like. We can cut a part out and keep trimming it until it makes sense.
• Sounds good to me. We can also ask him for parts we are really not sure about.