Era & Subculture Research: The 1970s
- The Vietnam War didn't end until 1975 so hippy styles from the 60s were still around until then. - Parents were still young and were conflicted about how many boundaries to set and how much freedom to give their children. - They were also still into drugs from their college years and expected their kids to experiment with drugs, sex and alcohol. If you didn't do drugs, you were a square. - AIDS was not yet discovered and herpes was the biggest sexually transmitted disease to be known about and "just say no" was not yet a thing. - The worst drugs were not yet on the scene and the worst ones around were LSD and cocaine. The worst prescription drugs around were Valium, also known as D iazepam, and Ritalin. Valium is now treated to sooth anxiety whereas Ritalin is a stimulant and is used to treat attention deficit disorder. - The Black Power movement had hit its stride. Everywhere, black people were embracing their political p...
A really well communicated video essay Ottilie and your voiceover is very effective - you paused in the right places and it flowed well with the visuals. I was also really interested in your thoughts about his visual style and you used the correct technical terms to communicate this. Well done!
ReplyDelete1. The editing is a little jumpy at points and a target would be to focus on getting this to flow a little more - as I said check out the tutorials on the Media Drive.
2. I would have liked to have seen you comment on his music video style in a little more detail and apply it to a wider range of examples from his work.