Media Tracking Blog

Friday Schedule

7-9

• 15 minutes of phone music
• 10 minutes computer checking email
• 70 minutes of computer music
• 10 minutes texting

9-11

• 49 minutes of computer music
• 5 minutes texting
• 105 minutes of video editing

11-1

• 105 minutes of video editing, typing, and scripting
• 10 minutes of cell phone talk

1-3

• 90 minutes of video editing/homework/Facebook
• 10 minutes of music on computer

3-5

• 90 minutes of video editing
• 10 minutes on cell phone

5-7

• 90 minutes of video editing
• 10 minutes text

7-9

• No technology

9-11

• 90 minutes movie
• 15 minutes text

Saturday Schedule (I'll sum it all up)

• 400 minutes video editing
• 300 minutes music
• 70 minutes phone

Were your findings surprising? Why?

Was I surprised? No. Not at all.  This is a highly unusual amount of computer/music time for me.  It's not surprising for a couple of reasons. I'm using the computer a lot for school right now and every summer I create an Archer Blockbuster hit.  I am making a movie about my "twin" and I who have these adventures in a mysterious forest called the Sahara.  I took a lot of film in California and am using a green screen to create a movie.  It's going to be about forty minutes.  A typical twenty minute video can take me over a hundred hours to complete.  This film will probably take me 200 to 300 hours this summer. 

How do you feel when using various media?

If I am using media, such as movies or video games, my brain feels mushy and tired afterwards.  When I am creating a film, typing a script,  or editing a video my brain feels exercised.  I am using a lot of critical thinking in the process of creating.  There is a lot that goes into the how, where, why, and when.  Yet, there are moments in editing that are more mindless, like connecting the dots to cut out pictures.

How much of your time is spent using passive v. active media?

I spent about 25% of my time doing passive media and 75% active. This isn't usually the case when I am not editing films.

• Did media consumption replace any other life activity?

When I have a video to edit it absolutely can take over my life activities.  It's because I am on a time line and because I LOVE IT!  I am proud of the work I do and my friends/family are sweetly and genuinely interested audience members of my films.  People say, love me love my dog... I say, love me watch my films.  Which of course, I would add a (lol) (laugh out loud) to the end of it because it is not a real requirement, but it means a lot to me when someone does watch them.