Blog Post #2: Reflection on the Project and my Work

Throughout this entire project, I took on a diversity of roles. For my more minor roles, I assisted the creation of the poster by offering help to those who were not well versed in Photoshop. In this case, my experience from Explorations in art had helped me. Additionally, I was a key piece of one of the two posters promoting “Days of David.” In the poster of the night club, I dressed as the stereotypical young Italian American with my flashy and overstated dress shirt, jewelry on my neck, and oversized sun glasses. This plays to the idea of overdoing everything, something that the characters of Jersey Shore are known to do (eg tanning and working out).

My other primary role was playing David’s best friend in “Days of David.” While I was not the central character in the full movie (that was reserved strictly for David, hence the title “Days of David”), I still added to the message about reality television. Before this, I embodied the satire of the reality television character but with this video I embodied it. Whether it is my unbridled love for the Jagrbomb alcoholic beverage or my “Broski” attitude, I had brought that character on the poster to life on the screen. In addition, I contributed to the setting of the filming by portraying myself as a nonchalant student in the classroom, which shows that the video is clearly satirizing the life of a high school student. All in all, my role mainly contributed to the quality of the film and poster production by setting the stage for “Days of David.”