David Dawson
Video Editor
and Motion Graphics

Paraphs my favorite piece, on that side of the internet is a look at radicisation and how it happens within the digital age. There were two major influences that led me to make this video, one was "the pewdiepipe line" which explores how someone can go from the biggest individual creator on youtube, the largely inoffensive and left-leaning 'pewdiepie'(felix kjelburg) into alt right racist forum groups which which all users actively participate in an echo chamber discussion. the other influence was the alt-right side of film YouTube in which all the discussion ultimately boils down to "anyone who is not a white male being in a movie makes it woke."

Watching the short, i think these two influences are certainly noticeable, perphs one more than the other.

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Music was the last thing i chose for the project but i think the choice was great, the upbeat happy tune gets contrasted with action while also seeming overwhelming at the same time, as both the internet and the spaciifc situation our protagonist finds himself in are. 

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my one regret with the project is not going more in depth with the process. i did boil the process down into three steps and converted that into three key acts. While i think that said steps are essential, upon further research beyond this topic i've come to relize it's more akin to five steps. that said with my work load it would've been unreasonable to add two more acts to this project. Also i do think there are some glaring production issues from what lines up in the screen vs the text/icons.