I chose to watch the Clemson 103
video: “Squirrels- The Final Cut”. This video took the issue of the
overpopulation of squirrels and made it extremely comical. They did this by
making the squirrels evil and showed a long interlude of pictures of the squirrels
with weapons. The video claimed that the squirrels attack and terrorize the
student population. The video then went and tried to attack the squirrels in
various ways such as hitting them and sneaking up on them. All attack attempts
were failures and the fail meme was used. A final stand was made with Nerf guns
against the squirrels. The video highly dramatized this fight and funnily ended
in defeat. The video also made a highly comical stab at how the campus is
nearly devoid of students on non-football game weekends. This stab was done in
a very discreet way making it seem funnier.
The video was clearly intended for
those who are on Clemson’s campus. It had enough information for those who only
visit occasionally to understand the issue though. The video was told from the
point of view of other students as well as a news source. It was extremely
successful in communicating the argument that the campus is overrun with
squirrels and that the problem needs to be dealt with. Also, the video used
some facts on the havoc the squirrels wreak in non-factual way. This strategy
was extremely useful in making the video interesting and appealing to watch.
The music accompaniment added an element of drama to the video and helped the
video reach it’s point.
The video was interesting in the
way it was put together. It used both pictures not taken on campus and videos
taken on campus. The video, for being filmed and made by college students, was
decently put together and was highly entertaining to watch.
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