My Canada

What does Canada mean to you? When you ask this question you will probably get responses on diversity, nature, family or culture but what separates canada to me is the opportunity you have to succeed in this country. That’s what our video focuses on.

To create this video we had to ask ourselves that question and undeniable opportunity is what we wanted to focus on. It all came back to the thought and knowing of if we wanted to be someone or have something we could achieve our goal because laws or people in canada wouldn’t get in our way they would actually help us. Canada for the most part has a good healthcare and education system and with those two things people have the opportunity to be what they want and do what they want. This is what also separates us from other countries such as the USA. Although america calls themselves the land of opportunity how can one have an opportunity when they have inadequate education and the constant fear of not being able to pay medical bills? That’s why I think canada embodies opportunity it gives everyone a chance.

The actual creation of video took place at a beach close to Nash’s house which represents canada beauty as well as anywhere. We wrote a short script and both read it out with our on variations on it. Then we spliced the videos together with some old clips of me and Nash to tell one story of the opportunity we have here in Canada.

We had trouble with editing the video down to 30 seconds but we managed to do it. The video started at around 4 minutes so only the best of the best made it to the final cut. Im very pleased with the video as its short and sweet and tells a story and gets across a message that is important to me.

(Rough Draft)

Nash was a great partner to work with on this project as he has lot of experience with filming and video creation so our video ended up looking really professional. We also have similar values so it was easy to create a video that appealed to both of us  and our view of Canada. Nash also wanted to take a shot at doing a Nature Video which i’m sure would look great and is an integral part of Canada.

As always there is room for improvement but I’m pretty content with the creation of this video.