The purpose of my video is to provide an interviewee with advice, comfort, and a little humor, to help take the edge off of their interview nerves. I achieve this through providing strategies for interview preparation, as well as reassurance in the beginning that the anxiety they may be feeling is entirely natural, and when managed properly, can actually help during an interview. Mid-interview I remind the interviewee that they have the tools to kill this interview in their pockets already. They know themselves better than anyone. At the end, I remind the audience not to be too hard on themselves afterwards. Practice makes perfect, and the job that is right for you will come along. I narrate some other affirmations throughout the video, which serve to comfort and also “hype up” the audience and provide them with the motivation they need to enter an interview confidently. I inserted text into some of the scenes to solidify points I make while narrating. Included are some scenes of water, which I find most peaceful and grounding, to break up the mock interview Angela and I have for narration purposes.
The video I made aims to embody both calm-down and psych-up elements that help create a tone where I could feel relaxed and centered but also inspired, confident, and ready to take on the stress of a job interview. Personal elements such as photos of the ocean and beaches I have taken over the years in some of my favorite places remind me of great memories and help to distract my thoughts from the worry and anxiety to focus on calming down and feeling positive. I also wanted to use soft movements within the background images, transitions, and text to capture that soothing element where the video can glide peacefully. Regarding the text, I chose to employ more personalized voice-overs to keep the video simple and less distracting visually – but for the breathing exercises and a few introductory words, I thought would add to the goal of centering myself. For sound, I mentioned the voice-over audio, which is mantra-like phrases and reminders to reinforce calmness while maintaining an optimistic outlook toward the opportunities ahead. I found that a subtle background of waves and typical beach sounds correlated well with the images and wasn’t too overpowering to the rest of the audio – again, hoping to add to this stable and centering force. The music choice is another personal addition as a good friend created and produced it, and for me, it has a very relaxing, reminiscent quality that makes me feel calm, happy, and confident. Overall, the video would help me break out of that anxious, worse-case-scenario thinking that can take over when anticipating a stressful event like a job interview to have instead a space to relax, remind myself of the good and feel prepared.
The video I created aims to calm me down prior to a stressful event such as a job interview or a big meeting. My video is a guided meditation set to crashing wave sounds with an ocean visual. The script is something I often practice in tense moments. The ocean is a place and a sound that calms me, so I wanted to highlight it throughout the video. I added a calm wave crashing audio as I felt it was more calming compared to aggressive waves being that this was a calm-down video. I also added a simple font that wasn’t too straining to the eye where it can be easy to read even with a soft gaze during a meditation experience. While this may not be something you can watch during a stressful moment such as an interview, this breathing practice can be subtly conducted during the interview before answering a question.
I decided to focus on a calm-down video because I had some previous work and ideas that could have worked in that concept with the guidelines that had been established. For me, my way of calming down when I’m stressed is using my imagination to get me to calm down, especially when I feel like the room is closing in on me. So, I tell myself affirmations that make me feel like I’m flying or out in the forest as a way of getting back control of myself. So, I wanted to go for something similar here. I wanted to make it so people could take some time before an interview or other important presentation/speech to feel like nothing is trapped inside and that they get let their minds wander to somewhere with fewer movement restrictions. I knew my audio quality wouldn’t have been the best due to lower-quality equipment. I have difficulty hearing myself talk when the audio quality and equipment are good. So, I focused solely on the nature sounds audio, either one I had found online or one I had previously recorded, whether separately or through a video. The main crutch of the video focuses on a video I had recorded of myself walking through the forest with the audio extracted and placed on a separate track from the original video. It also allows me to fade the audio during the affirming text at the beginning of the video.
Interviews are a bridge between the life you live now and the possibility of a different tomorrow. Of course, there are naturally expectations at stake of being disappointed, but that is not something you need to be thinking about just yet. It does us no good to dwell on the future, for it is out of our control, but that does not mean you are without control. You may feel powerless against your nerves, but you can control this moment. You can control your approach to the interview and your performance. If you’re like me, you are likely very anxious, in need of a way to center yourself and calm the butterflies in your stomach down. I find the presence of animals very comforting; the unconditional love, trust, and support. So, for my calm down video, I made a collection of videos of my dog, Zoya, as she grows and explores life. These are Leonberger puppies. They are exceptionally fluffy, curious, loyal, and full of cuteness. Throughout the video, I hoped the puppies’ presence on screen would serve as a distraction from the upcoming interview and any stress while encouraging the viewer to try to connect with some positive emotions associated with the puppy. I wanted the overall “feel” of the video to be uplifting, but also tranquill, and so I chose music that would fit this theme. I hope this video leaves you feeling carefree, happy, and at peace with what’s to come (an interview, perhaps…)!
The goal of my video was to calm someone down and make them feel relaxed, as well as leave the viewer feeling motivated and confident by the end. To achieve this goal I decided to include a relaxing ocean scene, with calming noises of the waves and chirping birds in the background. Before this scene, I appear on camera talking directly to the viewer. This is to make the viewer feel more comfortable with me and my voiceover later in the video. I start the scene by explaining what the purpose of the video is and prompting the viewer to follow my lead to achieve the goal of calming nerves. I try to use elements of comedy in the scenes that I appear in. Including falling back into the bean bag and a wardrobe change in the final scene. I did this because comedy and laughter are great ways to make someone feel relaxed and at ease. The first scene transitions into a view of a tropical beach, and I use voiceover to help guide the viewer in their relaxation. Telling them to imagine what it would feel like to be at the scene on screen. Because I previously asked the viewer to keep their eyes closed, I lead them in a breathing exercise with another voice-over. After this, I left a few seconds of just the sounds of the ocean to further the relaxed feel. Finally, the video ends with me again as I wrap everything up. The final message I leave the viewer with is one of encouragement and confidence. I wanted to end “psyching” the viewer up and building their confidence. Overall, the video works to combine the feelings of being calm and psyched up to leave the viewer feeling focused and ready for an interview.
First off I would like to thank the academy for picking my video, but all jokes aside, I made this video as sort of a hype-up/calm-down sort of medium. I don’t really get nervous that often but when I do I feel like talking it out and psyching myself into doing things, and I feel more comfortable. So in order to do that I made a mostly calm video of just a conversation with the people/viewing. I kind of structured it as a dad talking to his kid in a way. I did not intend to make it sound this way but oh well. I also tried to put a message out there that it is okay to be nervous and always think about most outcomes as positive. Furthermore, I never really liked the idea of ASMR or like motivational slideshows, I’m not sure what it is but they just seem too calm to me. I would much rather be talking out with people and or to an audience. Everyone has their own way of making themselves feel calm in a stressful situation, but some people don’t have those tools, so I feel like the tools that I gave can help the audience feel more comfortable with the interview process. For example, I mention things like taking three big deep breaths that can help slow the heart rate down as well as being hydrated. I also mention the idea of eating something in order to calm the nerves, because I know for when I get nervous I tend to stress eat. Basically, this video is just a personal conversation that hopefully will help the audience feel better as well as listen to the soothing rhythm of ABBA in the 8-bit format, so enjoy!
I made this video as sort of a hype-up/calm-down sort of medium. I don’t get nervous that often but when I do I feel like talking it out and psyching myself into doing things, and I feel more comfortable. So to do that I made a primarily calm video of just a conversation with the people/viewing. I kind of structured it as a dad talking to his kid in a way. I did not intend to make it sound this way but oh well. I also tried to put a message out there that it is okay to be nervous and always think about most outcomes as positive.
Furthermore, I never really liked the idea of ASMR or like motivational slideshows, I’m not sure what it is but they just seem too calm to me. I would much rather be talking out with people and or to an audience. Everyone has their way of making themselves feel relaxed in a stressful situation, but some people don’t have those tools, so I feel like the tools that I gave can help the audience feel more comfortable with the interview process. For example, I mention things like taking three big deep breaths that can help slow the heart rate down as well as being hydrated. I also mention the idea of eating something to calm the nerves, because I know for when I get nervous I tend to stress eat. This video is just a personal conversation that hopefully will help the audience feel better as well as listen to the soothing rhythm of ABBA in the 8-bit format, so enjoy!
My video is intended to calm down the viewer. I tried to achieve this by appealing to numerous senses. This being visual, physical, and hearing. The visuals are of various nature scenes that are bright and colorful. Nature has been proven to be mentally healing for people, and can be a great way to find peace and relaxation. The music in the background is slow, mellow, and doesn’t contain words. This is so that people can listen to the music while also being able to zone out all sounds around them. The text shown on screen is meant to be easy to follow and able to be read fully in the time that it is shown on screen. The words shown are instructions to follow in order to slow one’s heart rate, as well as allowing the viewer to be more conscious of their physical being.
When creating this video, I made sure to not have anything moving too quickly. The slow movement allows for there to be less chaos and more focus, thus providing a calm environment. I also chose to keep the font consistent throughout the entire video as to not provide anything drastically new to look at, as this would break the focus and relaxation for the viewer. The font is also purposely easy to read and big enough to be seen in order to be mindlessly digestible.
In the first half of the video I chose to go with the calm and carless theme to throw the audience off. I wanted people to think that it was going to be a calm and relaxing video. I also wanted them to have questions while watching the first half and feel unsure of where the video is going to take them . I chose to use clips from a Bali travel video from the Youtuber Jack Morris and a sped up version the song Young dumb and broke to from Khalid to embody the idea of being young free and carless. While going on vacation letting lose and being “young dumb and broke” seems fun and all that’s not really what’s going to inspire and motivate me to be mentally prepared for a job interview. So then in the middle of the video theres a quick little reverse moment which transitions to scenes of college kids raging for spring break in Cancun and the voice of Matt Graham and his quote where he talks about “the biggest lie young people get told” this to me is honestly the main point and is exactly what I would need to hear to be amped up before going into a job interview. These are my most Vitale years and I should not be wasting them because theres no time like the present Carpe Diem. I need to be thinking about my long term future and success because even though its uncomfortable right now growth is uncomfortable. I’m going to have to work hard and prove myself every single day in the field of work that I am interesting in pursuing especially because it is such a heavily male dominated industry. The last half of the video is scenes from multiple different college commercials a Gatorade commercial and a blue collar worker commercial all mixed up with the vocals of multiple famous motivational quotes from actors and political figures with the instrumental Murdercaust by Lord Lorenzo in the background. This section shows that people from all walks of life are working hard to improve their lives and the lives of those around them and I want to wake up every morning and concisely decide to be one of those people. Its easier to wake up every morning and be one of those people when you actually like the job that you do and its rewarding. The way you get a rewarding job is killing it at interviews and giving 110% everyday. Overall this video is meant to be a reminder to me and other people to be patient with the process and to believe in ourselves and our ability and to wrap it up with another Bruce Lee quote “Remember that success is a journey not a destination.”
Something I knew I wanted to accomplish with this video from the beginning was making it interview specific. Videos that are basic guidelines for grounding yourself or guided breathing don’t have much of an effect in easing my anxiety, so I wanted to make something I felt would help me before an interview. Something to know about me as a person is that I tend not to take myself too seriously. Because of this, videos with an overly serious tone tend to go over my head. That is why in this video I try to keep an easy-going/comedic tone. My reasoning is that if I’m too busy laughing at myself then it’s less time spent agonizing over the interview. A lot of my inspiration for this video comes from old-school inspirational videos and the almost over the top nature of infomercials. I tried to make the editing as seamless as possible, but I still wanted to keep a campy and homemade tone to the video, as seen in the not so perfect green screen effects.
To help calm down, I included a checklist of things you can do before your interview to help ensure you’re ready. For me, having a defined set of tasks to follow for success helps to center me and ease a few anxieties, so that’s the format I followed. My thought process is, “If I follow these steps, I’m more likely to succeed, so therefore I’m less anxious.”
For the psych up portion, I have a hard time really believing people when they tell me to ‘just be confident’. To make up for this, I went over the top in the psych up portion to try and establish a sense of confidence that isn’t as easily shaken. This ties back to a point I made earlier: “If I’m too busy laughing at myself, it’s less time spent agonizing over the interview”. If I repeat to myself that I’m the King of the Jungle, it’s ridiculous, but it’s a way for me to have a laugh about the situation and establish a small sense of confidence from the sheer inanity of the situation.
When I originally got this assignment I immediately thought that I would do a psych up video because I usually like to get amped up and excited. But that only applies to when I am playing sports or doing something of that category. I thought about it more and when I need to do an interview or am preparing for a big exam, I like to calm myself down. The way I know how to calm down is by just breathing, and using the box breaths method is the best way. Breath in for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, breath out for 4 seconds and hold for 4 seconds. This method helps me get centered and focused on just that one thing, and so there are no other thoughts going through my head.
First off, these pictures are all pictures that I took myself that make me feel relaxed and calm. A good majority of them are sunset pictures, that is because when I watch sunsets, it’s all I am focused on, nothing else matters in that moment. It is almost silent when I watch the sunset. I can’t hear the birds chirping, I can’t hear other people talking, or the music playing. All that I am focused on is the colors changing throughout the sky.
The music in this video is from my yoga playlist. I chose this song because it doesn’t have any words, so you won’t be distracted trying to listen to the lyrics while watching the video. The way the music flows in and out along with the pictures really adds a calming effect to the whole video.
12 thoughts on “Statement of Purpose”
The purpose of my video is to provide an interviewee with advice, comfort, and a little humor, to help take the edge off of their interview nerves. I achieve this through providing strategies for interview preparation, as well as reassurance in the beginning that the anxiety they may be feeling is entirely natural, and when managed properly, can actually help during an interview. Mid-interview I remind the interviewee that they have the tools to kill this interview in their pockets already. They know themselves better than anyone. At the end, I remind the audience not to be too hard on themselves afterwards. Practice makes perfect, and the job that is right for you will come along. I narrate some other affirmations throughout the video, which serve to comfort and also “hype up” the audience and provide them with the motivation they need to enter an interview confidently. I inserted text into some of the scenes to solidify points I make while narrating. Included are some scenes of water, which I find most peaceful and grounding, to break up the mock interview Angela and I have for narration purposes.
The video I made aims to embody both calm-down and psych-up elements that help create a tone where I could feel relaxed and centered but also inspired, confident, and ready to take on the stress of a job interview. Personal elements such as photos of the ocean and beaches I have taken over the years in some of my favorite places remind me of great memories and help to distract my thoughts from the worry and anxiety to focus on calming down and feeling positive. I also wanted to use soft movements within the background images, transitions, and text to capture that soothing element where the video can glide peacefully. Regarding the text, I chose to employ more personalized voice-overs to keep the video simple and less distracting visually – but for the breathing exercises and a few introductory words, I thought would add to the goal of centering myself. For sound, I mentioned the voice-over audio, which is mantra-like phrases and reminders to reinforce calmness while maintaining an optimistic outlook toward the opportunities ahead. I found that a subtle background of waves and typical beach sounds correlated well with the images and wasn’t too overpowering to the rest of the audio – again, hoping to add to this stable and centering force. The music choice is another personal addition as a good friend created and produced it, and for me, it has a very relaxing, reminiscent quality that makes me feel calm, happy, and confident. Overall, the video would help me break out of that anxious, worse-case-scenario thinking that can take over when anticipating a stressful event like a job interview to have instead a space to relax, remind myself of the good and feel prepared.
The video I created aims to calm me down prior to a stressful event such as a job interview or a big meeting. My video is a guided meditation set to crashing wave sounds with an ocean visual. The script is something I often practice in tense moments. The ocean is a place and a sound that calms me, so I wanted to highlight it throughout the video. I added a calm wave crashing audio as I felt it was more calming compared to aggressive waves being that this was a calm-down video. I also added a simple font that wasn’t too straining to the eye where it can be easy to read even with a soft gaze during a meditation experience. While this may not be something you can watch during a stressful moment such as an interview, this breathing practice can be subtly conducted during the interview before answering a question.
I decided to focus on a calm-down video because I had some previous work and ideas that could have worked in that concept with the guidelines that had been established. For me, my way of calming down when I’m stressed is using my imagination to get me to calm down, especially when I feel like the room is closing in on me. So, I tell myself affirmations that make me feel like I’m flying or out in the forest as a way of getting back control of myself. So, I wanted to go for something similar here. I wanted to make it so people could take some time before an interview or other important presentation/speech to feel like nothing is trapped inside and that they get let their minds wander to somewhere with fewer movement restrictions. I knew my audio quality wouldn’t have been the best due to lower-quality equipment. I have difficulty hearing myself talk when the audio quality and equipment are good. So, I focused solely on the nature sounds audio, either one I had found online or one I had previously recorded, whether separately or through a video. The main crutch of the video focuses on a video I had recorded of myself walking through the forest with the audio extracted and placed on a separate track from the original video. It also allows me to fade the audio during the affirming text at the beginning of the video.
Interviews are a bridge between the life you live now and the possibility of a different tomorrow. Of course, there are naturally expectations at stake of being disappointed, but that is not something you need to be thinking about just yet. It does us no good to dwell on the future, for it is out of our control, but that does not mean you are without control. You may feel powerless against your nerves, but you can control this moment. You can control your approach to the interview and your performance. If you’re like me, you are likely very anxious, in need of a way to center yourself and calm the butterflies in your stomach down. I find the presence of animals very comforting; the unconditional love, trust, and support. So, for my calm down video, I made a collection of videos of my dog, Zoya, as she grows and explores life. These are Leonberger puppies. They are exceptionally fluffy, curious, loyal, and full of cuteness. Throughout the video, I hoped the puppies’ presence on screen would serve as a distraction from the upcoming interview and any stress while encouraging the viewer to try to connect with some positive emotions associated with the puppy. I wanted the overall “feel” of the video to be uplifting, but also tranquill, and so I chose music that would fit this theme. I hope this video leaves you feeling carefree, happy, and at peace with what’s to come (an interview, perhaps…)!
The goal of my video was to calm someone down and make them feel relaxed, as well as leave the viewer feeling motivated and confident by the end. To achieve this goal I decided to include a relaxing ocean scene, with calming noises of the waves and chirping birds in the background. Before this scene, I appear on camera talking directly to the viewer. This is to make the viewer feel more comfortable with me and my voiceover later in the video. I start the scene by explaining what the purpose of the video is and prompting the viewer to follow my lead to achieve the goal of calming nerves. I try to use elements of comedy in the scenes that I appear in. Including falling back into the bean bag and a wardrobe change in the final scene. I did this because comedy and laughter are great ways to make someone feel relaxed and at ease. The first scene transitions into a view of a tropical beach, and I use voiceover to help guide the viewer in their relaxation. Telling them to imagine what it would feel like to be at the scene on screen. Because I previously asked the viewer to keep their eyes closed, I lead them in a breathing exercise with another voice-over. After this, I left a few seconds of just the sounds of the ocean to further the relaxed feel. Finally, the video ends with me again as I wrap everything up. The final message I leave the viewer with is one of encouragement and confidence. I wanted to end “psyching” the viewer up and building their confidence. Overall, the video works to combine the feelings of being calm and psyched up to leave the viewer feeling focused and ready for an interview.
First off I would like to thank the academy for picking my video, but all jokes aside, I made this video as sort of a hype-up/calm-down sort of medium. I don’t really get nervous that often but when I do I feel like talking it out and psyching myself into doing things, and I feel more comfortable. So in order to do that I made a mostly calm video of just a conversation with the people/viewing. I kind of structured it as a dad talking to his kid in a way. I did not intend to make it sound this way but oh well. I also tried to put a message out there that it is okay to be nervous and always think about most outcomes as positive. Furthermore, I never really liked the idea of ASMR or like motivational slideshows, I’m not sure what it is but they just seem too calm to me. I would much rather be talking out with people and or to an audience. Everyone has their own way of making themselves feel calm in a stressful situation, but some people don’t have those tools, so I feel like the tools that I gave can help the audience feel more comfortable with the interview process. For example, I mention things like taking three big deep breaths that can help slow the heart rate down as well as being hydrated. I also mention the idea of eating something in order to calm the nerves, because I know for when I get nervous I tend to stress eat. Basically, this video is just a personal conversation that hopefully will help the audience feel better as well as listen to the soothing rhythm of ABBA in the 8-bit format, so enjoy!
I made this video as sort of a hype-up/calm-down sort of medium. I don’t get nervous that often but when I do I feel like talking it out and psyching myself into doing things, and I feel more comfortable. So to do that I made a primarily calm video of just a conversation with the people/viewing. I kind of structured it as a dad talking to his kid in a way. I did not intend to make it sound this way but oh well. I also tried to put a message out there that it is okay to be nervous and always think about most outcomes as positive.
Furthermore, I never really liked the idea of ASMR or like motivational slideshows, I’m not sure what it is but they just seem too calm to me. I would much rather be talking out with people and or to an audience. Everyone has their way of making themselves feel relaxed in a stressful situation, but some people don’t have those tools, so I feel like the tools that I gave can help the audience feel more comfortable with the interview process. For example, I mention things like taking three big deep breaths that can help slow the heart rate down as well as being hydrated. I also mention the idea of eating something to calm the nerves, because I know for when I get nervous I tend to stress eat. This video is just a personal conversation that hopefully will help the audience feel better as well as listen to the soothing rhythm of ABBA in the 8-bit format, so enjoy!
My video is intended to calm down the viewer. I tried to achieve this by appealing to numerous senses. This being visual, physical, and hearing. The visuals are of various nature scenes that are bright and colorful. Nature has been proven to be mentally healing for people, and can be a great way to find peace and relaxation. The music in the background is slow, mellow, and doesn’t contain words. This is so that people can listen to the music while also being able to zone out all sounds around them. The text shown on screen is meant to be easy to follow and able to be read fully in the time that it is shown on screen. The words shown are instructions to follow in order to slow one’s heart rate, as well as allowing the viewer to be more conscious of their physical being.
When creating this video, I made sure to not have anything moving too quickly. The slow movement allows for there to be less chaos and more focus, thus providing a calm environment. I also chose to keep the font consistent throughout the entire video as to not provide anything drastically new to look at, as this would break the focus and relaxation for the viewer. The font is also purposely easy to read and big enough to be seen in order to be mindlessly digestible.
Statement of purpose
In the first half of the video I chose to go with the calm and carless theme to throw the audience off. I wanted people to think that it was going to be a calm and relaxing video. I also wanted them to have questions while watching the first half and feel unsure of where the video is going to take them . I chose to use clips from a Bali travel video from the Youtuber Jack Morris and a sped up version the song Young dumb and broke to from Khalid to embody the idea of being young free and carless. While going on vacation letting lose and being “young dumb and broke” seems fun and all that’s not really what’s going to inspire and motivate me to be mentally prepared for a job interview. So then in the middle of the video theres a quick little reverse moment which transitions to scenes of college kids raging for spring break in Cancun and the voice of Matt Graham and his quote where he talks about “the biggest lie young people get told” this to me is honestly the main point and is exactly what I would need to hear to be amped up before going into a job interview. These are my most Vitale years and I should not be wasting them because theres no time like the present Carpe Diem. I need to be thinking about my long term future and success because even though its uncomfortable right now growth is uncomfortable. I’m going to have to work hard and prove myself every single day in the field of work that I am interesting in pursuing especially because it is such a heavily male dominated industry. The last half of the video is scenes from multiple different college commercials a Gatorade commercial and a blue collar worker commercial all mixed up with the vocals of multiple famous motivational quotes from actors and political figures with the instrumental Murdercaust by Lord Lorenzo in the background. This section shows that people from all walks of life are working hard to improve their lives and the lives of those around them and I want to wake up every morning and concisely decide to be one of those people. Its easier to wake up every morning and be one of those people when you actually like the job that you do and its rewarding. The way you get a rewarding job is killing it at interviews and giving 110% everyday. Overall this video is meant to be a reminder to me and other people to be patient with the process and to believe in ourselves and our ability and to wrap it up with another Bruce Lee quote “Remember that success is a journey not a destination.”
Something I knew I wanted to accomplish with this video from the beginning was making it interview specific. Videos that are basic guidelines for grounding yourself or guided breathing don’t have much of an effect in easing my anxiety, so I wanted to make something I felt would help me before an interview. Something to know about me as a person is that I tend not to take myself too seriously. Because of this, videos with an overly serious tone tend to go over my head. That is why in this video I try to keep an easy-going/comedic tone. My reasoning is that if I’m too busy laughing at myself then it’s less time spent agonizing over the interview. A lot of my inspiration for this video comes from old-school inspirational videos and the almost over the top nature of infomercials. I tried to make the editing as seamless as possible, but I still wanted to keep a campy and homemade tone to the video, as seen in the not so perfect green screen effects.
To help calm down, I included a checklist of things you can do before your interview to help ensure you’re ready. For me, having a defined set of tasks to follow for success helps to center me and ease a few anxieties, so that’s the format I followed. My thought process is, “If I follow these steps, I’m more likely to succeed, so therefore I’m less anxious.”
For the psych up portion, I have a hard time really believing people when they tell me to ‘just be confident’. To make up for this, I went over the top in the psych up portion to try and establish a sense of confidence that isn’t as easily shaken. This ties back to a point I made earlier: “If I’m too busy laughing at myself, it’s less time spent agonizing over the interview”. If I repeat to myself that I’m the King of the Jungle, it’s ridiculous, but it’s a way for me to have a laugh about the situation and establish a small sense of confidence from the sheer inanity of the situation.
When I originally got this assignment I immediately thought that I would do a psych up video because I usually like to get amped up and excited. But that only applies to when I am playing sports or doing something of that category. I thought about it more and when I need to do an interview or am preparing for a big exam, I like to calm myself down. The way I know how to calm down is by just breathing, and using the box breaths method is the best way. Breath in for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, breath out for 4 seconds and hold for 4 seconds. This method helps me get centered and focused on just that one thing, and so there are no other thoughts going through my head.
First off, these pictures are all pictures that I took myself that make me feel relaxed and calm. A good majority of them are sunset pictures, that is because when I watch sunsets, it’s all I am focused on, nothing else matters in that moment. It is almost silent when I watch the sunset. I can’t hear the birds chirping, I can’t hear other people talking, or the music playing. All that I am focused on is the colors changing throughout the sky.
The music in this video is from my yoga playlist. I chose this song because it doesn’t have any words, so you won’t be distracted trying to listen to the lyrics while watching the video. The way the music flows in and out along with the pictures really adds a calming effect to the whole video.