Film Proposal
You Won’t Believe How Good This Dog Is!
I decided to do a short video of my dog that I rarely get to see as he lives in NY with my dad. Cozmo is a Golden Labrador mix and 9 years old, I got him when he was only 3 months old and he’s been a very big part of my life since. Cozmo lives the life and enjoys the snow, sleeping on the couch, walks and begging for food he knows he’s not allowed to have. Cozmo means the world to me and personally this video is more than just snippets of his life, it’s me spending time with him and it’s hard to measure everything in 3 minutes. I chose to mute the audio of the video and add in a cute song as I feel the background noises and such would just be distracting or strange to hear as there’s other things happening in the background aside from my dog which is what I wanted to focus on. I titled the video “You won’t Believe How Good This Dog Is!” as a parody of clickbait videos that circulate around YouTube of dogs doing one trick or just in general being a dog. One could interpret this video as a parody of clickbait videos or simply as the log of a dog going about his days, enjoying the snow, sleeping around much like a documentation of his life but in three minutes. The most relevant videos would be of Cozmo playing in the snow, sitting before going back inside from a walk, and knowing that he is not allowed to touch the duck that is being prepped on the counter and instead eats his food.
I used Windows Movie Maker to edit the video as I do not have access to any other video editing software and it was free and readily available. I used basic transitions as to not have the video be too jarring to the eye when the clips change rather than just cut transitions. The music I used is just something cute to fit the mood of the video being about a dog. The beginning is just simple footage of the snow we had during the break but it ties in because even though I might not be happy that my Spring break was freezing cold, my dog is always ecstatic to go out and roll around in it as seen in the video. This video is also something for myself, as sad as it is, my dog is 9 years old and only has a good 4-5 years left so I captured moments of him doing silly things, captured moments of him being lazy, doing his daily routines, and overall being a good dog. Please don’t worry though, the video is not a sad one.
