During this project I learned how to import and cut audio. I also learned how to add background music and pictures to an audio track. I had difficulties when figuring out how to cut the audio out that I didn’t want in the video. I would have liked to use clips of videos in lieu of just pictures because I feel like thats more interesting, but syncing the audio with the video was extremely difficult and it was also hard to download the actual video itself.
Original Video from Aimee Mullin’s Ted Talk
About Aimee:
Aimee is a record-breaking Paralympic athlete who realized at a very young age how powerful words can be. Her childhood doctor sparked this by calling her a “strong and powerful little girl”. She later picked up a thesaurus and read all of the horrible synonyms under “disabled”. She was appalled. She was determined to speak out about adversity and rather than shield people from adversity, but to prepare them for it. This clip is part of a ted talk. The audio comes through a little quieter than the other two clips. Aimee’s target audience is everyone who has or will ever face adversity. Aimee believes that adversity is so common that instead of hiding from it, we need to be able to take it head on, and be prepared for when it does happen. Aimee believes that sometimes it takes adverse situations in order for people to realize just how strong they are, and to realize what values most to them.
Words spoken in video:
“Disabled, adjective: crippled, helpless, useless, wrecked, lame, mutilated. Antonyms: healthy, strong, capable. I was born into a world that perceived someone like me to have nothing positive whatsoever going for them, when in fact today, I’m celebrated. It’s not just about the words, it’s what we believe about people when we name them. It’s about the values behind the words. Our language effects our thinking and how we view other people. What reality do we want to call into existence, a person who is limited, or a person who is empowered? Everyone has something rare and powerful to offer our society. The human ability to adapt is our greatest asset. People have continually wanted to talk to me about overcoming adversity. Implicit in this phrase is the idea that success and happiness is about emerging on the other side of a challenging experiences unscathed or unmarked, when in fact we are changed; we are marked. Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around, it’s part of our life. The question isn’t wether or not we are going to meet adversity but how you’re going to meet it. Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity and out desire to protect those we care about by giving them the cold hard truth about the medical prognosis we have to make sure we don’t put the first brick in a wall that will actually disable someone. All you really need is one person to show you the epiphany of your own power and you’re off. Which potential do we want to bring out? The only true disability is a crushed spirit. If instead we can bolster a human spirit to keep hope, to see beauty in themselves and others, then we are truly using our power well.”-Aimee Mullens
Emily 