People Watch

Questions: irs2@np.edu.sg

Admit it: we all look at people when we’re out. We see if they’re fatter than we are. We look if they have better skin or better hair. We look to see what hand phone they’re using. People watching is a skill we’ve all developed. For this assignment, we turn our voyeuristic qualities to our advantage.

As I mention in the video above, take some footage with a phone watching people. Not wild people, or drunk people. Just ordinary people. Don’t let people know you’re watching, because it will affect their behavior. Trim the footage down in iMovie to about two minutes, so we can see the parts that interested you. Then use Garage Band to layer your voice in. Explain what was distinctive about the person. Focus on both their physicality and their behaviour.

Below your movie, give us a short piece of writing that explains what you feel you were able to learn about the person through the observation.

Put the movie on a page, and call the page “people watch.”