Opening 2

The viewings for this set of opening videos had a much different focus than those in the first. What I viewed for the first opening had an intense focus on law being a restriction the creativity. This time around, the viewings were more focused on creativity itself, and there was also a bit more variance in the general topic. Because of this, my thoughts are a bit more abstract this time.

What left the largest impact on me was the Nurturing Creativity video. Essentially, the expressed view of what creativity truly is is that it is almost some out-of-body force that comes to people from time to time. Sometimes this force strikes people at the perfect times, but sometimes this creativity can strike at inconvenient times when a person cannot act upon it. I have my doubts about these outside forces, but I do believe in the basic concept. What I mean is that an idea can come to a person at any time. There is something within our minds that sparks creativity. We can draw inspiration from many aspects of life. The unpredictability of this creativity and inspiration can make it difficult to act. I can agree that it happens, but I cannot agree that there is some unseen force.

One other video that had a somewhat large impact on me was Video Games and Storytelling. Though I do not intend to go into game design, the storytelling aspects of the video still strike me as important. Ideas from J.J. Abrams' Mystery Box can also be tied into the important factors of the other video. Both, at some point, stress that story and character development are key. People often "rip-off" the incorrect parts of a game or movie by only seeing the surface of a story being told. While weak stories can make for high-selling action movies and shooter video games, strong stories make for better, but often not quite as high-selling, dramas and adventure games.
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Everything else I watched was a bit all over the place. One video was about how through what people learn through games, they can make the world better. Another was about how mythology is connected to Star Wars and how this mythology (or religion) should be an important aspect of life. One more involved how people who speak languages similar to Mandarin can more easily recognize pitch. There was one guy in that one whose voice I could not stand. He simply sounded like he thought he was better than everyone, which kind of discredited him in a way to me. That is a bit crazy. Even how a person speaks can change your view of their credibility.

In the end, some of these viewing have opened my eyes to what creativity and storytelling really mean. Creativity is not always convenient. Story is key to a good game or movie. All of this can help one to be a better contributor to media.