Day 8: Elk Sausage

So on Saturday, July 24th I went with Jeff to a Native American Powow at a local park. It was extremely hot and I was sweating within minutes but it turned out to be a good experience.

I was given the opportunity to see traditional dances. Dances of the women were not very exciting, it was like watching someone walk around. The men were far more interesting and involved porcupine hair, eagle feathers and hoops!


As for the title, I am always up for new things and I ate elk sausage, it was good and spicy, how I like it.

We interviewed the lead dancer, to tell the truth, he was not very good in front of the camera.

Something I have learned with Jeff is that you can tell when someone is really trying in front of the camera and when they can do a lot better. There are people who you can get retakes from, and while it may be annoying to hear them say the same thing over and over, the end result is a lot better. However, people like the man above say "um" a lot and don't really know what to say and tend to end sentences like this and...yeah that's it. When people do this the whole message seems less important and editing becomes crucial.

XDara

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