With the 60 second shot I learned some of the different angles that I could use. This was interesting to me because while watching other peoples pieces I saw how the change of the cameras angle could make the video completely different then if it was just shot at a normal straight on angle. Also with this piece I learned more about having a narrative. Videos should have a meaning to them. Even with a video as short as 60 seconds most piece have details behind them that gave at least some kind of beginning or middle or end point. This is usually up to the person who makes the video but it will allow the viewer to get more of what is actually going on. I also liked the fact that we had to use the natural sound and was not able to edit sound into the piece. This worked well in a lot of the videos because the sound is what helped give the narrative. Sometimes even having absolute silence in the video worked well too. Some of the different shots were close ups or wide screamed shoots, there were still shots and also panning shots. All these are interesting in there own way because where as a close shot make the viewer focus on specific things a wide shot gives the viewer the option of what to look at. Also still shots and panning shots have about the same effect. This practice of the 60 second shot gave me practice but also ideas of what all options I have when making any video.
I also liked using the natural audio. I've found in past pieces it often works the best for me, even though it can be interesting mixing random audio clips together to create a new sound. Learning about the narrative was also something that I learned from watching others pieces. Its amazing how only 60 seconds can convey so much.
ReplyDeleteI feel it is also important to have meaning behind a video. In video art it is essential to have a meaning behind work. What would be the point of displaying work if it has no meaning? That doesn't make you an artist in the least. Video art is meant to be questioned, observed, yet understood in a sense. However, this is based off the artist's purpose for creating the video.
DeleteI would also like to add that often times you can start a project on a purely aesthetic idea and you might not have a particular meaning to support it, but as you continue to work a story comes out of it. Or at the least a meaning will often change or grow as you are working.
DeleteI agree with the fact that a simple change in orientation of the camera can make a video/image so unique. Out of all the other projects we've done in video art 1 and in this one so far I actually think this was one of the most interesting. It has the most free way of footage and you can explore anything in the world and make it an interesting shot.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed working with the various angles and the natural sound as well. I thought that the narratives were interesting, I never thought of a narrative in the sense of the events changing in a sequence with the main object as the main character and such in all videos.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the things that caught my attention so greatly. The fact that with such a short segment of time we can so easily present a timeline or story excites me.
ReplyDeletethe idea of a story withing the video had escaped my mind when producing the 60second videos too and the reinforcement of the narrative from the professors given me a little more incite to the subject. the natural sound proved to be an intriguing challenge as it gave a greater realism to the videos but also constrained what i wanted to do within mine.
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