Project #5: Sound and Video Montage (chance)

Also available to view on my YouTube Channel

When comparing my controlled video versus my chance video, I take much more of a liking to the chance for several reasons. First of all, my chance operation was one that was extremely fun for me to work with. On Monday night, during the lightning storm, I watched from my back porch for about an hour, recording every time I saw lightning flashes. I translated that hour of lightning into my minute long video by changing video clips every time there was lightning. If there were more than one lightning bolts at once, I reversed the video. The amount of time between the lightning and thunder determined how much I slowed down or sped up the video. Secondly, I think I enjoyed the chance video more because I did not set any expectations for it like I had with my controlled video. I just purely enjoyed making it using the lightning strikes as my chance operator.

Project #5: Sound and Video Montage (controlled)

Also available to view on my YouTube Channel

My intent for my controlled video was to create a sort of narrative using appropriated videos and images I'd found on the internet. I had just recently watched Banksy's documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop and it had inspired me to make my video deal with the relationship between what is considered Fine Art and Street Art. My first several attempts at this were failures in my opinion and I just couldn't get the videos I was creating to replicate the ideas I had in my head. After several frustrating hours I decided to give up on creating the masterpiece I had envisioned, but still went with the narrative idea. I am not particularly happy with how this video ended up just because it isn't what I really wanted to do.