Lately I've been creating lumiere videos (along with Brittany Shoot). The constraints were are following were written down by a japanese art collective and the goal was to mimic the conditions under which the Lumiere Brothers created their first films in 1895.
The rules are simple ( http://www.solitude.dk/archives/20070522-2202/ ): * 60 seconds max. * Fixed camera * No audio * No zoom * No edit * No effects You can check out examples via technorati: http://www.technorati.com/posts/tag/lumierevideo My own favourites so far are http://www.solitude.dk/archives/20070522-2337/ (beautiful in its ugliness) and http://bshoot.blogspot.com/2007/06/lumiere-3.html (the visual equivalent of a punch to the gut). I have come to like these movies very much and I hope more people will join in and create one or two (or more) of these moments. Tag yours "lumierevideo" if you do (feel free to e-mail me too). I like these movies because the viewer will not get much out of these unless he puts something of himself into them. The viewer has to work harder to extract meaning from the videos. It appears to me that the more of yourself you put into these movies when watching, the more you get out of it. Especially the no audio requirement seems to insure this. In the modern world the lumiere videos remind me of snapshots from your mobile phone of those fleeting moments in your everyday. The funny sign at the store or the weird crack in the sidewalk on your way home. They are rarely (or at least shouldn't be in my opinion) like the carefully crafted photograph taht you colour corrected for 30 minutes before uploading. There's more commentary at Adrian's place: http://vogmae.net.au/vlog/?p=1009 http://vogmae.net.au/vlog/?p=1015 - Andreas Den 21.06.2007 kl. 21:31 skrev Brook Hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Vloggerpeeps, > > I'm curious about people's thoughts re vlogging antecedents and influence > from other media/movies/etc. Especially if there is stuff that has > influenced YOUR vlogging, but also generally speaking. > > A few examples to start off: > > * For vlogs that fall into the personal and video-diary realm: > *Some of the "homecam" people from the 90s, Jennicam being the most > famous. > * Sadie Benning's pixelvision diaries. > * In experimental film: George Kuchar's weather diaries, Anne > Robertson's super8 diaries. > * Caveh Zahedi's films (also in the narrative/serial category, but > "Bathtub of the World" is literally something that could have been a > series > of vlog entries) > > > The valdezatronnin, jimpunkin' media-hackin' mashuppin' side o'things: > * Negativland/Over the Edge, Burroughs, Bruce Conner, earlier collage > stuff > * Emergency Broadcast Network (TV Sheriff too but that's now not > then) > > Chasing the galactiwindmill narrative and serial-narrative (humorous and > dramatic varieties) > * Repeating sketches/characters on Saturday Night Live > * Dogme95 manifesto (No lights, handheld camera, only props found on > the > set etc.) > * Theatrical Improv > * Kentucky Fried Movie > > Documentary/Alternanews > * Michael Moore > > No need to stick to those or any categories, just trying to prod some > discussion with those examples. I'm curious about influences PERIOD. > > Also curious to hear from people who feel their vlogging ISN'T really > influenced by other media. > > Brook > > p.s. for all I know the vloggers I used in my hybrid names might be > HORRIBLY > OFFENDED to be associated with stuff under the categories, no direct > links > intended! > > > _______________________________________________________ > Brook Hinton > film/video/audio art > www.brookhinton.com <<vlog links are here > > TRACE GARDEN now available in flash format on Blip! > tracegarden.blip.tv > ________________________________________________________ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ >
