A similar project that I do with students are 'sample movies'. the  
idea is that a film/video camera (and/or sound recorder) are sampling  
machines (eg 25 fps) so we make this literal. You use your video  
camera and you then sample for a similarly defined interval. eg 5  
seconds every 5 minutes for an hour. Sometimes the hour is nominated  
(eg from 5pm), sometimes not. There is no editing, no additional  
soundtrack. Some of the works are beautiful, some mundane. But it is a  
good exercise to get them to think about simple content, simple rules  
for the generation of content, and how to frame/compose the everyday  
so that it looks decent.

On 05/01/2009, at 3:04 AM, Jay dedman wrote:

> "Shoot video throughout a day in your life, then put it together and  
> upload
> it the next day. Don't add any music or sound effects, just use what  
> the
> camera recorded.
> It's easy. DO IT."


cheers
Adrian Miles
[email protected]
bachelor communication honours coordinator
vogmae.net.au

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