Video Art (1/2)

Here are the YouTube links to the four videos that showcase my exploration with these fundamentals! Because I did not have a camera rented at the time, these videos were shot with my phone. 

1. Framing

-  Here, I am on a walk around campus, taking shots of the scenery. The University's scenic views of the coulees and its architectural elements worked in my favour to film versatile images. Primarily focusing on the rule of thirds composition, golden ratios, and scale, I aimed to capture a satisfying video that encompasses my prior knowledge on composition.

2. Colour

- I wanted to quickly explore colour. Rather than finding ways that colours interact with each other, I wanted to see how colour would interact with the camera itself. I captured the scenes around me in the Student Union cafeteria and filmed where I thought color was nice and vivid. My phone camera ended up muting the vibrancy of a color due to poor lighting, at least is my theory. I plan on exploring color in the second half of this project, perhaps using natural light more + editing. 

3. Light

- In this video, I took a walk downtown and waited for nightfall. I knew that light, in a video format, is dependent on the time of day. I explored how light effects form, which especially at night or dusk, can be overshadowed by light, seen with the shot of the bell tower and an interesting silhouette of the trees. Light can also be highlighted in settings of darkness, where the contrast between the lack of form of the negative space and the blaring light sources, lets light be the form. I found it especially interesting on the bus, where the street lamps created a compositional line in the scene. Reflections were a cool effect that put a cherry on top to the video :)

4. Shots+Movement

-  This is another walk on campus where I focused on camera movements. I very simply took videos of trees and the campus, panning through textures of the branches and zooming in on elevated spaces into distant settings. It compresses the film but that partly due to my phone camera not being as advanced as a regular camera. I intend to explore movement further in the second part of this assignment.