The snapshot exhibit at the Macaulay building and the video activity was really fun. When I first discovered that this event would interfere with my usual Sunday morning activities I was upset, but once I got there I didn’t let the negativity affect me. I encouraged myself to be cheerful, and in a few moments I got excited about the project at hand.

My group (Ross, Patty, and our friend Linda) created a video that captured the feeling of walking through the gallery by juxtaposing the photographs with clips of feet walking through the gallery. The filming was fun and creative. We focused the camera on a few different photographs, one at a time, and then zoomed in on one color in that photograph. Then, in a different clip, we zoomed out of someone’s shoes of the same color that we had previously zoomed in on. When combined on imovie, the zooming method we used created an effect that made the transition from picture to shoe (and back) very smooth.

In the editing room I learned many tricks and uses for imovie, and the tech people who were there were extremely helpful. Even though this assignment wasn’t being graded, we worked our hardest to make the video the best we could. We edited clips, uploaded music, and added transitions and effects. Even thought the video was about 1-2 minutes long, it took about 3 hours to make!

Once the video was completed, we went to the viewing room to see our creation played on the big screen. It was so nice to see our production come to life. After our video was played, our group opted to stay in the viewing room and watch other group’s videos. Even though we all used the same gallery for inspiration, each video was unique. I found it interesting that so many of the photographs that people focused on were photographs from students in our IDC class. The “twisted” assignment urged us to think outside the box when choosing a location to photograph.

All in all it was a good experience. While it was a little unorganized, I still had a good time and I think it was important that we saw some of the pictures that other Macaulay students took. I am very excited for the videos to be released on youtube.com so that we can all see each others creations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D-1b40vfQc 

Our video from the snapshot project

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