I was interested in Miles and his peers (2018, pp.306) argues that “Facets are multivalent and entangled points of view” which also point out the idea of multiple simultaneously things reflect in class. This statement, in other words, give me an idea of a string of pearls, and the camera/eye is in the middle of the pearls and looks at them, but I can only see a part of it.
However, when I wanted to present it in the video, I was in trouble. Primarily I want to show the influence of sound. As well as video overlaps, the audio becomes similar to the ambient sound that our original ears can hear. Instead of movie techniques having only one sound focus, it makes the explosive list video more macroscopic. Secondly, I want to imagine the feeling that different videos are connected just like the string. Also, we can see through one small square is limited our view of the surrounding environment. In this video, I want to show these video fragments are strung together like pearls. Of course, this will also lose focus.
Presenting both ideas, I divided the video into two parts, although this may fail. In the first half, I create the first idea, and in the second part, I shot two examples of idea 2.
In the first part, I want to show the scene of many people eating together and the overlap of eating sounds. At this time, I bring up the point I discussed in class, the voice of our neighbours. Moreover, if the window is open, we can also hear The sound from the street and imagine the picture of it. This part sounds noisy.
Next is a relatively simple display of different picture sets of continuous scenes. It’s easy to see that if a director wants to show a complete sight in one plot, he needs to put enough elements in a limited picture.
Overall, This assignment not only gives people infinite divergent thinking but also makes people understand the limitations of media.
Reference
Miles, A., Weidle, F., Brasier, H., Lessard B., 2018. From Critical Distance to Critical Intimacy: Interactive Documentary and Relational Media, in Cammaer, G., Fitzpatrick, B., Lessard, B. (Eds.), Critical Distance in Documentary Media. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 301–319.