Wednesday, April 2, 2008

FINAL CLIP

Rough Sketch 3

Rough Sketch 2

Rough Sketch 1

Production Strategy

The locations that I hope to explore more are areas of nature and areas of urban environments, and explore how these can coexist. I might go and re-explore the Riverside Park area, and then also I would like to explore surrounding neighborhoods, but also have the opposite extreme of pure nature, with a downtown urban environment. I think that the degrees of variance of these three separate "environments" could help to create a more dynamic final video.

For image capturing strategies, I plan on doing close-ups and also linear perspective shots.

For sound capturing strategies, I plan on recording sounds that are only found in urban environments and than also only of sounds that can be found in nature.

Ten Questions

1. Are there any other towers or locations within Milwaukee that I could get a panoramic view?
2. How can I use images of nature in a surrealistic way?
3. Can I juxtapose nature and city in a way that exposes what is typically looked over?
4. How can I use intricate indistinguishable images within my theme?
5. What purpose could different areas of Milwaukee serve in my final drift?
6. Can I find areas that seem like I am the first person to come across them in Milwaukee?
7. What sounds would best enhance my final drift?
8. Could images and sounds captured at opposite times of the day create more dynamics?
9. Can live music and other everyday sounds build off my theme?
10. Are there places or locations I should plan to cross on my final drift?

Drift Assessment 4

My favorite place that I have gone to so far in my drifts was near the Milwaukee River in Riverside Park. I liked seeing back into the area from out the back of my place to the edge of the river. I had never actually gone back there and seen what it was like before, and I was pleasantly surprised. I found an observation tower that was only at the end of Park Place, and less than the length of a typical city block away. I didn't take any pictures because it really wasn't fitting in with the strategies that I had chose for drift two, but it was nice to go up the tower on a nice sunny day. I liked this view because it reminded me of the celestial views that I had while flying on a plane out to Colorado; it is one of those views that a human would not be able to have without innovations in our technology. It creates a chance for you to see beyond the limits of on the ground realities and get a more abnormal portrayal of the world we live in.