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BASEMENT : Translucent Reflections
FIRST FLOOR / LEVEL 1 : Take II
SECOND FLOOR / LEVEL 2 : Tri-Cycle Below
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Tri-Cycle
Work Flow
Recorded with a Canon 814 film camera using Super 8 MM black/white Kodak Film
Processed at The Cinema Lab
Transferred to miniDV in-house at SIUC
The usual work flow ensues
Captured with a Sony DSR-11 DV tape deck
Converted into a QuickTime file
Edited with Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro
Exported as an FLV (Flash Video) file
Imported into Adobe Flash
Resized and embedded into a JPEG
Published as a swf
Linked to a web page using Adobe Dreamweaver
Uploaded to a server using the FTP client Fetch Softworks
Stored on a hard drive until requested by a click-of-the-mouse
Streamed to you in a binary numeral system
Decoded on your computer monitor
Received by your eyes with persistence of vision (the only natural process)
Decoded by your brain as a moving picture
It's like taking the time to appreciate what a tree goes through in order to provide us with shade.
What is this media providing us with and with less appreciation for the process?
Filmmaker Ideals for Tri-Cycle
Short film/images to music. The themes are rocks and trees as they become smaller and morph into buildings and eventually go back to the earth to begin the cycle over again.
The music was composed by Benjamin McCastle (my Brother). I listened to the track numerous times and then shot the film with my theme in mind (rocks trees and the nature of them). When I sat down to edit the film I dropped the clips into the timeline and added the music. It played rather well without even editing the shots. I had planned to edit the shots and be very deliberate with the music. However, this marks the beginning of my journey of experimental filmmaking.
The overall film was inspired by Koyaanisqatsi but the style of this film is something I’ve been drawn to because of my natural tendencies in filmmaking (i.e. music video). It was quite refreshing to discover that this sort of filmmaking was considered experiemental. Discovering this, for me, was like finding an ocean to sail my boat in after having lived in a desert for 28 years.
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