Wind Dizzy (final cut)

Rough Cut 3

Rough Cut 2

Rough Cut 1

Production Strategy

(Above is a map of my drift)

I have decided to do my third drift near Riverside park on Oakland. I'm interested in capturing images of open spaces. I also am interested in capturing things that are in motion as the camera is static. I want my sound to be generated away from the park and perhaps even inside somewhere to get a drastic change between the sound and image.

For my final cut I wanted to display moving objects with with sounds that create a feeling of a daydream. I wanted the windy feel to carry the viewer through the video and the sounds to create a place for the viewer to think about what they are seeing in relation to the "daydream" theme.

My Ten Questions

1. What else is on the path next to the lake?
2. Was there a Park near by?
3. Is there a way to get somewhere that not everyone can get to?
4. Is there anything unusual going on that I didn't notice before?
5. Will anything have changed if I go back to a place that I was before?
6. Should I go further than I really want to try to find something different or interesting?
7. Is there any natural land structures around that could be interesting?
8. Should I go at a different time of day to see if things change?
9. Will there be more or less people around if I go further?
10. How can I find the best way to keep track of what I have captured and what I want to capture?

Expriencing Lake Michigan

I am from Rochester, Minnesota so I am used to seeing a lot of lakes. However, little could prepare me for what happened on my second drift. I had been capturing my images for about and hour or so when the path that I was on led me to a clear view of Lake Michigan. I probably would not seem like much to people native to Milwaukee but to me I was a cool and unexpected surprise. I hadn’t planned on running into the lake or even capturing images of it. I actually stopped gathering images for about fifteen minutes and just walked along the lake. I decided not to capture any images of Lake Michigan because I thought that people would think that it would be unoriginal and it probably would be. So I just looked for a while and that was my favorite moment of my drifts.

Unexpected Curiosity

I did not expect to have anyone come up to me and ask me about the things I was doing on my drifts. I found however that people are naturally curious. Many times I would have people come up to me and ask me what I was doing. I’m not sure what all of their curiosities were stimulated by but they were all friendly about asking. It made me realize that people are people and they are mostly the same in a lot of ways. It felt kind of good to have people come up to me and ask me questions and thing that what I was doing was interesting.

Peaful, Easy Feeling

As I departed for my first drift I really did not know what to fully expect. I was thinking to my self “Okay, I must look like a fool walking around the city with big headphones on and a fluffy microphone in each hand sticking them in weird places” but eventually that thought subsided and I found myself very concentrated listening to the world around me. It felt like I had superhuman hearing and I was absorbing all of these little, detailed noises that I would never have noticed if I hadn’t set out to go on this expedition in the first place. That’s when I knew that I was enjoying my time alone with my thoughts and these curious noises.

Oh, the Humanity

During the course of my second drift I found inspiration difficult to find. I set out thinking that I would be able to find some solid images to capture and was quite optimistic. However, I found it to be difficult to find these great images. Everywhere I went I thought about capturing something but thought that “no that’s not really what I’m looking for.” Even though I knew that I should have taken some shots of it anyway I would more often than not just pass on the opportunity. In the end I found myself having to go out again in like a “sub” second drift to get the rest of the images I needed. The weather also provided a problem on my first drift. It began to rain while I was getting some pretty good sounds. It wasn’t raining that hard so I thought that I could continue outdoors. I then began to notice some unwanted clicking noises through my headphones which I attributed to the rain. Eventually I did get my microphones dried off and I was back in business.