Final Cut Video

Here's my final video of a trashy walk.












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Rough Cut Sketch 3

Finally my last Rough Cut sketch.

Rough Cut Sketch 2

Well heres the second rough cut sketch.

Rough cut sketch 1

Well heres my first rough cut sketch.

Production Strategy

My production strategy was as follows. First my location of my final drift was actually a perimeter that ingulfed my second drift. The main reason I wanted to walk the perimeter of the second walk was because I clearly remembered their being some amazing back alleys that I wanted to explore. The second part of my strategy was that I focused on catching sights of trash throughout the area and I wanted to also get some footage of simply walking. The final part of my strategy was that I tried to capture any sounds that I could next to street because my mics were not working properly.

Ten Questions

1)How many bottles can I find on the ground?
2)What can I find that's trash on the ground that's not paper, plastics, or bottles?
3)What alleys can I explore in the area?
4)Is there anywhere that I can get a higher overhead shot of trash?
5)Can I find a place where there is 360 degrees of trash?
6)Is there a way of collecting the sound of trash?
7)Can I fill my camera with trash pictures and clips?
8)How many blocks can I go without trash showing up?
9)Can I find some absolutely repulsive pictures in a nice neighborhood?
10)Is there more trash appearing at night or in the day?

Drift Assessment #4

4. Describe your favorite experience, situation, place, or recollection from either of your Drifts. Be specific about what happened, how you felt, how you reacted, and why you think this particular experience affected you so much.

My most notable experience in my drifts was of a homeless man asking me if I wanted to buy a digital camera. It might seem that at first glance this had nothing to do with my drift but, it did simply because if it wasn’t for that creepy dude I wouldn’t have changed my path to escape from him; which led to me finding my favorite clip that I captured.

Drift Assessment #3

3. Describe three surprises or unexpected situations you encountered on your Drifts and in the days that followed. The surprise could stem from your expectations that conflicted with "on the ground" realities, cultural or social issues of which you were previously unaware, feelings and reactions that you did not expect to have, appearances and soundings of things you did not expect, good or bad outcomes of "on the spot" decisions you had to make, or the discovery of "deeper" realities in the materials you brought home. (Again, skip anything technology-related!)

The first thing that shocked me was how crazy my Drift 2 strategy was to follow. My strategy was to change directions whenever a tan vehicle crossed my path. I definitely didn’t anticipate how many tan cars I was about to encounter. The second thing that surprised me was how rude some people can be. For example, on my drift 1 walk I was flicked off five times while receiving one sound clip and I was yelled at for trying to record an older man using his snow blower. The final unexpected situation that arose was how all street signs have contrasting colors. I didn’t notice this odd fact at first but after reviewing my information collected it quickly became apparent to me that they are.

Drift Assessment #2

2. Describe, with details, two situations during Drift 1 and/or 2 in which you felt unusually peaceful, at ease, or contemplative.

One thing that I found unusually peaceful is how I came up with what I wanted to capture. To be honest I had no idea what to capture and just walked out the door. Within a minute I soon realized that I wanted to do contrasting colors and unreadable words by merely seeing one fallen sign on the ground. The second thing that came to me as an ease was collecting obnoxious amounts of information. When I finally got back I had way more than enough clips to come up with some interesting pieces of work.

Drift Assessment #1

1. Describe two situations that aggravated, bothered, shocked or otherwise stressed you during Drift 1 or 2. (Please note that the situation CANNOT be technology-related.)

One situation that aggravated me was from my Drift 1 walk. The thing that aggravated me was the difficulty to find unique sounds. It just seemed that my drift strategy that I used did not provide enough opportunities for some one of a kind sound clips. The second situation that shocked me was how few and apart my clips came to me in Drift 2. I just figured that it would be a lot easier to find the exact clips I wanted in a short amount of time.