world in flux sequence ideas

sequence 1: Skateboarding. I plan to use various clips of me skating around campus and clips i've taken in the past. I want to use black and white shots and some slow motion. I plan to make my editing very close to the hip hop music i've chosen for the section.

sequence 2: DJing. I plan to take various shots of me djing and combine them with some still shots and lots of effects in photoshop. Perhaps a cool filter in final cut as well? I have some great music chosen for this sequence too.

sequence 3: Friends. I plan to film me with a bunch of friends hanging out maybe playing frisbee or something. I could use some cool filters in final cut as well and good music. Backwards slow motion?

sequence 4: Nature. I've always loved nature and it has always been a big part of my life. I plan to take some footage of a walk through the woods and maybe combine it with some still photography I took on my month long backpacking trip to Alaska a few years back.

sequence 5: This is section is going to intertwine all of the previous sections. I plan to use clips from my other sequences along with new media. I want to transpose clips of me in places I wouldnt normally be, perhaps djing in the woods, or skateboarding in my apartment...Along with this idea, I want to mix the music from the previous sections as well.

How similar are virtual reality and the hyperlink?

After reading about Hershman's work, I had this question. When she discusses Lorna's room inside the virtual reality, it is the same idea as Borroughs had with the hyperlink- completely non-linear and controled by the viewer. I thought this was a cool connection simply because of how much more complex virtual reality is vs. a simple line of blue text we know as a link. Though one is so much more complex, they are based of the very same concepts.

Final Project First Idea

I want to play with still and moving pictures. I like the aspect of seeing moving video pausing on a still image. It is interesting to see where images derived from. The idea that if you didnt see that initial video before the pause on the still image, you would have not known how that picture came about. Music will be a big part of it. I want to either write or find some music with a mysterious mood, strong beat, and something with lots of pauses. An idea may be to take video capturing the club experience...maybe from a dj's perspective? How the dj's choices influence the mood and energy of the people dancing. I think it would be cool to incorporate the still images of the club, with the fast paced dancing video would capture-intertwining the experiences.