one minute experimental video

McLuhan says that notions of time become the new space as we "march backwards into the future". I thought thoroughly about this as I approached my one minute video project. Initially, I had a lot trouble beginning. I struggled a lot with such an open ended project and never truly got a firm grasp of what I wanted to do. As the days went by I got more and more nervous thinking about how I would approach the project. Soon, I started to video record random events of my day. I recorded things like opening my curtains in the morning, brushing my teeth, and buildings on campus I walked by. Then one day I was heading up the stairs of a residence hall as it happened to be 'golden hour'. I was enjoying the shapes of light that were coming through the window so I decided simply to record. I wish I didn't underestimate my level of procrastination for finishing the project. I wanted my final product to be so simple and almost primitive, with no special effects or elaborate soundtrack. By playing on the idea of light and how the sun cast its light through the windows the whole recording process was time sensitive. Although I really struggled with this film I enjoyed working with video editing technology for the first time.