Today, we watched some examples of Rhythmic Editing from Aaron Valdez and several past student projects. It inspired me to want to shoot some artsy b-roll type footage and reminded me of a video from a band that I have recently gotten into. Not necessarily pertaining to cutting to an exact number of frames, but instead of intentionally filming something in particular like a piece with a main subject or actor; but rather shoot nothing for something. I had to also edit a documentary for my FST 331 class and I had used lots of b-roll footage that actually got me out of some undesired cuts but had to have those spoken lines in the piece. I am now inspired to just go out and shoot whatever is in front of me. I've always been so frontal with my photography and with my developing cinematic eye, I want to look past the deliberate subject in front of me and look behind or at a location/scene as a whole piece by itself and not just background vs. foreground. Make the background the subject and the person/subject it's accessory.
For this upcoming project, I am filming a person as the main subject, but I will try to keep in mind the world behind and around her. Yes, she is crucial to the piece, but what or who is the main character? Is it the rhythm created by the edit of what clips I decide to repeat 44 times? Her face and actions? The location and environment that this will be captured? I know this course is designed for me to experiment with unconventional cinematic techniques and broaden my expectations, but I think I will try to deliberately capture an ambiguous image and let the viewer choose what is more relevant to look at.
Oh here's that video I was telling you about (ironically, the song is called Bad Art and Weirdo Ideas):
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