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176. the things we keep
1 year ago
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A VERSION OF THIS FILM IS CURRENTLY SHOWING AT MoMA (vimeo.com/26633751 and moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/talktome/objects/140006/)
directed, photographed, and edited by christian svanes kolding.
music from broadcast, "corporeal."
all camerawork created with a canon powershot sd1000.
THANKS FOR ALL OF THE BLOGGER SUPPORT!
©2010
commentary:
at its impetus, the film is very much inspired by the opening credit sequence of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, while i was also intrigued by ideas such as scientific classification, taxonomy, augmented reality and live-tagging of objects.
i wanted to know what it would look and feel like to walk into someone's home and discover that the objects inside are able to express themselves through the lens of an augmented reality, with a particular focus on memory and personal relationships.
in other words, if i could examine someone's keepsakes on display in a home, what would it be like if these objects could communicate their sentimental value to me?
that said, the film is less about design and more about centering the objects as proxies for human to human relationships.
i should also note that the urge to create this was motivated by the experience of relocating from copenhagen to los angeles to san francisco to new york in a very short period of time, resulting in this visual survey of a limited number of objects that one keeps; be they gifts from friends, found objects, thrift store purchases, books, pamphlets, etc. souvenirs from a particular time and place.
the things that we keep become objects invested with extra meaning during times of transitions and frequent departures. they are the constants.
this is a stop motion piece made entirely from still images taken with a tiny canon powershot digital camera, then tossed around in photoshop, further enhanced with a splash of motion graphics thanks to rudimentary tinkerings in after effects. color grading and morphing done in after effects as well. the tracking shot is smoothed out in post-production.
for comparison's sake, an assembly of the raw footage for the source material is found here: vimeo.com/10143372
-- csk
A VERSION OF THIS FILM IS CURRENTLY SHOWING AT MoMA (vimeo.com/26633751 and moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/talktome/objects/140006/)
directed, photographed, and edited by christian svanes kolding.
music from broadcast, "corporeal."
all camerawork created with a canon powershot sd1000.
THANKS FOR ALL OF THE BLOGGER SUPPORT!
©2010
commentary:
at its impetus, the film is very much inspired by the opening credit sequence of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, while i was also intrigued by ideas such as scientific classification, taxonomy, augmented reality and live-tagging of objects.
i wanted to know what it would look and feel like to walk into someone's home and discover that the objects inside are able to express themselves through the lens of an augmented reality, with a particular focus on memory and personal relationships.
in other words, if i could examine someone's keepsakes on display in a home, what would it be like if these objects could communicate their sentimental value to me?
that said, the film is less about design and more about centering the objects as proxies for human to human relationships.
i should also note that the urge to create this was motivated by the experience of relocating from copenhagen to los angeles to san francisco to new york in a very short period of time, resulting in this visual survey of a limited number of objects that one keeps; be they gifts from friends, found objects, thrift store purchases, books, pamphlets, etc. souvenirs from a particular time and place.
the things that we keep become objects invested with extra meaning during times of transitions and frequent departures. they are the constants.
this is a stop motion piece made entirely from still images taken with a tiny canon powershot digital camera, then tossed around in photoshop, further enhanced with a splash of motion graphics thanks to rudimentary tinkerings in after effects. color grading and morphing done in after effects as well. the tracking shot is smoothed out in post-production.
for comparison's sake, an assembly of the raw footage for the source material is found here: vimeo.com/10143372
-- csk
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from the moment i saw this film trailer for Prologue, i loved the way that motion graphics were used (vimeo.com/4673875) - the work is really beautiful and spooky and i wanted to create something that had a similar feel and at first, i tried to imitate it, but found that their approach was far superior to mine... taking into account the way that Feltron has made an impact on text lay-out, one can also draw a link between the textual lay-out in Prologue to the work that i created and how we were both presumably influenced by works like Feltron's.
timo arnall has an elegant way of working with shifting depth of field, blurs and muted colors, which i really like; here's an example: vimeo.com/7022707.
Drift (vimeo.com/7231932) by mustardcuffins got me really excited to learn more about the morphing technique. it's a beautiful and haunting work.
finally, someone suggested on a blog that i found my primary influence from the famous Ikea scene in Fight Club. honestly, this never occurred to me, but i certainly remember the scene and it definitely made an impact on me when i saw it years and years ago, so there's no way of eliminating that as a possibility.
Neat choice of music as well. My hats off to you.