First time using iMovie. Song used: Broken Social Scene's "Shampoo Suicide."

In the spring of 2007, during my final semester of college, I took a photography class. One of the last assignments was to create a cohesive set of photographs with a theme or underlying narrative. Anyway, that's how my project, "...As The Crane Takes Flight", was born (yes, the title is a direct reference to the Ted Leo song). I wanted to portray today's youth through a series of staged and unstaged photography shoots and translate each lifestyle from music I listen to (the songs that primarily inspired me were: Broken Social Scene's "Anthems for a 17-Year-Old Girl," Belle & Sebastian's "Dirty Dream #2," and Smashing Pumpkins' "Thirty-Three"). I took many photos over the course of two months, in Chicago and in rural central Illinois -- all of which are featured in the video. Since my camera took 3 exposures per shot, I realized I could dick around iMovie for a few hours and actually make a small movie.

Out of thousands of photographs, I ended up using about 46 of them for the final photo project. To see the results and a more cohesive story, check out: flickr.com/photos/retuta/sets/72157594577400723/

Oh, and I got an A in the class. If you cared, which you prolly didn't.
-p.