Monday, May 3, 2010

Final project!!

This is my video art project...first let me say wow..I can't believe it all came together(Cat and Sam understand;) I have been a competitive figure skater for most of my life. Now that I have retired from competition and decided to go back and get my degree, I often feel as though I'm a fish out of water and can't express myself the way I used to in my sport. This class has helped me find a new sense of creativity and I'm so glad I was able to combine my skating and art for my final project.
The first camera angle is taken from my skate. I used masking tape to keep my camera attached..which was a little bit of a challenge and most of my friends thought I was crazy! The second camera angle is being filmed by one of my students,Aidyn Gangemi. I'm skating the same pattern on the ice that I did when the camera was attached to my skate in order to try and duplicate what my blades see and what the audience would see. Also, I used Garage Band to create a special soundtrack for the background which I had never done before. I hope you enjoy it!!

3 comments:

  1. I really liked your video art. I loved how you filmed from two completely different angles. The four frames was also a great idea and the project came together really well.

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  2. I think that you taping your camera to the skate was a very brave and interesting idea. I would have been terrified that the camera would have gone flying off. Especially with all of those cool spin moves that you were doing. Great job!

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  3. I love the concept behind your video with the view from the skate and then the view from afar with the same moves. I think it came out really cool, and I like that you used something you love to do in your video. Great job!

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