The theme of this photo essay is 'i woz here', which is appropriately misspelt and styled in the video as handwriting typically found on a class desk or toilet door, to indicate the sub theme of 'stories that we leave behind' in everyday aesthetics.
The photos in this video represent transience as described in Susan Murray's Digital Images, Photo-Sharing, and Our Shifting Notions of Everyday Aesthetics as the moment, which had 'limited time in the spotlight' (Murray 2008 p.140), has passed and what remains now leaves clues which communicate details of this moment to viewers without them seeing it.
The video takes the viewer on a journey through the day in the life of a family member heard in the audio or someone in relation to them. It begins with being inside their house in the morning, to where they have journeyed outside during the day, to activities they would have engaged in at night. New photos lay on top of previous ones that fade into the past along with their subject.
They are stylized in Photoshop with an orange like hue and corners that fade to black which represent an afterglow and transience of a now passed moment in time.
Exactly who is seeing these clues or who has left them behind is ambiguous. The final photo is one of flowers on a telegraph pole, which could indicate a tragic end to the story. Perhaps the father has passed away and will never receive the message or experience those photographed moments again, or perhaps he missed the call because he is mourning the death of his secret lover and the photos were actually memories of theirs.
Exactly who is seeing these clues or who has left them behind is ambiguous. The final photo is one of flowers on a telegraph pole, which could indicate a tragic end to the story. Perhaps the father has passed away and will never receive the message or experience those photographed moments again, or perhaps he missed the call because he is mourning the death of his secret lover and the photos were actually memories of theirs.
The sound chosen was originally music that audibly expressed a nostalgic feel to this video as songs 'become a kind of commentary on (a) film' (Frith, 1983 p.172), however, I felt the sound of a voicemail message would more clearly communicate the theme of transience and 'support . . . its visual system' (Frith, 1983 p.172) as an answering machine itself is an everyday aesthetic. Once I placed the new audio over the visual, the video took on a new and more complex narrative.
The complete audio heard is a juxtaposition of three samples I have edited to tell one story.
The complete audio heard is a juxtaposition of three samples I have edited to tell one story.
Tools used in creation of video:
iMovie, Photoshop 3.0, 3.2 mega pixel camera on Nokia 7230 phone. Photographs taken in Chatswood, Wollstonecraft and Lane Cove and transferred to my Mac Powerbook Pro via Bluetooth.
Creative commons licensing:
Sounds/Audio derivatives of;
'Hi Daddy' by daveincamas
- www.freesound.org/people/daveincamas/sounds/31490/
- Attribution CC BY 3.0
'Voicemail' by Pidgin
- www.freesound.org/people/pidgin/sounds/9903/
- Sampling Plus 1.0
'Andrew Voicemail' by mindtriggerz mom
- www.freesound.org/people/mindtriggerz%20mom/sounds/60838/
- Sampling Plus 1.0
MAS110 reader references:
Murray, S 2008, Digital Images, Photo-Sharing, and Our Shifting Notions of Everyday Aesthetics, pp 140, in Macquarie University, MAS110 Introduction to Digital Media Production: Unit Reader, Session 2, 2012
Frith, S 1983. Mood Music, pp 172, in Macquarie University, MAS110 Introduction to Digital Media Production: Unit Reader, Session 2, 2012
All aspects of assignment by: Laura Baker
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