we presented our ideas in class today which was a cool experience. i went into the presentation with a rather unclear frame of mind for the assignment, but it was definitely something that was derivative from what was suggested by Sophie Kim and Hannah after the presentation had concluded.

a brief run down of the presentation is that the ideas weren’t fully formed, and i ended up filming really quite a lot of footage whilst in the whitsundays for the midsemester break and I had filmed a lot of footage of cliffs, planes, and the water. i also found a lot of solace in the use of several multi shot layouts, like layering and split screen shots. I was averse to layering with too much transparency involved as i felt like it diluted the lingering process and praxis, by perhaps diluting the way a shot can linger.

in any case, i was instructed by all three people to focus more on the water side of it all, which i’m currently looking into following through with. while i feel like i could create a work that considers this, i think there is something to be said that the final project should probably explore this but perhaps also go further than? preliminary thoughts here could be driving out to some natural spots and establishing this link between the flora green and the water more, elements of nature that we can tangibly understand. though, for the remainder of this assignment I am curious as to how well i will pursue the sound that i could feature in the work, because as it stands i feel as if there is more that i could do and explore