The practical list video I made for Experiment 1 of Assignment 1 changed pretty drastically over the week. I don’t usually make practical lists intentionally, but I decided to convert my house cleaning schedule into a list. I came into class on Wednesday and originally intended on featuring close up shallow focused shots of the surfaces I clean, as well as the tools I use to clean them.

However, my ideas were changed after some thought and feedback in class. Jack and I both spoke about our ideas. I told him that I was feeling like my project seemed a little narrow, and he suggested that I should consider pairing the cleaning objects within the surfaces, going for wider shots. Furthermore, I found the example images we looked at on Wednesday of the American suburbian streets really interesting. I liked how they were almost like those picture books like “Eye Spy”, in which you were searching for certain things within a space.

I decided to try and recreate that on a smaller scale, using wide-angle shots with a greater depth of field, and have audiences search for the objects in the frame. I didn’t make them hard to find though. especially liked how the bathroom frames turned out, their small spaces allowed for the most controlled depth, and they had the most items listed to clean within the space, allowing me to get creative with the placement.

Whilst editing this video, it made me think back to this weeks reading, in how practical lists become poetic lists over time, and to new audiences. It made me wonder if uninitiated people would consider this a poetic or practical list? If 100 years from now, would they be able to notice that these items are used for cleaning the spaces, or if they would interpret it a different way. Interesting thoughts!