I was assigned the task of creating a clip based on MOVEMENT. We had to gather 7 different types of stock footage and put them in a sequence in order to display our editing skills. Initially I began to chose clips that I thought looked interesting, but then I decided to find clips that resembled a theme of some sorts. I wanted to briefly illustrate the contrasting elements of the natural life versus the man made destruction that humans have created.

The use of the bomb and other clips of war are contrasted to natural life such as moving clouds. The movement depicted, highlights the birth and demise of life due to the exploitation of the world by humans. The telephone call at the start was mainly included because I thought it sounded cool, but it also came back to the idea of the unnatural and artificial aspects that embody our world.

Although subtle and short in length, I intended to showcase these themes through these edited clips. It may seem quite mundane and intense, but these themes of ‘exploitation’ and ‘destruction’ are the first things that came to my mind when searching through the stock footage on the website.

Artificial Existence from Lucas James on Vimeo.