What made you stop to record the moments of noticing? 

As mentioned in my previous post, I pushed myself to notice one of my three pets, Christopher the Cat. This form of motivation was interesting and refreshing, especially when I was paying attention to my cat’s behaviour and mannerisms. I did not restrict myself to record what I noticed at a certain time because I wanted the experience of noticing my pet to be authentic. I tried to make these images be candid as possible, but I guess there is a form of planning when you are consciously trying to stage a piece of media much like mine. Factors that contributed are also when my cat is interacting differently with the environment to make it a more dynamic collection of photos. Overall, I feel like I’ve done a mediocre job of noticing my subject mainly because of the setbacks I mentioned in the previous post (I could not find my kitty and sometimes he would be in the same exact positioning).

How did the way you collect relate to your initial research prompt? 

With my decision to notice my pet cat, this definitely fit in with the criteria of “collecting your own moments of noticing by ‘setting yourself’ to notice”. I may have justified myself one too many times when it came to the reason why I decided to document my cat but that is truly the reason why I chose to do this kind of task.

What did you discover/learn about making media through noticing? 

I feel like I’m repeating myself here but this task has assisted me into becoming more aware of my surroundings and practice introspection. Once I have gained these skills, I will be able to implement seeing the unseen’s purpose of improving my abilities as a media maker. The skill of introspection is very powerful when it comes into the field of media making, particularly with the field that I am interested in – filmmaking. I hope to specialise in that field in the future and of course, apply the skills I have attained throughout my media degree.

Lyreca.