Now for the third and final experiment, having mentioned it multiple times in my previous experiment, I compiled the images and videos I took over the past few weeks and compared the two from each other. For this experiment, I simmered it down to three video footage and three images, because I consider these images and videos to be the essence of my theme – the interaction between man versus nature and nature versus man. Through this experiment, what I was intending to do was examine the difference, which was mainly the movement from the video and the stillness from the image.

We can immediately see the obvious contrast between the two  – and that is the stillness versus the movement from the video and the image. You can physically see that the video on top is being moved by external forces whilst the photo on the bottom is completely still, as if you are expecting the image to move anytime soon, but obviously, it won’t, because of course, it is a still image.

The type of comparison that I will be discussing in this post are the two different mediums (photography and videography) on the same aspects that I have noticed:

White objects 

This screenshot begins at around 0:05, with the video being on top whilst the photo on the bottom half. The comparison between these two depicts that there are different types of white objects in our environment to observe, even if it is from our own identity – the video on top are my own shoes. Looking at it from a natural perspective, the similarity between my shoes and dog is obviously the colour, but it is our identity as part of “nature” that makes us similar to each other. A human being and a dog both have the ability to create movement and therefore, the contrast between the shoes’ movement and the dog’s stillness is what sets it apart from each other, hence, the title of ‘movement vs. stillness’.

Foliage 

Around 0:10, the theme of movement and stillness is still applicable to the comparison of video and photography and is even more relevant when it comes to the topic of foliage, such as the flowers in this image for example. As you the video playing on top whilst being moved by the wind and also moving with the camera’s movements, it is almost as if you’d expect the image of the flower to move but it won’t because it is, after all, a still image.

Final Project Idea 

Through these experiments, it helped me see the bigger image for my final assignment and gave me some questions/ideas –

• How we notice the environment in everyday life
• Being in a city space vs a natural landscape – how does this affect our noticing?
• Creating contrast and what I hope to find out through creating this contrast
• Is it about my perspective or what I want the audience to see? If it is for the audience, what do I want the audience to notice when they look at these contrasts between nature and a city space?
• A final project idea could be about the contrasts in my observations, using videography as my main form of medium. An example could be: Looking for a white object in a natural landscape VS looking for a tree or any type of plant in an urban landscape
• These experiments have paved way for the upcoming final task, giving me a clearer vision of what it is I want to achieve. Through this experiments, I have answered my own questions about our world and society, giving me a better outlook as a media maker and influencing my future works and projects.

Essentially, what do I want to find out about man vs nature in my final task? 

Lyreca