After hearing and taking on feedback from Hannah, as well as other students during Wednesday of week 11, I did feel more on track as to where my final video would be going. Therefore coming into week 12, I had all my videos of bugs, rain and wind exported on my laptop, except for a few more wind videos I still needed to take. I then knew I had enough footage to show a rough draft on the Wednesday of week 12, which made me feel as though I was not left behind. The class on Monday of week 12 was insightful, as Hannah discussed with the class in a deep and meaningful way, why ‘seeing the unseen’ really matters. What I understood, from Hannah’s discussion with the class is that the world is constantly changing and is extreamely complex, and if one believes that the world is simple and structured, they are not seeing the unseen. The unseen being every aspect of nonfiction that humans do not notice. The world is not just made for humans, the world is in Hannah’s words, “made up of humans and nonhuman entanglements.” Therefore the whole aim of the class ‘Seeing the Unseen’ is to explore, film and in general, create media which represents the complex world we live in. I really liked what Hannah said, that “stories are teleological and the world isn’t,” this sums up what I am attempting to achieve in my video for assignment 4. I am filming close up shots of bugs, waiting to see if any encountering occurs, and am doing the same for when I notice it is raining and when its also windy, to see what changes happen. The world is not teleological and that is what I hope I am capturing throughout my videos, and also through using Korsakow, as there is no one direct storyline that must be followed in my video.

In Monday’s class in week 12, as a class we also discussed and wrote down our specific tools for noticing as it relates to our assignment 4 video. Personally, I chose to focus on the importance of using close up shots to film natural encounters between bugs, rain or wind, as that is how humans can most clearly see these usually unseen encounters. Therefore I wrote that “a tool for noticing is…in order to notice small encounters within the environment, use close-up shots. Because close-up shots emphasise what is occurring within the frame and allows humans to notice what they usually miss.” This,  ‘a tool for noticing’ phrase will be included on my poster for the exhibition.