As part of my work for this studio I have been focussing on acquiring a greater breadth of technical skills, especially in reference to using Premier Pro. I love editing but have never been overly adventurous in terms of trying new techniques, so this is something that I want to continually work on.
Because of this I’ve had my eyes peeled open for the last little while, always looking for new things to capture or explore through film. In particular, it was after seeing an exhibition at Carlton’s Potter Museum of Art yesterday that I left with an impulse to attempt to create something (not out of copying) but in sight of said exhibition.
John Akomfrah’s Vertigo Sea is a three-screen installation that meditates “humankind’s relationship to the ocean, (depicting) the majestic beauty of the natural world in stark contrast with images of human greed and brutality” (http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/exhib-date/2017-04-19/exhib/john-akomfrah-vertigo-sea).
This is a concept that I appreciate: because, while we’re confronted with so much horror in this world, there’s also a lot of good that we often take for granted. For my own take on this idea I, again, practiced employing the use of a split screen as well as various other editing techniques. I also used a combination of my own footage, as well as that I found under a creative commons licence. I’m relatively happy with the result the experiment produced, however, am already working on another little project of a similar nature to see how I can re-shape things in a different (and better) way.
