Just a quick investigation that explores the idea of capturing reality in quite a different way to the rest of my footage. I was at Boney (bar/venue on Little Collins St) and thought that the red lighting would make for an interesting mood in a shot. As I took my phone out to begin shooting, I noticed that a girl through the window was taking a photo of the inside of Boney on her iPhone. I thought it would be funny to include her in the shot so I started filming, making sure she was vaguely visible in the lower left of the frame.

Once we got home, my girlfriend jumped onto Instagram and began looking through Boney hashtags. Fairly quickly she found the photo that the girl had taken, with me clearly filming in the background. What interests me about this footage is that it doesn’t only capture a single fragment of reality, it captures a different perspective of the same moment and becomes a multi-faceted piece of documentation.

Here’s the link to the photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/BGJtvcQsJj8/

Boney from Timothy Palstra on Vimeo.