Video Art Installation - Project 1
This documentary project turned out to be the biggest project I have done yet since coming to college. It was big in terms of logistics (meeting with people for interviews), content (my project is 74 gb), length (I have never made a video longer than 5 minutes), and concept (the role of beauty in the Church is a huge topic). With this project I combined various mediums including photos, video, and audio from dozens and dozens of sources: interviews, sound effects, audio, artworks, b-roll, music, landscapes, etc. In terms of the video as an artistic work in itself, it’s interesting because art is essentially the topic of the video. The video itself takes on a pretty traditional documentary form which is generally not associated with art. However, my goal with this video was to make it as aesthetically pleasing as possible so that it might exist in the context of the resurging artistic practice in the Catholic Church.
This documentary engages with the principles of 4D design in many ways. For architecture and topography, the video explores this element both in content and form. There are several photos of architecturally beautiful churches and the video itself works to establish balance, proportion, and rhythm through framing and editing. As for light, all of the video was done using natural light and a lens that was suitable for utilizing that light even when the natural light was dim. With this project, I used movement within the frame fairly sparingly. I really like the aesthetic of stillness because it helps instill a sense of meditation. The element of sound was something I spent a lot of time on with this project. I recorded my audio using a lav-mic and a Tascam recorder so that I could get results that were decently clean and pleasing to listen to. This video traverses time throughout because I often refer back to historical works of art to help illustrate many of the interviews. Additionally, I juxtapose older art with more contemporary art to further analyze the universality of art throughout time periods.
I think my project was successful in making something that is more of a preview for a longer form version. Again, the topic I chose is incredibly massive, but I think I was able to do a good job at personalizing it through diverse interviews.
Even though I had a good amount of practice on this project, audio is still my weakest medium, so I know that this project could have been improved with better quality audio and audio editing. This certainly has to do with the equipment I have access to, but, nonetheless, it could be improved. Another way that it could be improved is by turning it into a longer form documentary that would allow me to explore concepts in greater detail.
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