My university project is about enticement and invitation and I'm particularly interested in how spaces lure you in and make you want to explore further. As a way into the project I filmed my journey around Kelsey Park in Beckenham. In these large landscaped gardens, water is used in many forms: streams with stepping stones, bridges over waterfalls, small ponds and lakes. As I walked around I felt as though I was on a trail following the sound of water. If I was more daring and took a route that others hadn't noticed, I was rewarded by a secret glimpse across a lake. But above all, the reward for exploring is having fun!
This was my first attempt at recording a video on my new camera so it's a bit shaky and generally quite raw. I think I'll use the same concept and try to make another video that looks a bit more polished, on a day when the sky is clearer! When I was filming it I didn't know exactly what I was trying to show, but when I started putting the clips together I realised that it was about a water trail. It was a useful initial experiment.
2 comments:
Oh your video makes me want to go for a long walk in the park with a dog that I er...don't have.
Actually I'm from Birmingham! I just spend a lot of my days out and about in London...you're lucky that you live there already, I hope to in a few years when I save enough money. Or perhaps I will just permanently crash at my friends pad? Haha.
very cool. Video camera is next on my wish list. Your school curriculum sounds very cool. I am still pondering my grad school idea.
I played that video for my husband. We both thought it was very cool. I think it would pass code here. Do you think codes are more stringent there? Some in the states are a bit extreme. There is a group that goes around filing law suits for ramps that are 1/8" off. As a designer, it's very annoying.
Have you figured out how to email someone from their comment? I cannot figure that out. Thus, the very long comment:)
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