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Day 30 - REM 30
Day 30 entry of 30 Days 30 People 30 Videos Project for Navlopomo 2009. This follows a video by Steve Garfield.vimeo.com/7871542videobloggers.mirocommunity.org/category/navlopomo09Featured 9 months ago
Day 29 - Trying to Sleep
This is my contribution to the 30 Days 30 People 30 Videos Project for Navlopomo 2009. This follows a post by Kerry Brogan and is followed by a post by Mary Matthews. Music by: Imogen Heapvideobloggers.mirocommunity.org/category/navlopomo09Featured 9 months ago
Day 28 - Seeing
This is my contribution to the 30 Days 30 People 30 Videos Project for Navlopomo 2009. This follows a post by Brook Hinton and is followed by a post by Steve Garfield. Music by: Delmo from ccmixter.com.Featured 9 months ago
Day 27 - What I Didn't See
Here’s my decidedly lo-fi contribution to the 30 Days 30 People 30 Videos project for Navlopomo 2009. This video follows yesterdays collection of rituals rendered in animated gifs by Jennifer Proctor. Next up: Kerry Brogan.Featured 9 months ago
Day 26 - Rituals - Animated GIFs
It’s NaVloPoMo ([Inter]National Vlog Posting Month), and this year, thanks to Rupert, a month-long video-chain has been created in lieu of the traditional post-a-video-a-day-all-month insanity. This year, vloggers were asked to sign up for a particular day during November and, based on the video that came before theirs, make and post something for that day. I chose American Thanksgiving, 26 days into the vlogging festivities. After viewing Trine’s NaVloPoMo video, I started thinking about the rituals we perform to mark moments in time. This Thanksgiving, I didn’t get to see my extended family, and, to my surprise, I found myself particularly missing those traditions that happen year after year. So I decided to document a few little rituals that took place on my holiday: baking, opening the window to the unusually empty street, a long day watching TV specials (this year, a “Band of Brothers†marathon that I only occasionally partook in). I’ve also been thinking quite a bit about loops lately, and of course the very notion of rituals or traditions implies a loop or cycle, a way of passing on heritage from one generation to the next. These little documents then became loops in the form of animated GIFs - a departure from conventional vlogging, I know, but it seemed the most appropriate form for these little moments to take. It’s an idea I’d like to explore more - animated GIF as documentary. Next up: Brook Hinton!Featured 9 months ago
Day 25 - 3 Generations
Following from Frank's video exploration of Darwin and evolution yesterday, I was inspired to think about generations and families, how they change and evolve over time. David made a recording of his dad years ago, talking about what life was like when he was young. Listening to it again this morning, I was struck by the fact that he made £2.10 pr week in his first job, less money than I spent on his grandson's birthday cake! The third generation is a bit more subtle. I'll leave that for you to think about....Featured 9 months ago
Day 24 - NaVloPoMo 2009 Day 24
The Yahoo Videoblogging Group’s “30 videos by 30 Vloggers in 30 Day†Challenge is that each person draws inspiration from the video created the day before. I was intrigued by all the chopping and changing in recent videos from Mike Moon and David Lee King, but I wanted to pick that up and show that change is a vital part of survival. And I wanted to celebrate Darwin, today at least.Featured 9 months ago
Day 23 - where's daddy?
Here's my contribution for the NaVloPoMo videoblogging game 30 Days 30 People 30 Videos. The challenge? Each person draws inspiration from the video created the day before. In Mike Moon's video, he appears and disappears a time or two, and his familiar backyard scene keeps jumping around. That reminded me of my busy work and travel schedule, and how I might be constantly appearing, disappearing, and reappearing again to my kids. Hence, I appear and disappear a bunch in the video, which is set to echoey music. Special thanks to the crow who somehow chirped in time to the beat.Featured 9 months ago
Day 22 - ReTurn
The Yahoo Videoblogging Group’s “30 videos by 30 Vloggers in 30 Day†Challenge is that each person draws inspiration from the video created the day before. Gena responded to Adam’s video “Death In The Morning†with her inspiration video “Life Walking“. Birth, death, life is a cycle, a circle, Deja vu. With that said, this is my video, Day 22, a link within the chain; “ReTurnâ€. Spanning several months, the video clips were taken from the comfort of my deck chair. While enjoying life’s moments, I pan my oasis.Featured 9 months ago
Day 21 - Life Walking - VloMo 2009
The Yahoo Videoblogging Group 30 Vloggers, 30 Day Challenge is that each person draws inspiration from the video created the day before. Adam Quirk created Death In the Morning In honor of (Inter)National Videoblogging Posting Month this is my contribution to Day 21 for November 2009. This is my answer video, Life Walking 2009: This video is a mixture of what my original goal was, to get out and see life. Pulled in more directions but I hope to get back to doing more point and record slice of life videos. It is not the video I envisioned. It is ok. I'm good with it. My butt hurts, I've sat in this chair too long. It is a mixture of current and past videos I created. My main goal was to get out of the Bone yard. I don't like death. Not worried about the beyond because I'm good for an adventure or two whether it is a flicker of last light or a new dimension. I don't hate it or fear Death. I just don't like the process. The pain that is required to grow and go on as a human being is often too much. But what are the choices? Perhaps a ramble for another time. For more independent and not corporate videos check out the action at http://videobloggers.mirocommunity.org.Featured 9 months ago
Day 20 - Death in the Morning
Jay emailed me this link and I watched it at around 8:30am, held back tears, then let a couple go when Ryanne showed up. Cursed him aloud, emailed him that I was going to go out and try to capture something. Started walking toward Prospect Park, then turned around and started walking toward Greenwood Cemetery. This is my video response to Jay'smomentshowing.net/2009/11/video-sure/ for NaVloPoMo Music by Chopin.Featured 9 months ago
Day 19 - VIDEO: Sure
Here’s my contribution to NaVloPoMo2009, the brainchild of the (RAAAA!) Rupert Howe where we all make videos together in November. Our videoblogging community has worked on a number of group projects such as Videoblogging Week 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. There was also a couple years of Carp Caviar orchestrated by the quietly creative, Erik Nelson. The archive for these projects are gone, but here are my two contributions: 2006 and 2008. There’s also NaVloPoMo2007. And of course there was Semanal where we all tried to post every week for all of 2008. I’m really amazed at the quality of video I see these days. Either the video/film people have finally embraced the web…or regular peole are just getting better at it. Probably a little of both. And it’s been less than five years since all this started. Anyway here’s my contribution shot on my iPhone. In memory of my mom, Nancy Jean Dedman, 1949-2009.Featured 9 months ago
Day 18 NaVloPoMo
Day 18 of NaVloPoMo and day 18 is my day. Been very busy up early and all over the place. I hope it was worth it.Featured 9 months ago
Day 17 - Time...For A Dog Walk!
Dog Walk is my contribution to NaVloPoMo The idea is to do a video that was inspired by the previous days video. I followed Cheryl Colan and was inspired by her use of windows, leaves and a morning face. This inspired me to imagine waking up to the big trees outside my bay windows and needing to take the dog out. Go figure. This was a great test for me as it really set into gears the task of quick script writitng, shooting, editing and my limited HTML all within a few hours to keep the game going for the next person...Good Luck Ernie! I'm happy with the final piece as time allowed, but somehow the aspect ratio got botched with bad settings when I imported from iMovie HD. Clark Park has one of the few, if not only statues in the world, of Charles Dickens.Featured 9 months ago
Day 16 - Little Pieces
Kath published some intriguing thoughts about time, the data-body, and outsourced memories along with her video. Her piece begins with a quote from “Time Squared,†a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. Which is kind of funny because when I think about time, I always come back to Delmore Schwartz’ poem Calmly We Walk Through This April’s Day, which, of course, provides a big theme for the Star Trek Generations film: Time is the fire in which we burn. And I also come back to Don Charles’ song, “Little Pieces,†performed by D-Squared, which I used as the soundtrack. As Charles says, we’re all just “walking, talking, burning little pieces.†And for the origin of both, you can always look back to Heraclitus.Featured 9 months ago
