Instant Video #36 — Wrap Around by Tammy Lin Foreman (2 min. 2009) Directed, shot, and edited by Lester Alfonso for the collaborative weekly video project that ran from 2008 to 2010.
Check out also: The Instant Video Showcase and Before Instant Videos featuring videos prior to the Instant Video project and broadcast on CBC’s ZeD TV. Audio tracks are available for purchase on Tammy Lin Foreman’s Bandcamp page.
The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes
Friday, December 11, 2009
This is a test. This is a test of will, patience, and on-the-spot creativity. This is only a test.
The pair of 3-D glasses is a relic from the summer. It was an air-conditioned matinee screening of Coraline. Definitely one of the top five movies I saw in 2009. (The list would also have to include, Ponyo, Star Trek, and Up.) Mm. Maybe the glasses came from Up.
I punch out the thin plastic lenses from the frame and I use a pen to trace the shape on a sheet of green screen paper. Use small scissors to cut out the shapes and use Scotch tape to stick them on.
Zip zip. Wear this! 🙂 I’ll somehow try to turn this into Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds…in Post. Tammy laughs.
It’s only a test.
The idea is to sync up the audio at the tail…so it would enable the camera to wander around a bit BEFORE revealing the source.
I don’t know what’s happening to the music as I’m puttering about in the kitchen. I’m just hoping for the best. I’m trying out this flash. This whim, this dream. I can’t think of anything else to do. And this is something we have to do in the next hour. All that daytime was eaten up by making and testing the glasses.
Only to get to that moment, when the camera gets to Tammy… And realize, a lot of power is gone because I can’t see her eyes!
And there’s a kind of Stevie Wonder swagger there. Not quite what I had in mind. It’s an exercise. It’s a “make something right now” moment. I guess it’s less of a test and more like a pop quiz.
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