RETURN

My name is Joshua McClain and I want to talk to you about the process of this piece you are about to expereince. In the beginning my idea of this project was to do a large scale piece on how the world has become too consumerized and structured by the governmental powers ruling our country and our lives. Later on in the process I realized that the footage that I took was actually about the need to return to a simpler life. I should not make a piece out of beautifulk images that is meant to make a political statement. So I took the piece down a path returning to nature in a sense. I think that you will get the feeling of a journey with a beginning and an end, all the while stopping to look at the beauty in our world.

This movie was finished on December 16th, 2006 at 11:30 pm. The duration of the piece is one minute and fifty-four seconds (1:54) long.

This blog is meant to be a journey where I start with one idea. Then meld it, and shape it by the footage taken, and take a meaning from the footage itself. This is a visual and aural experience meant to emote the senses and challenge the brain. I hope that you enjoy yourself here.

New Update!!!!

Here are some new posts for my 3rd trek. I hope you can watch them and if you feel led please leave me a comment. I have gotten the bugs out of the video size and they should load real quick. Sorry about the inconvenience from the last trek.

Wooden Wall with sound

This is the same wooden wall clip only with a soundtrack. Click Image to View Movie.

Wooden Wall

This piece really stood out to me. I was walking past this wall and saw what I have captured in my mind. Then I realized its instability is what drew me into it. The lights were an added bonus. Click Image to View Movie.

Trees and sun with sound

This is the same trees and sun clip only with a soundtrack. Click Image to View Movie.

Trees with the sun on them

This was just the most beautiful array of color from the sun on the tops of the trees I had seen in a while. I just had to captureit. I will most likely use it as a pan in my final piece. Click Image to View Movie.

Swinging Branch with sound

This is the same swinging branch movie with its own soundtrack. Click Image to View Movie.

Swinging Branch

This is a movie of a bracnd that is swinging amongst many still branches. I am thinking of adding an annoying sound to this. Click Image to View Movie.

Little River, little bridge with sound

The same movie of the river and bridge only with its own soundtrack. Click Image to View Movie.

Little River, little bridge

This is a video of a little river running underneath a snow laden bridge. This will be useful to add the old, frontier life I want to play with. Very Henry David Thoreau. Click Image to View Movie.

Ribbon in the wind, with sound!

Here is the same video of the Ribbon with a soundtrack. Click on Image to View Movie.

Ribbon in the wind

For this movie I was looking at the way the ribbon was blowing in the wind and thinking of adding it to a non-moving sequence to give it some life.
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Project 3 Video, Last Light Capturing Trek Strategies (November 26, 2006)

Setting number 1: Structure of builldings was an idea that I wanted to elaborate on more from the first trek. I made some clips of the houses and I liked them. I wanted to see more of it. Buildings looming over us would be cool.

Setting number 2: Another area of interest that I didn't have time for in the first trek was nature and pictures of that. I want to go to some remote areas and capture streams rivers and more nature. I am interested if I can be inspired to do more juxtapositioning with new and old.

Production Strategy number 1: Pictures of flat surfaces moving.

Production Strategy number 2: Pictures and sounds of nature and things occuring naturally.

Project 3 Video, Last Sound Trek Strategies (November 25, 2006)

Soundscape number 1: The previos trek I went on for sound turned out to be a louder than expected one. So this time I want to focus more on quieter scapes and more natural ones. I plan to go out very early, or late, and discover sounds. I want to get close up on natually occuring things.

Sounscape number 2: For another scape I was thinking of getting sounds that are electronically made and are heard everywhere around us. Then I want to change these sounds and make them unknown to the listener.