Welcome To My Second Drift

On this drift I walked the streets of Milwaukee close to the lake. I captured images and video using an image capture strategy which is explained in at the end of the blog. I also incorporated a walking or strategy and that would be my path through out my walk. I then took all that I had gathered and edited five rough cuts together using QuickTime Pro to see which direction I wanted to take for my final cuts. The first three videos you see consist of my final cut videos and the next five are my rough cuts. I hope that you enjoy experiencing the experiences that I encountered.

Stuck In The Mud

I wanted to give the feel that the viewer was getting stuck against the flow of the video.

Lifeline

For this video I used a lot of images that had layers within them along the image of a continuous line. I aimed to represent a timeline of life.

Real and Reflection

I wanted to confuse the viewer of what they were actually looking at. Mainly, the confusing part comes between what the "real" captured images are and the reflected "illusions" of images.

Mud & Reflections (still images)

Ivy

Weaving

Retaining Lines

Branching

Image Capture Strategy

The two image capture strategies that I incorporated into my drift were ones that I think worked well together. The first strategy that I had was to capture images of the ground or the things we walk on. I found a bunch of interesting images with this strategy like intriguing images of mud and puddles with reflections. The second strategy that I had was capturing images that displayed interesting types of lines winding through the image.

Drift Strategy

On this drift I implemented a "snaking" strategy. I started heading east on Hartford then turning right on the next crossing street which was Hackett Ave. I then took the next two lefts to snake back the way that I came on the next road. I followed this strategy until I ran in to Lake Michigan, I then just continued down Lincoln Memorial Drive until the end of my drift.