Figure in the landscape,

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May 23, 2016 09:16

Hello all,

I tried to make some video footage in 4:3rds format with my Panasonic G2 thinking I might be able to upscale it to 960 x 720, the results were too small to be of any use. I've got 1,000's of 4:3rds still images that I can merge with a video.

Tinkering about with ideas then led me to buying a Panasonic GH1 and being lucky for once there was one on eBay with only 1700 shutter actuations, it looks new. I looked at the hacks and patches that are available for the camera tried lots of them and eventually chose Mr L. Powell's 75Mbps Reliability Patch.

While doing this I began to think about using the 16:9 format, the prospect at first horrified me thinking about all my 4:3rds stuff, but, I do like to 'start again' every now and then. Making stuff in 16:9 whether still or video is quite a bit different from 4:3rds a wider frame to fill being just the start of it. It made me think a lot more and after a few hours I began to realise just why the cinematographer's art is so different and the reason that some of their almost 'still' sequences look so good.

I found a video art call from Launceston in Tasmania asking for landscape orientated video work and came up with this called simply "River - Woodland" it's a mixture of figurative stills and video.

The sound is recorded on site either using the camera or a Tascam DR-05, it's 4 minutes 20 seconds long.

Cheers - Jem

Anonymous

May 24, 2016 00:19

Hi, Jem!

I've seen a few of your earlier clips, it appears to me as if you've got this art video thing neatly worked out and "in the bag". I don't think I can suggest any improvements(other than getting someone to exorcise that "ghost" that keeps appearing and disappearing in your clips - ha-ha!) Nice one!

Cheers!

Neil.

Anonymous

May 24, 2016 12:30

Hello Neil,

Many thanks for you kind and supportive comments I'm grateful to you. I hope you and yours are all OK.

I think you've hit the nail on the head forgive me if this was not what you were thinking I also think it may be something that will concern others as well; I was concerned about being a 'one hit wonder' and repeating the same formula albeit slightly differently. I entered one of my little vids into the Video Dance Center of Burgundy call for video art and it was sreened as their video of the week earlier in May.

I had a couple of messages from the directors and one of them Marisa Hayes asked to see the rest of my stuff. I sent her the link and added the above about my concerns, she replied thus;

"I don't think you should be apologetic about filming yourself or revisiting certain motifs and methods, though. Goodness, there are so many wonderful artists and pieces that explore self-representation. You're in very good company! This reminds me a bit of Kathy Rose. I'm not sure if you're familiar with her work, but she often recycles the same images multiple times (and she plays a lot with self-portraiture well) as you can see, if you feel like having a look at her videos: www.krose.com " I'm really grateful to her I do need some sort of affirmation from time to time.

I keep looking at Kathy Rose's work and am not quite so dumbfounded as I was when I first saw it. Overwhelmed to begin with but then anyone can only do what they feel they are good at and I look at her work now and try to see what I can learn from it.

It's all such great fun!

Cheers - Jem