Thursday 9th Jan - Lux

SILENT CRIT (INITIAL UNFINISHED CLIP)

Humourous. Reminds me (due to the audio annd fast cuts) of Scooby Doo. An adventure track if that makes sense. This is also due to the inclusion of the look left and right close up of your eyes. The horizontal banding is that an export error or file transfer error or intentional. Anthropomorphism of humans? Humans best friend - the relationship between humans and dogs. Personally I think it works best where the base aspects of the human body are and life are mirrors across the species such as boredom, running, shitting, eating. Yes, I think I should keep the concept simple and stick to the basic needs and necessities of humans/animals. I don't think you need the shot of the bin with the sticker. I would return to the park / parks and focus on making more of particular acts such as the above and how this is mirrored across the species.

How do you all feel about the audio?

I think the audio makes the video more humorous since it is hard to build a relationship between dogs playing in the park and such an overly exciting audio which creates anxiety. I think this was part of the artists intention to create this dilemma.

The music adds an overwhelming feeling to it and it sort of reminds me of the feeling one gets when you are super anxious to go outside and everything that is happening in the world is amped up to 100 in your brain even though they are just normal daily activities, it is very effective.

How did you make the dogs and the people appear with those lines?

I like the music, it makes you reflect on what's happening. Kinda like a spy movie but I don't know what it means in relation to what one is seeing on screen. I think the piece talks about the relationship between man and animals/nature. And how man is just an animal. How park spaces are a place where animals and humans come together in our modern world and in cities. I think if what you want to do is show the similarities between humans and animals/dogs, maybe a slower tempo song could help achieve this. The fast tempo makes you focus on the movement and less on the meaning of what you're seeing. Maybe slower music would allow the viewer to reflect on what he's seeing. I think short clips allow the viewer to reflect on the similarities between the dogs and the humans. If they were longer it would be harder to find the parallels between them.

Looks a bit like a trailer for an action movie. It's quite humorous since I'm getting anxious by looking at cute dogs.

Are you trying to build a connection between humans and animals - or pets? If so why?

The presence of your eyes towards the middle makes it seem that you you have woken up to all this chaos - Like you woke up from a dream or you just started to dream

You zoom into the statement saying "clean up after your dogs" - does this have any significance conceptually? Maybe make a person eat out of a dog bowl, or put a leash on someone? Have you seen parents that put a leash on their kids? Like a harness and a leash. You see this in airports especially. Find some video on the internet of this and add it, it could be funny.

I like how you have mirrored the actions of the humans with the animals through use of overlaying them it's really interesting. It gets more interesting the more I watch it as I begin to understand what I am looking for within it.

I really like the shot of the crow

It took me a few seconds to realise that the actions of the people are reflected back to the movements of the dogs which is really cool and interesting, was that what its supposed to show?

I'm just curious, why did you choose to reflect humans actions to dogs or vice versa

Where did you get the audio from?

All the shots were shot in the park, which is very life-like, except for the eyes, what do the eyes represent?

Okay I understand what you're doing here. I think you can film the gaze of person in the park, cuz the eyes in the video are a little bit obtrusive.

I like how the soundtrack increases the tempo of the piece as a whole makes you wonder what's about to happen next. The layering of the videos with reduced opacity is cool showing the mirrored actions of the dogs with the people. To make it more cinematic you could 'Cine-cut' the clips to give the black bars above and below adding a new sense of cinematography. Playing around then with the colour palette to amplify this effect of it being more cinematic. That's just the impression I got from this piece - it being somewhat like an action movie with the soundtrack and sharp cuts.

I think if you are to continue with the theme (audio and fast cuts with eyes) then it needs something more as a finale. Also why this time of day? In this light? Did you try shooting at dusk or in the am early as the light is different and makes the banal and everyday seem special. That is just a thought. Also what about PACK behaviour such as birds swarming humans and pack animals and so are canines I believe.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=vitalic&&view=detail&mid=21282ACF9492C216340F21282ACF9492C216340F&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dvitalic%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

CAN ANYONE REMEBER THE NAME OF THE ARTIST WHO JUST PHOTOGRAPHS HIS DOGS

William Wegman??? - beat me to it thank you.

Also Patrick Goddard annd Gimples Filis (Gallery - some vid artists there that would be relevant)

Maybe take close-up footages of dogs in the same way that you took a close up video of your own eyes

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