For the moment my project is still really abstract, but I’m hoping to focus on appropriation, or more specifically the appropriation of television commercials throughout the decades. I really want to show the time passing through the decade by using clips from commercials from the 50/60’s, 80’s, and currently, and then what I want to do even more is to have time stop by splicing together bits of these commercials by combining video and audio from different (but related commercials). At the moment (and the reason I say this is still abstract) I have yet to combine these elements to see what the final product will be like, but I’d very much like to explore these possibilities.
Even though the focus of this project is appropriation, I still plan on using my own footage, audio, still images, and animation, and that’s by setting a “stage” for the video. In my house we have an older, 70’s style television set (currently getting dusty in the basement) and I’d like to mask the final commercial footage onto the television so it seems like it’s playing. This means the majority of my footage will be a frozen still image, but in the beginning of the video will by actual footage of me reaching over to turn the knob and turn the television on. I also want to break between commercials (and this is where I will also record audio) by having fuzz in between. I can achieve this just by recording the TV on since it currently (and probably never will be again) is not hooked up to cable.
I’m excited to see where this project will go, especially since I’m still unsure of the final product!
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