4. pausing right before destruction

still no sign of any recording yet, and the adobe audition is sitting imaptiently in my computer.

i've been delaying this post for awhile, but it's not true, i have recorded something since then. basically it's a two chord progression that i've just been mucking around with, backed by a silly drum loop. it still needs a hell lot more work, but i broke out the acoustic slide and i'm very interested to make this one of the highlights for this so-called idea.

also, in other news, i may attempt to sell this project as a submission for one of my modules. y'see, i've been approached to help cinematograph someone's final project, and that's all dandy, the thing is for this unit i've enrolled myself in, i think it requires two narrative productions. having little patience to search for a crew or even a vaguely good idea as a second option, i'm quite inspired to bring into the foray the concept of moving images for the ghost/.

probably will be dabbling into random cutting (ie. bingo style editing? haha, nono.. it's gonna be more tedious than that), visual diarying, spontaneous breaking out of video camera, minor compositions, text animation, animation itself, overlays, and what not.. basically the idea is this: how much can one person do with the absence of a constant crew? with the tools at disposal, camera, mic, editing software, visual efx software, blah blah blah.. it'll also be a study into visual installations, real time art with a video camera and kind of discusses the space and time concerns of working with digital media, as opposed to traditional forms of productions. ie being, you pre-visualise an idea, shoot something, develop it, piece and edit together, grade it, and distribute it.

i'd like to mix and match certain steps here and there, combine it with the mixed mediums of music, sound, text, webspace. it kinda works when it's all pretty vague in my head now but as the days go by i hope to have a more concrete and solid workflow. working towards the incarnation of the ghost is key to all this.

- 28 july'06, 12:24pm