Saturday, February 15, 2014

Experimental Video Here I Come!


My first experimental video exercise assigned by my mentor Dana Levy will focus on my documentary about the Mizrahi family’s emigration from Iran as a result of the Islamic Revolution of 1979. I'll place between 2 and 3 minutes of audio from the interviews I’ve done on a timeline in my editing software and illustrate the story being told with old family photographs, maps, postcards, as well as scanned objects. For example, I plan to scan the actual chador Sharona wore to cover her hair after the Islamic Revolution. Dana wrote that the end result could be more interesting if the objects I use aren’t directly related to the story, but illustrate it in some way. I started scavenging Ebay for old postcards and other items that may be useful. I view this exercise as a puzzle where the images and objects are the pieces that fit together to help make sense of the story. I’m looking forward to thinking creatively and having fun with it!

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