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Posted: September 20, 2018 Filed under: Assignments, Uncategorized Leave a comment »For my first pressure project I chose to tell the story of The Jungle Book in just over a minute. I created a sound score from audio clips of a nostalgic tape-recording of the classic Disney tale. After assembling the sound score, I gathered some visuals from the VHS 1967 film. From there, I decided to assemble the audio and visual clips using Isadora. I used Isadora so I could project multiple videos at once and animate the projections. I also wanted to become more proficient at the program and I definitely learn by doing.
This work was centered around nostalgia and the reinvention and evaluation of childhood memories. My colleagues commented that they felt like they rewatched the full hour and a half movie in a minute because the key frames and quotes reminded them of the full scene. The time constraints turned the project in to a very concentrated reflection. During the critique the class also discussed the issues with the moral complications of race and culture associated with The Jungle Book. Though my concentrated reflection was able to avoid some of these complications, the issues should not and can not be invisibilized.
As a whole, I really enjoyed making this work and was inspired by all of the other interpretations of this pressure project!