Exercise 01

30 seconds

noun
a grammatical part of speech that names a person, animal, object, quality, idea, or time.

verb
a grammatical part of speech that expresses action, a state, or a relation between two things.

adjective/adverb
a grammatical part of speech that expresses an attribute of something or acts as a modifier of nouns and verbs

process
Carry a camcorder around with you for a day (ideally, everyday, all the time) and start assembling a collection of very short video clips: try just 10-15 seconds. (suggestion: you could also combine this activity with the 10 Things I Saw Today journaling activity mentioned above). Try to collect at least a few dozen of these.

Once all of your clips are transferred into your project file, review your material. Then create at least 3 different ‘video sentences’ using your collection. Each sentence should use between 3 and 9 clips. No one piece should be longer than 30 seconds, though.

These pieces can be fun, serious, literal, straightforward, or mysterious. It is required, however, that you have a good time in the process.

Your video sentences can be suggestive of meaning, but they do not need to tell a story. I am most interested in you listening to your instincts about the flow of images, the rhythmic nature of the video, and what the images suggest. Again the main objective of this project is to familiarize you with the editing software and using a visual vocabulary.