Theme: Trees
Sub-theme: City Trees
Rationale:
The primary reasoning behind how we’ve produced the video is the idea
that trees have become displaced from nature, resulting in their relocation to
heavily urban areas, such as cities. While in nature, trees would have
demonstrated a sense of being a spectacular and wondrous sight for all to
behold. In some areas of the city, it is also evident that trees do indeed maintain
a significant presence, particularly in areas such as Darling Harbour.
Our video seeks to present this idea as having changed, with the presence of trees diminishing in a way that they are relegated to the background, and form part of the ‘everyday aesthetic’ (Murray 2008, p. 151). To emphasise this, we also incorporated shots taken throughout the city that portray trees as essentially being ‘swallowed up’ by the city.
This is evident in our video through the transition from shots of vibrant, leafy trees with buildings slightly visible in the background to a sequence of black and white shots that present the notion that nature has become lost, integrated amongst the plain office buildings and features of the city. In one particular shot in our video, a small tree is seen alongside a pedestrian walking sign, likening the tree to that sign and serving to show how trees become little more than minor features of the cityscape. While the trees maintained a dominant presence of the early, coloured photos, we sought to slowly reduce their presence until our final shot, showing several trees that are barely distinguishable against the background.
Our selection of accompanying music further serves to emphasise this change, beginning with a relaxing tune that fades out, replaced by a darker tune that also fades out in the end, as too does the final image.
Our video seeks to present this idea as having changed, with the presence of trees diminishing in a way that they are relegated to the background, and form part of the ‘everyday aesthetic’ (Murray 2008, p. 151). To emphasise this, we also incorporated shots taken throughout the city that portray trees as essentially being ‘swallowed up’ by the city.
This is evident in our video through the transition from shots of vibrant, leafy trees with buildings slightly visible in the background to a sequence of black and white shots that present the notion that nature has become lost, integrated amongst the plain office buildings and features of the city. In one particular shot in our video, a small tree is seen alongside a pedestrian walking sign, likening the tree to that sign and serving to show how trees become little more than minor features of the cityscape. While the trees maintained a dominant presence of the early, coloured photos, we sought to slowly reduce their presence until our final shot, showing several trees that are barely distinguishable against the background.
Our selection of accompanying music further serves to emphasise this change, beginning with a relaxing tune that fades out, replaced by a darker tune that also fades out in the end, as too does the final image.
Bibliography
Music: “Already There (Instrumental Version)” courtesy of Josh Woodward: available at http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/764954/already-there-instrumental-version, published under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, accessed 9/10/12
Murray, S (2008) "Digital Images, Photo-sharing, and Our Shifting Notions of Everyday Aesthetics" in Journal of Visual Culture, vol. 7(2), pp. 147-163
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