I wanted my video to be about the mundane travels of everyday life and how we just go through life without really stopping very long to pay attention to anything. I filmed my drive down I-4 at rush hour with a friend and genuinely enjoyed our surroundings and each other’s company. There are also a lot of social comments, mainly that we're so desensitized to things like ambulance sirens and gun shots. We seem to go about our days in these little bubbles, hence the "Willy Wonka" like music at the end. I used multiple different filming techniques to get the desired effects while filming and other effects during the editing process. I used multiple fade-outs to transition to different scenes. I also used the soft focus and an aged films, as well as black and white look to create the ambiance of time and a softer, almost dream like feel to the surroundings. During filming I used a lot of panning, zooming, both with the zoom tool on the camera and physically moving the camera closer to objects. I also got a constant, unstable, motion throughout the video because of it being handheld. The sounds added to the film are sometimes meant to be contradictory of what the viewer is really seeing, i.e. Heavy rain sounds while there is no rain, and sometimes they are meant to add humor or questions. Anyway I hope you all enjoy my journey with video and life.
