Time - Reflection - "Are You Bored With Life Yet?"

When we were given the assignment to express time in some way I almost immediately thought about wasted time. Trying to stay away from cliches, I tried to look deeper into ways that we don't necessarily waste time but things that we spend lots of time doing that seem to fly by. Whether it be something we have to do every day like getting dressed or something that happens every once in a while like shave or something, we spend a considerable amount of time doing such things that can add up.

I dedicated my project to videotaping in slow and fast motion various things we do throughout our day that can be either fast or slow. I put certain things (like shaving) that you can't speed up in slow motion to show the almost trapped feel you can get when doing such tasks that require patience in our hectic lives. I also made some very fast (like walking) that CAN be sped up if enough effort is put in.

The title "Are You Bored With Life Yet?" is not supposed to imply suicidal tendencies or negative connotations. It is merely to illustrate that there are some things in life that are flat out boring. Some things that you wish you didn't have to do every day but that you must do regardless. It is also supposed to very subtly suggest how we live our lives in such hectic fashions that we are so obsessed with speed and success that sometimes we go into autopilot and this is a tribute to all things we can't do without thinking.

I believe my presentation was successful and I had evident confidence in my work. I don't think I relied too much on my PowerPoint to do the talking for me. I minimized the amount of distractions on purpose by leaving the screen black at certain points in my presentation to focus more on the words I was speaking rather than the pictures I had taken. I answered all questions to the best of my ability and was honest with my audience about how I felt about my project. My only regret is that some of the shots were a little "un-artsy". I can't think of any other way to explain it other than that. Some of the shots I had were very wide and were not focused on the subject matter. Granted, I did have some restrictions from what I was attempting due to the camera I was using but I am still proud of my work. I  also was trying to make a silent film but I think some sort of sound accompaniment could have aided my work quite a bit.

-N8