I think the idea of seeing the inside of the fridge when the door is closed was a pretty effective idea. Ya know I always thought (jokingly) as a kid that mystical beings would mischievously move the objects around in the fridge when it was closed to confuse us. Anyway, you could definitely distinguish four distinct parts to this video, and each part was shot from a different angle and placement each time. I personally think that the 3rd shot (which was when the camera was inside the door tray on the inside) was really interesting. The movement was cool and the perspective was cool. The other shot that I really liked was the last shot (the one where the camera was inside the water dispenser). The other shots I could take or leave, except maybe the first one because it slightly reminded me of Paranormal Activity. The thing that I would add to this is maybe like the low hum of the fridge into the background instead of silence. Good job though..
Would've been cool with some kind of sound maybe just to add something a little bit extra, but the silence isn't too bad. I almost would've liked to have seen it cut to where we can't see you changing the food every time, and have it just all of a sudden appear in front of the camera. It also might be cool to mix all of the scenes in together, instead of having distinctive parts to the video. Apart from that though I like the concept and angles you got.
Clever and favorite shot was the water. The creepy part was when you would appear opening the fridge (nothing about you is creepy)...it's the way you looked very serious and slowly putting things in there. Looked like you were placing something bio hazardous in the fridge, but in a sense it was -- hot salsa. Where's the beer?
Trying to capture the structure and function of the fridge with various angles was really interesting. One more angle of you interacting with the fridge from behind you would make it kind of a story of you and the fridge. That's a different thought though and its successful as is. I like the humming idea.
I thought the whole concept of the fridge was really clever. I like how you move things around and found new places to mount the camera within the fridge to change it up a bit. I think the framing on some of your shots is a little weird though. The first shot has too much of the wall of the fridge and it looks like your camera is crooked just enough where it doesn't look intentional.
Good work, Andrew. I have several thoughts. I agree with what was said that the most interesting shots were later in the cut where you get a little trickier with your placement of the camera. The bizarre shot (I think it's the second one) where we end up looking at what I think is the bottom of the shelf above is particularly interesting because it's a view that we would never see, even if we wanted to work ourselves into the fridge that way. It's clear at some point in the first shot that you're placing things in front of the camera with the intention of augmenting our view, which is an interesting choice rather than staging some kind of narrative where you repeatedly return to the fridge for various items (I've seen quite a few renditions of that video, so this is refreshing in that sense.)
I agree that sound might have taken the piece a little farther. There are a few other opportunities to take the piece to another level, as well. I noted that when we see you placing items in front of the camera, it's interesting that we're not getting a sort of cheesy narrative where we see you making repeated trips to the fridge. What I think would be interesting though is for you to play with the ways you could perform for the camera, or perhaps perform with the camera. There could also be a playful approach to duration of how long the camera is in the fridge with the door closed, time lapse of a long period of time inside the fridge, etc. You could play with the viewer's expectations a bit here. Just ideas. But you definitely show us things from an angle we wouldn't normally see them. Here's a question for you though: what would happen if you changed the ordering of these shots, say putting the first one after the second shot (the one where we're looking up at the bottom of the shelf)? That shot is the most mysterious, and if we hadn't yet seen that the camera is inside of a refrigerator, the meaning of the subsequent shots would be radically changed. In your subsequent projects, I'd challenge you to think this way about your editing. How can you withhold contextual information until you release it strategically to the viewer?
I think the idea of seeing the inside of the fridge when the door is closed was a pretty effective idea. Ya know I always thought (jokingly) as a kid that mystical beings would mischievously move the objects around in the fridge when it was closed to confuse us. Anyway, you could definitely distinguish four distinct parts to this video, and each part was shot from a different angle and placement each time. I personally think that the 3rd shot (which was when the camera was inside the door tray on the inside) was really interesting. The movement was cool and the perspective was cool. The other shot that I really liked was the last shot (the one where the camera was inside the water dispenser). The other shots I could take or leave, except maybe the first one because it slightly reminded me of Paranormal Activity. The thing that I would add to this is maybe like the low hum of the fridge into the background instead of silence. Good job though..
ReplyDeleteWould've been cool with some kind of sound maybe just to add something a little bit extra, but the silence isn't too bad. I almost would've liked to have seen it cut to where we can't see you changing the food every time, and have it just all of a sudden appear in front of the camera. It also might be cool to mix all of the scenes in together, instead of having distinctive parts to the video. Apart from that though I like the concept and angles you got.
ReplyDeleteClever and favorite shot was the water. The creepy part was when you would appear opening the fridge (nothing about you is creepy)...it's the way you looked very serious and slowly putting things in there. Looked like you were placing something bio hazardous in the fridge, but in a sense it was -- hot salsa. Where's the beer?
ReplyDeleteTrying to capture the structure and function of the fridge with various angles was really interesting. One more angle of you interacting with the fridge from behind you would make it kind of a story of you and the fridge. That's a different thought though and its successful as is. I like the humming idea.
ReplyDeleteI thought the whole concept of the fridge was really clever. I like how you move things around and found new places to mount the camera within the fridge to change it up a bit. I think the framing on some of your shots is a little weird though. The first shot has too much of the wall of the fridge and it looks like your camera is crooked just enough where it doesn't look intentional.
ReplyDeleteGood work, Andrew. I have several thoughts. I agree with what was said that the most interesting shots were later in the cut where you get a little trickier with your placement of the camera. The bizarre shot (I think it's the second one) where we end up looking at what I think is the bottom of the shelf above is particularly interesting because it's a view that we would never see, even if we wanted to work ourselves into the fridge that way. It's clear at some point in the first shot that you're placing things in front of the camera with the intention of augmenting our view, which is an interesting choice rather than staging some kind of narrative where you repeatedly return to the fridge for various items (I've seen quite a few renditions of that video, so this is refreshing in that sense.)
ReplyDeleteI agree that sound might have taken the piece a little farther. There are a few other opportunities to take the piece to another level, as well. I noted that when we see you placing items in front of the camera, it's interesting that we're not getting a sort of cheesy narrative where we see you making repeated trips to the fridge. What I think would be interesting though is for you to play with the ways you could perform for the camera, or perhaps perform with the camera. There could also be a playful approach to duration of how long the camera is in the fridge with the door closed, time lapse of a long period of time inside the fridge, etc. You could play with the viewer's expectations a bit here. Just ideas. But you definitely show us things from an angle we wouldn't normally see them. Here's a question for you though: what would happen if you changed the ordering of these shots, say putting the first one after the second shot (the one where we're looking up at the bottom of the shelf)? That shot is the most mysterious, and if we hadn't yet seen that the camera is inside of a refrigerator, the meaning of the subsequent shots would be radically changed. In your subsequent projects, I'd challenge you to think this way about your editing. How can you withhold contextual information until you release it strategically to the viewer?