Keenan Gardner-Final Video

5/24/2015

The contents of this video are aimed towards how walking through a space and experiencing the place (in this case, urban public spaces in New York City) helps you gain better understanding of how choices the designer makes impacts the feeling that space can evoke. Looking at plans and schematics of parks is effective in visualizing the harmony of the design but walking through the space you are further able to feel and experience the design in its intended purpose. Which is what I think this course was aimed to do; give a hands on and in depth experience of studying urban spaces and how they have evolved. By walking all the boroughs and parks you gain a sense of perspective, you observe how the area is influenced by contextual factors provide. This class made me think how landscape is such a broad term and that it cant take such a series of different identities and interpretations; how so much can be done with so little, how dramatic and powerful such a confined area can amount to. By physical visiting these sites, by being present, and by analyzing/documenting these places; I can take away a higher appreciation from such urban design as we visited over the course and hope the video can aim to evoke a sense of actually moving and being within the space.

11 Comments

Jinsung

5/24/2015 11:41:15 pm

I like the contrasting fast pace and actual face!

Jinsung

5/25/2015 02:29:39 pm

I'm interested in different speed of pedestrian in actual face shot. There are two kinds of people who are just slowly walking and running people. I think if you focused on different speed of people in landscape like runner, biker, and walker and what kind of device can effect on the speed, it could be more interesting. I know NYC is one of the most cultural cities in the world, but last shots are making bit confusing to understand whole film theme.

5/25/2015 02:34:29 am

there are some very interesting elements in the film, but the operative word here is "elements" with an S. i think you have enough work here to create several films, but bear in mind that you might have reached a point where trying too many things may not add up to a single, cohesive approach: this is always easy to say in retrospect, but it would be interesting for example to focus on compressing the journey we took over a single day into 2 minutes by consistently taking one photo every 1 or 2 minutes over the duration of the entire itinerary. put it another way: a really, really long transect. you're experimenting with this approach in the early part of the film, but then you abandon this for other types of shots and situations. again: do fewer things, do them consistently, and do them well.

something like this, combined with your great shot of actual speed in the middle of the film, would greatly complement one another.

i'm not too jazzed about the change of frame size throughout... i've never seen a film where the screen size changes like that. you're not the only one guilty of this approach, however...

Junhui

5/25/2015 05:18:50 am

In my own opinion, I think the music soundtrack suit the video very well. I am inspired by the way you used so many series images to create a film and I appreciate the speed you changed while the film goes through. I actually love the parts created by series images instead of the individual shoot. I think there might have some strange while working on the transitions between images and videos. But I really think the way you work on series images and also the you you recreate them by different speed begins to produce a real film. I even saw these special techniques in some movies before! Quite good job about that.

Jingyuan

5/25/2015 06:11:33 am

I think you can concentrate on the theme that you describe. I understand the description, but confused by the video, it is more like elements putting together. The fast and actual speed is interesting.

Crystal Peritz

5/25/2015 11:09:14 am

Your video is really awesome and helps portray the city in a new light. The perspective you took on the city was interesting and unique. I enjoyed the fast pace of the pictures almost leading you to new places even though I did get a bit dizzy from watching it.
Great job!
The art pictures and the Passion Pit concert really helped sum up the NYC feel.

Tong Zhao

5/25/2015 03:36:48 pm

I like the background sound so much! It seems like you put some effect on it? I am not sure.
I think the rhyme in your film is great! It can quickly bring me into your idea. Interesting work!

Paul

5/26/2015 12:46:04 am

I like the cut you zoom in from big to small around 1:35~1:40, the idea just inspire me a lot about the same thing watched by different scale or perspective would be so interesting! However, like someone's comments above, I feel a little bit confused that what the main topic or concept in this film you want to display, is that about all kind of experience we had during the 7-day in NYC? maybe you can narrow down and pick up some of them to highlight.

Joanne Pereira-Melo

5/26/2015 01:17:20 am

You have managed to capture a lot about the city in your film which is very impressive. I appreciate that you categorize the different parts of your film to make it easier for the viewer to follow. My favorite part of your film was under the "Art" category in which you zoom in to a few different art pieces from the MoMA. I like your theme of "Exploring... by Foot." It was evident that you used several filming techniques we learned throughout the course. You also have a lot of vibrant shots of Time Square.

The one thing I would work on is the noncontinuous format of the photos/videos. At some points they were thin then stretched or horizontally shot so it would be more effective if the format remained relatively close as they changed. Overall, great work.

Christina

5/26/2015 05:07:02 am

The transitions between themes helps the viewers understand what you're trying to portray, and that helps a lot. I appreciated that the sounds you used were recorded during our trip, it helped create a sense of space. You singing in the end was pleasing as well. Great work!!!!

Yangluxi

5/26/2015 09:43:36 am

You took a lot of great shots, especially those that you combined into the "path". But since the "actual pace" part, the theme seems fade away.. Although we visited a lot great sites and interesting places, I think maybe you could narrow down your concept into just showing 1 or 2 sites instead of showing every interesting moment in the film~~ But your photos look cool~~

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