Lately I've been working on a project. This is a daily project that I, amazingly, have remembered to do every day. Wild. The inspiration came from a TED Talk I watched a while ago. In it, a man takes a video that lasts one second, every day. He never takes a video of himself, which is noteworthy in the Time of the Selfie; in fact, each video is meant to be from his point of view. It concerns the most noteworthy, poignant, funny, whatever, part of his day.
While the creator is discussing his idea, his own year of one second videos is playing behind him. That's 365 seconds of video, one year. Something about that tidy package encapsulating a full year strikes me. His video covers happiness and hospitals, heartbreak, joy and mundanity.
All this to say I've been shooting my own one second videos. Actually, they last however long I please, depending on how much I love the shot. I haven't been editing any of the clips before I put them in the reel. This feeds into my goal that they actually resemble my life, rather than a gorgeous filter or well placed edit. The clips are 1-3(ish) seconds, and thus far, I love them.
So, eventually a 6 month update of one second videos will be posted here, but until then, check out Cesar Kuriyama's TED Talk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/cesar_kuriyama_one_second_every_day
Ha! I totally saw him speak at the World Domination Summit last year! And my friend Ryan (who does the Desk to Dirtbag blog I sent you) does this, too. Awesome!! I can't wait to see yours!
ReplyDeleteWhoa! That's rad you saw him ( um, also World Domination?? Nice!). I'm going to have to poke around more on Ryan's blog to see if he mentions them. You should do it! Your adventures would be so great!
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