Introduction
"A day in the life of Ivy and me" is a project which records we, me and ivy, live together for 12 hours.
In this period, we need to ignore the outside world. And we try to use this extreme situation to force ourselves to cope with each other for a long time.
What is going to happen becomes the main question of this project.
Production
First, I and Ivy discussed what we are going to do in the project, such as the shooting method, the rule we have in this 12 hours and the preparation, etc. During our discussion, we tried hard to leave much room for it, that means we do not predict the final outcome. Compared with the previous projects, it is a very new experience that focuses on the process, instead of starting from the outcome.
Our discussion is also a part of our relationship so that we also recorded the whole process.
The camera setting was the tableau shot. It was because this setting can show the change precisely. We believe in the power of tableau shot, but at the same time, we also worried that we might miss something useful. Thus, we also borrowed a mini camera, providing other camera angles.
For the sound recording, we only used the microphone of the 170 camera. Frankly, it was our wrong decision. After reviewing our footage, we found the quality of sound is not good and affect the audiences' reading.
The camera then recorded our activities for 12 hours.
After the 12 hours...
We reviewed the footage together and dropped down what we have seen in the note. We found something new about ourselves and our relationship. Before the editing, we were struggling what is the focus on our project. Or we can say, which part of interpretation we want to show to the audiences. Different framings could make different interpretations. We want to provide a clear framing for the audiences to find their own interpretation. For me, I didn't know whether it is good to choose the framing. I was afraid of that I might control too much. (so I really want to know what the audiences feel when they are watching the video =) )
We finally chose to focus on our relationship. And we took the related footages out and merged them together. There are 2 main interpretations.
Self summary
After the project, I understand more about the difference between the ethnographic research and the documentary project. It is my beginning of the ethnographic research.
How to read and analyze the collected data, how to make interpretation and how to show become my next question to visual ethnography.
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