Becca Werntz
Bridge 5 Intention Statement
12/12/17
Focus
One year ago, I was studying for my film history final, unsure about where I would end up in the year to come. This year, things have shifted dramatically for me. I’ve gone from living in Boston as a film student who felt lost, to living in New York, studying design at my dream school and feeling like I have an actual concept of what I am supposed to do without the limitations of before. Film is one of the most expressive mediums in my opinion, which is why I was inclined to study it in the past. I love that one can create an atmosphere and an experience in the most direct way using it. I wanted to use this aspect of film to show just how I’ve felt over these past four months, in hopes that someone could understand from not only the visuals but the installation piece as well. By projecting my work through vaseline, I’ve obscured the image slightly, enhancing the visual representation of how my focus is ever-changing. As a person who deals with ADD, I feel that this effect shows especially how the city of New York can have an effect on one’s focus, pulling it in every direction at any moment. Using the installation and editing techniques, I’ve shown how the aesthetics of the city can be the most distracting things from what is really important. I this case, I showcased just how important my relationships with those around me is by showing clips of those people in the center of the frame where the blurring effect is only noticed when looking through the frame. My hope is what with the experience of my film, one can understand the feeling of wanting to focus on what is inherently important while feeling the distractions of all things around you and trying to find one’s way through that unfocused haze.
