The Story of What Happened

Through my short film, I depicted a weekend trip home from the fast, paced city of New York. In a life that is always moving, I found myself capturing scenes of transportation. In the beginning, my opening shots are a pan shot of a gallery from the MOMA and a slow-mo close-up of a green and pink hourglass object. Setting the theme with this opening footage, I continued to use the technique of overlay and speed. This tool helped convey my story that the travel felt like a fluid motion, whether it felt slow or fast paced in the moment. Within the visuals used, different editing tools and effects enhanced my portrayal of the story being told. Overlaying the footage in a specific manner projects my perspective of time in the moment. For example, the train moving from place to place and my feet tapping shows time going by slowly, as if I were counting the seconds where as the cars moving fast with the overlay of the pink and green hourglass. From walking on the street to walking in the woods, a contrast of different lifestyles is displayed through the footage taken. The way I transitioned my videos also played a role in the way the narrative was told. Fading to black or cross dissolving set the scenes as to how the weekend went. Towards the end when I brought back the pink and green hourglass object with an overlay of people walking in the city displayed the consistent moving of the location as well as closing the film with a final destination.