Create your video artwork

In your group discuss different ways of using your video recorder and how this might add to the meaning of the work.

You could try using:

• a camera attached to the subject’s body to show the scene from the subject’s perspective as Gladwell did in Double Linework¹

• a fixed, unobtrusive camera position that will record a specific area and any incidental movement as in Kickflipper

• a number of cameras, each focused on a different area of the performance space. As the subject moves within the space, different cameras will capture the action in their viewing area

• direct sound (the sound happening as you record) or adding sound (make sure that any sound you add is copyright free)

• ideas of your own.

You could use Adobe Premier Elements² to edit your video artwork. Think carefully about how your editing might enhance the:

• group’s intention

• meaning of the artwork

• video as an artwork.

You might:

• change the timing of the video. Gladwell used slow motion in Kickflipper, giving viewers more time to observe detail

• experiment with different ways to change from one trick or movement to another. Gladwell used black out in Kickflipper

• rotate the video so that it is viewed upside down. Gladwell did this in Tangara³ so that the subject seems to be defying gravity

• ideas of your own.