Sharing her experiences October 17, 2023
She corrected me in her latest video, intentionally or not,
making it clear that she had not purchased a new camera, but rather and app for
her phone which basically keeps track of her movements, something akin to the
more old fashioned dolly used in movies and tv to pan along with a character in
a scene.
She apparently planned to use this visual toy before this,
but a forecast of rain dissuaded her.
Her video blog has replaced the print blog I followed for
several years, and she clearly has a talent for it, and she is so photogenic,
she can’t help but attract viewers.
She is also growing into the medium, having learned how to
speak to the camera, not a hard lesson for her who has spent so much time on
stage and as a performer – although the earliest efforts on this blog were basically
a series of long shots, of her walking her dog or a study of nature in an urban
environment, followed by a few videos narrated via text. So, by the time her of
current video, she seems unintimidated, even giddy when talking to her
audience.
Structure is something she seems to be still working out,
crafting her own model as an organizational tool – especially in regard to her
horse and travel pieces.
As I noted in an earlier journal piece, films tend to use
two basic structures, one designed for storytelling, the other to use image as
metaphor. The better film projects use aspects of both.
Her videos seem to have adopted a documentary format – which
can use any structure – and it is clear that she is using her photographic
skills to create some clever imagery.
Some of this might seem like a flash back to things she’s
done in the past, especially in regard to her horseback riding, which she had
engaged in when living upstate well over a decade ago, and she clearly retains
the love of it.
There are no real lessons in these videos. She seems more
focused on conveying her joy and her experience, using the video media to allow
her audience to get some joy from that experience as well.
This differs sharply from the calculated motives of commercial
films. She is not selling anything, or attempting to manipulate, which helps
make each of these mini films a delightful nugget I can watch nearly as often
as I listen to her music, feel good pieces that allows me and others to share
in her experiences of joy – delightful change from the sometimes cryptic poetry
she used to post, although to tell the truth, I more than miss the effort of
trying to figure out what she meant.
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