Narratives. 2 minute video.

Well, we've cemented our idea at last and made a half baked effort to present it to the class. The content was good but we needed to rehearse a little more. Although when you have a group that is quite weak in terms of motivation, it becomes difficult. We got some good feedback from Deb, she thought it was quite an interesting idea. The other guy didn't seem so keen. I think his name's Dave. He was pretty ruthless with his questions not really giving us a chance to respond. Even Deb had to gesture him to calm down. Perculier man, must know his stuff though.
Enough of that anyways, here's a little bit about our idea:

Title: 'History of the Chaise'

Format: Mainly still photography in macro rendered to MiniDV through Adobe Premier. Recorded dialogue layered over top of images. Rolling timeline at the bottom of the frame chronicling the progression opf the daybed.

Narrative: The narrative will be delivered to the audience through the use of audio and recorded dialogue. It will follow the life and history of the daybed or chaise longue. It will be narrated by a third party from outside the group. It will expose a brief history of the daybed from the earliest referenced piece (900AD) right through to today (2006).

Visual: As none of the visual aspect of the 'video' will relate to any of the beds we reference, we have complete freedom to explore the shape, form, texture and imperfections of one particular chaise longue. We have not yet finalised which one we will be using because we are still deliberating on whether to use an antique or modern one.