Archive for January, 2006

Sandcut Beach

Posted on: by Richard

I'm not sure how much this video actually demonstrates beyond perhaps (I hope) a well put together home video of a family trip up to Sandcut Beach on Vancouver Island. Shot of PV-GS65 and cut in FCP, there was little or no colour correction in post - so the whites often peak and you can see a lot of exposure variation typical of bright days and amateur video.

I think the best aspect of the video is it's relationship between the soundtrack and images - I really like how the editing is strengthened by the music.

Sherlock Holmes and the absent bucket

Posted on: by Richard

The routine morning shower awoke more than my sleep eyes one morning after my return to London from a refreshing Christmas break in Canada. As sybaritic as my student lifestyle is, neither my flat mates nor I have seen fit to expend any money on a bathmat. Consequently, I dutifully take the mop out of the bucket that sits in the corner of the bathroom and fulfil the admirable responsibility made necessary by common courtesy: I mop the floor after my shower.

Except this morning, in addition to my eyes, my curiosity was also awoken: for the mop was standing alone, with its friendly bucket nowhere in sight!

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Jungles in Paris: Henri Rousseau, Tate Modern

Posted on: by Richard

It’s clear that Rousseaus’s work is dominated by a fascination with the primitive, the exotic and the savage. From all accounts, he led a difficult life. Not only did he survive the deaths of two wives and six of his infant children, his life was marred by poverty. As an untrained, self-taught painter, he was rejected by his contemporaries. His style was at odds with the French Academy’s conventional approach to perspective and realism. Thankfully, the younger generation of his time championed his work.

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