This video makes a square. Or really a rectangle.
Now. I’m a bit suspicious of the timing and speed of my edit. It reads to me like one of those very efficient (comically so?) instructional videos. I decided to cut it so tightly because I just wanted the facts of the matter — this is the shot; this is what the pencil is doing — and more information than that was superfluous to the experiment. That’s the argument I made to myself anyway. Then I wanted to match the timing of the second part to that of the first, so that the camera moves about the rectangle in recollection of the pencil’s work.
I think this does come out, but the speedy edit is very loud and I think it talks over anything else that’s going on. I have to learn about editing.
Meanwhile, what I am happy with is the parallel emerging between the work of the pencil and the work of the viewfinder. Each makes evident a rectangle. I’d like to see the two parts playing simultaneously. I tried them in reverse order and it was unsatisfying, but using a split-screen to line up the timings exactly might be good. Then: which on the left and which on the right? I’ll have a go now.
We’re all working really hard here. It’s good. Although I found myself turning down an invitation to an art school lecture this afternoon because I had too much to do. So much for relaxing after my PhD exam. (Oh I passed! Draw a line under that.)
