Before my iPhone 3G S I had never owned a video camera, had never made any kind of video. Now I have made 3 and number 4 is in progress as I write this (processing the clips for stabilization which takes quite a long time). With 3 movies on YouTube and viewing numbers going up quickly I am having fun but also experiencing a crash course in editing. The editing process is at least doubled because I spend as much time with my nose in the manual as I do making the edits. Fortunately Apple's iMovie makes it easy for beginners like me. My rapid progress is obvious in the 3 clips (all now on YouTube) however I don't think that the Academy Of Motion Pictures is going to be contacting me any time soon to clear shelf space for an Oscar.
As good as an Oscar (for me), however is going on YouTube. I think YouTube is a huge social change. It removes the artificial barriers of the past between "real artists" and everyone else and gives everyone the opportunity to be a filmmaker and share slices of their life with the world. By uploading videos I had to "sign up" for YouTube which is really easy and has expanded my YouTube usage to more than just looking at videos. I never knew before that YouTube Channels existed. I am loving it.
The first video was really simple - just a single clip with titles added. It shows art students chatting about their artwork during the model break and so is my studio at a relaxed moment. There are no pretensions, just a simple slice of life in the studio. It is from the heart and nothing more.
The second one is more sophisticated with multiple clips woven into a commentary on the differences between objective and subjective reality in Life Drawing. It is the first of what will be a series of videos (maybe 6 to 10) as a teaching resource for my students and others that I will make over the next couple of months. Hopefully they will help spread the word about our wonderful sketch club and classes here in East Sydney. I was able to use royalty free music, voice-overs, transitions and so on to make a satisfying result that is way better than the first.
With my third video I am feeling more confident. The hardest part of this one was in selecting the interview clips with Ingrid talking and weaving that into the voice-over script which is talking about creativity in drawing. The video follows Ingrid as she creates a portrait life drawing of Olivia with a hat on. Both Ingrid and Olivia love the video and that pleases me a great deal. It also pleases me that I am able to knit video clips into a movie just under 10 minutes long which tells a story worth telling. A comment on YouTube mentioned that it is interesting seeing the artistic process revealed like that, so it seems that there are others enjoying seeing these videos. To me the most valuable thing about this process of making videos is being able to share a little of my passion for art with others. Art is a communicative discipline so this form of communication and this form of communication is perfect for this artist. I hope you enjoy.
For those unfamiliar with YouTube Channels - just click on the user name of the person who uploaded the video. In my case you will discove some of my favorite YouTube videos by other people. I have favorited several iPhone art videos. It is amazing what artists and musicians are doing with their iPhones in a creative sense. It is an amazing device, especially when you look at these videos that I have done and realize that all the video was done on the iPhone.
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