Table Top Video: Breath

The expirmentation that took place in my table top video had to deal with the human breath. A combination of blowing bubbles and playing the harmonica brought an interesting combination of sound to the film. I pre-recorded the sound for my film only because I wouldnt have been able to successfully play the harmonica while laying on my back in a confined space. This also allowed me to concentrate on other aspects of my perfomance like the full coverage of bubble on the screen.
Another large aspect of this film was viewing something through a portal of bubbles. Creating multiple mirrors from which my face can be seen. While the bubbles creep in, and heavy breathing comes from the speakers there is a slight feeling of drowning. As if I am holding my breath in a form of playing hamonica.

The performance went pretty well. I forgot to turn the sound all the way up and in the first ten seconds I break from character. The fixed camera made me feel really restricted in exploring the idea of these bubbles. I want to expirment more with this idea. While under the bubbles you see mulitple reflections from the bubbles, plexiglass and the screen on the camera. This was a way more interesting view of the bubbles then just the fixed camera. I would also like to expirment more with depth of field in the bubbles. If more depth of field could be achieved, I think the image would pop more with a crisper more abstracted image. Overall this was a project that pushed me and restricted me for a very successful result.