Waterworks.

After my short exploration of cycles, and my look at some more triptych's, I realised that there was the potential to explore cycles further and namely the water cycle as I mentioned before.

Although I already have an idea concerning nature, that is more about the change in nature and is much more of a broad look at nature in general, whereas this is much more specific. Cycles in nature is much more about the rhythmic element as well as again the consistency of nature through time. My first thought when looking at cycles was a short film a student at my previous college did which was aptly titled 'Cycles' by Jason Bartlett.

This film looks at a lot of different cycles such as day and night, water melting and a sort of daily routine style. I thought it was a good place to start as it has a very conventional time-lapse look at time passing, yet it employs some nice techniques also. In doing this it made me aware of how I could shake up the look processes and cycles.

My next stop if you like was to vimeo to see how this theme had been explored in a more experimental way, and I stumbled across the film above. It's a nice short piece, and is the same length my film needs to be. The multi-screen element was also a bonus. I liked this film because there was a sort of hidden sense about it, like it doesn't reveal all because of the woman especially being slightly off screen and her face not shown. There is also a rhythmic element to it in how the screens change and move along.

Another experimental I found including water was the one above. It was very simple like the other one, and again uses a multi-screen/split screen element. This one was interesting because of the style. It has a particular style to it, and is quite hypnotic as it shows water movement in an interesting way. The music also helps a lot with that atmosphere.

I could definitely see myself doing a project based on the water cycle, looking at the many ways in which water moves and the rhythmic, consistent nature of it because of that. However, I need to think about how I can involved after effects into this to create something experimental and different, and to fit the brief also.