Proposal

There have been so many times in my life when I've been really overwhelmed with school work and life in general that I think to myself, "If time could stop just for an hour, that would be the biggest help ever," and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way. So, for my final project I want to make time stop using digital images, sound, and possibly video.

I'm still working on ideas of what the subject matter of the photos would be, but I want to try experimenting with a series of images shown in conjunction with music; specifically an instrumental called "Time Stops" by Explosions in the Sky. I chose this song not for its title, but because when I first heard it, it felt like time had actually stopped...

One idea that I had was to record a video of the city... the cars passing, people walking, etc. The video will have sound that's almost overwhelming - have the video start out at a regular tempo, but the sounds a complete sensory overload... Gradually, the video and the sounds will slow down, and once the video was at a standstill I'd start using photographs and the song. After a few pictures, I'd gradually introduce the video again.

I'm still not sure if the photographs will have the same content as the video, but once I start the project, I'll be able to figure out this.