A Moment in time

Time...

A moment in time, that's what I was trying to create.

Everything came together beautifully. I was happy with the final product.

When I got to the shooting location, I was impressed by the volume and intensity of the water that cut through the location. I had intended to use the town run and river, but I did not anticipate how much I would like the footage I got from there.

I had intended to use the river as a series of cut scenes, coming from a studio with a black background where a man was setting up potted plants; but when I arrived at the rivers edge, I was taken aback by how beautiful the scene was.

The original intent of the project was to show a moment in time, and the moment I envisioned was one of that brief transition between early and mid spring. While I had thought to use special effects to help show that transition, I revised that notion when I saw how interesting the river shots looked. The water flowing kept a steady movement, almost an inevitability; much like the onset of spring.

Another bonus that came from the river shoot was that there were many plants budding at the town run's edge. I experimented with rack focusing, and feel that I captured the element of change with those shots.

Overall, this was a challenging, but very fun video to make.