Flying ant

At first when I thought of this table top project I thought of using an idea that I had in a dream. The dream was, everyone in the class having their own mirror, and by a few couple turns, we (the audience) would be able to explore the entire room thru the use of hand held mirrors. This was the plan, until I was informed that the class would not be present during filming, which makes sense. Next obstacle…We viewed some pieces from previous classes. There was a piece that involved a mirror and a similar concept. I then decided to keep the concept of exploring the room with mirrors, but I decided just to change a few variables to affect the general feel of the piece. The variable that I changed was the lighting. I simply turned off the lights. This effect technically is only strong when showed along with other table top pieces. In all I was merely trying to explore the space of the room.

Upon arrival to the shoot, I realized that the people or persons I had made contact with about assisting myself in the angling of mirrors had not shown. I was lucky enough to have the assistance and collaboration of one Derek Ison and one Matt Wodenka. This piece really would not exist if they had not been present. This project also would not have happened had it not been for the extreme patience of Sarah Buccheri. I guess you could say that my professionalism was definitely down in this piece, only due to the fact that I didn’t make it to any of the practice times. I definitely had a specific visual guide in my mind, but making people see the same idea was a tough sell. Once it started coming together, the people involved definitely had the feeling that this could be redone and made better. The end result was interesting due to the guest appearance of two friendly flying ants that were confused by the lights. The timing was off, but then again it was sort of on the fly. I liked how it turned out, but I think it would be better with mechanical stands, motors, larger mirrors, ambient sounds, and outdoors. I definitely have a passion for exploring mirrors. I personally believe that they are a cheap gateway to an unexplored space.