This is my FINAL LOOP project

I will include a copy on DVD in my journal incase the quality of this video is too poor.

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This is an earlier version of my loop project. NOT the final version!

From the crit on Friday, I have realised that 'less is more'. I am going to simplify my project even more than I already have. I started by going through all the footage I had and selecting out the pieces I might use. I then cut down on these depending on the quality and variety of shots I had. I was able to get rid of footage where there was too much grey floor visible. I then moved around the clips on the timeline, played with the speed of them - fast forwarded some, slowed some down, played them backwards. I also cropped quite a few of the shots, so there was a bit of a graphic aesthetic to them. At this stage the loop was about 2 minutes long. I decided this was excessive and a got a bit boring by the time the loop came around. From there I cut it down to roughly one minute, which was the piece I showed in the crit. 

For my final version I have cut it down further and added some audio. I was going to use the audio that was recorded with the footage, but although it suited the sort of 'bloopers' in the earlier versions, it didn't really fit with the new one. I considered using some silly sound effects to match the absurdity of the footage, but I didn't want the piece to be too thematic. I wanted to keep the random feel about it. I chose to use a section of music from a Daft Punk song because its beat matched the movement in the clip and gave the piece another amusing aspect. I think the music makes it seem like this completely ridiculous bear takes himself/herself pretty seriously and thinks he/she is pretty awesome, but actually looks like a complete fool!