The obstruction for this theme is very simple. It is merely a time restriction. Whatever the medium you are using: a still photo essay, an audio piece, animation or other moving image piece there is a time limit of 1 minute and 30 seconds exactly.
Idea and progress:
My original idea linked 9.11 with Iraq war. Iraq war is the typical example of power for the American government. Iraq war destroys too many families and countless people of deaths. 9.11 show terrorist atrocity’s power. This power is informal but destructive. Then I found it was too simple and lack of specialty if I just choose some resources about Iraq war and 9.11.
At that time, I saw a cankered apple in my basket. One side of the apple looks wonderful and fresh but other side was gradually rotted. This apple showed us the essence of war. Leaders use different beautiful excuses for a war but they could not estimate cruelty of war. People’s lives become the most luxurious sacrificial lamb for leader’s power. As an apple, it cannot command its life. Fruit’s final fate is ate by people or threw away because of spoiling. I use fruit in my basket to created following senses: destroying a guava, tearing at banana’s peel and cutting lemon into pieces by a fruit knife. A guava’s essence hides in its firm peel. I forcible destroyed its peel resulted in fruitage rolled out. I chose banana because I thought to tear something was a more destructive action. For cutting lemon with a knife, knife can be considered as a kind of weapon. A war filled with weapons. If you cut lemon into pieces, you can see lemon juice effuse as tears of lemon. I chose some resources to show different part for Iraq war especially for Bush’s attitude and Iraqi real feeling and life.
The music I used in this artifact is a very popular and famous song named “Heal the world” from Michael Jackson. It is easy to find the theme and lyric from this song are opposite to the frame and think it maybe not suitable to this product. However, there are no more appropriate songs for my artifact. These warm lyric include peaceful and hopeful faith. It cannot be controlled to make people feeling ironical and absurd when you are listening to the song “Heal the world” and watching frames at the same time. Though a segment from Bush’s speech before Iraq war, you can see his determination to bring peace to the world. Starting Iraq war maybe a good way to “heal the world” in Bush’s opinion.
Feedback:
I shared my artifact with Steve and his suggest really let me to think more. The idea is excellent especial for the cankered apple. He thought other fruit were all unnecessary. There are too many objects in my film. It would be better if I just use apple to produce more changes, for example, to shoot an apple ate by a person and link it to Bush. I consider it’s a nice notion. To shoot a red apple into cankered apple is also a wonderful idea. Though this communication, I learn a useful way for thinking in making artifact and ordinary life. Thinking more simpler but more deeper.
