ON/OFF

Hit the camera, edit, repeat.

I received a link today from Roman Burch about his video “ON/OFF: SHANGHAI TOKYO.” It’s a fun idea: use your hand slapping the lens as an excuse to create cuts, which also ends up creating a satisfying rhythm.

I do really like the idea of making videos using simple constraints like this. A few months ago I started experimenting more with video, and the first thing I started doing was a series of “1 Minute” videos — shoot something for 1 minute, no edits, no artificial sounds. I did quite a few of them — see my Vimeoand YouTube channels — and there are still a few I recorded during a recent hiking trip that I’ve yet to share (and they were shot this time with my GX1, not my iPhone 4). I got the idea for it from this poston Vimeo, and the idea has always been to then try something else.

Hit the camera, edit, repeat.