Following on the work I’ve done with the pixelation effect for the previous visual experiments, I wanted to take it further and explore the possibilities of the effect. My friend asked if I had any “visuals”(ambient videos to be played to the songs) for a party she was throwing, so I decided that would be a perfect opportunity to further experiment with it.
I wanted to use very “ambient” footage (fireplaces, aquariums, walks through grassy fields) so I downloaded videos off Youtube through some sketchy websites. I experimented with a range of parameters from the Mosaic pixelation effect on Premiere, exploring the ambient background video relations and studying the boundaries of recognizability of the images, varying between making them recognizable, pixelated to a point beyond recognition, and anything in between. Along with the fact that the videos I had were unlicensed videos from Youtube, I thought of the quick experiment also as an exploration of themes related to censorship and concealment, thinking, for instance, of the moments when brand logos or people’s faces are hidden through pixelation on television for various reasons.
I made really long videos which are difficult to upload here, so here are some screen captures:
They don’t really say much as the movement is a big point of the videos, but I thought some of the images I got turned out really nice, I think this can become something interesting.
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