Filler — an in-screen short film on our use of social media, featured in the digital exhibtion "Casting Screens" (2019) by Klasse Digitale Grafik.
introduction
description
introduction
Sometimes I catch myself scrolling into nothing, blindly liking, watching, clicking and reading. I see the screen, images, words, but the meaning does not register in my mind, it does not mean anything. Sometimes I do not even know how I got there, opening Facebook, YouTube or Instagram is more like a reflex, my bodies subconscious response to any second of silence.
After several video editing heavy projects, I decided to create a more fun tool to mix sound-effects than the usual drag, drop, push and pull actions in Premiere. Bruit Brut allows you to create your own sound effect compositions by pressing your keyboard keys. You can also create your own fully customised board, changing sounds and key bindings in the downloadable code.
After several video editing heavy projects, I decided to create a more fun tool to mix sound-effects than the usual drag, drop, push and pull actions in Premiere. Bruit Brut allows you to create your own sound effect compositions by pressing your keyboard keys. You can also create your own fully customised board, changing sounds and key bindings in the downloadable code.
concept
concept
This short film is not meant to criticize Social Media as a whole, but our habit of using technology to fill every empty second and our addiction to the endless scroll. It shows an exaggeration of this state, where the protagonist does not even notice the lack of content until he is woken up as the scroll stops. The awakening leads to frustration about the lack of content, of "something real", and makes him/her close the window, just to repeat the process all over again. The expression of this frustration is autocorrected, making it just another post in the stream of empty content. The protagonist then closes the browser, going back to the starting point.
This short film is not meant to criticize Social Media as a whole, but our habit of using technology to fill every empty second and our addiction to the endless scroll. It shows an exaggeration of this state, where the protagonist does not even notice the lack of content until he is woken up as the scroll stops. The awakening leads to frustration about the lack of content, of "something real", and makes him/her close the window, just to repeat the process all over again. The expression of this frustration is autocorrected, making it just another post in the stream of empty content. The protagonist then closes the browser, going back to the starting point.
technical
technical
The film was entirely shot in one screen recording with the computers built-in microphone. All sites were coded, taking inspiration from codepen and modifying pens to fit the video's needs. This film was created for Narratives Lab 2018 at Parsons Paris (Instructor Raphaël Bastide). It was exhibited at the Parsons Paris exhibition "Interactions" (2019), and is featured at the digital exhbition "Casting Screens" (2019) by Klasse Digitale Grafik Hamburg.
The film was entirely shot in one screen recording with the computers built-in microphone. All sites were coded, taking inspiration from codepen and modifying pens to fit the video's needs. This film was created for Narratives Lab 2018 at Parsons Paris (Instructor Raphaël Bastide). It was exhibited at the Parsons Paris exhibition "Interactions" (2019), and is featured at the digital exhbition "Casting Screens" (2019) by Klasse Digitale Grafik Hamburg.
role
Coding
Design
Storytelling
Video Editing
role
Graphic Design
Photography
Copywriting
role
Coding
Design
Storytelling
Editing
exhibited
"Interactions", Parsons Paris, 2019
"Casting Screens", Klasse Digitale Grafik
links
exhibited
"Interactions", Parsons Paris, 2019
"Casting Screens", Klasse Digitale Grafik
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© Jonathan Riese 2021
© Jonathan Riese 2021