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April 8, 2020 06:33 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/04/08/a-fun-activity-to-do-at-home.html
A fun activity to do at home: "Narrate A Piece of Quotidian Footage"
In Rob Walker's fantastic newsletter, The Art of Noticing, he recommends an activity called "Narrate A Piece of Quotidian Footage" which is from his book:
Basically, find or make a short, random, totally banal video of people or objects moving around; study
it closely; and invent a potential voiceover that makes it seem as if you are directing the action. This (weird? but fun!) idea was inspired by a John Smiths wonderful short art film: The Girl With The Chewing Gum. Im not going to try to explain it, check it out:
Of course, Rob did this in 2012:
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