Passage of Time Movie

Passage of Time movie:  project showcasing the passage of time through use of images

Artist Statement:  

                     For the passage of time project, I chose to make a movie using images of my daughter, Jenna Nicole.  This movie exhibits the passage of time by highlighting the milestones of Jenna's life from the time she was born up to her present age of 14.  Additionally, this movie will have more images added to it for the next four years and displayed as part of Jenna's memory wall during her Senior year of high school.  Originally I selected images from the past 14 years that I felt were an important part of Jenna's life and ended up with 129 photos to create the passage of time movie.  Not only did it make the movie over 7 minutes long, the images kept showing out of order which was not showing her age progression.  After troubleshooting and several attempts of recreating the movie, I decided to narrow the image choice to 38 photographs taken during each of Jenna's birthdays and milestones.  This solved the issue of the movie showing in the correct order and shortened it to 3:01 minutes.  A black background template with reflections of the images that were being shown was designed to give the movie a quality high-end feel that showcases each image.  Two versions of Jenna's movie were created using different music to show how music selection can heighten the viewer's understanding of the importance of the images.  The first movie was created using royalty free music titled "Festive Hearts" and provides an upbeat tempo to the video.  The second movie was created using a purchased soundtrack of Justin Bieber's "Born to Be Somebody" which can not be used for monetization purposes but adds sentimental meaning to the movie and creates emotion for the viewer.  This is my favorite of the two because it can bring the viewer to tears by understanding how important my daughter is to me.  Both movies were uploaded to a private YouTube channel only for classroom viewing purposes and not intended for the public eye.  A screen capture image was created and posted in this blog in to exhibit the beginning of Jenna Nicole's movie.