Sara's Final Video Project- Freedom

For my final project I created a piece about freedom that included stop motion, video and sound. I was inspired by a previous video I had created of someone dancing as well as a speech by David Foster Wallace. A particular segment of Wallace’s commencement speech regarding freedom and the idea of noticing and appreciating your surroundings or “water” of life caught my attention. I decided to revolve my piece around three different images that in some way illustrated freedom from my point of view. I chose pieces of Wallace’s speech based on what spoke most to me while reading it. Jamar dancing represents a freedom through movement, while the fish swimming in the confined bag represent the exact opposite of freedom. The shot of the girl standing on the dock represents freedom in a different sort of way. The water is moving freely underneath and around her and yet she is very still. She has the ability to move, and yet she does not. The final images of these three subjects are meant to cause the viewer to question the existence of freedom. Can freedom exist? How does it exist? How do you appreciate your own everyday freedom? Finally, I chose to end the piece with a rush of pictures of details that I took from my own everyday life. The images represent my freedom and choice to appreciate the details of nature.