At first I wasn’t sure how to approach this project. I have little film skills and even less editing skills. I had a couple of ideas meandering around but what I didn’t account for was how short the time we had really was. The end of the year snuck up on me so fast it felt like it had just come up, tapped me on the shoulder, and punched me directly in the face. The idea and video that I have changed because of unexpected circumstances. Originally I had planned to film my journey to school starting from my front door. My journey entails a bus, a sky train, another bus, and a short walk. What I didn’t anticipate was that my mom and my sister would be coming back on the day I had set out for filming. She would need the car to drive back and that car was in my possession. I decided to film the car ride to the airport. Although not as I had originally planned, the car ride was greatly successful. Driving is something that everyone does and sometimes it feels as if I am just floating through traffic not necessarily thinking about anything. The video itself is around 14 minutes. I decided the best way to show my journey was to speed up the film. I watched the tape on fast forward and found it almost comical to see the cars bobbing back on for, speeding up, merging, cutting people off, and all those lovely things. It’s life, just fast forward.

here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08-k88ohryE

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