HW 38 - Art Project Cool

Cool: A Silent Film from Esther Dionisio on Vimeo.

What insights about cool does the art integrate?
Although this idea might just be completely played out I think my group and I chose to represent staying true to yourself in a unique way. The hidden message in the video is that although the girl is open to change and doesn’t mind the constructive criticism she knows there is always a limit to how far someone should go before losing that self image that we all create. There are several things I can mention that we think are cool in this video like the optimistic attitude and although the “helper” had a hidden agenda her intentions were good. Overall this video is cool point blank. I hope people will realize just how “cool” this video is and are pleased with the end result. I want people to question what limits they set for themselves.
Describe the process of making the project – how'd you do each step? If it was a group project, what did you contribute?
Making the video was the easiest part; actually trying to come up with an idea that is “cool” was the most frustrating. I would like to think Esther, Samantha (group members) and I don’t spend much time obsessing over what is cool, so to create a whole video surrounding that idea took hours to figure out. First we would create an idea and then pause and talk about the different angles we liked and what we thought might look best. Then we all became little acting coaches and would tell each other how we wanted the scenes to come out. After tons of editing on Esther’s part (much appreciated) boom! A video was created. We all did our share in the hours we dedicated to thinking about this project; I mainly just did some of the acting.
Does making art seem cool to you?
I think making art is amazing/ very cool. I don’t think being forced to make art is cool. I wasn’t joking before when I said lots of hours went into making a solid idea for this project. When having an idea for a video is natural; making the video is fun. But in this case the thought process was tiring, having guidelines like the constant reminder of “cool” was the most frustrating. We thought of so many ideas that could have been cool but when we stopped and thought about how others might view the video we would shoot each other’s ideas down and start all over again. In the end I am so happy with the end result and appreciate everyone’s hard work, making this video was the coolest part of it all!
Thank you ESTHER!
Thank you SANDY!
Thank you SAMANTHA!