Experimental Video

For my latest video brief I have to research, plan, create, and evaluate experimental video.  I'm interested in creating an experimental video showing people emotions, and how their react to certain things.  A few years ago I went to an exhibition at The National Media Museum called 'Immersion' by Robbie Cooper.

Immersion is a project that records video of people through the screen as they play games, use the Internet and watch TV.  Robbie Cooper

For my experimental video I want to be able to capture people's facial expressions in front of the camera and see how different people react.  I have had a basic idea that needs developing for a possible video that I could create.  What I want to do is capture several people's emotions and expressions in front of the a camera.  I will the direct the person to sit on a chair in the studio and film them for approximately one minute.  I will not tell them what to do or say, it is up to them to how they react.  I wont tell the person what will be happening apart from the fact that they need to sit in the chair.  Hopefully by doing this I can capture all sorts of different emotions and expressions. 



I have also been looking at Andy Warhol's 'Screen Tests', in particularly the screen tests of famous people who he has filmed.  I feel that Andy Warhol's work will be a huge influence on me if I decided to develop my idea further. 

I also want to mind map other ideas and develop them so I can have a greater choice to choose from when I decide to create my experimental video piece.