Short Films
My short films, comprised of found footage and sound, have been shown in over 50 film festivals around the world. I call attention to editing techniques in film and television, highlighting the bounded frame and unyielding authority of the camera to examine the formation and production of viewing behaviors.
November 22, 1963 November 22, 1963 (TRT: 30 seconds), presents the Zapruder footage of the Kennedy assassination with JFK removed from each frame. Experience of this event was/is almost exclusively through television; interestingly, the original footage was corrupted before it was released to the public. Manipulation of the footage changes not only our experience, but the assassination-in-itself is forever altered. If this version were shown in place of the “original” footage, our memory of this date would be tied to Jacqueline’s ride in Dallas, not JFK’s assassination.
First Ladies First Ladies (TRT: 1 minute 30 seconds), utilizes news footage originally focused on Presidents of the United States, but turned to First Ladies. The constricted view of the camera is highlighted, with footage changed only by shifting the picture frame. The hegemonic narrative advanced by the media is transferred to form a new account of history. With the composition of the film altered slightly in one direction, First Ladies addresses unnoticed alternate histories once disregarded because of implicit cultural structures.
North by Northwest; A Conversation For North by Northwest; A Conversation (TRT: 5 minutes 30 seconds), the re-edited footage is from a scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. The director’s vision creates and confirms viewing conventions, which almost exclusively reveal the narrative through the lead male character. Re-forming the original editing of the film as continuous takes of each character allows the spectator to (partially) determine where and how to look, disrupting the standard gaze.