Video Production

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Video Production
“With easy access to so many digital tools, it is exciting to explore this new media. Presented at recent exhibitions, these visuals give me the opportunity to beautifully connect my cut paper works, micrographs and videos into a single art statement.

1. 2019: Inspired by a Drop of Water:
It’s exciting to share this five minute “short” I created for this year’s “Filmfest” presented at the annual National Estuarine Research Reserve Association’s (NERRA) conference. My mini film received the “Ctenophore Award for Special Effects” so in Oscar Night style, I send my thanks and gratitude to many, especially my songwriting friend, Jody Thomas, for lending me his own music which makes this tiny film sparkle.Read More...

Once a year, this organization convenes; this time in Charleston. To help celebrate these gatekeepers who monitor our coastlines and our own local NERR, I responded to their call for film entries. As they state, “The National Estuarine Research Reserve System is a network of 29 estuarine areas—places where freshwater from the land mixes with saltwater from the sea—established across the nation for long-term research, education, and coastal stewardship.” Hope you enjoy this micro film.

 

2. 2019: A Micro Short Film by Beth Appleton
This is my first Micro Short Film! It’s a two minute experimental piece about the making of the cut paper assemblage I just finished this week titled “Sunfish.” Learning to play with the photographic timelapse feature was creative fun and it’s now my pleasure to share.

 

3. Science+Art Exhibit: A Drop of Water
Currently, I am creating a music soundtrack to be added to the video shared below, A Drop of Water. I find this to be an exciting time of discovery fueled by the rush of new ideas. This film was created for a one person exhibition sponsored by Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve.

 

4-5. Gently Down the Stream and Cut and Paste a Scrapfish:
The next two videos below, Gently Down the Stream and Cut and Paste a Scrapfish were created by the artist to accompany the Apalachicola Museum of Art exhibition. A collaborative project, musician Jody Thomas, composed and performed all the background tracks selected for the production.

Cut and Paste a Scrapfish, (below) was was created by the artist to be used as a motivational teaching aid shared with local pre-school aged children during her exhibition at the Apalachicola Museum of Art. Children of all ages visited the Museum during the exhibition; classroom art projects soon followed. Nora stars as her grandfather, musician Jody Thomas, composes and performs his music in this production designed specifically to inspire small children.

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