By frag_editorial In 2020 I ran a videographic workshop for some colleagues, for which I experimented with some new exercise ideas. One of them was the “Random Vignette”:
- Let X be a random number, between 25-50 (https://www.random.org/integers/?num=1&min=25&max=50&col=5&base=10&format=html&rnd=new)
- Let Y be a random movie (https://www.suggestmemovie.com/)
- Let Z be a random English phrase (https://randomwordgenerator.com/phrase.php)
- Make an X-seconds-long video, using clips from Y, connecting them in some way with Z
I made this video as a proof-of-concept. Nothing much came of this exercise idea, and I ended up discarding it after the workshop ended.
And yet, I can’t help but wonder…
About the maker
Ariel Avissar is a video maker, media scholar, and lecturer at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University, and Associate Editor at [in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film & Moving Image Studies. His collaborative videographic projects include “Once Upon a Screen” (with Evelyn Kreutzer), the “TV Dictionary,” and the “Screen Stars Dictionary” (with Tecmerin).
Website: https://www.arielavissar.work
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/arielavissar