Saturday, December 2, 2006




This is a still of a video taken from a scene in the move 'American Beauty'. When we first started this project it was the first thing that came to mind, in the film it seems a bit stupid, but I think it's actually quite good. I think it's the simplicity of it that makes me like it so much, a plastic bag moving with the direction of the wind; in the film it is described as "the most beautiful thing in the world". I was reminded of this scene again when I was in town the other day, the wind was very blustery and there was this plastic bag just blowing around with some leaves that had fallen from the trees around. I think it would be good to film something that you had no control over what was happening or what the outcome would be.

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