ASSIGNMENT 6: Final Project

I did a lot of back and forth on this one. It still follows the storyboard with some minor changes, mostly having to do with the bicycle and the location. I wanted to convey the feeling of longing and confusion with how I felt about the past; it’s not really positive or negative. The Gumby character has been in my life since the early seventies and keeps popping up at random moments, making me think of the trajectory my life has taken. The current Gumby that is in this film was given to me by my daughter. It represents a lot of different things, mainly how ignorant I was as a child, and how certain events force one to become aware of their surroundings. I've often felt the urge to forget my past and start anew, but lately, it's resurfaced in various aspects of my life, including friendships, career paths, travel, and environmental influences. I’ve reconnected with a lot of people, made changes, and generally progressed, but the Gumby doll is always there to remind me of where I came from. When I look at it, I get those same feelings of being a confused child having to navigate this world with no clear path. I can try to hide it or run from it, but nothing changes, and it will always be there. This video represents how I need to accept what my past was and stop trying to bury it. I need to learn what these feelings mean. As the video moves along, I added a tint to the footage representing how my thoughts on the object are not clear. It is supposed to show confusion and ambiguity. The video ends abruptly which is good because it shows that really I’m still not sure how I should handle these feelings.

I think making this video taught me that a story does not really need to have a clean ending. I like clean endings, like when people live happily ever after or transition to a different period of their lives. Most of the videos that are narrative are usually very simple, having an intro, then a situation, and then a resolution. This story really just has an intro and a situation with really no resolution.