Table Top Video Artist Statement

For the table top video i chose to make an origami frog and at the end have it hop around the screen. The message i intended this piece to exhibit was how simple things, with a little creativity and imagination can often be transformed into something completely new . Its not necessarily the materials you have, it's how you choose to utilize them. Previous to my taping i rehearsed umpteen times to try and perfect my timing, the final results of this seemed to only leave me with a unnecessary number of paper frogs of various sizes. During my rehearsals i was just around the 2:30 mark each time. But, unfortunately during the final taping my folding time sped up leaving me with an extra ten seconds. I had considered using a song for some backing noise but had doubts that it wouldn't fit the piece and would just make it awkward. These thoughts quickly changed when i entered the taping room and realized how quiet it was. I feel as though my piece could have greatly benefited with some sort of sound wheather it would had been musical or just some sort of ambiance noise. However, i was pleased with the results of the final frog. I was a little nervous that some of my folds weren't going to line up resulting in a frog that would not hop but every thing went just fine.