Project 2 Update

So it's Good Friday and I'm getting ready to go on my trip for the break.  Being an exchange student I have limited time to see New Zealand while I'm here, so this is a perfect opportunity.  Also, it gives me the chance to film at a location not local to Wellington for my project.  As mentioned before, I wanted to do a perspective video on trials unicyling, interpreting a space through that particular point of view.  Well I have since acquired a unicycle from Unicycle.com NZ and assembled it a few days ago.  

Because I've only had it for a couple days (I haven't even been able to pump up the tyre yet) and I was busy finishing up other class projects before the break, I have not started filming yet.  But this is ok since I'm planning on filming on the South Island anyways.  I haven't totally decided on a place yet.  Before I was talking about the harbour here or something along those lines, but I think I want to go with some more natural.  

I like to try to tie things back to their context, and, for me, it's all about being here, in New Zealand, experiencing a new country and culture.  And it's important for me to try to show people at home what I've been doing, what I've been experiencing.  So, since NZ is more famous for it's rugged nature than it's cities and buildings, I think I would get more out of this project by trying to show that aspect of New Zealand.  To really capture the wilderness of the forests or the mountains or the bush through the unicyclist's eye.  And I also think this will be much more enriching for people back home to get an idea of New Zealand.

So anyways, that's where I am at the moment.  I'm taking my own film gear on the road with my for the next two week's all over the South Island and, after gathering plenty of footage from multiple locations, I will decide where will be the best place to show to my video.  A thought: using Highway 1 down the east coast or Highway 6 up the west coast as a location.  I'll be blogging from the road with updates.