Scavenger Group Movies

On the last Tuesday's class, I was very excited because of making the "Scavenger Group Movies," which was an assignment of that day. All classmates participated in making the movies in each group. I and Yun-Ju were members of the "Water Group," the name of which was just for the purpose of a label. After getting instruction of the equipment, including the video camera, from Dr. Gilbert, I and Yun-Ju went to "out world." We captured movements, sounds, and something interesting we thought. This was the creative process of scavenging.

First of all, we went to the Washington Square Park where was attractive. We captured movements of animals such as squirrels, pigeons, and sparrows. We also took many pictures of children, who played in the playground, and couples of people some of who acted variously. The most interesting we found in the park was that three guys practiced some scenes for a movie (or play). They prepared and practiced action scenes which were very safely organized well although many of the action scenes were seemed to be dangerous.
Next destination of our group was the 6th floor of Kimmel center because we supposed that there were many musical things. When we looked around the practice rooms, we found a male student who practice some scenes for a show held by TISCH. He allowed us to observe his practicing time spent and to record.

After thirty-minute observation, we were back to the class room and all of the fellow students, including me, shared our scavenger experiences and found common movements such as movements of the flags and squirrels. When demonstrating, I and Yun-Ju expressed the guys who practiced action scenes in the park. Although our trying looked very dangerous, we did our best and it was fun.

Through these experiences of our scavenger groups, I enabled to organize myself in free manner and to observe environment carefully. I was often unconscious about routine movements, but they can be good sources for improvisation and free play.


You can see our video clips in the following site. Go to the "Scavenger Group Movies." Enjoy them.
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/gilbert/creativeprocess/