I think it would be fun to retrieve old pictures taken at the arboretum and locate the site where the picture was taken and contrast it with its present look, to have a visual representation of how much the arboretum has changed - a before and after look. To make it more interesting I was planning to take anything within the shot - such as, people - and have its current representation in the new film shot. For example, a picture of a guy wearing bell-bottoms and disco shirt in the '70 being contrasted with a guy wearing tight ripped jeans with a polo shirt (the 'modern look'). And if any future plans (visual representations) are available for the arboretum, i was planning to play on the same idea.
If you can add anything to this idea i'm open to suggestions.
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I think this is a really cool idea. We often take the Arboretum for granted, I mean, it was here when we started school, just part of campus, but do we ever really stop to think about the generations before us and what it meant to them? I think a filmmaker could do something really cool with your research.
i like the idea of found photography. there is a lot of history in the photos. i'm working on a history of poetry inspired by the arboretum. i would see how my project contrasts with yours. maybe we could work together.
i like this idea. before/after photos of places can have a profound effect, conveying passages of time and environmental changes in an instant.
i think i'd prefer it if you didn't go out of your way to insert modern characters, instead going for a "verite" feel of capturing whatever happens to be in that spot without intervention.
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