Here is a short video with music which I created to celebrate my friend Tom Brodhead who has dodged a medical bullet.
© 2011 David Ocker - 141 seconds
Last month Leslie and I had a conversation with Tom via Skype. Tom introduced us to his new cat Charlie and we talked about his upcoming medical tests. The talk lasted nearly an hour. For 8 minutes or so I used the point'n'shoot in my pocket to take some still pictures of Tom's image on the screen. Charlie made himself scarce while I was taking the pictures.
People who know Tom will recognize that his personality is a combination of high intelligence and high intensity, sometimes perilously so. He uses his hands when he talks and has an expressive face. All of this means that he makes a good photo subject. I thought the pictures were pretty interesting - if not always in good focus.
Then, last week, Tom sent out an email announcing the positive results of his tests. He said that he was ecstatic not to be metastatic. When the email arrived I was sitting at my computer renaming the Skype pictures and wondering what to do with them. Then I read a hint which makes it easy to import a group of still shots into my video editing software.
Suddenly, an idea was born: I would create a video honoring the occasion of Tom's good news using these pictures. I assembled the video, composed the music and entitled it Skyping with Tom Brodhead because that's what we were doing. Each still is accompanied by music in a different tempo. The result is wacky - but not that wacky. It's hard to tap your foot to it.
Tom appeared in a previous Mixed Meters post: The Best Thing About Led Zeppelin. The Best Thing About Led Zeppelin is another piece of mine. Tom suggested the title accidentally.
My desk has appeared in this previous video: Desktop Stilllife
Skyping Tags: Tom Brodhead. . . video. . . desktop
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