The video essay was an extremely challenging project, and for a while I did not know how to go about it. I thought I would just film around the city, and splice it together. Still, it made no sense. Instead, I decided to write a script for it, and I got my two friends to help film and act. We tried to make it funny and have a good time with it. I hope the video does not come off as strange, which it very well might, and instead gets some laughs. Its pretty ridiculous.
The poem is about Ted Greenwald’s inability to stay focused on one woman, instead hoping from “flower” to “flower”. I chose to take this concept, but apply it to a different vice that many men have, whiskey. The video shows that this man thinks he will be with the woman forever, but his interests quickly change. We just had a really good time filming this, and I hope it shows in the final product.
