As an assignment for an on-line video course, I shot some B-Roll footage in an interesting garden. While shooting, I was “hassled” by a lovely poodle called Ivy. She appeared so much (uninvited) in front of the camera I decided to give her a starring role! Hence it is now “her” garden.
I just posted it on Vimeo, at http://vimeo.com/davidesp/ivysgarden
Repeating the text Description at Vimeo:
This light-hearted and whimsical journey through an english country garden and back, occasionally accompanied by our fluffy hostess, Ivy, is my response to a film-course assignment, simply to record some B-Roll footage. It sort of acquired a life of its own, partly because some of the clips fitted together, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle (that no-one designed) into some sort of mini-stories, and partly because the selected musical accompaniment turned out to reflect the various moods that emerged from the initial rough-cut, so in the end it became the editing back-bone. Serendipity.
It was shot (on a Sony EX3) over a few hours, during which the (typical British) weather varied while I occasionally made way for handymen and joined in the moving about of furniture etc. So not an entirely controlled situation then…
Please excuse the occasionally shaky camera shots of Ivy, not originally intended for use (she just kept getting in the way, demanding attention), but I couldn’t resist…and now the video even bears her name!
The musical accompaniment is what I believe to be titled “Introduction et Etude Brillante” (“Réveil des Fées”), which I purchased from the Vimeo Store under the title “Introduction er Etude Brillante”, which I assume to be a typographical error (until anyone advises otherwise). It’s by Giovanni Sgambati. I didn’t realise at first it was also titled “Réveil des Fées”, but that’s great, because the owner of the garden has a thing about mystical fairy worlds, as you will see from her various statues etc.
According to ArtsMusic [http://www.artsmusic.de/Complete_Piano_Works_-_Vol4/topic/redline/shop_art_id/224/tpl/artsmusic_article_detail], Giovanni Sgambati (1841-1914), was considered as the most important Italian pianist of the 19th Century and was close friend to Wagner and Rubinstein.
Anyway, I hope the beautiful sights and sounds amuse you. And that goes from Ivy too!