Artist's Statement

My name is Keiran McCann and I am a sophomore Film & Media Arts major at Temple University. I am inspired by texture, color, stop motion, animation, fine arts, experimental mediums, and documentary aesthetics. I hope to one day utilize all of these inspirations to create various works of media art.

I like to experiment with various post production techniques and enjoy the complexity of editing.

Some things/people which inspire me:
Norman McClaren
Oren Lavie
BLU
The Mighty Boosh
Mitchell W. Block
Michel Gondry

60 Second Self Portrait

A non-sync sound exercise.

For the 60 Second Self Portrait project, I recorded myself over a series of days doing various things in different natural lights and spaces. I tried utilizing various filmmaking techniques, like manual focus, white balance, and tint (primary colors) to create a 60 second piece about me. I also experimented with stop motion concepts.

The sounds were all recorded myself from objects found around my apartment or using my body. They include such things as my stovetop, a cardboard box, jewelry being chimed together, my mouth, footsteps etc.

Video {RE/MIX}

This is a non-sync editing exercise using pre-existing video and audio materials to construct a 90 second piece that responds to and reconfigures the found material in a fresh, new way.

For the RE/MIX project, I used various audio and video sources to create a piece that comments on society’s obsession with bad things happening to people, usually involving sex or love, for the sake of entertainment.

The video sources were all taken from YouTube and are either clips from The Maury Pauvich Show, Lady GaGa’s Bad Romance music video, and a condom usage Public Service Announcement from Telugu, India. The audio sources were ripped from The Maury Pauvich Show clips and the Indian condom usage PSA. The background music from the Indian condom usage PSA was shortened and put on a loop while various screams, applause, and exclamations from The Maury Pauvich Show were spliced in between. Sounds are repeated and the contrast between them is meant to be comical.