Japan: a Video Essay by Benjamin Norton
Spending over 4 years in the editing studio, this project has been the my labor of love from 2004 to 2008.
On this piece I developed an A/V technique that mixes ambient music with still photographs and acoustics recorded at the same time. The result is a compelling 41-minute work that guides you through the mesmerizing sensation of one’s first visit to the incredibly complex and breaktaking land of Japan.
Don’t let the 41 minutes scare you off. As others have told me, it feels like 15 and at the end you’ll be wishing for more!
Please enjoy the work one of these ways:
- View in the Scenes page or in the web page below
- Podcast via iTunes (highly recommended for best quality, this link will load directly into the iTunes store)
- Podcast using RSS XML, subscribe to: http://www.benzbigbadvideos.com/podcast/japan-ipod.xml
- Direct download of MP4
- Direct download of M4V
Japan: watch in web browser
Press the play button below the graphic to start watching.Read about the scenes