Time is Money (A Short Video)
Created as a Final Project for UBCs VISA 210 (Digital Arts) course in Winter 2009.
There is no sound in this video and that is intentional, as sound is unnecessary for the images and possibly distracting. The entire video was filmed with a webcam (despite having better equipment available) to create an internet video/webcam conversation/voyeuristic point of view. Also, it is intended to viewed as a continuous loop. (So the beginning becomes the ending).
LSBC (LifeSpan Bank of Canada) and their website is an artificial creation for this project. The video was shot over a period of several days and many details were carefully inserted to reveal the passing of time.
Research regarding the average lifespans and how people spend their time were included into the numbers and figures. Calculations were then made to reflect the predicted minutes and seconds of the main character’s life. What you see in this video is a fiction based on facts. It is an exploration into the nature of time, aging, fear of death, and the desire for immortality or simply “more time”.
The next time you use Online Banking to check your finances, try also considering how you spend your time and how you will spend the rest of your life. And please consider LSBC for all of your time-banking needs. Thank you.
Matthew Serling
Regional Manager, LSBC