Fahrenheit 451

I read a book by Ray Bradbury a long time ago, Fahrenheit 451, and the futuristic American Midwest imagery still resonates strongly in my mind's eye. In particular, the enormous billboards adorning the roads where cars drive at dangerous speeds are what I want to focus on for my final project. Due to the high speeds, the drivers cannot view regular billboards, so in order for their ads to be consumed the billboards are extended to 200 feet so that the image is viewed correctly as the vehicles are in motion. For Project 4, I want to extend this idea to using video as the medium and experiment using Adobe Premiere and After Effects.

Additionally, I want to incorporate the modern ideas of fun and entertainment in relation to the world in Fahrenheit 451. The protagonist's wife indulges in wearing Seashells to listen to music and relaxing inside their living room where TV characters are literally larger than life on the TV walls. This is almost no different than how we enjoy wearing our earbuds and Bluetooth headsets and binge-watching TV series on the highest resolution possible.

I found a video from James Patterson which is reminiscent of the book burning that is a main topic of the novel, and could be remixed into my project.

#SaveOurbooks. YouTube. N.p., 22 Nov. 2014. Web. 25 Nov. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkkVPJBkvqA>.