For this in-class exercise, we had to create a 30-second video that expresses clock time. I had two ideas initially. The first one was to walk forward 3 steps, and then backwards 2 steps which would total 5 seconds. Then I would loop that clip 6 times to create 30 seconds.
I chose the second one in the end, which was to flip a newspaper for 15 seconds and then reverse the whole clip to make 30 seconds. I made sure the first frame and the last frame of the 15 second clip was still so that I could reverse the whole clip seamlessly and then end on the same frame as the first frame. This creates a sense that no time has passed within the clip itself as the beginning and end is the same, but in actual fact, 30 seconds of clock time has passed.
Here is the final video: