After reading Kyle MacDonald’s book, One Red Paperclip, I became convinced I could do something for my family. Swapping a paperclip for a house had been done, so I couldn’t do that. I thought I could trade for one year, just to see what I could come up with, but according to his book, his project took exactly a year. He took both good ideas in one go.
So, inspired by The 1 Second Film and this guy who collected pictures of sheep from around the world, I am beginning Count High.
What is Count High? Count High is a collaborative film project. It works like this: You will send in a picture of a number. This picture can be in any medium you like, but must contain a clearly legible number. Over the course of a year, I will collect all of these images then arrange them sequentially, frame by frame, into a film.
I don’t know how this will help my family, but with my daughters first birthday arriving soon, I thought what better occasion to start something. So that will be the starting date for submissions. Nothing will be accepted sooner. And one year on, for better or worse, the project will end. The film will be assembled, and that, my friends, will be that.