"Nature Vs Nurture" Chromakey Film

                                       "Nature Vs Nurture"

          

Artist Statement: 

    For this film, I created an experimental chroma key project titled “Nature vs Nurture.” The concept itself draws from the classic debate about whether our identities are shaped more by genetics and biology (nature) or by the environments and experiences we grow up in (nurture). While I didn’t go into this project with a solid narrative plan, the final piece still ended up reflecting that tension—between instinct and influence, internal and external.

    This was a chromakey assignment, so I worked with green screen footage and layered it with archival clips, textures, and digitally manipulated imagery. I used Adobe Premiere to combine multiple visual sources, creating a distorted, dreamlike effect. Footage of eyes, nature, branches, television sets, people, and abstract forms are all composited together in a way that feels almost like memories being spliced or rewritten.

    The piece doesn’t follow a traditional storyline—it's more of a visual collage that explores how our surroundings, culture, media, and even history get layered onto us. Faces and bodies blur into background textures, plants grow through people, and old footage replays like a looped thought. This blending of layers mirrors the idea that who we are is constantly being shaped by a mix of natural traits and outside influence. There’s a roughness to the visuals on purpose—grainy textures, color bleeding, and decayed overlays—to create a sense of unease or inner conflict. You’re not really meant to feel comfortable watching it. It’s like flipping through a foggy memory or a life experience that's been distorted by time.

    Although I didn’t have one specific outcome in mind, Nature vs Nurture became a reflection of confusion, identity, and what it means to be shaped by the world around you. It leaves space for the viewer to interpret what’s going on—just like the topic itself doesn’t have one clear answer.

    This project helped me explore layering, chromakeying, and conceptual editing in a more abstract way. It pushed me to make visual decisions based on mood and symbolism rather than narrative, and I ended up creating something that feels more emotional than literal. It’s messy, a little weird, and kind of hypnotic—which, honestly, fits the theme perfectly.

                             Email me to see the full movie: Andrewdimino32@gmail.com