Work samples

  • Bad at Video Games
    Bad at Video Games
    Inspired by a recent plane ride to Japan, I sought to capture both the feeling of looking at the sunrise over Alaska as well as contributing to my ongoing series of being an adolescent and "bad" at video games.
  • Flooded Hotel
    Flooded Hotel
  • (Not) Bad
    (Not) Bad
    (Not) Bad Rough draft of an After Effects composition based on events from June/July. Imagery inspired by a lake house retreat and the 4th of July. The blinking "not bad" refers to my personal teetering state of being functional and dysfunctional as a side effect of caustic anxiety and insomnia. The camera is rapidly moving around the virtual space as if it were trapped and looking for a way out such as one feels in dealing with mental illness.
  • July Forever
    July Forever
    July Forever is a documentary video portrait revolving around the life of a young Baltimore homeless couple, their addictions, and daily struggles. The name July Forever suggests both that their romance will endure longevity however their drug addiction to alcohol, crack, and heroin renders them unsustainable.

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About Chelsea

Baltimore City
Chelsea Harman is a documentary filmmaker and experimental video artist based out of Baltimore, MD. Her work revolves around ideas surrounding isolation, anxiety, vivid memory recollection, and image manipulation. Most of her work consist of video collages comprised of found footage, field recordings, and 3D software.
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(Not) Bad

(Not) Bad is an After Effects composition based on events from June/July. Imagery inspired by a lake house retreat and the 4th of July. The blinking "not bad" refers to my personal teetering state of being functional and dysfunctional as a side effect of caustic anxiety and insomnia. The camera is rapidly moving around the virtual space as if it were trapped and looking for a way out such as one feels in dealing with mental illness.
  • Not (Bad)
    (Not) Bad is an After Effects composition based on events from June/July. Imagery inspired by a lake house retreat and the 4th of July. The blinking "not bad" refers to my personal teetering state of being functional and dysfunctional as a side effect of caustic anxiety and insomnia. The camera is rapidly moving around the virtual space as if it were trapped and looking for a way out such as one feels in dealing with mental illness.
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    July Forever

    July Forever is a documentary video portrait revolving around the life of a young Baltimore homeless couple, their addictions, and daily struggles. The name July Forever suggests both that their romance will endure longevity however their drug addiction to alcohol, crack, and heroin renders them unsustainable.
    • July Forever-Preview
      July Forever is a documentary video portrait revolving around the life of a young Baltimore homeless couple, their addictions, and daily struggles. The name July Forever suggests both that their romance will endure longevity however their drug addiction to alcohol, crack, and heroin renders them unsustainable.
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    Flooded Hotel

    Flooded Hotel is a experimental video collage reminiscent  of traditional paper cut collages, this is the first in a series exploring hotel rooms.
    • Flooded Hotel
      Flooded Hotel is an experimental video collage exploring styles reminiscent of traditional cut paper collage with a modern twist. This is the first in a series exploring surrealist hotel rooms.
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    Sad Girl

    Sad girl is a day to night video collage comprising of footage from a sunflower field in Hawaii and neon animated text.
    • Sad Girl
      Sad Girl is a day to night video collage of a sunflower field in Hawaii with hovering animated neon text. Sad girl seeks to capture the emotional and sensational climate of walking through a Maryland sunflower field at night mid July.
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    Bad at Video Games

    Inspired by a recent plane ride to Japan, I sought to capture both the feeling of looking at the sunrise over Alaska as well as contributing to my ongoing series of being an adolescent and being "bad" at late 90's video games.
    • bad at video games
      Inspired by a recent plane ride to Japan, I sought to capture both the feeling of looking at the sunrise over Alaska as well as my ongoing series of being a young adolescent and "bad" at video games.
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    Friends

    A first sketch for my ongoing series titled Dreamscapes, "Friends" is an exploration of loneliness as result of extreme social anxiety, the feeling of "slipping away" during a conversation, and a constant wish to be somewhere else.
    • Friends
      A first sketch for my ongoing series titled Dreamscapes, "Friends" is an exploration of loneliness as result of extreme social anxiety, the feeling of "slipping away" during a conversation, and a constant wish to be somewhere else.
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    Boxes

    An entirely greenscreened fashion video promoting DC Based designer, Amelie Bahlsen's Spring/Summer 2015 collection.

    January 2016
    • Boxes
      An entirely greenscreened fashion video promoting DC Based designer, Amelie Bahlsen's Spring/Summer 2015 collection.
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    Flooded Banana Trees

    Flooded Banana Trees is an earlier concept sketch revolving around the theme of being trapped in a late 90's video game.
    • Flooded Banana Tree Dreamscape 8
      Flooded Banana Trees is an earlier concept sketch revolving around the theme of being trapped in a late 90's video game.
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    Palm Dream

    Palm Dream, part of my ongoing series titled "Dreamscapes," is an exploration in trying to capture the despondent yet calm emotion while gazing out into a tropical storm. This piece was heavily inspired by my time in Aiea Hawaii where I spent a great deal of time learning mindfulness and meditating over the landscape.
    • Palm Dream
      Palm Dream, part of my ongoing series titled "Dreamscapes," is an exploration in trying to capture the despondent yet calm emotion while gazing out into a tropical storm. This piece was heavily inspired by my time in Aiea Hawaii where I spent a great deal of time learning mindfulness and meditating over the landscape.
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    Visitations

    Visitations is a short film depicting a series of "dreamscapes" consisting of fragmented memories in search of of a conclusive reality. All images consist of green-screened footage layered over surrealist landscapes.
    • visitations part 2/3 excerpt
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