GIF Cinema

Although stories are usually easier to tell chronologically,  I found out that GIF can do the same without necessarily having to conform to a specific order. This is possible only because of the very core feature of any given GIF: the loop. They don't necessarily have a start or end which allows them to tell stories in the order they want.
          As I was thinking of my story to share, I decided to entirely focus on this principle of loops. First, the story would't necessarily have a particular order. Just like any perfectly looped GIF, it doesn't really matter when it starts because once it comes back it to where it started, it all makes sense. With that in mind, I decided that my story wouldn't require a particular order. Out of all the GIFs that makes the story, any of them could be either the first or last.
          Second, I made sure that each GIF would entirely loop and come back to its original point. The objective being to make the loop feel as if it was inexistent. This is important because it allows the short story within the GIF to be isolated from any other GIF. If the loop is broken with a clear ending, the GIF becomes just one of possibly many parts of a greater story.
         Using cinemagraphs required each GIF to be looped perfectly otherwise things would look odd. For each GIF, I decided to incorporate elements that naturally loop in real life. Those elements would be the ones moving while everything else would remain still.
          As I was putting together each GIF, I realized that cinemagraphs, if they are well done, have the power to transports us into a moment of reflexion. A moment where it feels almost like everything has stopped but not entirely. This was an interesting realization because it supported the point that stories doesn't always have to be told chronologically to be understood. The narrative through a GIF is unique because it is not bound to a particular order.

Here's my story now: Me interacting with technology on any particular given day.