Re-filming - review.

Today i re-filmed the scene on the bench, this went really well and I found a better location than the one before. Now i have filmed this sequence in a hut on a green, this has enabled me to frame my work with my care as the location before was very limited in terms of framing and mise en scene. I also re-filmed some of the beach scenes, this has worked well as I was able to get a birds eye view of the cliffs and sea by standing on top of the cliff. 

Review of editing sessions.

I have completed editing the opening scene. I am very pleased with how the footage has turned out. I found that by using lots of jump cuts and fast paced editing created the unsettling feeling that I wanted. I have started to edit the footage that matches the music, seeing it on screen and with the music has influenced a few ideas. I found that i need to re-film some footage as it is not fast paced enough, some of the shots were to long, therefore i am going to have to plan to re-film some footage.

PLAN.

Re-film scene with bench-jumpcuts

Re-film the scene with the lamp post-slidingdown-jumpcuts

Progress made 19/11/09.

Today I filmed some more footage of crowds in a town centre. This went well and i was able to get various shot types and angles. Also today I solved a big problem with editing, I had filmed some footage of cars going along the motor way. I then sped this up in imovie, however it was not fast enough and i was not able to repeat this transaction again. However I found that if i dragged the clip out of imovie and then back it i was able to speed it up again as it thought it was a new file. This has really helped my project as some of my footage was not usable as i could not speed it up enough. Now i a able to use the footage again and i am able to use ideas that i did not think i could use as i can speed them up to the correct level.

Anton Corbijn.

Today i watched a dvd of Anton Corbijn's work. I was inspired by the way that he used his knowledge of photography to enhance his moving image.

I like the way that he uses black and white as it creates a gritty and realistic image to his work. I am interested about the framing in this shot as he has placed the man almost in the centre, this normally does not work when using the rule of thirds, yet in this case it has worked well as he has balanced the shot out with the surroundings.

Again i love the use of black and white here, but i also think the way that he has annotated his work is interesting. I am able to read his thoughts on the framing and the ideas about the shot, this helps me as i am influenced greatly by Corbijn's work.

Tasks for this week.

I have to re-film some footage as it has not turned out how i wanted it to. I want to re-film the scene where the girl walks though the crowd as i do not like the framing. I want to re think how the balance and composition is made up within the frame as i am framing my work by using the rule of thirds.

Progress made 11/11/09.

Today i experimented by editing the opening scene of my music video. I found that the night vision works really well as it creates an unsettling and unusual effect. I have decided to cut my footage and add extreme close ups of an eye moving. I have edited this in imovie, i have increased the speed to create an juddering movement to the eye. This works well when aded to the footage of the girl sat in the chair as it makes the piece fast paced, this is similar to Chris Cunningham's style of editing.

Development in ideas.

I want to make my video fast paced so i am going to try and use shot variety when filming. I am going to do this by using jump cuts and shot variation, for example close ups of an object the medium shots to add variation. I also would like to try and experiment with different shots that i have not used before. One shot in particular that i would like to use is in La Roux's music video for bullet proof. From one angle it looks at if La Roux is standing against a wall, then the camera rotates anti clockwise and we se that she is laying on a platform.

Progress made.

I have reviewed my footage and found it to be a successful shoot. I found that filming at night still worked well even though there was not a lot of people around it create the time lapse effect. This still worked as i got my subject to still move at a slow pace but not as slow, and with a jerky movement to create the surreal effect.

Changes to clothing.

I have decided to change the plan for what the girl in the video will wear. Originally I wanted her to wear normal clothes in the opening scene and then a gothic dress in the main piece of footage. This was to separate the two different worlds from each other, the normal clothes for the real world and the gothic dress for the surreal world.