Done, Done and Almost Done

Had a lecture today on Identities, which I'm really excited about!
I love the way our tasks are to play Second Life, how crazy?

I can't wait to start working on our little boxes. I really hope mine turns out well, I wish I could use flash as well as the examples that were shown to us, they were stunning. I'll have to watch a lot of those tutorials, and maybe even invest in the software.. hmm..

Well I've finally handed in my 3 projects. The Pixilation, One Shot Short and Flash Narrative have all been slapped onto a DVD and submitted for assessment. Eek! Apparently, I was the first, so that's good!

I've also written the first draft of my essay, so that's one MASSIVE pile of bricks off my shoulders.

And I've even created my entire PowerPoint presentation too, so I just hope that it a) plays correctly at Uni and b) goes well and I don't trip up over my words too much.

Right, I'm off to download Second Life, what fun!

One Shot Short - Think Campaign

I've finally finished my One Shot Short video!

I hope you enjoy watching the film, there's only so much you can do with a single take of film.

Various problems I had to over come are that it's quite difficult to film something with the mindset that 6 other people have to edit it as well, so you have to make it quite universal. Also, its fairly difficult to do exactly what you want with a single piece of footage. For example, I feel that the guys standing at the car and talking is just too long for my video and I would prefer that to be shorter, but I still think the video works well and utilises the footage.

I desaturated the colour so that only blues and greens were visible, and I placed 2 filters over the video, one to make it liney and another with darkened edges. I feel these effects give it a very industrial feel to it, making the camera as if it were a CCTV camera. The effect of this makes the video seem more realistic and like this could happen to any normal person. The way the camera is attached to a tripod and only swivels around in a stationary position makes it seem even more natural as a CCTV camera is quite ridged in its movement.

It kind of reminds me of a 1960's public broadcast I saw on YouTube once. The voice over is quite similar and it tackles an issue that's not particularly relevant. Here it is:

One Shot Short - Post Production

The video above shows the clip we filmed for our One Shot Short. The video is the raw footage and I have been playing around with it, editing it in PowerDirector to create a different feel to it. I'll upload it once i've finished.

We wanted to film a CCTV style video, showing 2 men trying to ask for directions and then stealing the bag from inside the car, they run off as the car skids away. We thought this idea was going to be quite good and gave us many options to edit with.

One Shot Short Idea

An idea I had for the one shot short project we've been given has come to me!

My ideas are as follows:

1. The film could be from a partialy blind and deaf person, using a hazey effect on the footage and then the mubles of people talking to them. It could be filmed as if this person is lying on the floor be beaten up, or sitting in a wheel chair being patronised.

2. My second random thought could be as if the film is from a dog's point of view, sitting in its basket. The dog could be looking at us as actors doing something, and all the voices are mumbled to show the dog doesn't understand, and all you can hear is the heavey breathing, or even have a human voice for what the dog's really thinking.