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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Production Strategy
The one spot I always got a good shot from is the Park and Oakland intersection right outside my house. The lights flash, stay solid, traffic is always going through. I can see the intersection from my balcony, on the ground, in the intersection. There is many different views of the intersection I was able to access and many different light patterns constantly crossing the intersection. It was my main focus to get good shots of this intersection and only at night could you get the visuals that all the different lights put off. Night time shooting was my main focus because of the possibilities for lights to show. NIght time and sunset were mainly the times I went out to shoot. The sun at sunset gives off a radiant stream of light that I couldn't resist. The sunset had to be in my video but I had to figure out a way to make it, not just another sunset. I had to separate myself from the rest of the cliche videos that I figured would be created by other students.
Ten Questions
1. Can anything be captured besides the everyday occurrences of the city?
2. What would be a the best time for different lighting? Dawn, dusk, mid day, or night?
3. What are some of the places where people seldom go?
4. Can a different view of something greatly effect the way it looks?
5. Is there any way I can make an everyday item look different?
6. How can the time of day make an area more interesting?
7. Can I physically affect lighting to create a different image?
8. Is there anything out of the ordinary?
9. What is the lowest or highest view I can get of an area?
10. Where can I go that the rest of the Film 116 students have not gone?
2. What would be a the best time for different lighting? Dawn, dusk, mid day, or night?
3. What are some of the places where people seldom go?
4. Can a different view of something greatly effect the way it looks?
5. Is there any way I can make an everyday item look different?
6. How can the time of day make an area more interesting?
7. Can I physically affect lighting to create a different image?
8. Is there anything out of the ordinary?
9. What is the lowest or highest view I can get of an area?
10. Where can I go that the rest of the Film 116 students have not gone?
Drift Assesment #4
The best moment of this entire experience was not the recording, editing or filming of anything but when I watched my final video with my roommates. My roommates are business majors and have absolutely nothing to do with the film department or even have a care for art. When I made my drift 2 videos they all laughed and asked "what the hell was that?" for all eight of my videos. To tell the truth I didn't even know what the hell my videos were. After adding colored effects and sound to my final video clip, they were honestly facinated at how I turned my drift 2 videos into the final video I have made for drift 3. Everyone that had watched the video said they either felt scared or it gave them the chills. To hear my roommates who had made fun of my progress and videos to say they actually felt scared or even the fact that my creation mentally and physically effected them gave me a sense of chills.
Drift Assesment #3
One thing that surprised me was the discovery of how the lights of the city can look so much different when your looking at them from a filming point of view. I never actually looked at the city lights like I did during my drifts. When looking at the city I never thought it as art. Just the city. There were so many opportunities for good shots to capture with everyday occurrences. Ex: A car parked in an alley way with its lights on at night. From a distance down the alley, the headlights of the car lit and exposed buildings while the rest of the alley was completely dark, almost like a tunnel with beam of light coming from the end.
I never expected to be able to make my final movie with filming of the city. I didn't expect to have enough things to film. Cars and the lake were the only things I figured I would have captured for my final and third drift. The only car that appeared in any of my films was a quick flash of headlights in an intersection, but the lighting settings, speed of the cuts, and the sound effects make the recording of a car simply crossing through an intersection, look like something not of this world.
Its amazing how any kind of sound is rare and unique. Footsteps, wind chimes, an idle car, can all be used to make any kind of sound you can imagine. Most of the sounds I had recorded could be used to make sounds that would never naturally occur with no effects added to them. I realized everyday sounds can be used without being edited or had any effects added to them and still make some of the most unique sounds.
I never expected to be able to make my final movie with filming of the city. I didn't expect to have enough things to film. Cars and the lake were the only things I figured I would have captured for my final and third drift. The only car that appeared in any of my films was a quick flash of headlights in an intersection, but the lighting settings, speed of the cuts, and the sound effects make the recording of a car simply crossing through an intersection, look like something not of this world.
Its amazing how any kind of sound is rare and unique. Footsteps, wind chimes, an idle car, can all be used to make any kind of sound you can imagine. Most of the sounds I had recorded could be used to make sounds that would never naturally occur with no effects added to them. I realized everyday sounds can be used without being edited or had any effects added to them and still make some of the most unique sounds.
Drift Assesment #2
One thing I can say about both Drifts 1 and 2 is that not at one point did I feel peaceful or at ease. When I am doing anything with film, my mind races. I am never relaxed when making a film or even when I am shooting it. The rushing of ideas through my head and the constant struggle to capture the picture I have in my head is exciting is what is peaceful to me. That is why I love film and why I enjoyed Film 116 much more than my other film theory classes. Because instead of learning what other artists have done, I had the chance to go out make my own art.
Drift Assesment #1
One thing about both drift 1 and drift 2 is the fact that no effects could be put on the sound or video of the recordings. Even though a rough cut film could be made a good clip only if the artist has the right footage. Most of the footage I take is an on the spot decision recording of something that catches my eye and I try to visualize the rest of the film with the images in my head. This was difficult to plan out a drift map and strategy in both Drifts 1 and 2 with the way I make my films.
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