Project 3 Final – Let’s play

07Dec09

The simple loop
The video itself that came be looped seamlessly

The final loop
A concept based on the idea that there is always time to play and have fun (i.e. exercise) outdoors no matter who you are, what the weather is like (clothes).

(do you see anything happening other than angle switches? ;] )

Design Statement

The goal of this project was to explore the idea of a video loop by developing a concept that included actions/scenes that could be looped continuously. With this in mind I initially thought about everyday routines and/or actions that could be repeated seamlessly (e.g. driving somewhere, falling dominoes, walking from point A to point B etc.). To explore the loop, I decided to record 2 of my friends swinging on a swing. Initially I had only planned to do this all in one shot with multiple people, however, after discussions I found that shooting the loop in different angles not only helped me save time in organizing a big group to go film with, but it also allowed my loop to be visually a little more interesting to be able to see the subjects swinging from another point of view.

Some of my biggest challenges for this project was watching how much time I needed to film outside as well as ongoing weather issues that prevented me from filming outside. Once again, as I found, lighting was an important issue while I was filming outside because taking too long to film certain parts meant that my lighting for each clip would be different. Thus one of the reasons why I decided to put my final product in black and white to avoid having to destroy any important contrasted detail from colour-editing. If another opportunity arises I would definitely like to re-film this in colour. Another challenge was the changing environment where I was filming. Besides, the lighting, other elements at some points came in and out of my initial clips such as additional people or cars in the distant background.

Something I enjoyed through this project was looking at the flicker effect (slight visual changes) and just playing around with how much change could I make in between clips without making it incredibly obvious. Though, the one little trouble that came with filming this sort of effect was that it took longer to shoot because of the time needed to make changes in between each scene.

Final Storyboard

Initial Storyboard (Dominoes concept)

Other Process work
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