More Inspiration

I have been looking into using time lapse in order to tell some kind of story. In these videos, they have used time lapse photography techniques to tell a drama.

Winter Timelaps from Zbigniew Debicki on Vimeo.

The Ambience Affair - Devil in the Detail from Souljacker on Vimeo.

There is a very Tim Burton stop motion style to the movement of the characters in the 2 music videos. It creates a very surreal image and is very interesting and engaging to watch a human move like that. I would like to test this movement out at some point soon to see if I can achieve something similar.

In the winter time lapse video, I like the sequences where the character is "still" and the rest of the world is moving, I could possibly experiment with this technique if I chose to go down this road in my solo project.

Initial Ideas

I have struggled to come up with any ideas I wish to pursue in this final semester. I came up with drama ideas, documentary ideas and experimental ideas. I was even considering making a music video. All of the ideas I had come up with I liked but didn't like enough to pursue them.

I want to create something which I will enjoy making and be happy with the result. I spent last evening looking through vimeo videos for inspiration and came across this video called Isenseven - TIMES.

This video is basically a montage of clips which a group of guys have filmed during their travels. The film doesn't say anything or aim for a deeper meaning but is very entertaining to watch.

Isenseven - TIMES from Vincent Urban on Vimeo.

I really love the combination of split screen and great cinematography along with really catchy music. The film is enjoyable because it's fun and expresses someones personal journey in an engaging way.

I showed this to my collab partner Tim and he said he most enjoyed the parts where the shots matched, otherwise it felt very jarring. I agree with this point and would look to experiment with matching different angles of a location/person in the same shot.

I also love the colours in some of the sequences as it makes the image as a whole very beautiful to watch.

Some of the transitions are really well done in this piece. Its nice when images seem to blend into other sequences and it is also good when one contrapuntal image appears and leads into another sequence.