1) Did you enjoy my video
2) Did you fully understand the concept of the video? What did you think it was about?
3) If you could change anything, what would it be?
4) If yes, explain more in detail
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Evaluation
The overall idea of my work came to life nearly 8 weeks ago and was finished and shown to my peers on the 4th of December.
To begin the project, you had to come up with an idea you could use for an experimental video. It took me about a week to come up with a decent idea and stick to it, After much thinking i decided i was just going to do a simple video based on randomness. The idea i came up with was a dinosaur seeking out a pot of mushy peas, it was completly original and looked like it could be a good video. Before i could start off making it into a real life video , i had to sit down and write up all my ideas in pre production work, i had to do a rough storyboard to show how i wanted my video to be and what would happen during it. The bit i struggled with the most was the concept. After a lot of thinking i decided to leave my concept idea for a while until i was sure what i wanted it to be. Overall, it took about 2 weeks to complete the paperwork to a decent and high standard.
Since i completed the paperwork i was ready to film my video. I had to buy my props and i managed to film it all during one day. I really enjoyed doing the filming because i wasnt being told what to do; it was completly my choice and in my time. The filming itself was really straightforward and simple because i didnt want to use any fancy camera angles for my first project since i wasnt at the time comfortable with using a video camera. All i did for my video was do one take of the whole of thing and really simply just moved the dinosaur closer and closer to the pot of mushy peas which gave off the effect of it walking. It was at this i point i realised that i had my concept. It was about wanting something you cant have and i think i showed that in my video. Once i had completed my video i had to take the equipment back to college and start to do some editing.
For me, i found editing the hardest part of this project because i wasn't familiar with using an Apple mac. For the first few days i just played around with the effects to try and find the once i wanted and after a while i decided just to do some simple editing because i didnt want it to look to edited because it would take the orignality out of my piece. All i simply did in relation to the visual of it was make it black and white which was enough for me. The next step for me was to add music to it which i did via Garage Band, it sounded like a mystic space theme which i wanted it to do. Once i had done this i was now ready to do my exhibiton.
The last part of my project was exhibiting it. I did this in the radio room at college kind of as a last resort because my original idea wasnt as good, It was on Friday the 4th of December during my last lesson of the day, what i did was ask people in my class to come and view it in the radio room. I handed out questionnaires about my video and asked them to fill it in for me once the video had finished. Overall, i got a lot of positive feedback from my questionnaires but the one thing that everyone said was to make it longer than it was which i will do next time i do a project.
I have really enjoyed doing this project and have found it quite hard sometimes but because of the simpleness it made it a lot easier. The hardest part for me was using the Apple Mac's because i wasnt familiar with it before but like anything, i got use to it after a while and it became very easy to use. The bit i enjoyed the most was the filming because it was something different and it was fun for the simple fact of it being my project to play around with. If i could change one thing it would be to make sure my video is at the best i can make it.
To begin the project, you had to come up with an idea you could use for an experimental video. It took me about a week to come up with a decent idea and stick to it, After much thinking i decided i was just going to do a simple video based on randomness. The idea i came up with was a dinosaur seeking out a pot of mushy peas, it was completly original and looked like it could be a good video. Before i could start off making it into a real life video , i had to sit down and write up all my ideas in pre production work, i had to do a rough storyboard to show how i wanted my video to be and what would happen during it. The bit i struggled with the most was the concept. After a lot of thinking i decided to leave my concept idea for a while until i was sure what i wanted it to be. Overall, it took about 2 weeks to complete the paperwork to a decent and high standard.
Since i completed the paperwork i was ready to film my video. I had to buy my props and i managed to film it all during one day. I really enjoyed doing the filming because i wasnt being told what to do; it was completly my choice and in my time. The filming itself was really straightforward and simple because i didnt want to use any fancy camera angles for my first project since i wasnt at the time comfortable with using a video camera. All i did for my video was do one take of the whole of thing and really simply just moved the dinosaur closer and closer to the pot of mushy peas which gave off the effect of it walking. It was at this i point i realised that i had my concept. It was about wanting something you cant have and i think i showed that in my video. Once i had completed my video i had to take the equipment back to college and start to do some editing.
For me, i found editing the hardest part of this project because i wasn't familiar with using an Apple mac. For the first few days i just played around with the effects to try and find the once i wanted and after a while i decided just to do some simple editing because i didnt want it to look to edited because it would take the orignality out of my piece. All i simply did in relation to the visual of it was make it black and white which was enough for me. The next step for me was to add music to it which i did via Garage Band, it sounded like a mystic space theme which i wanted it to do. Once i had done this i was now ready to do my exhibiton.
The last part of my project was exhibiting it. I did this in the radio room at college kind of as a last resort because my original idea wasnt as good, It was on Friday the 4th of December during my last lesson of the day, what i did was ask people in my class to come and view it in the radio room. I handed out questionnaires about my video and asked them to fill it in for me once the video had finished. Overall, i got a lot of positive feedback from my questionnaires but the one thing that everyone said was to make it longer than it was which i will do next time i do a project.
I have really enjoyed doing this project and have found it quite hard sometimes but because of the simpleness it made it a lot easier. The hardest part for me was using the Apple Mac's because i wasnt familiar with it before but like anything, i got use to it after a while and it became very easy to use. The bit i enjoyed the most was the filming because it was something different and it was fun for the simple fact of it being my project to play around with. If i could change one thing it would be to make sure my video is at the best i can make it.
Post Production
It didn't take much editing for my video as i wanted to keep it simple. All i did really for my video was change the outlook from coloured to black and white to try and give it a different look. The next part of editing i did was to add a soundtrack to it. To achieve this i used Garage Band, I spent at least 2 lessons trying to make a soundtrack that was in relation to my video and it was very difficult at first. I wanted it to sound mystic and almost space like, but while doing that i wanted it to be created by to make it original. Once i made this i added it to my video and played it back to make sure that it suited my video and to my delight it worked very well. After this, I had to shorten my video down because it was too long it certain places. I had to edit the beginning title sequence because out of all my shots it was the longest, to get the effect that i wanted which was to make the dinosaur look like it was walking i had to shorten those clips down too so that it looked realistic. Once i did this, i had now finished my editing and was ready to exhibit it.
Tuesday 8 December 2009
Experimental video diary - Day One
Since my video was only a short piece it didn't take much to film and complete it. To start off i had to make the backdrop for it, which changed from stars to just having the plain black background. I thought this would be a better thing because i wanted to keep it simple. After much brain racking, i decided to change my overall concept instead of having complete randomness i changed it to having the concept as having something you cant have and what will happen if you keep deciding to pursue it. Once i had the background to my video sorted i had to purchase the dinosaur for my piece which i ended up spending a fiver on!. The mushy peas were free from work.
Once i had gathered all my props together i started to shoot my video. I ended up asking my brother for assistance as i realised i couldn't do it on my own. I filmed while he moved the props closer together to give the effect of stop motion. To begin with i shot it from the point of the dinosaur and mushy peas standing at opposite ends of the table, the next shots were quite similar in the sense of the purpose of them. I wanted to give the effect of them walking in together to meet in a way. So i would film, stop, move them and carry on like that until they were face to face.
The next part of my video was for the dinosaur to try and eat the mushy peas but failing in doing so. What i did next was lift the lid off the mushy pea pot but making it look like the dinosaur had done so, again using stop frame. After this, my brother held the dinosaur over the pot making it look like and seem if it was climbing into the pot. The last parts of my video was the dinosaur falling into the pot of peas head first which shows it paying the price for being greedy. It then stands up with the pot on its head and cant seem to shake it off. Altogether, the film took an hour to shoot because of its length and simplicity
Once i had gathered all my props together i started to shoot my video. I ended up asking my brother for assistance as i realised i couldn't do it on my own. I filmed while he moved the props closer together to give the effect of stop motion. To begin with i shot it from the point of the dinosaur and mushy peas standing at opposite ends of the table, the next shots were quite similar in the sense of the purpose of them. I wanted to give the effect of them walking in together to meet in a way. So i would film, stop, move them and carry on like that until they were face to face.
The next part of my video was for the dinosaur to try and eat the mushy peas but failing in doing so. What i did next was lift the lid off the mushy pea pot but making it look like the dinosaur had done so, again using stop frame. After this, my brother held the dinosaur over the pot making it look like and seem if it was climbing into the pot. The last parts of my video was the dinosaur falling into the pot of peas head first which shows it paying the price for being greedy. It then stands up with the pot on its head and cant seem to shake it off. Altogether, the film took an hour to shoot because of its length and simplicity
Wednesday 2 December 2009
My exhibition plan
I have decided to show my experimental video during my lesson tomorrow in the radio room in front of a group of people from my class. To make it different in relation to the surroudings and contents of the radio room i am going to turn the contents of the room into complete randomness. For example, turning tables over. The time i will be showing this to the audience will be early afternoon, and the date it will be shown will be the 4th of december. I have decided to present my video this way because its based on complete randomness and i hope that the audience pick up on that, After i have shown my piece i will be handing out questionnaires on my video so i can get some feedback on the overall presentation.
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