Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Final Project Proposal
I have decided to go with the first option: 1). Upload a segment to the online video/film collaborative experiment, Man With A Movie Camera: The Global Remake. I have not shot film or used video as a medium as of yet so i want to try it out and to recreate a interpretation of some of the clips on the site. I think the experiment will help me develop as an artist in this medium. There are many sections of short films I would like to recapture with a digital camera and an older camera to get the result i need. This project will definitely be interesting.
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Bill,
ReplyDeleteI am making the same suggestions to all of those students proposing for the MWMC project. You will notice that the scenes are broken into many smaller parts, some as short as 1 second. Several possibilities to approach participating in this project. One recommendation would be to pick a scene then several of the smaller bits to create a span of time within a scene that will run longer than 2 seconds for sure! You would need to post the parts bit by bit according to the site's structure.
Or pick several bits of the film from various scenes, as long as you keep track of which ones you do and are able to show them to us during the crit and link to them from your blog.
If I were you I would particularly look at those seconds of the film that have yet to be uploaded by anyone, thus assuring that your bits will be played back.
I do hope you take the 1 hour to watch the original film before you commence – quite interesting in and of itself – the project is proposed as a contemporary update of Vertov’s directorial concept.
I'd recommend perhaps first using imovie as it can be an easy way to get into editing video - or Final Cut, which can be a bit more intense but good to learn. You also know how to animate in photoshop - this can be used to create scenes as well if you like.
Hope this all makes sense! Glad to help or give input along the way!
-joseph
Also, as a time saver you might look into filters to add onto your digital shots to give them the look of the older video camera or super-8 films you're talking about. I think this can be done in Adobe After Effects and pretty easily pretty easily incorporated into a final cut pro timeline. imovie is also pretty fun and self-explanatory (with a little practice) - plus, in my experience, it can be a little glitchy, which can give it a unique feel. Good luck, excited to see what you come up with!
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