i started as a novice at premier pro. i hadn't had much experience and needed to improve to get the overall outcomes i wanted from this project. i talked and worked with phil and decided to do a simple continuity video first to get used to premier pro and improve my skills for the final video. i only used my footage as i was used to it and believed i could create the best continuity video from this.
as you can see this is just a simple continuity video. i used a mixture of wide shots to show connection and closes ups for intimacy. i then wanted to show the deterioration of relationships through this video so i added an adjustment layer which desaturated.
from this idea i came up with the idea of abbusivie relationships and decided to create a drama in my dance video.
i then worked on this little sequence to practice with dramatic use of the footage.
i used the contrast between black and white and colour to show the difference between the characters and the abusive causing her to lose her individuality. i really liked this sequence so decided to continue with it for my final video.
i then expanded the sequences and created more story.
i then finished the story. i was happy with it's layout and worked hard to make it still make continuity sense and added transitions to create fluid motion. but i knew it needed effects to really hit home the ideas of the piece.
from my research i found i really liked the idea of double exposure so decided this would be a good place start. i worked with phill to see how best to do this. first we worked with overlaying which i did like for a certain part of the plot to show the repeating of abuses in these kind of relationships.
i firstly created the repeated sequence.
i then overlaid them over the part of the story i thought most fitted the meaning and used colour punch techniques to get the most satisfy visual asethic to match the meaning. i worked a lot with colour balance and the type of overlay to use till i was happy.
i really liked this technique and wanted to push it further for another part of my video. i wanted the dance to take part on the face of the dancers to show their own inner thoughts about the piece.
i had to ask how to do it. i show phill the true dectetive opening (which he had seen already) and asked if i could create this. he said it would be difficult to create the exact thing as it would of been shot with that in mind and use after effects but said i can simulate and similar effect with equal power. he taught me how to extract certain colours from the piece and overlay video on it. this created this firstly.
these are the effects i used. i really like the image. i worked a lot with colour tolerance and finess to make sure not to much of the detail was lost in the face. i loved the black and white nature of it. made it very pure and deep.
i then added it over the piece.
i really liked the effect of this and it really captured what i wanted.
i had to work with the position of the front and back image to make sure the overlaid properly and i also work with colour balance to make the back image work.
i then thought about subtitles. my film had no music at this point so was silent so i really liked the idea of subtitles to help the viewer see the inner thoughts of the actors at points. i didn't want to over do it so only did small phrases and not important moments to push the feeling of the piece.
i think it works. many might not agree but it think it adds a subtle power to the piece.
i then added pictures. this was a call back to my tree of life inspiration. i made sure it wasn't in the piece even though i practiced with that but it took away from the feeling. i like it at the front and end as it created a emotional conceptual feel.
i then used colour correction on the shots which were out.
my final thing was the music and i decided to write my own music with my bass guitar and audio recorder. i had some inspiration
i liked this song as the bass line was the main element of the song and had strong effects and reverb. i like how different effects where put on the similar bass line to create more power and change the feeling of the song
my other inspiration was radiohead. which i had similar effects to the other song. but this song added long high notes to feed over the bass line. i wanted to do a similar thing with a violin.
i then had inspiration from jazz and bass players like jaco pastitorous. all these fed into my final song.
i used my fender squire fretless bass as it had the most jazzy smooth feel i wanted. i spend a lot of an evening sat in my room writing different grooves till i found the one i wanted.
i then used my boss audio recorder to record the song. i used a couple of preset effects to create the sounds i wanted for the different parts of the song.
i then had to transcode the files to make them wav files to put in my video.
i then put the parts of the song together and faded them in and out to create fluidedy between them. i then adjusted the levels accordingly.
i then had my final video. i then exported it.
