During our first trip as a
class to the Colonial Cottage we were able to get a feel for the location. The
garden inspired us to consider the people that might come across this small
building without intentions. We focused on this as our perspective piece – The
Perspective of a Passerby.
Focusing on the brief we
decided that the best way to capture the atmosphere of the colonial cottage was
to analyze the finer details and take special note of the historic textures of
the building and its furnishings as this is visually aged.
A person of inspiration,
Luke Fowler, believes in allowing natural errors to add to your work inspired
us. Camera shakes gives the audience the impression that they are standing with
him on location. We highlighted this effect in the Perspective film to relate
to static movement.
Placing hair in front of
the camera lense and using props to established the perspective chosen. We added visual effects
like Gaussian Blur when the sunglasses are “worn” to give the impression of
foggy focus. Some overlays also related to glare and reflection. We experimented
with taping the phone to the head as an eye but filming became too difficult.
We used Google Maps and
Twitter to play on social media and the contrast of the building. This creates
a contrast to the historic cottage and era.
Both clips used an iPhone
5s (great quality) and editing using Premier Pro because this was the easiest
and most effective program available.
We felt some of the
effects were inappropriate for the aesthetics we were going for hence the reason
for the simplistic clean styling of both films. The footage was to speak to our
audience without becoming a distraction of filters/effects. By altering
lighting we could make shots exude a creepy undertone that we felt during visits.
We focused on diegetic
sounds that fitted with the movement and atmosphere of the cottage using
Garageband and YouTube downloads. On Premier Pro we altered the volume levels
and used a range of overlays of sounds like garden noises, gravel, stairs,
floors etc to create a depth of soundscape.
We kept a record of our
work using a blog and consistent tweeting which proved to be the easiest way to
make contact with one and other and right in the hands of our mobiles. Also
experimented with iPhone/Smartphone apps like Vine Vyclone which enabled us to experience alternative
social media options.
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