As part of my exploration into the night-time landscape, I want to test out shooting footage from the perspective of a car, driving alone on the roads. I wanted to find a way to explore these visuals in a more in depth manner – not simply just collecting shots from a car – finding a way to add meaning &…
Category: Film3 Reflection
Film 3: Part 9 [11 September]
In today’s class we each presented and explained our project ideas and concepts for the remainder of this semester. I was the first person to present so I wasn’t completely sure what to expect from the pitch session however I think I articulated my ideas well and the feedback given by Paul, Robin & Dan was really helpful. I’ve decided…
Filming at Night: Capturing some Test Footage
Last night I went for an extended walk around my suburb with the intention to capture some footage to test out my current ideas for my Film3 research assignment. I got a friend to tag along (both to act as a subject AND for some company [because I’m scared of being shanked in a suburb predominantly occupied by elderly people]).…
Film 3: Part 8 [7th September]
In my last post I talked about an idea I’ve been developing. After a bit of thinking I decided that I’d like to continue to explore the idea of shooting footage and experiments during the night. The consult session today was helpful in further developing my ideas and attitudes towards this very ‘film3’ practical research assignment. The footage captured and…
Film 3: Possible Projects (1)
I’ve come to enjoy the ambience and quiet of the footpaths and roads surrounding my house in the northern suburbs of Melbourne during the night time. (Living the true university student life) I’ve become accustomed to walking home during the dark and peaceful early hours of the morning. There’s something about that time of night that I find truly amazing – I…
Film 3: Part 7 [28 August]
Developing innovative and creative visions seems to be what Film 3 is all about, and after realising this I’ve begun to actively collect images and ideas that I think would make for interesting film-experiments/exercises. This new habit has already got me thinking more about the things I experience in my daily life – and in our final class of week…
Inspiration from ‘Vertical Cinema’
Earlier this month I attended MIFF’s ‘Vertical Cinema’ event. In an earlier post I mentioned how some of the experimental films screened had given me some inspiration and ideas of my own – in this post I’ll begin to unpack one of these ideas. One of the experimental shorts consisted largely of a intense percussion soundtrack with graphics that somewhat…
Film 3: Part 6 [24 August]
In yesterday’s class we began to edit and experiment with the footage we had shot on Friday. I had been looking forward to testing out my idea and so I got right into editing the 3 shots in Premiere. Unfortunately, the footage didn’t come together in the edit quite how I wanted it to and this was due to a…
Remaining Organised in an Era of Terabytes & HHD’s
Today I decided that it was time to declutter and re-organise the vast amount of digital information that has collected on my laptop and backup hard-drives over the last 12 months. My laptop’s SSD was filled to the virtual-brim and my small collection of external hard-drives had begun to lose consistency and start becoming cluttered and messy. I decided to…
Film 3: Part 5 [21 August]
In Friday’s class we each took 30-40 minutes to act as creative ‘directors’ – organising the members of our groups as collaborators who would assist in the capturing of footage that we will further explore/experiment with in future classes. The exercise was designed to allow us to explore an area/idea that we wanted to further understand and develop skill in. Not…