https://vimeo.com/234337039
For fun I decided to go back to an old video I made back in high school as an editing experiment. I wanted to see if I could take footage from a (seemingly) innocent source and edit it in a way to become menacing, and so I decided to parody the intro to American Horror Story using only clips from Teletubbies. To my surprise it had seemed to work, almost too well. This made me realise that the editor holds a near-infinite amount of power, as much as a director, and can ultimately change the course of a film – det–rmining feel, pace/rhythm, music, lighting, and so much more. By simply speeding up some shots to look unnatural, changing them to black and white with added saturation, and adding some unnerving music, I had changed these once innocent characters, loved my millions (and hated by more), into something arguably more horrifying than the original show. This extends into my previous post on lighting, showing how one simple change can dramatically effect how a shot/scene is interpreted. The creation of this short little side-project of mine inspired me to experiment more with editing and revise over my choices in projects. Whilst far from perfect (or even good), it remains one of my favourite things I’ve made as that in the short time it took me to create (6 hours when bored FYI) I felt I had progressed so much.
Here is the original for comparison: