So I’ve been thinking and thinking and thinking… what am I meant to learn from my exercise? What’s the next step. And that’s when it hit me….what I learn is whatever I want to learn..what I choose to do next is entirely up to me to decide. It won’t reveal itself and suddenly illuminate my mind…I foolishly thought that when developing this concept… I assumed I would film this project and have the perfect inspiration for what to do next.

I needed a direction. I wanted to understand what the long take means to me. I think I ignored a very important factor, that is: the soundtrack. Throughout this semester I’ve come to realise how much I am passionate about creating a soundtrack that synthesizes with the visual information to produce an atmosphere as opposed to a clearly defined narrative. So this is my next step. I am continuing to experiment with the soundtrack. I know I came into this semester with a proposal about the transition from innocence to insanity, however I want to turn my attention now to the ‘suspense’ genre. I want to see the limits I can push with different paced soundtracks in conjunction with the same long take. Since I have approximately 20 takes to choose from I am experimenting with the different takes as each take has slightly different pacing.

The take Linked here experiments with a new eerie track, focusing on suspense building up to a climactic/sudden cut to black as accentuated by the soundtrack accompanying. We experimented with filter colours on the outskirts of the frame, suggesting something is dangerously enclosing in on the girl (presenting her as vulnerable for most of the long take).