This is the first exploration into the themes I have been exploring with this piece. I chose a very quiet street juxtaposed with a loud main road just nearby. I’m just beginning to piece together the idea of my project, I want to prime the audience to feel confused and create a very disjointed viewing experience. I used exactly 20 second shots throughout the first part of the film, and then the last few clips are all 1 second in duration. I like the incredibly sudden shift in tone from slow, long, wide shots to rapid, quick cuts. The jump in sound really sells the change in feel as well, I had to edit down the sound of the wind/atmosphere of the wide shots, so a better shotgun mic is definitely worth using for the final piece to cut that stuff out. The quieter those shots are, the better the transition will be.
I think for my final piece, I’m going to do a nature vs man element. The long, wide shots will be of something natural (scenery etc) and the quick cuts will be industrial. I was given the idea of using a train station for my location, which I think is good. Having the trains also imparts that movement shift that is present in this video from the cars which I think also helps transition from the slow to rapid cuts. I’ll just need to scout around for a good train station that has scenery, because I don’t want anything in the long wide shots that would hint at the true location being the train station. I think all my shots will be facing away from the train station to achieve this. And I think the use of the tripod for my actual piece will really sell the feeling in the wide shots. I need those shots to be perfectly still so using a tripod for those will be very important.