For this sketch, I wanted to see how a travel video would look like if a solid narrative was implemented. It’s about a traveler “teleporting” around Victoria Market.
The example followed a non-narrative structure. It’s non-narrative because a “story” isn’t presented, not quite. In other travel videos we’d normally see the videomaker talking in front of the camera kind of like a performative documentary.
In this video, the traveler teleports from her room and ends up on the street. She then proceeds to teleport near the market and finally walks into it. She explores the area while teleporting.
I decided to have the traveler “teleport” because it cuts out unnecessary bits that don’t need to be shown in the video such as walking all the way to the market. Instead of a simple cut and wipe, the teleporting effect allows for the shots to be tied together instead of it looking like random shots put next to each other.
The video looks extremely DIY because of all the shakiness and unbalanced framing. This makes it hard for the viewer to take in the scene. My poor editing skills didn’t make the teleport effect look like what I had imagined either. I imagined it looking more like a zoom, warp, fade in effect to a point of interest that both of the shots share. The first and last two shots was came very close to the idea actually. I believe if I had the proper gear like a GoPro then this wouldn’t have been a problem. Except then I wouldn’t be able to see what I was shooting. What a dilemma.
It was also difficult to find a similar “point” that both the shots could share to tie them both together. I also wished I used my hands and interacted with an object so it actually looks like it’s in first person. I had first thought about using music, but then I wanted to see what it would be like without it first since VicMarket has people playing music in public sometimes.