This week was a pivotal time for me to start the pre-production process of the final assignment – Assignment 3 Part II. I had the opportunity to scout my location and discuss with Robin what my initial and continuing plans were with this project. Robin had given me great advice in terms of what this video was going to be about and one of the main factors was the whole essence of this observation, translated into a video format. I wrote a few notes regarding the advice given to me, which were great ideas in making this video piece:

• The transition between what is busy and what is intimate – the potential purpose of this whole observation
• The exclusiveness of the space – how can I capture that? Will that be through sound and/or visuals?
• The idea would be to follow the talent, preferably from behind
• The film would be 60% outside, displaying the visual aspects and aesthetics of Degraves St and 40% of it would be inside the cafe. That way, it would make the cafe a little bit more special, conveying the exclusivity or its ‘secret’ to the general public

As for the location scouting, I made sure to do it right before Friday’s class, just in time to show Robin the progress I’ve made. The following are reference photos I’ve collected:

You can imagine how this video would already be like (or at least my vision for it) – scene moving images, with a lot of close-ups to extreme close-ups. I’d like to also implement the slow-motion effect if possible, particularly for detailed-oriented scenes (such as the close-up of coffee, the back of the talent’s head and the close-up of the menu book).

As of right now, I have a strong idea in terms of this video/observation’s meaning and now, it’s all just the matter of getting that message through the video. With that, comes the technicalities of it and making this video piece look as good as I had seen it in real life.