After having taken some footage of mainly bugs encountering plants during week 10 whilst I went on my walk, I knew I needed feedback during week 11. As well as allow myself the time to think about exactly how I want the end video to look and how I want the layout to be. Unfortunately I was not able to attend Monday’s class in week 11, however by looking on Canvas I understood what the class was about, Korsakow. The idea of using Korsakow for my final layout is an idea that has grown on me. At first, by looking at the instructions I was perhaps overwhelmed at the concept of using a completely new program, yet after having received feedback during Wednesday’s class, I believe Korsakow will be the most effective way to display my videos.
Wednesday’s class of week 11 was extremely valuable, as giving and receiving feedback for mine and other students videos was almost vital at this stage of the process for assignment 4. Initially, what I already knew before I was given feedback was I needed my overall vision for my videos to be specific. Although going for a walk without specific direction was a good start to filming and thinking about encountering, it meant that my videos were so far very similar. For example all the videos I could show other students and Hannah on Wednesday were close up shots of bugs encountering nature. Therefore I was not surprised when I received feedback from Hannah for me to film more than just bugs encountering nature, and to think more about nature as a whole. The specific feedback I received was to focus on filming in categories, such as videos of bugs encountering plants and also how weather encounters nature such as wind and rain. Therefore I intend to have all of my footage taken by Wednesdays class of week 12 of at least 10 videos each of bugs, rain and wind encountering nature. As once I have all my footage I can begin to categorise the videos by bugs, wind and rain onto Korsakow, to eventually make my videos an interactive experience for the final product.
From now, going forward with the assignment, I need to really think about how something changes something else. Such as how rain can change the appearance of a rock or how wind can change the way leaves move. A way I could visually look at this occurring was through the film ‘Microcosmos’ which Hannah recommended I watch. This film is a perfect example of what I am attempting to achieve. This film, directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pèrennou captures extreme close ups of bugs in their natural habitat, as well as rain and wind. Therefore ‘Microcosmos’ was my final inspiration, before I took the last of my videos and used Korsakow.