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These are the two parts of the video of our final prototype. Please view them in YouTube Doubler.

SUMMARY:

Ever wished to be be in a person’s shoe when you’re watching a film. Feel free to participate in our focus group joining perspective A! Wait, there’s two of them in that room! What does it feel like to be in the other person’s shoe? Stop thinking and watch in perspective B!

Check out perspective B here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP7DjnWPon0

Hold up, why not watch both of them together? You can mute and listen to the other person’s dialogue / monologue by yourself. You control this film! (GASP)

Go to: http://youtubedoubler.com
and put both the links in! (you can also put your dj name if you secretly wish to be a dj)

Cheers!

Reflection:

Adding the monologue to this video made first person perspective more effective due to the fact, I added the cropping motion like she was closing her eyes to take a nap. I used “bad film” effect to show the flashback of the key (it is not very visible) but the key was shown again when he was having his back facing her.

LINKS:

Reflection: Project FOUR Draft + Presentation Notes

Prototype Draft: First Iteration

Prototype Draft: Monologue Test (THE LAST CHIP)

Prototype Draft: What Will Become The Final Prototype

G-doc Report

Project Four Tag

The Project Four Journey

Wei Yun’s Portfolio

This would be how it looks like in YouTube Doubler. Just for drafting sake, and for people to understand what it is like to put the videos through youtube doubler. This shows two perspectives of the two people stuck in a room for a “focus group” experiment on observing things. One would be observing from afar and taking in the surroundings and looking at things closest to her while the other opens every compartment, searches every corner and walks around the whole apartment. The twist at the ending was just a simple way to end the film.

Filming this draft was fairly difficult but much easier compared to the first film because we tried to use less face-to-face scenes so it does not disrupt the flow and use minimal hand gestures or at least as long as one of them does not see the gesture. I feel it still would have been better if we had the camera strapped onto us instead of holding the camera and limiting us to using one hand only.

The concept is fairly simple as we lack creative narrative but the idea is there. I had jumped from the two-sided conversation to two types observation but the elements from the previous drafts were considered in this film.

Another spin off from the previous draft, to try to improve on our skills of filming a first person perspective with a camera.

This was more of testing the monologue sequence. Instead of editing it, I had my friend say it out loud. Everything was in monologue until he says “YES THANK YOU!” This was a test on how a monologue feels together with a first person narrative. As a second try, it was fairly simpler compared to the first draft. The mistakes I found was that I could not use my other hand to set it like I had in the previous take. If I could not use it, I shouldn’t have put it in frame at all. Lesson learnt!

The monologue had given emphasis to the first person perspective narrative. I find that it allows the viewers to jump into the first person POV easily compared to showing actions. The monologue allows viewers to understand what the person is thinking and what he desires. The only thing left is for them to anticipate what the outcome will be.

The first draft to be presented for class feedback. The cues were not planned out well as you can see some actions were not timed properly through the two perspectives. It was a difficult process, juggling camera, using one hand to put into action and the timing of when to look at the person at the same time. We actually used another phone to follow the timing of the previous shot. It was a tedious work because I was seen looking at the phone from time to time.

The idea was there but it felt like the actions later on only brought in the effect of the first person perspective. What could make it more effective? Peter and I thought that adding monologues, like inside thoughts/conversations, might bring more “flavour” to the first person perspective.

We definitely made a few trial and error to try and minimise the mistakes because if we were to shoot in a bigger room, it would be more of a hassle as the concept is larger and more actions would be involved. This was just a step to creating a better two-sided perspective.