Reflection of my final major project

I've separately recorded my video of both my niece and my sister, it went well and i learnt the benefit of recording constantly. I ended up with a lot of footage that was useful even though ended recording early. the main issues was finding the right sound for editing. i had two poems that didn't work with the footage, so i try them backwards to give a sinister vibe. the song played backwards sounded more cheerful D:.

This shot is a icontic shot within the video and has been repeated through the video. this is also related to horror film editing and film there movie. 

I tried different music and sounds to create a disturbing effect, like someones fears hunting them, i think i got closest with a bee noise but it needed distortion. i am seeing that you can build up tension  using sound in an art installation but it is harder to get through to people that it is in an enclosed environment, like a cinema. i wanted to use the sound from the environment around us to create a more realistic sound that can then be edited to make it more disturbing. i might record the the location that the piece will be installed in and edit the sound from that area.

I will show you some of my works in process:

1) Life beyond Childhood- eye's of fire

2) Life beyond Childhood- bee noise

3) Life beyond Childhood- My song that i made on garage band played backwards

4) Life time- game over

This is a second piece that is repeating life and re-doing whats already happened.

These are my idea of the installation for this piece, as i want to build a tree house like installation but child size.

This is the size and how it might look when its done.

Materials:

• Timber
• Cardboard
• Paint

Development From Recent Ideas

What I am doing with my ideas:

That actress for my video will be Kira Davey my Niece as the main character. this is the development of a recent video that contains more of contemporary feeling than a narrative. This idea would have less characters but a stronger narrative.
Kira Davey:


This character will relates to the  following:

• Ring around the rosy- About the black death 
• Come little children- About kidnapping and killing children

I usually pick a family member as i feel it is more comfortable for me personally and the actress or actor as well.  The atmosphere is easier to work in and i find that you get natural results. You and the actor or actress have a common ground and you have more respect for the person you are working with than someone you don't know. this is important to me as you and your actor get a great deal more confidence in the video or film.

This is the storyboard for the video i will be filming on Friday 19th april.

This is a video how death is every where and it can happen at any point in time in 1000's of different ways. At any point in life death will come for even if your young or old, everyone will die at some point.













Equipment:

Toshiba full HD 1920x1080
Digital camera that give a lighter footage and better film than some other cameras
Canon PowerShot Sx150 IS 12x optical zoom
Digital camera that films with a darker view or the footage and clean cut filming
Tripod
Stand for use of both cameras

Also i looked at sound and editing sound these are some of my edits:

Ring around the rosy

Come little children

Remixed of the song.

This will help develop the footage as i research more into song and poems for my video.