I did this time lapse on my iPhone using iMotion. Its annoying because its got the black side bits which I don't know how to remove but also its wobbly because I'm holding my phone. I did like the positioning of phone but it proves I should really use my camera. I'm going to create another time lapse like this one so it fits with the rest of my videos. I was practicing using the audio settings in Premiere it was really fiddly when I started to create the music fade near the end of the video. Its not perfect but its a huge step in the right direction!
After my Brighton trip I had a lot to experiment with in Adobe Premiere in today's work shop. Still got a long way to go with learning all the ins and outs but it was such a successful work shop and I really got a lot out of it and actually learnt something. I've made a small experimental piece that I am really proud of and think it has a lot of potential to grow in to a really successful and interesting project that other people hopefully will be interested in.
I've decided to write out a scene plan for a potential narrative. I've created a simple story line they is easy for me to follow and break down in to simple scenes to photograph. I do like the idea of a simple love story and hopefully I can recreate this, I will be using my iPhone and my Nikon D5100 with a tripod for certain scenes. A few of my scenes will be at a two different train stations and I will also be getting on the train and taking photos. On the in and outside of the train I want to capture movement so I will need my Nikon to capture those particular moments. As I will have to be moving quickly I think it might be easier to use my phone for some scene, this is a challenge that might make things difficult for me just means practice is perfect and I will learn from it.
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This idea is for my digital narrative, from my earlier post Emeli Sande - Read all about it, I went in to detail about why I wanted to use her song for my narrative. I'm not sure if my idea and the song will go together, will just have to wait and see, I hope it does. I might have to consider other songs or change some scenes and actions within my narrative to make sure it flows together.
I will be writing out my idea for my printed narrative, it will be from the girls point of view, so its the same story just from two different views and what happens to them throughout the scenes. I wanted to keep it simple for myself to follow and to keep to a story that my audience can keep up with and follow, I basically don't want it to be to complicated.. I want it to be effective and for people to relate to the situation and to also enjoy watching it, even if the narrative is as simple as two people meeting at a train station.
When I first started thinking about the narrative project, which was before I actually received my brief, I was in my mums car at Christmas time and started playing made up scenes in my head of random videos and matching them with songs I liked as well. Even the love to some people is an ordinary topic, love can be an incredibly over powering for some people, obviously there are different types of love that might not make people feel like that. There is an unconditional between yourself and your family, a mothers love will go on forever, the strongest bond I feel is between a mother and her child. You love your friends, you may love food, clothes, shoes, pets, movies, books etc... the list can go on forever of what people say they 'love'. I personally love love! I don't know where I would be without it. What I do love the most is seeing people in love, over the years I've heard the word 'love' being flung around at times like it is nothing. I love a good old romantic love story, whether its with the typical chocolates, candles wine and dine stuff (which is not really my thing) or whether its something really simple like your partner leaving you a sticky note on your pillow saying he loves you.
Basically whilst I was creating random made up love scenes in my head I was really racking my brains to find the perfect song to go along side it, I remember seeing on Britain's Got Talent a few years ago this incredible piece by aHungarianshadow theatre group from called Attraction. I remember bursting in to tears at how powerful and emotional the performance was and it truly took my breath away. Their chosen narratives for one particular performance covered the basic's of life, love, romance, marriage and death. The song accompanied by the performance was Emeli Sande's 'Read all about it' the two combined is so overwhelming, bringing in their audience, creating all these different emotions of happiness and sadness. Its something every human being can relate to, we've all loved and lost throughout our lives, narratives are displayed through different types of media as we've all seen.
When you hear a certain song or look at a particular photo, it takes you back to a memory, it reminds you of people who may or may not be in your life anymore, it makes you reflect on the past and perhaps think about your future. I remember when I chose not to listen to a certain song for a few years because of all the emotion and memory that went along side it, I was sitting in a car with the radio on and the song started playing, I felt scared in a silly way, because I knew admittedly how I used to feel whilst listening to that song, I didn't turn the radio off I just kept on listening and instead of crying because I was sad, I just smiled to myself at how far I'd come since that certain time in my life.
Narrative's are everywhere, hidden within music, photographs, videos and objects. You may forget most of your memories and think about them less then others, with memory attached to different types of media those memories are recreated for you to re-live all over again like a photographic slideshow playing only just for you to watch.
