I am currently trying out some different transitions we could use in our final video.
I want our final piece to include some dreamlike elements that add to the hazy and intoxicated lens our protagonist is viewing the events of the party through.
Here are some examples below:
1. (00:00) The main character sits on the floor smoking, and is shown in and out of focus.
2. (00:08) He looks at his reflection in the mirror, talking to himself, perhaps in an attempt to bolster courage or practice a conversation.
3. (00:16) He exits the bathroom and walks alone through a hallway, swaying.
4. (00:30) He steps into the party and immediately stands out, feeling lonely and separate from the other partygoers.
5. (00:32) At the line "In my scope", a woman's eyes flash over the scene, adding a sense of mystery.
6. (00:36) Man gets increasingly upset and despondent, his friend tries to cheer him up but to no avail.
7. (00:50) Two hands almost touch, cutting just before to show his sad face.
8. (01:04) A 360 degree spin surrounding the man at the party representing unease, discomfort and perhaps nausea- he is overwhelmed.
9. (01:15) He is having a mental battle with himself as he holds his head in his hands- perhaps apparitions are seen by his side to represent inner turmoil.
10. (01:25) The mysterious girl turns her head but there is a cut before she reveals her face.
11. (01:35) A contrast is shown between the two, with her having fun dancing and him cradling himself on the floor.
12. (01:40) The girls face is finally revealed- slow motion to represent how fixated he is on her.
13. (01:47) Flashes of them appearing separately but side by side to give the illusion they are together.
14. (01:53) The flashes show them facing each other as the girl leans in.
15. (2:00) He steps back in surprise and hits the wall behind him- she disappears and is revealed to be an illusion.
16. (2:10) He slides down the wall, feeling defeated once again.
17. (2.29) The end of the song- he walks away without accomplishing what he came to the party to do. The song fades away while the scene fades to black.
at the moment i am organising footage and renaming files too make a quicker edit
During the reading week (25th-31st of October) we shot most of our music video. We initially started with filming all Karla's shots while she was available.
We all got involved with the directing of the video whilst Muireann was doing the filming, we all put forward our opinions on each shot so that we had exactly what we thought was right for each scene. We ensured to film plenty of footage so that we had lots to work with during the editing process.
We decided to give each character a primary colour in order to display each of their worlds. Karla was blue whilst Mattia was red. When their worlds begin colliding you can see the colours being to mash together.
When we filmed Mattias scenes we gathered some of our friends that were available at the time so that we could have plenty of extras in our party scenes.
We used a gimbal to create some very smooth shots. While we have most of our filming done we still have a few extra shots of Karla to film which we will do in the coming week.
I was directing the video so to do so i created my own shot list from Ciaras one and the Moyas story board
We first shot Karlas singular shots on the 27th of October during the reading week. We filmed the shots that we didn't need any background characters for. these are being used for the overlay of the visions of the girl.
Here are some scenes I picked from our footage to show the contrasting colour palettes within our video.We wanted to have the different co...
