This video has no hidden cuts and was filmed all in one take:
My ambition for this experiment was to see if this concept was possible, which, I can conclude, it was. My next step is to take this one step further and incorporate it into my final piece. I could explain within the video my project and I could manipulate how the viewer takes it in. (Sketch of installation and thoughts are in my sketch book)
Monday 17 January 2011
Video Concept 1: Infinite Corridor
In preparation for my final piece, I was exploring concepts to decide whether they worked or not. The first experiment was the "Infinite Corridor" idea.
I originally wanted to have a film of me talking to the camera about my research and themes surrounding my project. However, I wanted the twist to be that the space of which I was presenting to the camera was looping. This means if I moved from point A to point B, by the time I had reached point B I would have returned to point A. In other words infinity, similar to the stop motion I did in half term (this then links in with John Locke story of how we think we're free, which is in fact false.)*
To start I wanted to test out a green screen and explore how much I could manipulate it. I used a standard definition Flip video, hand held.
The obvious flaw with the video is that it was shot hand held. With a tripod the result would have looked a lot more finished. But I learnt that it was possible to manipulate the back ground, using After Effects CS5, to give the "infinite corridor" feel.
The next video I solved the hand-held problem by using a tri-pod. However, as I needed the person to walk towards the camera, tat all times, I put together a moving tripod by taping and tying three roller skates to the legs and using planks of wood as rails to guide the in a straight line.
And the result was as followed:
Video 2.
The rail system worked and smoothed the camera-shake considerably, however, I encountered a number of problems. 1. The rail: I would need to have more planks to cover the whole corridor and I would need to paint them so that they could be edited out. 2. The corridor is too narrow to notice that the background is looping. With the character in the middle of the frame it covers the door way that shows that the setting is infinite, ruining the whole narrative of the clip. 3. There is still evidence of camera shake.
*Sketches of this idea are in my sketch book
I originally wanted to have a film of me talking to the camera about my research and themes surrounding my project. However, I wanted the twist to be that the space of which I was presenting to the camera was looping. This means if I moved from point A to point B, by the time I had reached point B I would have returned to point A. In other words infinity, similar to the stop motion I did in half term (this then links in with John Locke story of how we think we're free, which is in fact false.)*
To start I wanted to test out a green screen and explore how much I could manipulate it. I used a standard definition Flip video, hand held.
The obvious flaw with the video is that it was shot hand held. With a tripod the result would have looked a lot more finished. But I learnt that it was possible to manipulate the back ground, using After Effects CS5, to give the "infinite corridor" feel.
The next video I solved the hand-held problem by using a tri-pod. However, as I needed the person to walk towards the camera, tat all times, I put together a moving tripod by taping and tying three roller skates to the legs and using planks of wood as rails to guide the in a straight line.
And the result was as followed:
Video 2.
The rail system worked and smoothed the camera-shake considerably, however, I encountered a number of problems. 1. The rail: I would need to have more planks to cover the whole corridor and I would need to paint them so that they could be edited out. 2. The corridor is too narrow to notice that the background is looping. With the character in the middle of the frame it covers the door way that shows that the setting is infinite, ruining the whole narrative of the clip. 3. There is still evidence of camera shake.
*Sketches of this idea are in my sketch book
Thursday 6 January 2011
A Theologian and an Infinite Staircase
John Locke was a theologian, who, when debating about predestination, came up with a concept of a man in a locked room. The man believed he could walk out at any time as he was unaware that the room was locked and therefore he stayed in the room. If the room was revealed to the man as locked with no escape it would drive him mad, so therefore it he is left unaware.
This is similar to life, if we found out our lives where predestined our freewill would have been taken from us and we’d have no control over our actions as an exterior force has already predetermined it.
This concept will help the transition from my previous experiments to a final piece. I want to use this story as the foundation to an installation, were I can manipulate how the viewer reacts to my final outcome. I have included some rough sketches of plan drawings of an installation layout.
I have gained inspiration from Maurits Cornelis Escher and his painting of the stair case that gives the illusion that it is infinite. I want to create a short manipulated film using a green screen to explain John Locke’s story to the viewers in the style of the infinite staircase.
Depending on the outcome I will then follow the film up with another that will be displayed in my installation.
This is similar to life, if we found out our lives where predestined our freewill would have been taken from us and we’d have no control over our actions as an exterior force has already predetermined it.
This concept will help the transition from my previous experiments to a final piece. I want to use this story as the foundation to an installation, were I can manipulate how the viewer reacts to my final outcome. I have included some rough sketches of plan drawings of an installation layout.
I have gained inspiration from Maurits Cornelis Escher and his painting of the stair case that gives the illusion that it is infinite. I want to create a short manipulated film using a green screen to explain John Locke’s story to the viewers in the style of the infinite staircase.
Depending on the outcome I will then follow the film up with another that will be displayed in my installation.
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