Project02

Final
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So the entire thing was done with stop animation photography and bits of newspaper. I added some random flickering in After Effects so that the still shots didn't look too stagnant. It's jumpy and imperfect but I kinda like it that way. I spent a lot of time storyboarding (which is weird for me) and planning how the shots would transition. Even with all that, some stuff still doesn't work together as well as I'd imagined. Overall, I like the Terry-Gilliam-esque, black/white, jumpy, weird thing that I've created and think it works well with the song. If you're wondering why I have //every single word// up there, it's because initially, I wasn't going to use the song itself and concentrate on the poetry of the words instead. However, once I tried it with the song, I thought the visuals really meshed well with the audio and decided to keep it in (ignoring the copyrights that I'm sure exist on this song, just because I like it so much). I will probably have to remove the sound eventually, but for now, I think it sounds and looks pretty good.

//[E.T.A. Well that was fast - it was only up for 5mins before it got 2 copyright claims. I'm uploading again, minus the tags and titles - I'm hoping this will make it harder to find and remove but we'll see]//

Process
Initially I really wanted to do a music video but it's too hard to get the rights for any of the songs I would be interested in doing, I don't personally know anyone who's music would work with the type of music video I would want to do, and I am not musically talented in my own right and couldn't record something on my own (and even if I tried, I would spend too much time on the music and not enough on the actual video)...so basically I'm moving on from this idea.
 * Brainstorm:**

Another thing I would love to try would be to create something like we did in exercise 3 but actually construct it in 3d space. This would take a lot of work and planning though so first I need to make sure I have the time to spend on it. I'll update this page when I've made my decision...


 * More Thinking:

media type="youtube" key="pDYxgDO5bCI" height="265" width="320" Right now, my favorite potential idea is to do something of a music video for Simon and Garfunkel's //Sound of Silence//. ** I like the lyrics for this song because they bring to mind interesting imagery while leaving room for interpretation. I want to have the lyrics as my typographic element and either have no audio at all or (if I can find something appropriate) use a political speech where the speaker says nothing in many words; either of these would emphasize the idea of what 'the sound of silence' sounds like. Since the song's loose concept is about blindly following leaders and people talking with nothing to say, I would want to make the video a statement about current politics. I would like to focus on how youth especially have no idea what is going on in the political world. This is something of a personal project because I can honestly say I am a prime example of someone who just makes assumptions about politicians and has no real idea of what they stand for. This would involve a lot of research and I think a lot of my imagery would come from photographs and old videos of political rallies, etc. Since the video would be something of a narrative of someone who starts out knowing nothing and slowly coming to realize what is really going on, it would be mirroring my own learning process through doing this project.