salem-project1

I was on the bus the other day and I heard this song by experimental electronic band, Styrofoam (please ignore the home video). It has inspired me to create an experimental film of sorts (possibly stop motion?). The song has many layers and I like how there is a mumbled conversation within it. I am considering creating my own music with mashed up songs and conversations.

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I am also inspired by the randomness of this song and video: media type="youtube" key="WFPnl8aEPgo" width="425" height="350"

PROJECT 1 CONCEPT: A live-action choose-your-own-adventure story - I want to have a character holding a book with type emerging from it - contemplating and then deciding which direction to go in - the character encounters various situations and as he acts, type is following, narrating the story - at some point he makes a bad decision, and the video reverses to the moment before

THE BACK-UP PLAN!!! I have some footage of my friend fire spinning. I thought I could do some interesting tracking, following the fire. Footage is currently on facebook, so I don't think I can post it here. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=811396518200&subj=48913969 STORYBOARDS:

PROGRESS: So I got two of my friends to star in my film. It was a perfect day for filming.

//photos coming shortly//

It looks like its turning out to be rather humorous. I bought them pizza afterwards as payment for their services.

There is a lot of editing to do before I can add type. I feel much more comfortable in Final Cut as opposed to After Effects, so I'm going to import it to AE afterwards.

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I also realized how redundant it would be to narrate what's going on in the scene. I decided it would be better to use less words and let the video tell the story. It looks like my inspiration has been changed to this:

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FINAL: Since I decided to use a song by Styrofoam, I do not have permission to put it on the web. Please see my project DVD for the final. I played around with the music and layering sound effects. The song was full of them so I copy and pasted parts, reversed and sped them up for an interesting sound.