mmastrof_exercise1

=Marianne Mastrofini - Exercise 1=


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 * **Mon . Jan . 20:** Editing is complete. Note to self: need to convert .M2T to .AVI, for some reason Final Cut Pro doesn't work with M2T, but Adobe Premiere does?


 * Tue . Jan . 19:** Filming was completed today, definitely didn't go as smoothly and quickly as I thought it would. We had some difficulties working with the video camera and trying to capture a good clear image of the moving smoke.


 * Sat . Jan . 16:** I love the organic and lucid movements that come from smoke, and I really wanted to work with capturing the life and characteristics of smoke on camera to describe air. After a bit of experimentation, I came to realize the best source is incense, as it emits a continuous flow of smoke for a long period of time.

possible background music: massive attack - intertia creeps, massive attack - angel, massive attack - risingson, tricky - slowly, tricky - aftermath, team sleep - formant

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 * Wed . Jan . 13:** Experimenting with several concepts. Tried to do a stop motion for earth, carving the word into a leaf of a jade plant, wasn't too successful. Worked with fire, burning the word using different materials, a single sheet of paper, crumpled paper, toilet paper. The toilet paper worked the best, burning the most consistent, and not dieing half way through, I also liked how there were no burnt leftovers like there was with the paper.

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||  ||   || media type="custom" key="5221831" Air is the most mysterious element of the four, its invisible, and can't necessarily be captured, touched or shown. So how do you show air in a video? balloons floating in the sky, wind, sky, dust floating, breathing, shadows, smoke, these are few of the words I came up with when it came to brainstorming.
 * Fri . Jan . 8:** Brainstorming possible concepts for exercise 1, looking specifically at earth, air and fire.

This video captures air in its mysterious and dark manner. I really wanted to keep an absence of solid materials, as that is what air is in a sense. Instead of showing the word 'air' in a solid form, I captured its shadow. I also worked with smoke to help portray the word. Originally, I wanted to have the smoke clouding the view, and then be blown to the side of the view to then show the word 'air' in the background, but that did not work as well as I had hoped. ||