One evening, when I was out on my longboard, I was cruising near some gorgeous, lit buildings in my city, and wondered whether I could manage to shoot a clip on my iPhone, and make it look as smooth as possible. It turned out to look beautiful, as if I've used a stabiliser, except the few seconds I took to give my longboard more speed. Then, during the same night, I was near a building under construction, and I thought the wooden protection it had would look quite interesting, and it was another chance to practice the movement. Whether or not I will use my longboard to do this tracking movement in this particular project, it was a great idea to try and good practice.
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I watched a video some time ago on Youtube about how the famous David Fincher qoute unqoute 'highjacks our eyes' by his synchronous, smooth movements which follow the characters perfectly, and even the slightest movement is mimicked by the camera. This, as mentioned by the narrator of that video, helps the audience engage on another level with the characters and start to understand how each of their movements represent a slight change in emotion. I was so intrigued by this technique, that I decided to try it myself, with a twist. I asked Francesca, one of my actors, to pretend she's falling down, while I recorded her with my phone in slow motion. As the footage was way too slow, I added a x4 speed in Final Cut Pro, after which I was surprisingly satisfied with how it looked. The reason why I did this was to see whether it looks good and try it before shooting Aletta, in the following shots after she breaks the plates. Picking a location is a crucial part in the success of a music video. It instantly creates a mood for the video, and through the use of props and proper body language, it complements the message of the song. For my first shooting I will chose my room, specifically one of my walls, as it's black and I for a clean, minimalist yet dark look. At first, I wanted to shoot her with the light from a camera obscura sculpting her figure, but after I sealed my windows and cut a small hole in the middle of them, as I saw in Youtube videos, my camera didn't pick up enough light to film, therefore the image was all black. Trying this beforehand was a great idea, as it would've been uncomfortable to have my actor ready to shoot and not being able to. What I did do, having worked that much to seal my windows and glass door, I asked my mom to take a few portraits with my iPhone, because I saw that it managed to capture some light and make the image look very grainy, but reasonable enough to distinguish me and the upside-down houses of the neighbours. I also filmed the a part of the process with my phone, on time-lapse mode. For my second location, I will shoot at my friend's apartment, for the fact that he has strong neon lights with more colors, and even green, the color I will need for my video. I will empty his walls of pictures and the area of a sofa in order to have a simple space to put the chair on which Victor, one of the actors, will sit on. Moving on to the bath scene, my home will provid yet again a good place to shoot at. I will remove any distracting items around the bathtub, add fresh cut flowers and plant milk to the bath, instead of just plain water. The forest near my house will acte as my forth location, as the fog, empty trees and winter season creating an eerie mood, matching the music. During some scenes I will also add myself as a character, putting the camera on a tripod and filming. Finally, for the scene where Aletta breaks the plates, the place called 'Poligon' in the outskirts of my city came to my mind. Not only it is abandoned and full of junk and graffiti (again, helping the audience understand my take on the song more), but it will be a location to break plates at without distracting citizens.
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