Firstly, I would like to address the contradiction in my research. In an earlier post, I had explained that I wanted to cover rituals or physical movements detached from character and backstory. Yet for the past few weeks, there’s been an increase in the characters’ perspective (albeit subtle hints of it) although I still take care to focus on the physical movement rather than being distracted by any emotional investment.

The gradual change was organic. Across the weeks, after multiple shoots accompanied with personal time together, my housemate trusts me more now, both on and off set. This allowed her to be more willing to invest a larger part of herself for the work. I was also more comfortable about making her uncomfortable.

On the other hand, I am not completely going against my previous goals. As mentioned in another post, I wanted to play with more hand and blanket movements – what I was not really able to do with the “Burrito Roll” shoot. It did not happen that time because 1) during the shoot I was distracted wearing so many different caps 2) I could not picture other meaningful ways for the body to interact with the fabric on the bed.

Furthermore, some contrast possibly adds to the dynamic of the project.

From a general research of physical movement, my exploration is now more specific. The choice to get rid of the bed was inspired by images from Pickpocket (1959) by Robert Bresson. I wanted to cover hands. Since the bed took up such a large part of the set and I am unable to use it to my advantage…

Off with the bed!

Thank you for your notes and guidance, Paul and Robin.

I had combined various ideas from the last few weeks: rhythm, frame perspective, entering into frame, changing camera movement (reframing) to introduce new entrance (of subject or action).

Interestingly, the project has possibly come full circle. I did not realise the above video had elements from all my previous works.

What I have yet to incorporate: editing sound and colour grading.

So the above is my first edit. Stay tuned for more progress and notes on challenges.