Sam and I set out to record footage that was immersive through the use of symmetry, the rule of thirds, and camera techniques such as panning and zoom. We wanted to contrast but also show the similarities between man made structures and nature scenery, we also wanted to portray this in a flowing and easy to digest manner, similar to that of a nature documentary.

Following the recordings, we edited the footage to make to make the brightness, saturation and exposure matched the subject matter. For example, we had the shots of nature that were bright and colourful, contrasting the footage of man made structures were more greyscale. We wanted to edit the footage very lightly so that it wasn’t obvious that there was much post production. We also had the transitions between each footage soft and easy to follow.

Originally, we wanted our footage to follow a narrative or motif, and we had decided on a paper plane or a marble that the camera could follow. But as we tried to put our ideas into practice, the variables like the objects direction made the process very difficult, so we resorted to focusing on camera shots and angles rather than focusing on a story.

Our first shot transitioned from greyscale to colour as it panned up from busy streets to a skyline with birds flying in, which linked to the second shot coming down from the trees and the skyline. From this, we were able to pull back away from nature through the brick wall, loosely representing the confinement of people. The piece finished by showing the contrast of the city roads against bright dying flowers to a bright view of the sun from a garden.

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