Judrina approached me to collaborate on her project for the final assessment. She has some amazing ideas for transitions and effects. The other day we went out to do some filming in the city. One of the ideas we worked on was filming a subject walking from behind (i was the subject for this experiment) using 3 different shots where i am positioned differently in the frame.

Tracking the person walking forward, the two people in the outside frame slowly walk towards the centre meeting the middle frame. Once they reach the centre of the frame all three shots will merge into one. I think for just a quick experiment the idea worked, but  we need to get a steady rig to help with the movement of the shot for further attempts, to much movement of the frame is jarring.

 

We also experimented with filming the same shot twice but the subject is doing different things. Then playing the shots side by side and making them mirror each other. Giving the effect of simultaneous action.

 

Video of the mirror effect:

https://drive.google.com/a/rmit.edu.au/file/d/0B6U3RRzXVzXgX0pfV2poTjZvZFU/view?usp=sharing

 

I am looking forward to working with Judrina more, we have booked a date to do some more filming with a steady cam rig. So until next time this is Lance signing off.