My choice of film or video for this task was my own creation – Movement and Light. The reason why I chose these two videos is because I believe that it will be easier to discuss and talk about the videos I made from my own will and creative perspective. Let’s begin with
For this video, it was actually edited right after my Light video and therefore, I wanted to go on a different route in comparison to the Light video that I have previously edited (I’ll get more into that in a second). I felt that a structure was needed for MOVEMENT because I thought that through my process of this construction, it enables me to catch my thought processes and what was going through my mind whilst filming. From the opening of the train’s movement to same ending, it established how the video started out and of course, how the video ended.
As for light, it was really all about a matter of experimentation for me. I wanted to play around with Premiere Pro and my editing skills. I’ve had a fair amount of experience when it came to editing and really just wanted to test out my capacity and the extent of my skills.
For example, layering videos on top of each other, placing a white background, adding effects and transitions – those were all part of my edit for LIGHT.
I also would like to make one explanation in regards to my experimental video – prior to this assignment, James went around the class and discussed what it is that interested us in the aspect of media and creating it. I expressed that I had a certain enthusiasm when it came to Asian Cinemas. Hence why, I decided to incorporate Japanese characters into my video:
I hope to replicate and maybe even create my own version of the Asian film aesthetics, which is why I attempted to combine my knowledge of Japanese into this experimental video.