Analysis/Reflection #3

Paste the link here from your version of the abstract editing exercise.
Then reflect on the whole process – Consider: the quality and usability of your recordings; the effect of layering and juxtaposition of both the audio and the video and; the things you learnt from working with this kind of audio and video.

Whoops my abstract video is on the media server – I will upload it to my blog on Thursday 🙂

I found the exercise to be a good way to ease myself back into the editing process. As I’ve mentioned, I’m usually lucky to be in a group with more tech savvy members who don’t mind editing, but as a result I don’t get to do much myself. So it was good for me to tackle this exercise alone and see what I could create. It was a lot more time consuming than I thought it would be, but I’m pretty happy with the result.

There was some really nice visual material to choose from, and I played around with cutting and the ‘rhythm’ of the piece; purposely leaving black cuts for a few beats to juxtapose with a very bright visual pattern.

The audio recordings weren’t as diverse and we only had 3 to choose from, which was a bit limiting. I would have liked to layer some of the audio and make more cuts to create an interesting sound scape, however need to practice more in Premier, or do some editing in Garage Band first.

I think it all comes together well (in a very abstract way!) and my idea was to start the piece fast paced and mechanical. I edited together vision of escalators and elevators under fluorescent lighting then used a feature light/pattern and break in audio to transition to our outdoor/natural shots. I like the changes in tempo, and think that the footage at the end is really well captured.

Select from one of the readings and briefly describe two points that you have taken from it. Points that excite you, something that was completely new to you.

Baker, Maxine. Documentary in the digital age, P. 1-26.

I found this reading interesting in general as it discusses The Thin Blue Line, a film I watched in True Lies last year and really enjoyed. It is a great introduction to the question ‘what is a documentary?’ as it uses many different techniques to tell a story, not dissimilar to fiction films.
“It is a re-enactment of lies. Not reality. It is unreality, falsehood. Based on the point of view of the witnesses, you are treated to the spectacle of imagery which you are told shows you something of the real world but which is untrue.’ – Errol.

This also excites me because like Errol, we can approach our documentary creatively and inject some of the techniques (lighting, camera angles etc) from last semester to create a really beautiful and dynamic film, even though I have some preconceptions of what a documentary film ‘should’ look like.

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