Through this piece I wanted to address a deeper aspect of myself: the tension between personal potential and doubt. In order to reach my potential (symbolised by the match) there needs to be risks taken, but these require me to step outside of my comfort zone (symbolised by the cup of tea) and tune out all thoughts of failure and doubt (symbolised by the burst photo sequences) to be able to fully commit myself. In the back of my mind I heed to the advice of my parents (the voicemail from my mother) and friends and push myself to follow my passions as life and time (symbolised by the ticking clock) goes on there isn’t time to be idle.

To create this piece I drew a storyboard of the shots I intended to use and used both the video recording and burst photo capture features on my camera to capture my footage. To sew these burst sequences I used the camera software they were captured on. I recorded my audio pieces (voicemail from my mother, printer sounds, ticking clock, phone answering machine greeting) directly onto my laptop with the quicktime program audio recording feature. I used Adobe Premiere Pro to edit my footage and add the audio and text as well as the opening titles. I found that the voicemail files were very grainy so I was able to add a fade in and fade out effect to eliminate the sound of the sudden cut off of the audio (the voicemail was cut up, rather than play it through all at once).

I feel that the burst photo sequences work the best in this project, especially with the black vignette and cold filter. They really portray a feeling of panic and disassociation that I wanted to convey as these segments represent fear and self doubt. In editing I found that some sequences I had shot were out of focus. This issue could be rectified, had I had a flip out screen for my camera however there was not one avaliable to me (nor did I have someone to stand behind the camera and check). I also would have liked to have the steam from the cup of tea be more prominent to contrast with the smoke of the match, however the white of my bedroom walls camouflaged it and I couldn’t change the background without breaking uniform with all the other footage.