This piece was focused on me thinking how I could present a sense of uncertainty within this, whilst keeping the camera still. As I would not have people in my pieces I thought it would be interesting to suggest what might be happening up and the trenches. This led me to having soil falling and being slightly blasted into frame, in order to suggest that there is fighting/ explosions happening. I decided to have no sound to accompany this; I wanted the subtle movements to speak for themselves, for my audience to create their own sound.
After showing this to some people in my studio, they thought that the silence worked really well. One person suggested that it was as though their ears had been hurt from the blast and they had gone deaf from it. I thought this was great that they were getting this from it. I know think to improve this I could try and see if I could blur it at times, as though you are now the person who has just had their ears damaged in the blast and your vision has been slightly effected.
I might also like to try this one again with some smoke, like from what you could get from the gun powder.
After showing this to some people in my studio, they thought that the silence worked really well. One person suggested that it was as though their ears had been hurt from the blast and they had gone deaf from it. I thought this was great that they were getting this from it. I know think to improve this I could try and see if I could blur it at times, as though you are now the person who has just had their ears damaged in the blast and your vision has been slightly effected.
I might also like to try this one again with some smoke, like from what you could get from the gun powder.
This piece came from me thinking about what typical things you see when watching war films. One thing seems to be mist. This was really hard to produce within this piece. I tried smoke from burning things but this was noticeable too thick and got taken with the wind too fast. I then waited until it was a cold day where I could use my own breath. This kind of worked. I was only able to exhale for so long which meant that I really had to slow the frames down though make it last a while. This then gave it a slightly jumpy feel to it. Ideally I would have a smoke machine! I wanted some sort of sound to go along with this film, but I didn’t want something really obvious and in your face, like the sound of guns. From all of the war films that I have watched as a child I can always remember the sound of the whistle when the men have to go up and over the top. I thought that this would be a subtle enough sound to use. However, this then proved rather hard when trying to find that sound. I ended up having to use a clipped part from a youtube demonstration, as the other better sound pieces had sounds of guns being fired and of the men. I did not want something as obvious as that.
As a result I am not entirely happy with this piece. It is quite jumpy from the frames being slowed and the actual sound is of a very low quality.
As a result I am not entirely happy with this piece. It is quite jumpy from the frames being slowed and the actual sound is of a very low quality.
This film began by me thinking how much can I make it look like a photograph. In order for this to happen I kept it silent. However, I did want my audience to know it was a film when they stopped and properly focused on it, so I added in slight movement to it. For example: gentle movement of the camera, and the wind blowing the hessian and the barbed wire. I was pleased with this and felt it worked well with keeping it to this parameter. Ideally I would like to see this piece being projected on a large wall space, helped the audience to become somewhat lost within it.