Since my last post, I have been enjoying editing and organising my film files so that I can edit them together. I was waiting around for the narration to be recorded before I could start editing as I was editing to the narration and voiceover. Once I began editing I really enjoyed it.
I have finally finished my project and named it The Forever Present. The idea behind this being that time is our forever present, and when we leave this earth, it'll be somewhere/someone elses present. I thought it was a rather contemplative title, which goes with the contemplative nature of my piece.
It was a fiddly process editing all the individual files in Adobe After Effects CC and then rendering them out before opening and working with them in Adobe Premiere Pro.
I have watched my piece through thoroughly and have done all I can to make it the best it can be. I am so proud of the work I have created.
Monday, 11 May 2015
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Blog 19. Narration
Today was a really exciting day (April 29th 2015) because I was recording the voice over to my narration. I had hired a 66 year old gentleman from Manchester who travelled over via the train into Leeds to come into the Radio Studio and record it for me. I loved his voice because it was deep, warming and he could portray a lot of emotion and I knew that would be right for my piece.
He arrived and we went into the Radio studio. I had already been in there with a technician who was showing me how all the equipment worked and helped set it up for me. This was stressful as I only had 20 minutes to learn how everything worked. I felt rather pressurised as anything could have gone wrong.
By 17:00 we had finished recording and I had done 20 takes, one of them was a more static reading, where he would pause after each sentence so if anything went wrong I had the opportunity to cut between the lines and merge together in post. However, the last two takes were pretty much perfect and I felt so relieved and happy by the end because I knew I had done it right and he had understood how I wanted it reading.
I found it difficult to put the directors hat on because I normally play the role of producer. This was a different experience for me and I did get into the swing of things by the end and wouldn't say no again. I feel really proud that everything is coming together and that people are complimenting my work.
Myself and Dave spoke about the contributor release form, which I have just emailed over to him, where I have agreed to pay his expenses, credit his name in the piece and send over a copy of his narration along with the music. I did not agree to give him a copy of the piece itself as that is purely mine I feel and it is copyrighted to me. He will be able to have a link to the piece should I put it online anywhere.
He arrived and we went into the Radio studio. I had already been in there with a technician who was showing me how all the equipment worked and helped set it up for me. This was stressful as I only had 20 minutes to learn how everything worked. I felt rather pressurised as anything could have gone wrong.
By 17:00 we had finished recording and I had done 20 takes, one of them was a more static reading, where he would pause after each sentence so if anything went wrong I had the opportunity to cut between the lines and merge together in post. However, the last two takes were pretty much perfect and I felt so relieved and happy by the end because I knew I had done it right and he had understood how I wanted it reading.
I found it difficult to put the directors hat on because I normally play the role of producer. This was a different experience for me and I did get into the swing of things by the end and wouldn't say no again. I feel really proud that everything is coming together and that people are complimenting my work.
Myself and Dave spoke about the contributor release form, which I have just emailed over to him, where I have agreed to pay his expenses, credit his name in the piece and send over a copy of his narration along with the music. I did not agree to give him a copy of the piece itself as that is purely mine I feel and it is copyrighted to me. He will be able to have a link to the piece should I put it online anywhere.
Monday, 27 April 2015
Blog 18. Something extra
This is something I should have put in my blog earlier on, but this is a mood board that I sent to my composer and writer. Both received this so that they could have a better idea on the feel of the piece and what kind of things I was after in both the music and riddle.
Blog 17. The end is in sight
So it's getting closer to the deadline date and i'm really comfortable that i'm going to get it all done in time. I have a 66 year old gentleman coming over from Manchester to record the VO for my narration in the radio studio at uni which will be really exciting and rather emotional I presume. I have agreed to pay expenses.
I have begun my editing and have decided upon the opening sequence. I have bought a baby hanging mobile and have booked out the Canon 6D again to film with, as well as the portable green screen. This means I can film in my flat and get the effect I am after. I aim to create a POV shot through the eyes of a baby, it's first look at life, so the shot will be blurry (in post) and then I will create a blinking effect at the beginning - the baby will be looking at the moving mobile hanging above and in front. From this, I will continue editing in the way I feel will best suit the music and narration.
I have begun my editing and have decided upon the opening sequence. I have bought a baby hanging mobile and have booked out the Canon 6D again to film with, as well as the portable green screen. This means I can film in my flat and get the effect I am after. I aim to create a POV shot through the eyes of a baby, it's first look at life, so the shot will be blurry (in post) and then I will create a blinking effect at the beginning - the baby will be looking at the moving mobile hanging above and in front. From this, I will continue editing in the way I feel will best suit the music and narration.
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Blog 16. Progression
So a lot has happened since my last post...
1. I have received through the final version of my music which sounds utterly amazing. I am so pleased with the work my composer has produced, he really listened to everything I was after and has put together something I really wasn't expecting. The emotion it generates matches perfectly with the narration.
2. I had in total 12 applications through on the StarNow listing for the voice over to my narration. I have finally selected one person that I think will be really good for the job. He was the first man that applied for the application and showed his dedication and eagerness to be a part of the project by sending me three voice clips of examples of how he would read the narration. He really listened to the words and added in different elements that really touched me.
I am currently arranging for him to come over on Wednesday 29th April to record the narration in the radio studio.
3. I have had a meeting with my dissertation tutor and he is generally really pleased with all the work I am doing and we spoke about how I am going to present my piece, as it is a motion graphics/moving image project, it would make sense to make it more interesting than just showing shot after shot after shot.
4. I am trying to download Particular and Twixtor onto my laptop in the hope that I can use those in my piece to generate a slow motion part to it and the use of a particle generator to deliver and create the idea of our universe.
5. I am struggling to get going on the editing stage. I'm not used to editing myself and I'm almost scared to get going. I know I have to look through my clips again and decide which ones work in which section, but before I can do that, I have to work out how I want to present it all and how I want each section to come to life on the screen without being boring and monotonous.
1. I have received through the final version of my music which sounds utterly amazing. I am so pleased with the work my composer has produced, he really listened to everything I was after and has put together something I really wasn't expecting. The emotion it generates matches perfectly with the narration.
2. I had in total 12 applications through on the StarNow listing for the voice over to my narration. I have finally selected one person that I think will be really good for the job. He was the first man that applied for the application and showed his dedication and eagerness to be a part of the project by sending me three voice clips of examples of how he would read the narration. He really listened to the words and added in different elements that really touched me.
I am currently arranging for him to come over on Wednesday 29th April to record the narration in the radio studio.
3. I have had a meeting with my dissertation tutor and he is generally really pleased with all the work I am doing and we spoke about how I am going to present my piece, as it is a motion graphics/moving image project, it would make sense to make it more interesting than just showing shot after shot after shot.
4. I am trying to download Particular and Twixtor onto my laptop in the hope that I can use those in my piece to generate a slow motion part to it and the use of a particle generator to deliver and create the idea of our universe.
5. I am struggling to get going on the editing stage. I'm not used to editing myself and I'm almost scared to get going. I know I have to look through my clips again and decide which ones work in which section, but before I can do that, I have to work out how I want to present it all and how I want each section to come to life on the screen without being boring and monotonous.
Monday, 13 April 2015
Blog 15. Time's ticking
So not much is happening at the moment in terms of the editing part. I am trying to work Avid on my Mac which is proving difficult - saving myself the hastle of going into uni each day to do some editing. I prefer the option of having it all on my Mac and I can work whenever and wherever.
In terms of the music, I received a rough cut of 1 minutes composition which sounded lovely. I'm generally happy with the feel of the music and the direction it is heading in. I was told it was a very rough cut and i'm hoping to hear back from him again soon with some kind of development.
The narration is pretty much finished, I am just after one more section so that I have more to work with rather than less. The narration is perfect and exactly what I am after, so i'm really pleased and feeling optimistic.
I have recently - only a few days ago - sent out an application on StarNow for a voiceover part. Within a day i had 4 responses and now a few days on I have 10. I have shortlisted 5 of the applicants as they have all provided demos of previous work on their profile for me to listen to and they do have the type of voice I am after. I have been in contact with each one and I am waiting back from 4 of the 5 for their MP3's with the reading of the narration. I have sent each over a part of the narration for them to record and send back to me in the style of voice that they choose. In the application I posted the To The Wonder trailer where Javier Bardem narrates and asked them what they thought of that. I requested that they listen to it carefully as that it the route I am heading down for the voiceover.
I have narrowed it down to 3 people in my head who I think would be good, but as it is, I am just waiting for them to send me their MP3 versions. There age is generally around the 60-70 mark which does allow for a more mature, developed and deeper voice which I am after. Fingers crossed i'll find someone who will sound perfect for the job. Each applicant is either based in Leeds or Manchester and I said I would pay for expenses to whoever gets the part. I am really enjoying using StarNow as it is simple to use and you have the option of asking them questions in your application and when reading their responses you can almost get to know them a little and how they think. I am really enjoying reading them.
In terms of the music, I received a rough cut of 1 minutes composition which sounded lovely. I'm generally happy with the feel of the music and the direction it is heading in. I was told it was a very rough cut and i'm hoping to hear back from him again soon with some kind of development.
The narration is pretty much finished, I am just after one more section so that I have more to work with rather than less. The narration is perfect and exactly what I am after, so i'm really pleased and feeling optimistic.
I have recently - only a few days ago - sent out an application on StarNow for a voiceover part. Within a day i had 4 responses and now a few days on I have 10. I have shortlisted 5 of the applicants as they have all provided demos of previous work on their profile for me to listen to and they do have the type of voice I am after. I have been in contact with each one and I am waiting back from 4 of the 5 for their MP3's with the reading of the narration. I have sent each over a part of the narration for them to record and send back to me in the style of voice that they choose. In the application I posted the To The Wonder trailer where Javier Bardem narrates and asked them what they thought of that. I requested that they listen to it carefully as that it the route I am heading down for the voiceover.
I have narrowed it down to 3 people in my head who I think would be good, but as it is, I am just waiting for them to send me their MP3 versions. There age is generally around the 60-70 mark which does allow for a more mature, developed and deeper voice which I am after. Fingers crossed i'll find someone who will sound perfect for the job. Each applicant is either based in Leeds or Manchester and I said I would pay for expenses to whoever gets the part. I am really enjoying using StarNow as it is simple to use and you have the option of asking them questions in your application and when reading their responses you can almost get to know them a little and how they think. I am really enjoying reading them.
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Blog 14. The filming
So after all of that, I move onto the filming part itself. I decided that I would film up in Scotland for my dissertation. It is very close to home and to the heart for me and I thought it would be perfect. The concept allows me to film plenty scenic shots and I found them all up north. I decided I would leave for Scotland of Sunday 22nd March with my mum to help me drive the way. We stopped off with family and I filmed up and around there, but we continued up from West Kilbride to the Falls of Glomach, Glencoe, Glenfinnan, Fort William, Loch Ness, Urquhart Castle, Eilean Donan Castle, Dornie, Skye Bridge and a few other places. Here, I managed to film some beautiful scenery.
We had to try and find accommodation last minute after each day of filming as we couldn't plan where we would end up after each day as we were driving it all and couldn't take into account how long exactly it would all take, if we were to include traffic, weather and time spent on location. Each day was exhausting but I managed to get a lot of filming done.
Issues with filming:
1. I hired out equipment from University which was a complete disgrace. I was handed equipment that was years and years old that was incapable of being pieced together and made to work - even though I was told otherwise!
2. Half the equipment I was given was missing pieces and so i found out once i got up into Scotland that the equipment was unusable - all due to previous students not returning the equipment in the state they picked it up from!
3. I couldn't hire out the tripod I wanted to because a lecturer had taken it out that day without prebooking it and had just taken it for a lecture even though I had booked it 8 days prior to the day I picked it up with.
4. The black magic camera was difficult to attach to any other equipment they had given me because once again I was handed random pieces of equipment that should have been attached but weren't !
5. As a result, I had to swap from the Black Magic Camera to the Canon 6D - this made life a little easier! This meant I was filming in the right colour grade and didn't have to edit it all in post, it also meant that the battery life would last longer and that the Canon 6D could attach to the slider and fig rig, unlike the black magic.
I felt I couldn't have planned much more for the trip because I expected the equipment to be handed to me in a state where I could at least use it. As a result I feel the film quality wasn't as good as it could have been.
We had to try and find accommodation last minute after each day of filming as we couldn't plan where we would end up after each day as we were driving it all and couldn't take into account how long exactly it would all take, if we were to include traffic, weather and time spent on location. Each day was exhausting but I managed to get a lot of filming done.
Issues with filming:
1. I hired out equipment from University which was a complete disgrace. I was handed equipment that was years and years old that was incapable of being pieced together and made to work - even though I was told otherwise!
2. Half the equipment I was given was missing pieces and so i found out once i got up into Scotland that the equipment was unusable - all due to previous students not returning the equipment in the state they picked it up from!
3. I couldn't hire out the tripod I wanted to because a lecturer had taken it out that day without prebooking it and had just taken it for a lecture even though I had booked it 8 days prior to the day I picked it up with.
4. The black magic camera was difficult to attach to any other equipment they had given me because once again I was handed random pieces of equipment that should have been attached but weren't !
5. As a result, I had to swap from the Black Magic Camera to the Canon 6D - this made life a little easier! This meant I was filming in the right colour grade and didn't have to edit it all in post, it also meant that the battery life would last longer and that the Canon 6D could attach to the slider and fig rig, unlike the black magic.
I felt I couldn't have planned much more for the trip because I expected the equipment to be handed to me in a state where I could at least use it. As a result I feel the film quality wasn't as good as it could have been.
Blog 13. All happening at once!
So it's all been happening, it's a month on since my last post and things are going really well and i'm enjoying every moment.
I am blogging from West Kilbride in Scotland after 3 days travelling all around the north, from Manchester all the way through to Skye! It's been utterly shattering but worth every minute. I have been filming all my scenic locations for the film and I have found some gorgeous places and hopefully I have some good shots on tape!
Following on from my previous blog, I was meeting with a girl from the English Society. She didn't really get back to me, so I had to follow up 6 days later to find out what was going on. I found out that she was meeting with someone else to hand over the job of narration as she had too much work to do. The girl she put me in touch with is still writing my narration and understands exactly what I am after. She is working really hard and has come out with some truly amazing narration and poetry.
She has given me three parts, lasting overall about 1.5minutes. The words she has chosen and the concepts she is using are brilliant, she has read my notes well and has taken the relevant information from it. She is very open to constructive criticism and if it isn't exactly what I am after she will rewrite it and try again. However, 90% of the time she writes it to perfection. There are one or two things I am changing with regards to how she has written it and making it slightly less obvious but apart from that I am very happy.
The composition is coming along, slowly but surely. I haven't heard any draft music from my composer as of yet but he says he has an idea of what instruments he wants to use and will send me over some drafts soon. I was put in touch with him via another student who is on the same dissertation programme as myself - it was quite lucky!!
I am blogging from West Kilbride in Scotland after 3 days travelling all around the north, from Manchester all the way through to Skye! It's been utterly shattering but worth every minute. I have been filming all my scenic locations for the film and I have found some gorgeous places and hopefully I have some good shots on tape!
Following on from my previous blog, I was meeting with a girl from the English Society. She didn't really get back to me, so I had to follow up 6 days later to find out what was going on. I found out that she was meeting with someone else to hand over the job of narration as she had too much work to do. The girl she put me in touch with is still writing my narration and understands exactly what I am after. She is working really hard and has come out with some truly amazing narration and poetry.
She has given me three parts, lasting overall about 1.5minutes. The words she has chosen and the concepts she is using are brilliant, she has read my notes well and has taken the relevant information from it. She is very open to constructive criticism and if it isn't exactly what I am after she will rewrite it and try again. However, 90% of the time she writes it to perfection. There are one or two things I am changing with regards to how she has written it and making it slightly less obvious but apart from that I am very happy.
The composition is coming along, slowly but surely. I haven't heard any draft music from my composer as of yet but he says he has an idea of what instruments he wants to use and will send me over some drafts soon. I was put in touch with him via another student who is on the same dissertation programme as myself - it was quite lucky!!
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Blog 12. Development
I have been working hard on the content of my narration. I have decided either to do a riddle or a constant stream of consciousness/thought. The idea of using a riddle means that I can speak about my topic (time) without actually telling the audience what it is and they would have to work it out through the use of my images which by themselves would be incoherent. The problem of using a riddle is that my piece is 3minutes+ long and that could be quite a long time to listen to a riddle. So a similar idea that I could use is this link on vimeo ! It is really interesting to hear her talk so abstractly about something but it really works with the images that is used. So this is another route i could go down but is similar to what i mean by the use of a riddle.
The other idea of using a constant stream of consciousness means that it could seem more interesting and engage the audience more. The narrator can speak at the same/similar pace to the music that i choose to use.
I am still to decide which one to use.
I recently got in touch with the English Department to find out how i could get in touch with someone who would be interested in helping me write my riddle/stream of conscious thought. I eventually spoke with someone in admin from the English Society Group at Leeds University Union. They were really eager to take on the project and I hopefully have a couple of poets wanting to help - the more the merrier!
Not only that, but a co-student on the same dissertation course as me got me in touch with his housemate who composes music. I messaged him via Facebook and again (luckily) received a really positive response. He seemed really keen to compose my music for the piece. I gave him the necessary details such as how long the piece is, the timescale of the project, and what kind of music I was after - I gave him this example . He said he his housemate had shown it to him before and he really liked it. However, he is finding out whether he can use the studio he works at throughout the week, at the weekend - if they'll let him use it alone. If he is not allowed to use it alone, he won't be able to compose the music unfortunately as he has no other way of doing it. Fingers crossed !!
Dates to remember for development:
Wednesday 25th February: Meeting with John (module leader) about this new development at 10:00.
Wednesday 25th February: Hearing back from Peter about the music composition.
Thursday 26th February: Meeting with the poets at 11:00 in one of the student breakout rooms potentially.
The other idea of using a constant stream of consciousness means that it could seem more interesting and engage the audience more. The narrator can speak at the same/similar pace to the music that i choose to use.
I am still to decide which one to use.
I recently got in touch with the English Department to find out how i could get in touch with someone who would be interested in helping me write my riddle/stream of conscious thought. I eventually spoke with someone in admin from the English Society Group at Leeds University Union. They were really eager to take on the project and I hopefully have a couple of poets wanting to help - the more the merrier!
Not only that, but a co-student on the same dissertation course as me got me in touch with his housemate who composes music. I messaged him via Facebook and again (luckily) received a really positive response. He seemed really keen to compose my music for the piece. I gave him the necessary details such as how long the piece is, the timescale of the project, and what kind of music I was after - I gave him this example . He said he his housemate had shown it to him before and he really liked it. However, he is finding out whether he can use the studio he works at throughout the week, at the weekend - if they'll let him use it alone. If he is not allowed to use it alone, he won't be able to compose the music unfortunately as he has no other way of doing it. Fingers crossed !!
Dates to remember for development:
Wednesday 25th February: Meeting with John (module leader) about this new development at 10:00.
Wednesday 25th February: Hearing back from Peter about the music composition.
Thursday 26th February: Meeting with the poets at 11:00 in one of the student breakout rooms potentially.
Thursday, 19 February 2015
Blog 11. Sound
Now that i've started to enjoy working on my dissertation and I know where i'm going with it i'm starting to think about sound and the music I want to run throughout.
Having spoken with another member of my dissertation group he said he would speak to his house mate who does music composition to see whether he would be up for composing my music for me.
I've started looking around for inspiration - the only issue is i don't know what my poetry/riddle is going to say yet, I have an idea of the content but I don't know exactly how it's going to work. However, i'm looking for inspiration and I started here .
Another idea is a much stronger piece of music - well known - but i feel this only works because of the images shown with it, the images are large scale and the filming is of large landscapes. I would love to use something like this but I fear that it wouldn't work if i'm using more delicate imagery and iconography.
Having spoken with another member of my dissertation group he said he would speak to his house mate who does music composition to see whether he would be up for composing my music for me.
I've started looking around for inspiration - the only issue is i don't know what my poetry/riddle is going to say yet, I have an idea of the content but I don't know exactly how it's going to work. However, i'm looking for inspiration and I started here .
Another idea is a much stronger piece of music - well known - but i feel this only works because of the images shown with it, the images are large scale and the filming is of large landscapes. I would love to use something like this but I fear that it wouldn't work if i'm using more delicate imagery and iconography.
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Blog 10. The start of a new beginning
My newest idea and the one I shall be sticking with is all centred around the metaphors and proverbs of time. My aim is to create a riddle almost using these metaphors and proverbs without revealing that my concept is time but the images/film I use and the different scenes and shots would be in relation to what is being said without being overly obvious. The images in the film themselves would be incoherent on their own but when strung together in an order that is told by the riddle/poem, it will make sense.
Current planning to explain my concept:
I know the writing is rather small but on the left hand side I have made a list of Time Proverbs and on the right, a list of Time Metaphors. The lines that cross between the two columns are lines that join each concept. For example:
On the left I have the word Waste as you can 'waste' time. On the right, it links with the time metaphors Money and Heartbeat. Time can be considered money and a heartbeat, so when you put the two together it becomes wasting money or wasting a heartbeat.
I find this idea really interesting as it gives me a lot of visual clues and ideas for the film side of things and the special effects side too.
Underneath that grid of words I made a list of the colour references that came out of each match, to give me ideas on what the colours of time are. The main colours that came out of it were Red, Blue, Black and White. For example, number 2 refers to the word Take which links to the metaphors 'a moment' and 'a gift'. The colours that i associated with this link was Red, as taking a gift can be seen as a kid hearted thing to someone. Taking a moment can be seen as passion and something that shouldn't be taken from you - you should enjoy every moment you have. I.e. red colour.
Can i talk about how we look at this circular discs etc to read the time whereas in fact we don't look at the sky, passing of light, day to night, the tides etc. Again not mentioning time, just speaking about it in a riddle form.
Current planning to explain my concept:
I know the writing is rather small but on the left hand side I have made a list of Time Proverbs and on the right, a list of Time Metaphors. The lines that cross between the two columns are lines that join each concept. For example:
On the left I have the word Waste as you can 'waste' time. On the right, it links with the time metaphors Money and Heartbeat. Time can be considered money and a heartbeat, so when you put the two together it becomes wasting money or wasting a heartbeat.
I find this idea really interesting as it gives me a lot of visual clues and ideas for the film side of things and the special effects side too.
Underneath that grid of words I made a list of the colour references that came out of each match, to give me ideas on what the colours of time are. The main colours that came out of it were Red, Blue, Black and White. For example, number 2 refers to the word Take which links to the metaphors 'a moment' and 'a gift'. The colours that i associated with this link was Red, as taking a gift can be seen as a kid hearted thing to someone. Taking a moment can be seen as passion and something that shouldn't be taken from you - you should enjoy every moment you have. I.e. red colour.
Can i talk about how we look at this circular discs etc to read the time whereas in fact we don't look at the sky, passing of light, day to night, the tides etc. Again not mentioning time, just speaking about it in a riddle form.
Blog 9. Back to Square One !
I had a meeting with my personal tutor and when I came to explain my dissertation idea, I found I didn't have a coherent idea that made sense and was realistic. My idea was very ambitious and it didn't have a clear line of focus. So we reconsidered.
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My tutor gave me the idea of taking my project through the history of time and the development from the still image to the moving. The list being:
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My tutor gave me the idea of taking my project through the history of time and the development from the still image to the moving. The list being:
Shadowgraphy,
Shadow Puppets,
Optical Toys,
Magic Lantern,
Chronophotography,
Eddison,
Lumier.
Look at: Marta Braun 'picturing time' and Muybridge - 'editing still images'.
This was still using my idea of time which i liked but i've never been good with history and didn't get particularly excited about the idea. So i went away and had a think by myself, with simplicity, time and having a theme in the back of my mind.
Sunday, 8 February 2015
Blog 8. Music
I was scouting YouTube for music ideas to run throughout my piece and came across this song by Henry Krinkle which gave the right feel I wanted for my piece and also had the regular ticking throughout which would represent the ticking of the clock which is something I want to keep running in the background.
On January 28th 2015 I contacted Henry Krinkle via his fan page on Facebook and wrote him an email requesting permission to use his song. His reply was:
Hello, Thanks for getting in touch! Although I personally wouldn't mind you using my song in your project, you would technically need to contact Ultra music (my label) for permission. They would know the proper procedure.
So i then went onto Ultra Music's website and wrote an email to them requesting to use the song, the email kept bouncing back and would not send. So i wrote to Henry Krinkle again explaining that I couldn't seem to get through to them, and he gave me this web address which I could go onto and request to use the song I wanted officially. I am still waiting for a response from them, but I hope I gain permission to use the song as I don't want to particularly compose my own music and it would take more time. I really like the sound of this song and the way it develops and seems quite abstract.
On January 28th 2015 I contacted Henry Krinkle via his fan page on Facebook and wrote him an email requesting permission to use his song. His reply was:
Hello, Thanks for getting in touch! Although I personally wouldn't mind you using my song in your project, you would technically need to contact Ultra music (my label) for permission. They would know the proper procedure.
So i then went onto Ultra Music's website and wrote an email to them requesting to use the song, the email kept bouncing back and would not send. So i wrote to Henry Krinkle again explaining that I couldn't seem to get through to them, and he gave me this web address which I could go onto and request to use the song I wanted officially. I am still waiting for a response from them, but I hope I gain permission to use the song as I don't want to particularly compose my own music and it would take more time. I really like the sound of this song and the way it develops and seems quite abstract.
Blog 7. Back to planning
I found that I went straight into storyboarding too quickly, without fully planning what I wanted my themes to be and what visual story I wanted to tell. I want this to be a non-narrative piece but I don't just want a series of images strung together randomly without something that links them all and tells a small story - still remaining non-narrative.
I think i know what my opening sequence is going to be but I am still struggling with what will link all my small ideas together. I seem to have loads of small ideas and small clips of movement that I want to use but I haven't found anything that can link them all.
The other day, I was taking things back to basics and writing out key points:
1. What are the main elements for my piece:
TIME AND MOVEMENT.
2. What message do I want to get across:
WHAT EXEMPLIFIES MOVEMENT AND HOW TIME IS ALWAYS INTERTWINED WITH MOVEMENT. I.E. MOVEMENT THROUGH TIME.
3. What are the main ABSTRACT notions of movement I want to use:
WIND; DUST; PAINT; POWDER; DOTS; SWEAT; SHADOWS; WATER; FIRE; SAND
4. What are the main REALISABLE notions of movement I want to use:
DANCE; EYE MOVING; CLOCK TICKING; HELIX; STRETCHING DANCER.
5. What can I use to link them all:
BEGIN WITH THE BIG BANG - THE BEGINNING OF TIME; DANCE - DANCER THROUGHOUT USING THE DIFFERENT ABSTRACT/REAL NOTIONS TO EXEMPLIFY THEM.
POTENTIAL PROJECT TITLES:
Originally I was going to have A Dancers Day Off but it didn't really tell the story of movement through time very well and it could have been rather monotonous. Now that i have gone down the more non-narrative route but with time more involved I was thinking of something along the lines of Movement In Time. This title has a dubious meaning, the movement in time can relate to dance when you move in time to the music (there will be music throughout and the ticking of the clock) and also this title relates to how elements of movement go against time.
I think i know what my opening sequence is going to be but I am still struggling with what will link all my small ideas together. I seem to have loads of small ideas and small clips of movement that I want to use but I haven't found anything that can link them all.
The other day, I was taking things back to basics and writing out key points:
1. What are the main elements for my piece:
TIME AND MOVEMENT.
2. What message do I want to get across:
WHAT EXEMPLIFIES MOVEMENT AND HOW TIME IS ALWAYS INTERTWINED WITH MOVEMENT. I.E. MOVEMENT THROUGH TIME.
3. What are the main ABSTRACT notions of movement I want to use:
WIND; DUST; PAINT; POWDER; DOTS; SWEAT; SHADOWS; WATER; FIRE; SAND
4. What are the main REALISABLE notions of movement I want to use:
DANCE; EYE MOVING; CLOCK TICKING; HELIX; STRETCHING DANCER.
5. What can I use to link them all:
BEGIN WITH THE BIG BANG - THE BEGINNING OF TIME; DANCE - DANCER THROUGHOUT USING THE DIFFERENT ABSTRACT/REAL NOTIONS TO EXEMPLIFY THEM.
POTENTIAL PROJECT TITLES:
Originally I was going to have A Dancers Day Off but it didn't really tell the story of movement through time very well and it could have been rather monotonous. Now that i have gone down the more non-narrative route but with time more involved I was thinking of something along the lines of Movement In Time. This title has a dubious meaning, the movement in time can relate to dance when you move in time to the music (there will be music throughout and the ticking of the clock) and also this title relates to how elements of movement go against time.
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Blog 6. Storyboarding
I'm now starting to do my storyboard of the sequence of events and the story I want to tell. I seem to be going down a more narrative route than non-narrative which doesn't bother me particularly. I feel I will work better if i have a story to follow, if i try and do a non-narrative piece i know I will end up making it into a story half way through which will disrupt the flow of the piece.
I'm working on my storyboard on celtx.com online. A free 15 day trial and hopefully i can sign up for the real thing after that - if it isn't too much money ! I enjoy working visually and having a clear, laid out plan which celtx helps me do.
At the moment there seems to be two parts to my piece, two stories that link on from one another.
I'm working on my storyboard on celtx.com online. A free 15 day trial and hopefully i can sign up for the real thing after that - if it isn't too much money ! I enjoy working visually and having a clear, laid out plan which celtx helps me do.
At the moment there seems to be two parts to my piece, two stories that link on from one another.
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