RESEARCH
Our initial research stemmed from being inspired from the experimental films we were shown in class, experimental films such as Berlin Horse, Black Ice and the works of Pipilotti Rist. After being shown these works, we developed an understanding as to what an experimental film looked like, or what it was about, and how we could get our idea into the filming stage. Also, we researched into news articles on the advance and overtake the digital world has in this century, and the cause and effect it has in negative and positive ways. The concept of our film developed from our short film we created with the theme of digital materialisation. This subject interested us a lot, as we are prime consumers of the internet and the digital world, we wanted to see and show how controlling and invasive the internet is. We discussed how we felt about the digital world and we came to a conclusion it is incredibly invasive and overbearing, so this was what we wanted to be displayed through our film.
PLANNING
With an already strong concept for our film, planning came very naturally and easy to us both as we didn't have to finalise an idea. I think this was what made the whole process of this film so smooth and everything went to plan and we stuck to our schedule. We creating extensive and rigorous shooting scripts that made sure we included extra shots, and everything we needed so we didn't need to come back and film again due to lack of footage. We definitely had enough footage!
As for the voice over, we searched all over the internet for a voice that we felt was robotic enough to our liking and that we could control what they said. When we found the right voice, we created a script of words and phrases we wanted the robot voice to say. We carefully scripted her to match the clips we had so the voice and the clip would correlate.
From the start we knew what we wanted to achieve visually but, this didn't stop our concept from blossoming and developing during our filming week. Initially we look into using a lot of archive footage and how we could display our message of digital overload through archival works. However this developed into us thinking about displaying the work on ourselves, then Danielle said she had a projector, so we set about collecting and testing that our. Once we were happy with our test shots we went back to filming with our fresh and newly developed idea, We used the projector to project archive footage we sourced and glitches we made onto ourselves, in order to demonstrate that the glitches were apart of us and consuming us.
Despite setting off to film with a clear and strong idea, through thought and development of our concept and visuals of the film, it created a stronger film with more depth to it. We both recognised on the first filming day that the things we were shooting we good, but not our best. The use of discussing and developing meant we came back on day two with more solid ideas that we were proud of.
EDIT
I feel the editing process went efficiently, and smoothly. We decided to set a section of the film to complete, so we didn't feel overwhelmed each day and feel rushed. This worked incredibly well, as we were fortunate enough to have two weeks editing, and we could stretch our editing timetable out, thus meaning we could spend more time with each section perfecting it. Before this I had created a sound track to accompany the film, we both agreed we wanted a soundtrack to add emotion and depth to the film, so I went about recording old computer sounds and manipulating them into a sound piece. We devised a plan of the order of the clips, so it was just a simple task to order and cut them down in Premier Pro. We knew we wanted to glitch our clips, so we created a finish edit in Premier Pro and then imported that file into After Effects. We then watched a lot of tutorials demonstrating how to glitch moving image and set about glitching the entire film. As long a process as this was we learned a lot of new skills from After Effects which is always beneficial. When initially creating this film, we didn't want our lack of After Effects skills to stop us from creating a film we are proud of, so learning along the way was incredibly helpful and we learned a lot.
COMMUNICATION
I feel Danielle and I had very good and clear communication from pre to post production on this film. Even in between shooting days or editing days we would discuss ideas for development or a plan for the next day so we were both on track with the same idea. It was so beneficial we had such similar ideas for the visuals and technical side of the film, and by combining our skills together we created a film we are both so proud of, and couldn't have done without each other. By both of us having different skills we could help each other out, so Danielle knew my skills and how to do them and vise versa. It was an educational journey and certainly a lot of fun.
Personally I think our time management was flawless. We were both incredibly focused, dedicated and committed to this film. Through good planning and scheduling that then set us up for a very smooth film process which was actually enjoyable, which is rare for me as working under pressure normally makes me ill. We had a very clear and concise ideas and what visuals we wanted, meaning that it only took two days to complete shooting. This applied also during the editing as we planned what we wanted to focus on each day and this ensured we meticulously went through the edit so it was exactly how we wanted it, and had enough time to do so. Overall I am incredibly happy with our film, I feel proud of what we created and enjoyed thoroughly working with Danielle and would work with her again in the future.
I hope you enjoy. Thank you.
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