I filmed this down a deserted country road and simply walked down it. For post-production I used Windows Movie Maker to add the sepia tone effect, old-film style crackles and to speed it up. I think the sepia tone and old-film style is effective however only for a short period of time - if we were to use this in our music video we would have to cut in between shots that have less effects and colour to make it more interesting and less monotonous. Also walking with the camera creates a shaky, juttering look which works quite well with the old-film effect however becomes quite uncomfortable and annoying to look at after a while. So again if we were to use this technique we would have to cut it in with slower, calmer shots to make the audience feel more comfortable.
As a first attempt using this technique I'm quite pleased with the result, although I don't think this could be use on its own for longer than a few seconds because it gets a bit boring and uncomfortable to look at because of all the movement. Also, a point for next time is to remember to see where the sun/light is coming from so the shadows of the people behind the camera isn't visible.
Eleanor and Bank, try and do more research into one shot videos. You could potentially use the photgraph idea to transition and create the illusion of a single take when in fact there are many.
ReplyDeleteThe chief examiner put this example on his blog
http://youtu.be/ZPjjZCO67WI
there is no way anyone could do this due to the use of explosives and helicopters but you may be able to copy some ideas