Sonder Research
I define a videopoem as a wedding of word and image. Achieving that level of integration is difficult and rare. In my experience the greatest challenge of this hybrid genre is fusing voice and vision, aligning ear with eye. For me, voice is the critical element, medium and venue secondary considerations. Unlike a music video …
Nottingham Young Creative Awards
I just won the Nottingham Young Creative Awards Film (Age 19 – 24) + Overall winner Here are some articles that document the awards: http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Young-talent-spotlight-special-celebration/story-18990955-detail/story.html#axzz2Toqo3qy3 http://www.youngcreativeawards.org/nottingham-young-creatives-celebrated/ http://www.onenottingham.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=21027 http://www.creativenottingham.com/events/young-creative-awards-2013/ http://www.creativenottingham.com/events/special-event-blog-awards-evening-young-creative-awards-2013/ http://www.skeletonproductions.com/blog/video-production-tips/young-creative-awards-celebrating-nottinghams-young-creative-talent-in-style/ https://www.facebook.com/ycreatives?fref=ts
Videos that inspire me
http://www.uniqlo.com/calendar/ A japanese clothes company called Uniqlo created this interactive calander / weather forecast using tilt shift timelapse as the main visual content. This is one of the first examples of a project made entirely of timelapses that I saw and is a big inspiration for me. This video of the ISS orbiting earth, is …
Testing the Water
For my opening scene I would like to have a timelapse where by each photo in the lapse is taken from a skyscraper window above the last. This technique is known as hyperlapse. In order to make sure that I understood I had a small practise run of 50 photos, just to test the water. …
Finding a direction
I have set out to make a short film, using timelapse as a narrative technique as is seen in such films as ‘Baraka’ and ‘Samsara’. The film will be about exploration and adventurous spirit, seeing the city as a flaneur, open eyed and not in a hurry. Just as a modern photographer might walk the …
BA DMD Timelapse Blog
As part of my BA DMD course, I have been tasked with blogging about my experiences, my learning and my work. As this is the first entry into the blog, I will keep it short and sweet. I am currently developing ideas for a task set by an excellent timelapse videographer called Richard Bentley, in …