Final Video.

Poster Examples

Concocted these little promotional/title poster for the final film. This is merely a draft/example as It was done on paint on my home laptop.

This one was done by screenshotting different parts of the film and cutting strips and moving them round, overlaying them with a repeating 'this is art'. Credits are on the front as would be on a real one and the title at the bottom which is a crop of my screenprint I did. 

This one was a simple screenshot and crop. All I did was draw a cross over the eye to symbolise society is blinded and put the title over the eye to suggest 'everything is so obvious if we just open our eyes, wake up'. I like the concept of both of these designs but as they are rough paint versions I would possibly like to work on them in photoshop If I get the chance to. 

RESEARCH \\\ DAVID SHRIGLEY

I first saw Shrigleys work at the tate modern gallery and immediately felt drawn to it. His simplistic style amused me and the catchphrases he includes in his work inspired me a lot over the course through various projects. I love his work and have tried similiar drawing styles in my own work for this project and for others. I see his influence (aswell as Tracey Emins) to be very apparent in my own work, which I like. 

David Icke

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A very controversial man with a lot of very controversial ideas. Long documentary to put on the blog but a lot of his theories mirror mine and what the project is about. Very appropriate research to my project. 

Film Feedback / Editing diary #2

After finishing the first edit I thought I'd best get some feedback on it. I asked a friend who also does video editing to come and have a look and he was impressed with the result and said it worked well as a piece. However, after getting feedback from tutors we realised that my film contains a lot of flashing images meaning those who are sensitive to that may be affected and could cause potential problems at the exhibition. I was told it also came across a bit too angry and loses the audience if its too angry throughout...

I went back into the editing suite to do yet more tedious editing. I cut out the majority of the flashing/white noise and made clips go on for longer, in doing so I believe it will engage the audience more as they're being shown a variety of different perspectives to the speech.

All in all, I'm very happy with my final outcome and believe I've achieved what I set out to achieve. Now I just have to wait for feedback on the final edit.

Music/Sound

I think my film would be as effective without any background sound but to continue with my theme of 'awakening' and mind control I'm planning to use a hyptonist tape which is supposed to 'open your third eye'.



Tempted to just have a simple clock ticking, to add to the 'this is your life and its ending one second at a time' thing.

Editing diary #1

After roughly 5 hours in the editing suite the film is reaching finishing point, quicker than expected. I originally wanted to do 3 seperate films each with a different actor but after making a full length one with just one actor I've decided to incoporate all 3 into 1 film, switching the actors around which I think adds more effect to the film anyway.

I'm pleased with how I've edited this, considering I havnt edited in over a year and have used the program (premiere pro) only once before - for my fmp in year 1.

All thats left to do is tidy up cuts, add soundtrack and MAYBE bleep out the swear words, depending on reaction after a review with tutor.