Project One - Proposal
For this project, I plan on doing a history of a relationship, with an emphasis on how people feel during a breakup. The progression of the film will be a metric montage, with a decreasing of the time in which each clip is shown (this will give the effect of the film speeding up). During editing, instead of a strict metric montage, I may focus more on the natural rhythm of the clips, while holding on to the idea of speeding the clips up to add tension.
The general impression that I want to give the viewers is that, when dating and going through relationships, we are all using each other, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Often, one party or another feels as if they're trash being thrown away. However, as in art, gardening, and nearly every other aspect of life, figuring out your idea and getting rid of what doesn't work is part of the process. I would like to achieve a dynamic contrast between a peaceful artist going through the creative process and a stereotypical relationship that ends in a breakup: lust, relationship, breakup, repeat. I feel that the creative process is similar: favorite idea (lust), testing (relationship), tossing idea (breakup), repeat. The similarities will help unify the clips I use, while allowing for the differences to show through. In the creative process clips, the tone will be optimistic throughout the film. The relationship clips will begin with a similar optimistic tone, but then gradually change to a pessimistic tone as the film progresses. This gradual contrast, combined with the effect of the film speeding up should create a wonderful contrast in the montage.
This is a 3-week project, so I've broken down my working timeline into three pieces: Proposal, Storyboard, and Film. During the Proposal stage, the idea and references will be gathered. This will last from Sept 3 to Sept 9. Beginning on Sept 11, and continuing to Sept 16, I will be working on the Storyboard for the film. This time also includes research for images. The final stage, Film, runs from Sept 18 to Sept 23. During the Film stage, the storyboard will be utilized to guide my efforts in creating my History Montage. By this time, I should have any found footage gathered, and any created images would be made during this time. My film is set to upload on Sept 24, allowing for a day of leeway in the case that a problem arises.
Sounds like you have this all planned out: how you want the film to look and a good timeline when you want things to be done. I like the idea of a rhythmic montage for the topic, by the way it sounds it feels like the clips would flow together nicely. And the idea of showing two contrasting relationships sounds like it will add some interesting conflict. *thumbs up emoji*
ReplyDeleteOne problem I can image is using cliche things in my film. I'm hoping that I can effectively convey my idea without being "just another breakup film". I have a few different avenues that I'm exploring in regards to what kinds of things I want to show, and I'm hopeful that this will be an interesting film at the least. *smiley emoji*
DeleteI feel this could be a really good idea and that a lot of people can relate to the idea of being "thrown out." You wanna make sure you capture those raw emotions in the right way. And it could be also cool to show how that feeling effects someone mentally. i'd def say you do wanna stray away from being cheesy, make it unique! make it personal!
ReplyDeleteI also think a lot of people can relate to my topic. I want to avoid using cliche things about love and breakups, and I think that using the Soviet Montage techniques would be a good way to approach this task. I'm looking forward to seeing all of our finished films!
DeleteI also really like the idea of the gardening and of the recycling of peoples personas when getting involved with each other. I also think relationships are about giving yourself away to someone, but it's not all bad or good like you said. You sacrifice some part of yourself to get a part of someone and their love, granted if all works out. I think there's a lot of different images and sequences you can present with one another to show this everlasting aspect of human life.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I definitely want to steer away from anything cliche.
DeleteI think this take on relationships and the cyclical motion can be very interesting. What you said about relating objects as metaphors to relationships can be really fun and dynamic! I really like how you plan to use audio to pace the video. I am really curious as to what type of music or sound you'd use because of how important it is to the overall tone/mood. I'm excited to see how this turns out!
ReplyDeleteI didn't mention how I would use audio, and I'm leaving that aspect on the table until I'm into the editing. I'd prefer to use the natural audio from each clip, but I may add audio clips if I feel that it would enhance the message of the image(s).
DeleteI think you're referring to the "natural rhythm" that I mentioned. If so, to clarify that bit, I meant that I plan on using the metric method, but I may change to the rhythmic method depending on how I feel the editing is conveying what I want to do.