EXPERIMENTAL FILM
After doing further research, I began to look at examples of experimental media to better my ideas and conceptual designs for the piece. That I wanted from this was to explore different techniques, ways, I could communicate my project to the audience and perhaps for me to learn some new tricks!
I came across this particular art film that is an experimental short film called 'Colouring Love.' This short film is a political digital art by Nino Fournier about the Anonymous workers who died -and die - at work in horrible conditions.
It drew me in with its overlay and vibrancy of warm and cool colours and its psychedelic use of editing to compliment the scenes of romanticism in the short film. Giving off connotations of love lost and paused in time or perhaps colours in which could symbolise life and death, two ends of the spectrum that meet together in natural harmony. This may not be accurate to its purpose and design but naturally invoked other meanings to me, which then inspired me to create!
It gave me the motivation to work with more video effects in premiere pro and After Effects. Such as exploring mirroring, horizontal reflection, zoom, colour distortion, overlay and multiplying etc...
And so with my first experimentation was to be a continuation or a follow up of this piece done so in my own style. focusing on the
My intentions for the piece was to draw you in by the familiarity of faces. I did this, instead of using less known people as this possibly would've had a stronger backing to my art film in terms of visual strength in this film.But, I wanted the audience to relate to people they can identify with, To get the audience as a whole to sympathise with the people visually and more intimately, celebrities seemed to fill the gap of communicating these emotions to the viewers on a large scale and in some way, strengthen the feeling allowing them to share the moment with them. As we often can feel more when those closest to us are hurt or in pain and this for me was the best way of conveying this point.
More importantly, this was my chance to explore my skills in post-production and elevate my understanding of art film!
