1) The project will be a further exploration of the effects of natural, but mostly artificial light on digital video, and will consider a variety of sources of said light. My working title is 'The Lights of Town" and I consider it's main audience to be those interested in not only time-lapse progression in video, but also the properties and behavior of light.
2) As I said in the previous statement, the exploration and interaction with light is the key concept with this video, and my audience must not have the expectation to see much human action and/or human narrative of any sort. The focus on this project is almost exclusively the town/city, lighting throughout this environment, and at times, perhaps the environment itself (lights, automobiles, etc.). And the only exception to the proposed lack of human interaction or imagery would be the automobiles and traffic sequences.
In my storyboards, I have highlighted 9 main ideas for sequences and elements I intend to feature in the video. Most of these are negotiable in the final execution, however the core concepts behind these are very concrete. Also, I welcome all suggestions as to any other sources of light play and/or locations.
Music and/or sound has been a concern many of my colleagues have posted about, and all that i can say is I have taken interest in working with a semi-musical soundscape, mixed with ambient sounds as well as sound bytes sampled from several sources. The music itself at the moment is in bare bones stages, but will be further developed with the help of some fellow musicians. Instruments underconsideration include, guitars (electric/acoustic), bass, drums, and maybe even synths.
3) The film itself will consist of multiple scenes, some inter-cut with others as i feel it is appropriate, and others will be long-standing, time-lapse sequences in which the lighting sources changes or is altered in some way. There will be no character development, unless you consider traffic and the interaction of automobiles to be elements of characters in any way. Otherwise the only trace of a narrative will be the cutting of sequences in a certain order (note the progression of the storyboard).
I feel that the emotions and the moving part of the video will be the exchange between natural light and artificial light. Not only at sunset, but perhaps even sunrise(?). And although there will be no characters or interaction of those characters, the lights of the city and the end progression of day
time into night, I feel, will tell a story of their own.
4) I can't say there is a strong and definite demographic for this film. However, most anyone can take interest in the elements and phenomena that will be presented. All ages, all walks of life.
9 comments:
Just like I said about the earlier idea you wrote, this is solid. I have every faith that you'll be able to pull it off given the way the Luna Nova video look. Narrowing your focus and scope to an examination of changing light sources is great.
I think the success of this will rest heavily on editing. Looking at different lights will get a little boring after a while, but if you speed up, slow down, come in and out of focus, I think the piece could be really interesting.
How are you going to tie these shots together? Will there be sound? How important would the sound be if you do have it?
I think, maybe, that your point will be better understand, if it is a singular shot of a singular light changing. as with the luna nova video. That was a compelling visual I think that needs to be explored more.
What do lights mean? What are lights? Is a light still a light if its not lit? What if sounds could control the camera's perspective of the light? What if sound was light? What if light was sound? Can deaf people get a sense of sound through blinking lights that imitate sound? Is it rhythm?
The lights and the emotions or feelings we perceive of them will determine how successful this is. This will also be related to the editing. Rather than having shots of many lights, maybe the focus should be on a few of them or one. How's the light different at different times? How's it relate to the surrounding area. Does the sound you're including, is it supposed to influence the light or the light it? Fewer locations would probably be best.
i'm not sure i like the idea of having the time lapse footage of the sunset throughout the video (last frame in your storyboard). i think you might want to consider leaving that part out.
I like your idea of exploring how artificial light is effected by digital video. I don't think it has to have a heavy underlying meaning with it. It will all depend on how the video and sound it composed together. I think it will be a focus on compelling visuals that effect the viewers emotions. From what I saw in your last project I think that this can be very successful.
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